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I guess it boils down to if you want a light rifle, or reduce your total carry weight by 500g
Cutting that out of the contents of a typical tramping pack is a piece of piss, and probably quite cheap.
Compared to carbon stock, barrel, bolt and action fluting.. How much money are we looking at ? 1.5 to 2 K ?
Many years ago I did a bit of research into weight saving compared to cost for tramping equipment. The large/heavy items such as the pack itself, sleeping bags etc is where you get the most bang for buck.