Lightweight Stevens 200

[bluealtered]

There is a reason long range and tacticals are heavy as slim pointed out. My current tactical, (.260) weighs in a little over 11 lbs and some would consider that light.
however the 11 lwh in .260 should be a small enough caliber to work well on a 5.5 lb rifle that when scoped and full mag will be closer to 7 lbs most likely.

To me it's just a matter of, is it worth $700+ to gain that extra 8ozs of weight savings over what i have now. blue

[HeavyDuty]

Just as a point of reference, I weighed my Stevens 200 just now; it's a SA (in .308) with one of the FDE Tupperware stocks, a DNZ one piece mount and a Nikon Monarch African 1-4. 7 pounds 3.125 ounces.

Getting one of these sub six pounds could be a fun project, but IMO going below that will take a lot of work!

[tammons]

The difference carrying a 6# rifle and a 7# rifle is nil to me.

If you ditch the dednutz scope mount, and go to a weaver or 2 piece base and 2 OZ rings,
and lop a few inches off your barrel you will be just under 7# for very little $.

A magnum strap is the best piece of carry equipment you can buy IMO.

[HeavyDuty]

The difference carrying a 6# rifle and a 7# rifle is nil to me.

If you ditch the dednutz scope mount, and go to a weaver or 2 piece base and 2 OZ rings,
and lop a few inches off your barrel you will be just under 7# for very little $.

A magnum strap is the best piece of carry equipment you can buy IMO.

I'm very happy with it as configured; I was only posting my rifle's weight for the OP's reference.

[tammons]

I was just saying.

Once you get past a certain point the $ goes up exponentially to save a few more OZ.