I need to lose weight

[JArender]

And so does my gun. In its current configuration and empty it tips the scales at 9.5 lbs. I'd like to shave As much as possible. It's a ruger m77 hawkeye lam, 24" ss barrel in .338 wim mag. It's a good shooter out of the box only really needing trigger replacement. But I want to thin it up a bit so I'm curious who to call or what all I should look at doing if anything really. I'm just use to my deer woods rifles and 7.5 or so lbs they are. 9.5 isn't to bad but if I could get it to 8.7-9 even without affecting felt recoil much or accuracy any Id be happy

Thanks

 

[Rubberduck270]

Stock and scope are about the only thing you can change without doing some serious work.

 

[pcrc]

That extra weight helps absorb recoil. Not sure what a 338 wmag kicks like but I'll bet it isnt light. Ive got a Browning Abolt in 300RUM I wish I could add about 10lbs to. I've shot it three times trying to sight in the scope and gave up as I was flinching so bad I would be just wasting ammo

 

[1 good shot]

you best learn to live with it

 

[JArender]

I don't find the recoil to be bad at all. Which really surprised me. I love shooting this gun.

 

[DaveB]

Physics are kind of hard to get around. Not so sure a 338 at that weight isn't just about right.

When i got drafted the Drill Instructor at Fort Gordon made all of us get used to the weight of the M14. Compared to my 336C, that thing was a gigantic piece of lead. Exercise, exercise, exercise, it really seemed as if it never stopped. At the end of 90 rather unfriendly days that M14 was a feather and I missed it dearly when I had to take an M-16 into the RVN. BTW, it had a steel butt plate, it was only a 308, and weighed I think slightly under 8 pounds. No scope.

 

[Gravey]

Good to see you back around here so now what in the heck are you going after with that? I know you've got something planned other than whitetails. :tu:

 

[JArender]

Probably Marco Polo sheep and ibex next year, then hopefully the brown bear I've been wanting to chase for the last 15 years and for whatever reason each and every time I book, or try to book something happens and it just never happens. Plus I might have a deer or two that I'm really mad at.

 

[JimFromTN]

How about a new lighter rifle like a Christensen arms carbon fiber rifle? Marco Polo and Ibex is probably around $35,000 and a brown bear is somewhere around $15,000. Spending $4000 to $5000 on a good rifle does not seem out of the question when you are talking about $50,000, possibly more, worth of hunts.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =458416696

338 Rum at 6lbs 4 oz.

That with a light weight scope would be under 8 lbs. Of course, if $50,000 worth of hunts is really out of your budget, you could see if you can get a skeleton stock for it. They used to be standard on the the all weather m77 in 338 win mag. Probably kick the fire out of you.

 

[Chaneylake]

That extra weight helps absorb recoil. Not sure what a 338 wmag kicks like but I'll bet it isnt light. Ive got a Browning Abolt in 300RUM I wish I could add about 10lbs to. I've shot it three times trying to sight in the scope and gave up as I was flinching so bad I would be just wasting ammo

you can make or purchase lead strips to attach to weapon of choice to add weight, skeet shooters have been doing this for years to help control recoil

 

[redblood]

good luck. not a fan of heavy hunting rifles

 

[Gravey]

Probably Marco Polo sheep and ibex next year, then hopefully the brown bear I've been wanting to chase for the last 15 years and for whatever reason each and every time I book, or try to book something happens and it just never happens. Plus I might have a deer or two that I'm really mad at.

A buddy just bought a .338 Lapua and this is what it does.

 

[JArender]

Dang chad. Maybe I ain't that mad at them. But I do like deer burger lol.

I want to use this gun due to where and how I came about getting it. I will just add extra weight to my training pack and haul it when it comes time for it.