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SO my Ruger 77 MK2 30-06 with leopold 3-9X50 tips the scale at 10lb....Good thing it has a light weight sporter barrel or I wouldn't be able to carry it. Where's all the weight hiding? Must be in the laminated stock. Thinking about taking the sanders to it and trying to ditch a pound or 2, anyone else try this or have ideas?
 
thepitchedlink said:
SO my Ruger 77 MK2 30-06 with leopold 3-9X50 tips the scale at 10lb....Good thing it has a light weight sporter barrel or I wouldn't be able to carry it. Where's all the weight hiding? Must be in the laminated stock. Thinking about taking the sanders to it and trying to ditch a pound or 2, anyone else try this or have ideas?
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Laminates are heavy and it will be very difficult to take off enough wood to make much of a difference. You could try removing the butt-plate and drilling out the butt and also routering a groove in the barrel channel.

I have a friend with the same problem in a Ruger. He's looking at synthetics. A Wildcat stock weighs in at 17.5 to 23 oz. Rimrocks by Borden are around 26-30 oz. Ramlines are 36-40 oz.
 
If you really must lose weight from the stock, route out a section in the buttstock and one in the barrel channel, then oil it up before putting the action back in.
 
Arnold says:
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Buff up, tiny little gurl-y-man!



Actually, try one of those neoprene butler creek slings. It really works well
 
The balance of the rifle is as important as the weight. I have 3 different huning rifles that weigh 9.5#, 9.0# and 8.75#. the wost handling of the 3 is the 8.5# rifle--it is slightly too muzzle heavy and feels "dead" in your hands.

Even a slightly too heavy rifle is ok if the balance point is at about the front action screw.

FWIW, 44Bore
 
rugers arent light, even their compacts are heavy for their length. Alot of the weight is the laminate stock, but also the rings weigh quite a bit, and the 50mm scope is about 2x as heavy as a 2-7x33 leupold. You could get the barrel fluted which will drop about 1/3 lb off the weight
 
I'll have to admitt that the gun balances quite nicely, but I'm mad at it 'casue I'm not shooting it that well, so just really looking for a way to blame the gun....but damn she is heavy. I think that 3-9X50 has to go first of all. I was handling a Remmy CDL the other day and noticed how much lighter it felt then mine, there was so much less wood there. Where does one get a Wilcat stock, I can't find much info except those guys in Dawson, anyone else know where you can go and touch one?
 
im sure the 50mm scope is partly to blame, but yeah laminate stocks - especially rugers - are really heavy. if you want a lighter stock for carrying it around why not look around for a synthetic stock? then you can just switch stocks when you need to, get a beater synthetic stock for it you can use in bad weather, long treks through the bush, etc.

if you are worried that you are not shooting well with it, believe me lightening the gun will only decrease accuracy.

btw - 10lbs isnt really *that* bad for a rifle with glass, my varmint rig is over 15lbs, lol.

todbartell said:
a Remington 700 action also weighs quite a bit less than a Ruger 77
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sure but all that extra weight on the ruger is the *good* stuff!
like the mauser style bolt :)
 
Ditch the Hubbleuberjagdwhitetail scope for one. Then get a tupperware or, if your pockets are really deep, a McMillan Edge, Borden Rimrock, Wildcat Composites etc stock.

Then hit the gym.
 
Those Ruger laminates are HEAVY....I just picked up a lefty stainless Ruger laminate in 30-06 for my oldest son and it's a tad over 9#'s with an Elite 3200 3-9X on top....not sure what I'll do with it.....I wouldn't carry it but if your only 21 yrs old, 6'2" and 210 lbs I guess it's not that bad...:)
 
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