firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted August 20, 2015 I've got a #4, 26", fluted barrel on my U LRM. With the McMillan edge stock the balance is a little far forward, but the bare rifle is 7.3#. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Titanium700 Report post Posted August 20, 2015 Agree with lark. Don't understand the bull barrel concept on a deer/elk hunting rifle either. Skinny's shoot well too, just ask my titanium .308 Now if I was plunked down in one spot shooting varmints or such then I could like the fatties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STOMP442 Report post Posted August 20, 2015 On my latest build I went with a Shilen #5 which I think was the perfect balance of weight and accuracy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted August 21, 2015 Lance, can you run the above posted 6.5 info vs the 180 scenar (.661) @3100 and the 162 amax (.599, according to litz) @ 3200 please, to 1000 @3500 election? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted August 21, 2015 Lark: Back when I hunted the Hill Country every year, and before I switched to muzzleloading, I shot a lot of those little Texas whitetails (the limit was four per hunter and there was no trouble filling all our tags) with a Ruger "varmint rifle" in .22/250. I was shooting in a siluetas metalicas league in Sonora back then, and its heavy barrel allowed me to kill deer offhand out to 200 yards without even thinking of trying to look for a rest. We didn't do much walking over there, so weight wasn't a factor. Some of today's rifles are too light in my view, though, unless the hunter is in terrain and cover that gives him plenty of time to find a rest to shoot. Lord help him or her hit the inside of an airplane hanger with a super-lightweight rifle if only an stand-up, shoot-offhand shot presents itself. Even in terrain that is ideal for glass-and-shoot hunting, there are days when deer stay in cover and don't move, and you must kick them out of the pockets and shoot fast if you want to eat venison that year. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WampusCat Report post Posted August 21, 2015 6.5 SAUM easily one of the funnest rounds I have fired. Just a flat shooting low recoiling beast! goatsie good timing I saw this one pop up while doing some reading today. I couldn't find what the COAL would be if I were using the 140's? would this or the WSM cycle in a 700 SA? I can't say as I have just been using 130's. Yes, they will cycle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WampusCat Report post Posted August 21, 2015 if it's a hunting rifle that you plan on packing long distance, why not go to a skinnier barrel? they still shoot a one shot group real well? i don't understand the heavy barrel deal for hunting rifles. or another way to go is carbon fiber. Christensen or proof make some neat stuff and they are extremely light and accurate. kinda spendy, but any really good barrel is. anyway, to each his own, but i don't understand the big fat barrel on a hunting rifle. target rifles, sure. Lark. The reason most of mine are heavy is because I spend a lot of time at the range shooting "targets" in the off season. The same rifles end up in the field with me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted August 21, 2015 Bill, What caliber were you using for Silhouette? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted August 21, 2015 Prdatr: Don't tell Lark, but I used a .270. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
