5/18/2023 0 Comments Enigmo serial number![]() I am 50 years old with a body in rough shape. That means it doesn't shoot as tight as the Seekins. I have a light weight Winchester Model 70 that I bedded into a McMillan carbon fiber stock that with optic weighs less than 8 pounds, but it has the slender featherweight factory barrel. Keep in mind that Seekins uses a somewhat heavier barrel profile, but they also do that kinky spiral fluting. With a simple nylon strap sling, it may be a couple ounces over 9 pounds. The mags are Magpul AICS 5 round capacity, and with five 150 gr.308s in the mag, the rifle is close to the 9 pound mark. To stay as light as possible, I used Seekins aluminum rings and a Nightforce NXS compact 2.5-10x42 with a Mil-R reticle. If it sucks I'll already have the barrels so I'll add another action, a target style chassis, and another optic and just run two rifles.Īs an example, I achieved the approximate 9 pound limit by using a base Seekins Havak Pro Hunter 2 in. I’m putting a switch barrel impact in it with different weight and profile 223, 6.5, and 308 barrels so I can go from a 12lb+ target rifle to a 9lb hunting setup with the swap of a barrel. I just got an MDT HNT26 that I’m pretty impressed by its functionality as a target rifle stock so I'm hopeful this might result in what I'm after. I’ve been trying to do a dual purpose bolt gun for a while now, so far every attempt has been too much of a sacrifice one way or another. I still wouldn’t want to shoot it all day though unless it was 223. I find a 9-10lb rifle to be a good compromise between something shootable and packable. After owning a few lighter rifles that are easy to get behind and shoot I don’t think I’d ever want to carry that again even over short distances. I’ve hunted with 18+ lbs rifles when I wasn’t covering more than a few miles in a full day and wouldn’t need to pack out an animal. But for a deer sized target? It doesn't matter. ![]() ![]() Exercise is a good thing and everybody needs more of it.but it is not the focus of this discussion.Īs an example, I achieved the approximate 9 pound limit by using a base Seekins Havak Pro Hunter 2 in. Then you choose parts that will most likely achieve that goal, whether it be a lighter barrel or optic. ![]() When deciding on a practical weight, you set that as the goal, and 9 pounds is a nice limit. I’d appreciate any thoughts you had on this. This is still lighter than the rifle I had which was 12.5 pounds. How much more weight will that add? Is there any way to save anymore weight on this that I’m not thinking of? I had thought about getting a lighter ring set but I would only be saving 4 ounces for the Hawkins rings or seekins rings, and I thought about getting a mark 5hd in the 3-18x44 magnification but that would only save me about 4 ounces. ![]() I was adding up the weight on this rifle to be around 158.04 ounces which is around 9.9 pounds? Here is an itemized list of parts and about what each weighs according to the manufacturers specs:ĭoes 9.9 pounds sound okay, or too much, for a hunting rifle? I am also having the rifle glass bedded. 308 bolt action Remington 709 clone rifle being built. ![]()
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