I was able to get my Savage Monte Carlo walnut stock to 24.7 ounces without pad. The Light Weight Hunter stock is 22.6 ounces and it doesn't have the Monte Carlo cheek piece.

I actually would like to find a Savage blind magazine walnut stock for center feed magazine, with no Monte Carlo cheek piece and non glossy finish.

Would like to cut 2-3 inches off the fore arm and a full inch off the butt pad. Then hollow out the stock as much as possible to see if I could get it to less than 20 ounces. I figure the first two inches are not really used and when I add a Limbsaver butt pad it adds over 0.6 inches LOP compared to the stock pad. I like the LOP about 13 inches, most stocks seem to be 13.5 inches.

I could try a Boyds laminated stock, but that wood is really hard to work on. But it might make a better light weight hunting stock.

For those of you who have done this, how low can you go on weight and are there any other tips and techniques I can use to cut the weight?