3lb centerfire rifle?

[crazy_davey]

That makes no sense at all...

It makes perfect sense. Anyone who says different needs to spend more time in the high country packing a heavy load on their back and a rifle in hand to find out the truth.

Don't believe me? Try it sometime, Lazy Ike knows exactly what he is talking about.

 

[blargon]

It makes perfect sense. Anyone who says different needs to spend more time in the high country packing a heavy load on their back and a rifle in hand to find out the truth.

Likely the pack to body weight loss would be 1:10 (maybe higher) like losing 20lbs off your body equals 2 lbs off your pack...(just my theory, as I have no mountains to test it.)

 

[Calum]

It makes perfect sense. Anyone who says different needs to spend more time in the high country packing a heavy load on their back and a rifle in hand to find out the truth.

Don't believe me? Try it sometime, Lazy Ike knows exactly what he is talking about.

Your talking to someone that hunts with full wood milsurps, and a full rucksack.

Fact is if you are out of shape enough to worry about a rifle that is over 6lbs then you have other more pressing issues...such as not ending up Bear food when the heart attack kicks in out in BFN.

Take more ammo and less Beer.

 

[firemachine69]

Any takers in 22-250? No? 22 Hornet?

 

[Noel]

Your talking to someone that hunts with full wood milsurps, and a full rucksack.

Fact is if you are out of shape enough to worry about a rifle that is over 6lbs then you have other more pressing issues...such as not ending up Bear food when the heart attack kicks in out in BFN.

Yeah, but are you hauling that up crappy scree all day long or out on the foothills and prairie?

Only thing out of shape on Davey is his dang knee. There is no booze hauled along or any other silly stuff. As for packing more ammo, I'm not going there...

Learned a ton from him and his Dad the last couple years and they really know their crap for hauling all your goo to survive up to 10 days in the very high country.

Not to say you aren't Calum, but just to confirm the Crazy one is in fact in control of his mind.

My sheep rifle is 7 1/4. As much as I'd like it to be half it really doesn't feel all that bad. Wish my day pack could get that light.

 

[rar]

how about a kimber 84m . there light rifles .im thinkin that would be my next purchase .any input on these rifles .?

 

[mike shickele]

I hunt the mountains all the time, and both of my 30-06's weigh 8lbs with cartridges, and sling. If that is too much for you, you'd better start thinking about either hunting a different way, or choosing a different sport....................IMO.
Mike

 

[rem338win]

Is 6lbs really too heavy?

Nope. About right in the 260-30-06 range for mountain hunting I figure.

That makes no sense at all...

Yes it does. When you are playing in the 3500-7000 feet above sea level range for 2 or more days straight hard hunting. I wear 30lbs of kit everyday at work and if I could figure out how to drop that a pound, I would.

3lbs still sounds ridiculous to me though. NULA me please.

 

[Noel]

how about a kimber 84m . there light rifles .im thinkin that would be my next purchase .any input on these rifles .?

That is what Nugget's 338 Federal is in the Montana.. just a hint over 5lbs iirc.
Pretty nice out of the box for a plastic gun.

 

[donp]

"You look after the ounces and the pounds will look after you"

I spend alot of time in the high country and I am not in the best of shape. But a 40-50 pound pack and a rifle add up quickly. Today I just ordered a rem 700 SA for my featherlight build. It should weigh in @ 5-6 lbs scoped.

Components:
Rem 700 SA SPS (action is lightened as much as is safe)
Aluminum bolt shroud
Helical flute the bolt body
Drill the bolt handle and hollow the knob
Slab the Remington name off of the side of the action
20" 1-10 twist chambered in 300 WSM
Lone Wolf Composite stock (weighs 10.5 oz with aluminum pillars, stainless studs and recoil pad
Wyat Outdoors box magazine to make it a center line feed
Talley light weight rings
Leupold M8 4x (weighs 9.8 oz)
All metal will be powder coated

This will be a welcome replacement for the 12 lb Sendero that I have been carrying for the last 5 yrs.

 

[Shrek]

I hunt in the mountains.......but it's much easier since they started logging them!

Rifle weight means very little to me, if I have the stamina to climb the mountain (at 282 lbs), I'm slowing down for ME regardless of rifle choice.

 

[Charlie38]

you can get the Kifaru in 358 win

 

[zimbu]

3lbs eh? Maybe you should consider packing a grenade instead...

 

[blargon]

3lbs eh? Maybe you should consider packing a grenade instead...

Excellent idea! Kill, gut and skin all in one swipe...

 

[Lazy Ike]

I hunt the mountains all the time, and both of my 30-06's weigh 8lbs with cartridges, and sling. If that is too much for you, you'd better start thinking about either hunting a different way, or choosing a different sport....................IMO.
Mike

And I will sometimes carry a 9 1/2lbs gun in the mountains but I prefer to carry one that comes in @ 6lbs.

People that hunt in the high country(alot) are in 2 kinds of shape, good and very good. Anyone can drag their ass up a mtn once but when you are packing in all your gear for an extended trip every ounce counts. Those extra 2 lbs of rifle will effect how much food you can carry. How much food you carry will effect how deep/long you can go. And if you are successfull, those extra lbs will have an effect on how much you can pack out.

You will always want a lighter pack.

 

[carbonrod]

Completely with you Ike. I packhunt in the mountains with a rifle that weighs about 10 lbs. I like that its heavy profile barrel lets me shoot long strings at the range in practice, but there is not a time that I am crawling through snow, or packing game out that I'd love to shed several lbs of it.

Then in the off season, I keep thinking how it would be better to have another couple inches of barrel for the competitions. Come September, the cycle repeats, and the search for pounds to shed continues. :/

I would have to know someone first hand that had at least 1K rounds through it, in field conditions, before I'd trust a hunt to a 3lb rifle though.

 

[Calum]

Might I suggest a 3lb boar spear instead.

 

[Lazy Ike]

Completely with you Ike. I packhunt in the mountains with a rifle that weighs about 10 lbs. I like that its heavy profile barrel lets me shoot long strings at the range in practice, but there is not a time that I am crawling through snow, or packing game out that I'd love to shed several lbs of it.

Then in the off season, I keep thinking how it would be better to have another couple inches of barrel for the competitions. Come September, the cycle repeats, and the search for pounds to shed continues. :/

I would have to know someone first hand that had at least 1K rounds through it, in field conditions, before I'd trust a hunt to a 3lb rifle though.

I was @ the range 2 years ago when a couple of very seasoned sheep hunters showed up with Rambling Rifles. Off a very elborately modified rest, their 200 yd groups were 4-5 moa. The guns looked like they would snap in half in a stiff wind and it felt like you were holding an empty super soaker.

 

[SandRoad]

Rambling Rifle, interesting, 3 3/4 lbs without scope

 

[Calum]

I'm told a No.5 Enfield Jungle Carbine...makes a fine mountain rifle.