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I did something similar to my tikka .223 where I put on a CF stock, lighten this, lighten that but in the end had I have just bought a Kimber .223 I would have had a lighter and cheaper rifle.
Have you looked to see what’s available from manufacturers in your price range... what about a Forbes rifle?
Does it have to be a .260? I have a Kimber 7mm-08 that’s a tack driver the kids use out to 300 mtrs no problems
I forgot I've had a Kimber .260 very nice and light but I hated the safety so out that went, then came a Forbes .260 shot awesome and super light but I wanted a more duel purpose range come hunting rifle. I was also worried about the stock finish chipping off so sold it before it did, but it was an awesome rifle carry weight and a great trigger.
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There is an older thread here comparing the various 6.5's, anyway from memory 'Wingman' had great success with the 6.5x47. Better velocity than a Creed or the 260 with lighter bullets.
So for a light recoiling short lightweight rifle it appears the 47 is the best choice (behind the 250 3000 AI) with 120 grain class bullets or maybe a 100 gr Barnes ?. Inside 250 metres it would be great. The 260 or creed are better for the heavier bullets but that means more powder and recoil.
Dont right off the 130 vlds.
inside 250 meters he can use the dirty 30 LMFAO......
it may have sprayed the factory flexitips like a mad womans shit but if he reloaded them to same recipe the round nose are for starting pont...chances are high there will be sweet spot in there somewhere too.
6.5 creed, 2.7kg as you see it. Mag length 130s at 2700 into less than an inch with bugger all buggering around.
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@Nick-D Nice, what did you cut the barrel length down too?
Yep, chopped barrel which helps, but these stocks have a heavy rubber fill in the stock and grip which drops a good few hundred grams. I just jammed some pool noodle foam back in to keep the noise down. Poor man's ultralighthttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...055ae4c256.jpg
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Mines a hunter, cant remember exactly but pretty sure it was 350 odd grams worth, definitely significant. more than the weight of the wee vx3 that sits on top. Think i put like 10 grams of foam back in to replace it.
The sceptic in me wants to say they used a heavy fill to justify the extra cost of the montana's composite stock. The barreled actions are identical as far as I can tell
@25 /08 IMP - What is the weight of your 260 carbonlight?(bare rifle) I have a 7mm mag carbonlight, potentially looking down a similar track to danny
Can I suggest something that hasn't been mentioned before as an option??? ...... Why not one of the Bergara Extreme Rifles in 6.5CM?? Chuck it in a manners stock and away you go. Ryan on here had one in .308 and he gave it pretty good wraps. he might be able to tell you what it weighed with the manners on it. And the barrel is already threaded and at 18".
I'm sure that will do all that was on your original wish list.
It's around the 2.6 mark bare I'll weigh it as is with a DPT and VX5 then you can work backwards from the spec if you want.
There are plenty of options out around the same weight and cheaper but the carbon light does have a nice feel and the .260 even more so.
Just ask @buzzman [emoji1787][emoji1787]
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bog standard Model Seven 260 weighs 3.2 kg thats with a 520 gram scope. And the wooden stock is 650 grams
Just sayin.