Thread: Action length vs weight

I see a lot of people go on about action length vs weight in a rifle. Can you really tell without some scales. Can any of you put on a blindfold and pick up a rifle and tell by the weight of it what action length it is?

99% of it is personal preference. and that is fine.

In theory a few mm of "receiver" will add weight but unless you are trying to go ultra light weight its negible.

The quantity of metal on the cross section plays a big part .
A howa or Winchester is heavier than a Remington or a sako or a kimber .

Yea Ive got a 600 mohawk 243 std. Quite a bit shorter than my t3 x55. Its a fukn heavy little fuker

Single shot takedowns are very heavy

A 600 action (action alone) would be about 150gm lighter than a T3 action.

A R700 SA is around 100gm lighter than a T3.


Its fatuous to present it as it has been. Of course you can't tell the difference; it's one of many components making up the weight of the entire rifle system. If you want to get a light rifle however, the action is a good component to consider selecting a light-weight option.

Be patient and just give yourselves a few years...... then all rifles will be heavy.

From memory we can detect a 10% difference in weight. I guess if the overall package is 10% lighter then you could tell the difference.

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Just by feel you can tell the 600 is a lot heavier than t3.

Originally Posted by Friwi

The quantity of metal on the cross section plays a big part .
A howa or Winchester is heavier than a Remington or a sako or a kimber .

I only own Howa Mini's and Superlite's and last time I checked both are lighter than any production Sako or Kimber.....

Originally Posted by blip

Yea Ive got a 600 mohawk 243 std. Quite a bit shorter than my t3 x55. Its a fukn heavy little fuker

For years I used a Mohawk 308 that was a joy to carry (after I rounded all the square edges off the stock ) and I always considered it as lighter than any other rifle I'd ever held.
I might not think that now though .... But would love the chance to buy another one to find out.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Be patient and just give yourselves a few years...... then all rifles will be heavy.

And not just the rifles either.

There's a lot in this thread that speaks of balance rather than absolute weight. The break action single shots are not especially heavy, but the weight is between your hands and they "feel" heavier than they are, same with the Mohawks. It's actually a good thing!

Originally Posted by Billo

I only own Howa Mini's and Superlite's and last time I checked both are lighter than any production Sako or Kimber.....

I was talking about the standard howa receiver of course.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

For years I used a Mohawk 308 that was a joy to carry (after I rounded all the square edges off the stock ) and I always considered it as lighter than any other rifle I'd ever held.
I might not think that now though .... But would love the chance to buy another one to find out.

A friend has a model 660 on .222R which feels quite heavy to me. The rifle has a 20" barrel which is quite stout at the receiver end. The 660 superseded the 600 in 1968. The Mohawk came later, made but not marketed by Remington. I suppose that any rifle that is intended to house the .350 Rem Mag is going to be a little heavy.
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