How heavy is your 30-06?

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08 December 2009, 03:18

oldun

How heavy is your 30-06?

My 30-06 a wood blue Husqvarna with a Zeiss Conquest 1.8-5.5x scope and a leather sling weighs 7.5 lbs.
How heavy is your 30-06 and what do you consider to be the ideal weight for a rifle in this calibre?

08 December 2009, 04:18

rolltop

My 30-06 is a M-70 FWT (post 64) woth a 3x9 Leupold ultralight scope

I don't have a scale that will do it justice in weighing butit's as heavy as I want a hunting rifle to be. I'm guessing about 7.5 pounds loaded and hunting ready.

08 December 2009, 04:46

Tailgunner

About 10 pounds (25" of #5 Shilen helps with that #), not bad for a stand rifle (if I want to trudge through a swamp, I carry a M-94 in 30-30)

08 December 2009, 04:50

buckeyeshooter

Ruger 77r with 3x9x40 scope, sling and loaded 8 pounds. Winchester 1895 carbine loaded 7 pounds.

08 December 2009, 09:27

JohnT

ULA M24 with Leupold VX II 2-7, 5 1/2 lbs scoped but empty. You don't need to hear the shot to know its gone off!!!

Accurate as hell. Mighty impressive. Well done to Mel Forbes.

regards
JohnT

Jason

"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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08 December 2009, 13:53

seafire/B17G

having several in that chambering..

my favorite is split between a model 70, and a 1917 Enfield..

the Enfield is the heaviest, but also you notice the recoil the least..

it is long throated also, and will digest some pretty stout loads with nary a hiccup..like a 200 grain bullet at 2950 fps...an no it is not an AI...

for having a 1918 made Rem barrel on it ( Winchester Action tho), that is one scary accurate rifle...

08 December 2009, 20:07

Blacktailer

quote:
like a 200 grain bullet at 2950

You get 2950 with a 200gr? Wow! How long is the barrel?
My Rem 700 -06 weighs 7lbs with VXII 2-7 compact.

Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark

09 December 2009, 10:47

M70classic

Model 70 classic SS with Leupold DD rings and a Leupold 4x loaded is 8.25 lbs. on the nose.

Good hunting,
Graham

Aut vincere aut mori

André
DRSS
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5 shots are a group.

09 December 2009, 14:44

handwerk

my pre 64 M70 fwt in factory stock w/leupy 2-7 goes 7- 14 oz.
and my other pre 64 M70 fwt in and mcm edge w/leupy 3x9 goes 7-12oz.

Doug Humbarger
NRA Life member
Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73.
Yankee Station

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10 December 2009, 06:26

LBGuy

my ruger mk2 w/3x9x40 leupy, sling, and loaded is right at 8.5 lbs. has been glass bedded and a decellerator pad added. weight isn't a problem. about to buy a model 70 super grade in 270 win and i believe just the rifle weighs 8 lbs. it won't matter to me though.

10 December 2009, 20:02

Remington720

I only have six. The lightest is a JC Higgins Husqvarna at 7.25# scoped to my Remington M30 Express at 9 lb.+. Not counting my Garand they average 8#.

11 December 2009, 00:52

p dog shooter

The lightest is about 7.5 the heaviest is 14lbs with bipod large scope and target barrel. Most at between 8 and 8.5

11 December 2009, 04:47

holzauge

My A-Bolt with the older Zeiss 3-9x36 Diavari, sling and four rounds weighs 6.5. I've found that's really about as light as I'd want a rifle to be if I might want to shoot it over 150 yrds... even supported. I've got a Titanium 7mm 08 I use as a mountain rifle that's a good bit lighter, but it's much harder to shoot consistently. My 7mm mag bean field gun weighs about 12 lb.s loaded.

13 December 2009, 19:32

seafire/B17G

quote:
How long is the barrel?

96 inches....

definitely requires a bi pod and being shot from prone position...

14 December 2009, 08:00

Michael Robinson

Yup. The answer to the question is another question: Which one?

9.4 on the high side to 8.2 on the low -- scoped (where scoped), loaded and ready to go.

Mike

Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.

15 December 2009, 10:07

Thomas Jones

My old JC-higgins in an MPI stock weights about 7 LBS with the 2.5X8 leupold,
and my #1RSI Is about 7.5 (Iam guessing here)
with the strait tube bausch & lomb on it.
...tj3006