light weight rem 700 build

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matt bradley

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I going to build a light weight 700 and am looking for your input on what i should use???stock,scope mount and rings, barrel?, I have a 700 S/A 243 to build off of this is going to be my deer and coyote gun to carry, I have a heavy barrel 22-250 and 308 and am tired of carring that heavy of a gun!
Thanks Matt
 
Im just in the process of putting together a light weight rifle as well.

Mine started as a new SPS in 7-08 which I ripped the barrel off of.

I put on a mcgowan sporter weight barrel which I turned down to a much lighter contour.
The stock is a Wildcat ultralight which came to me unfinished (minus a recoil pad and swivel
studs) and weighs 17.3 oz.
I had the bolt fluted, and bolt handle skeletonized. Inside, I went with a fluted gre-tan firing pin.

Im swapping from the standard drop floor plate SPS to an ADL style stock.

I did a quick weigh-in last night after getting the barrel turned down and spun on.

With the barreled action, bolt, stock and bottom half of my talley rings (no trigger, mag box,
top half of scope rings, recoil pad or scope), it weighs in at exactly 5.0lbs.

As for scopes, I'm currently on the look out for a Leupold VX-II lightweight scope in 3x9 with the LR
duplex.
 
I made a lightweight rifle for my wife in 7-08 using a shilen #1 contour barrel and a wildcat stock. I also put in a Wyatt extended length magazine to better use VLD bullets. All in with scope it weighs 6 lbs 12 oz with a 23" barrel.

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I did a titanium rem 700 bdl, edge stock, gre tan spring and shroud, PAC nor 3 fluted at 24 inches in 270wsm with a Wyatt box. With talleys holding a Swarovski 3.5-18 it's 7lb 4 ounces.
Took a while but it'll shoot 4 inches at 600 yards with 140 accubonds
If you want lighter you might drop a bit of weight with a lighter barrel contour at 23 inches or so with a adl style stock to loose the floor plate and use an aluminum trigger guard
For what it's worth a tikka t3 in 7 rem mag with the same scope and rings is 7lb 8 ounces. I think the mcmillian edge stock drops about 4 oz off that
 
archie_james_c said:
I'd simply leave my Remingtons alone and buy a Kimber Montana .223 or .243 and be done.
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This probably is the way to go , i think these kimbers are coming in around 5 lbs w/o scope. having said that,some guys have mentioned they built on those wildcat stocks. If your building i dont think theres a lighter stock to start on. I think there lighter than the edge packedges from mcmillan. I was actually lucky enough to stumble on to a original REM TI in 708 today ! brand new, unfired ... I put a new VX3 4.5-14 BC with front focal paralax on it and REM bases and rings ... weighed it and came it at 6.5 pounds with the leupold aluminum flip caps. think i can shave close to a quarter pound with tally one piece scope mounts. Pretty pumped on my find today.
 
My off-the-shelf Remington 700 ADL 243 I bought in 1976 is the lightest gun I own.
 
Titanium action Rem 700, Carbon wrapped barrel, Mc Millan 20oz carbon fibre stock way under 5lbs. cost lots of coin to get very light.
 
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