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Originally Posted By PortaJohnPicasso: Under 5# with optic, magazine and silencer. 1/8 twist Shaw portless barrel. Solo 300 upper. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/543436/IMG_20241205_130834192_HDR_jpg-3398872.JPG |
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Originally Posted By thederrick106: Got my first weekend of hunting in with my new Howa Superlite 20" 308 + Leupold 3-9x40 using Talley rings. 5.4lb with no mag ammo or sling. By far the lightest hunting rifle I have ever handled. It's a dream to carry all day long in the mountains. I don't think it kicks too bad at all. No worse than a shotgun or even my Rem model 600 in 308. Actually, pretty similar to my Rem model 7 308 which it replaced as my go to backcountry rifle. My model 7 with a tasco on it was about 6.5lb so 1.1lb heavier and I thought that one was petty light. The stock on the Superlite is probably my favorite part. Love everything about it especially the texture/ color. Attached File Attached File Attached File No luck so far this hunting season. Not sure if I will go out again tomorrow and/ or Sunday or not. Kinda over it this season after pulling our outfitters tent last weekend due to snow and cold temps. Attached File Attached File |
Originally Posted By ar-jedi:
SO MUCH WIN IN ONE POST IT COULD CRASH ARFCOM !!!
SO MUCH WIN IN ONE POST IT COULD CRASH ARFCOM !!!
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Originally Posted By Daggertt: Nice. I think it's ugly but i like what it represents. Oh, she ain't pretty, but I'm loving her so far. Attached File 25 yard zero indoors this evening, will get outside Sunday |
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Right over 10 lbs as she sits.Attached File |
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A wee bit heavier in night hunting configuration. Bare rifle is 7.1 lbs. which is just right for me. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By WTXTremor: Right over 10 lbs as she sits.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/567462/IMG_3143_jpeg-3414719.JPG |
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Originally Posted By thederrick106: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/465670880_537298099091911_66206480741698-3399542.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462639052_894040832907182_47677696265824-3399543.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462642683_1165407331848611_7971671962884-3399544.JPG No luck so far this hunting season. Not sure if I will go out again tomorrow and/ or Sunday or not. Kinda over it this season after pulling our outfitters tent last weekend due to snow and cold temps. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462582254_959673412690337_59025825127575-3399547.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/464942828_1254621499086875_2117498447891-3399548.JPG Originally Posted By thederrick106: Originally Posted By thederrick106: Got my first weekend of hunting in with my new Howa Superlite 20" 308 + Leupold 3-9x40 using Talley rings. 5.4lb with no mag ammo or sling. By far the lightest hunting rifle I have ever handled. It's a dream to carry all day long in the mountains. I don't think it kicks too bad at all. No worse than a shotgun or even my Rem model 600 in 308. Actually, pretty similar to my Rem model 7 308 which it replaced as my go to backcountry rifle. My model 7 with a tasco on it was about 6.5lb so 1.1lb heavier and I thought that one was petty light. The stock on the Superlite is probably my favorite part. Love everything about it especially the texture/ color. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/465670880_537298099091911_66206480741698-3399542.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462639052_894040832907182_47677696265824-3399543.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462642683_1165407331848611_7971671962884-3399544.JPG No luck so far this hunting season. Not sure if I will go out again tomorrow and/ or Sunday or not. Kinda over it this season after pulling our outfitters tent last weekend due to snow and cold temps. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462582254_959673412690337_59025825127575-3399547.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/464942828_1254621499086875_2117498447891-3399548.JPG Had you not posted a picture on the scale I would have called BS and then looked foolish. |
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Kimber 84M in .308… when I first bought it, it was an inaccurate POS. But after a bunch of work and a trigger tech trigger (and no thanks to Kimber’s pos customer service) it is now a complete dream rifle. It loves 130 grain Barnes TTSXs over a healthy load of TAC. Attached File ETA: I did the following: - recut the stock barrel channel and bedded in a pressure point - lapped and re-crowned the barrel - trued the action and bolt - bedded the action - lapped the bolt raceways - installed a trigger tech trigger Only after all this work would it shoot and cycle ammo worth a damn. When I first got it, it was about a 4 moa rifle. |
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Originally Posted By mc556: Had you not posted a picture on the scale I would have called BS and then looked foolish. Originally Posted By mc556: Originally Posted By thederrick106: Originally Posted By thederrick106: Got my first weekend of hunting in with my new Howa Superlite 20" 308 + Leupold 3-9x40 using Talley rings. 5.4lb with no mag ammo or sling. By far the lightest hunting rifle I have ever handled. It's a dream to carry all day long in the mountains. I don't think it kicks too bad at all. No worse than a shotgun or even my Rem model 600 in 308. Actually, pretty similar to my Rem model 7 308 which it replaced as my go to backcountry rifle. My model 7 with a tasco on it was about 6.5lb so 1.1lb heavier and I thought that one was petty light. The stock on the Superlite is probably my favorite part. Love everything about it especially the texture/ color. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/465670880_537298099091911_66206480741698-3399542.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462639052_894040832907182_47677696265824-3399543.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462642683_1165407331848611_7971671962884-3399544.JPG No luck so far this hunting season. Not sure if I will go out again tomorrow and/ or Sunday or not. Kinda over it this season after pulling our outfitters tent last weekend due to snow and cold temps. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/462582254_959673412690337_59025825127575-3399547.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/140266/464942828_1254621499086875_2117498447891-3399548.JPG Had you not posted a picture on the scale I would have called BS and then looked foolish. Right? It's like picking up a toy gun, weird at first but a dream to carry. They make an even lighter one with a 16" barrel, but I went with the 20". The weights Howa advertises on them is without the plastic mag, and no rail or rings. |
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SO MUCH WIN IN ONE POST IT COULD CRASH ARFCOM !!!
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Originally Posted By parshooter: Thanks. Looks just right for use with a thermal scope and tripod. That’s what it was designed for. Lots of guys were taking the Manners CS and adding their own EFR, cheek piece, and arca rail for a compact night rifle. Manners saw this, and that’s how the Night Stalker came to be. I’ve got two rifles with CSs already for my boys, and had to jump on the night stalker as I’d been eying a clip on for sometime. After only a couple of nights I’m thoroughly enjoying it. |
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Originally Posted By Aggie_Gunner: Kimber 84M in .308… when I first bought it, it was an inaccurate POS. But after a bunch of work and a trigger tech trigger (and no thanks to Kimber’s pos customer service) it is now a complete dream rifle. It loves 130 grain Barnes TTSXs over a healthy load of TAC. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/55187/IMG_6775_jpeg-3415193.JPG ETA: I did the following: - recut the stock barrel channel and bedded in a pressure point - lapped and re-crowned the barrel - trued the action and bolt - bedded the action - lapped the bolt raceways - installed a trigger tech trigger Only after all this work would it shoot and cycle ammo worth a damn. When I first got it, it was about a 4 moa rifle. A buddy’s dad had the same rifle in high school. We all drooled over it until we shot it. Like yours it was pretty terrible. He had it trued and rebarreled with a Douglas in similar sporter profile, and it’s been a hammer ever since. It’s been his go to rifle ever since. |
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Originally Posted By WTXTremor: A buddy’s dad had the same rifle in high school. We all dropped over it until we shot it. Like yours it was pretty terrible. He had it trued and rebarreled with a Douglas in similar sporter profile, and it’s been a hammer ever since. It’s been his go to rifle ever since. I was so disappointed (actually disgusted) when I first shot the rifle… but now it is truly my favorite hunting rifle. I no longer consider it a Kimber, however, it is an “Aggie Gunner Custom” |
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| I am shooting a Savage II in .308 with the accutrigger. It is mated to a Burris 4-14x50 (combo deal) and weights 7.8#. Seems to be just as light/heavy as my Marlin 30-30 with a Primary Arms 1-6 optic in 7.62x39 calibration. More range with the .308, but I sure love lever guns... |
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Originally Posted By Aggie_Gunner: Kimber 84M in .308… when I first bought it, it was an inaccurate POS. But after a bunch of work and a trigger tech trigger (and no thanks to Kimber’s pos customer service) it is now a complete dream rifle. It loves 130 grain Barnes TTSXs over a healthy load of TAC. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/55187/IMG_6775_jpeg-3415193.JPG ETA: I did the following: - recut the stock barrel channel and bedded in a pressure point - lapped and re-crowned the barrel - trued the action and bolt - bedded the action - lapped the bolt raceways - installed a trigger tech trigger Only after all this work would it shoot and cycle ammo worth a damn. When I first got it, it was about a 4 moa rifle. Wow, if yours was 4MOA from the factory, they were doing better that day than the day they made my 84M in 308. Mine was the single biggest piece of garbage rifle I ever owned, and one of the most expensive. And no, Kimber would not help with anything. Yes, I am still salty about it, why do you ask? |