Art Eatman
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Ruger, Winchester, Remington, Savage: Which makes the lightest lightweight/featherweight? The gunstores of Thomasville, GA, just don't have the info.
I'm mumbling about working up a 7mm-08, starting with whichever is lightest to begin with. Then, a light-as-feasible synthetic stock, if those are available in lighter-than-wood.
Is Canjar still in business? I haven't noticed an ad in the gun mags, not that that means anything...Anyhow, if I can't get the trigger as crisp as I like, I'd go that route.
Either a 1X5 scope or a 2X7...
I have a little Sako in .243 which weighs in at seven pounds, ready to hunt. I'd like to shave at least 1/2 pound off that, maybe a pound...
I figure to handload light bullets for coyotes; 139-grain (as I recall the book) for deer...I'm not concerned about groups from more than three shots. Consistent "cold barrel" shots are more important.
Info appreciated, Art
I'm mumbling about working up a 7mm-08, starting with whichever is lightest to begin with. Then, a light-as-feasible synthetic stock, if those are available in lighter-than-wood.
Is Canjar still in business? I haven't noticed an ad in the gun mags, not that that means anything...Anyhow, if I can't get the trigger as crisp as I like, I'd go that route.
Either a 1X5 scope or a 2X7...
I have a little Sako in .243 which weighs in at seven pounds, ready to hunt. I'd like to shave at least 1/2 pound off that, maybe a pound...
I figure to handload light bullets for coyotes; 139-grain (as I recall the book) for deer...I'm not concerned about groups from more than three shots. Consistent "cold barrel" shots are more important.
Info appreciated, Art