Ultralight Hunting Rifle

[medvedqc]

You know Ardent, 3 1/2 years to get to "not even close to finished is just way too long. He needs to hire/train/supervise people. Just my opinion.

Nobody has mention this so far, but I also really, really like the fine little kiplaufs. A Merkel or Blaser in the Stutzen version is very light and compact.

the older blaser were very light but i dont know in stutzen for the weight. and they re not taking that much room in the bag but single shot sometimes is not enough ...

what are the options for a left handed?

 

[double gun]

...a fully Titanium Mauser down to the pins and screws, and I'll consider his lead time...

This worries me a bit. From my limited experience, titanium on titanium galls like nothing I have seen. Pierce engineering quit making titanium bolts for their titanium action for this reason (or so I was told). I will be very curious to hear your thoughts on the action once you have had it for awhile. Hopefully he knows something nobody else does and my fears are unwarranted. Are they coating the entire action, anodizing it, or leaving it raw?

 

[Ardent]

Yes indeed you're familiar with it, cerakote on everything is the solution. Mine will be a dark charcoal grey, and will do the barrel to match.