One last thing, I know Savage makes their Lightweight Hunter and it looks like a beautiful rifle, but looking at rifles everywhere, there are very, very few accurate bolt action rifles under 6.5 lbs. I was very surprised when I started looking at lightweight rifles. They are rare, and they are expensive. My stock model 11 (started out as an Trophy Hunter XP package) with the Tupperware stock and chopped barrel weighs only 6 lbs. 4 oz.! The K6 Weaver I have on it adds only 10 oz., bringing it to 6 lbs. 14 oz. total. I'm not sure how many full-sized bolt action .308's can claim that weight and still shoot sub-MOA for under $600. I'm not sure why anyone would pay the prices they are asking for some of the custom "mountain" rifles.
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