Can a rifle actually be too light? Nah.

[Alex Wheeler]

I think thats about the lightest I have seen!

 

[Brians356]

Now I just have to wait a couple years until I turn 60!

Time waits for no man.
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[mike mccormick]

That is a beautiful combination. Nice, light recoiling round. Should be an absolute pleasure on the hunt. Well done!

 

[tsyarnall]

Very nice!

 

[Ledd Slinger]

That’s exactly why I went with the 6.5x47L. I’m using premium bullets that will do the task at hand with less powder, less muzzle blast and less recoil. The 130 is at about 2,850 fps.

Dave.

That will do the job and a lot of rifle weight is not required to tame such a small amount of recoil. Should serve you very well in the mountains

But to answer the question in the title of the thread, the answer is YES when talking by about large magnum cartridges. For smaller rounds there will come a breaking point as well where recoil is too much for the weight so if a person could build a rifle lighter than yours (and there are lighter actions than the AnTi which are made from titanium) the answer still may be YES even for such a small round. But I think at your weight you are good to go with the 6.5x47L

 

[joshb]

That will do the job and a lot of rifle weight is not required to tame such a small amount of recoil. Should serve you very well in the mountains

But to answer the question in the title of the thread, the answer is YES when talking by about large magnum cartridges. For smaller rounds there will come a breaking point as well where recoil is too much for the weight so if a person could build a rifle lighter than yours the answer still may be YES even for such a small round. But I think at your weight you are good to go with the 6.5x47L

I bought a Tikka T3 in 300 Win Mag. It weighs about 8 pounds without a scope. I was going to strip it down for the action and build a custom 338 Win Mag for my son. I found a better candidate, so I still have it in the safe. I’m not going to shoot it!

 

[Ledd Slinger]

I bought a Tikka T3 in 300 Win Mag. It weighs about 8 pounds without a scope. I was going to strip it down for the action and build a custom 338 Win Mag for my son. I found a better candidate, so I still have it in the safe. I’m not going to shoot it!

Add two pounds with an optic an rings and she’ll be fine to shoot Tikka actions would weigh half what they normally do if they didn’t have that boat anchor of a trigger housing hanging off the receiver. Lol.

 

[joshb]

Add two pounds with an optic an rings and she’ll be fine to shoot Tikka actions would weigh half what they normally do if they didn’t have that boat anchor of a trigger housing hanging off the receiver. Lol.

Thanks for not mentioning putting a brake on it!
...and Hey! I like those triggers!

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Thanks for not mentioning putting a brake on it!

Try to avoid them at all costs! Lol.
I love my 300 NMIs and 338-375R but unfortunately they have to have a brakes to enjoy them just keep hearing protection always at the ready. Forgot to put it my ears this year when antelope hunting with my 300 NMI. 92.6gr of N570 behind a 220gr Berger. Hurt so damn bad when that round went off I thought for sure id be deaf for the rest of my life. Stupid mistake in the heat of fast stalk on a buck. I guarantee I’ll never do that again.

 

[joshb]

Ehhh? Speak louder, please!

 

[Dave Way]

I forgot I had this photo of the rifle before Cerakoting and scope mounting. 4 pounds 3 ounces.



Dave.