Thread: Lightweight 223 project

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

interested in how you group with it...Ive found with my superlight crude stock I really have to concentrate on holding rifle firmly as apposed to getting away with murder as did beforehand.

yeah i shoot @Freezer's rifles a bit doing load development and also checking zero if he is unable to make time (busy boy)
his 270 feels like a toy to me with its stug carbon stock its only 3.4kg
I'm used to verry heavy rifles my main hunting rifle is well over 5kg (heavy barrel howa with walnut stock)

i find it a challenge to shoot the light rifles but have worked out that you cant baby them like you do with a heavy rifle
i hold my personal rifle very lightly but with the 270 of freezers you really have to hold onto it and pull back into your shoulder to get it to shoot well really properly be in control almost man handle it

its going to be a real challenge with this 223 currently only 2.7 with scope and can being a 223 will help but its still going to be "fun"

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

yeah i shoot @Freezer's rifles a bit doing load development and also checking zero if he is unable to make time (busy boy)
his 270 feels like a toy to me with its stug carbon stock its only 3.4kg
I'm used to verry heavy rifles my main hunting rifle is well over 5kg (heavy barrel howa with walnut stock)

i find it a challenge to shoot the light rifles but have worked out that you cant baby them like you do with a heavy rifle
i hold my personal rifle very lightly but with the 270 of freezers you really have to hold onto it and pull back into your shoulder to get it to shoot well really properly be in control almost man handle it

its going to be a real challenge with this 223 currently only 2.7 with scope and can being a 223 will help but its still going to be "fun"

I shoot my ultra light 300wsm loaded up on the bipod, works extremely well for me.....maybe don't do that with @Freezer 's 223 I dunno how that fore would take to loading up a bipod, that said it doesn't need much preload you don't need to lean right into it and drive it into the ground or anything silly

Originally Posted by dannyb

I shoot my ultra light 300wsm loaded up on the bipod, works extremely well for me.....maybe don't do that with @Freezer 's 223 I dunno how that fore would take to loading up a bipod, that said it doesn't need much preload you don't need to lean right into it and drive it into the ground or anything silly

yeah to my knowledge freezer has no plans to even put a sling on this rifle certainly not a bi pod was telling me today that he would need to reinforce the forend if he planed to do that