Rifle weights

fishrite · May 17, 2015

I had ordered a new Sako A7 in 7mm Rem. I weight it with a digital scale, before I purchased it. It weighted in at 8.5 lbs. Not the 6.8 they advertise. I have not bought the gun at this point. I also weight the Browning X bolt, it also came in at over 8 lbs not the 7 lbs. advertised. The Tikka T3 was the closest. Would like to know if anyone has some of these guns, and what they may weight with a 4.5-14 leupold. Or with a like combo. These are all great guns. And I did go home and check my scales against my postal scales.

264mag · May 17, 2015

For the price that tikka is a great gun, mine was 300 wsm with that scope.I lost that gun when I fell in a river sheep hunting in the NWT.

fishrite · May 17, 2015

I have heard a lot of positive things about the Tikka. How was the recoil ? I was thinking of maybe a Tikka in wood to add a few ounces. And a good recoil pad.

264mag · May 17, 2015

>I have heard a lot of
>positive things about the Tikka.
>How was the recoil ?
>I was thinking of maybe
>a Tikka in wood to
>add a few ounces. And
>a good recoil pad.

Mine was a composite and installed a limbsaver recoil pad, worked great.

fishrite · May 17, 2015

Thanks for the info. Oh by the way, sorry for your loss [Tikka and scope].

264mag · May 17, 2015

>Thanks for the info. Oh by
>the way, sorry for your
>loss [Tikka and scope].

Thank you, but that could have been my last hunt and they can be replaced.

Zeke · May 17, 2015

LAST EDITED ON May-17-15 AT 02:21PM (MST)[p]Those rivers are very dangerous and you're lucky to just lose the rifle.
Congratulation on keeping your life!
Like you said, guns can be replaced.
Some of us can relate to what you went through.

OP, sorry I cannot comment on weights of those rifles but the ad weight doesn't seem to jive with your actual findings. Weird.
Zeke

fishrite · May 17, 2015

Maybe they weight them with the bolts removed, and the clips removed. And so on and so on.

lve2143 · May 17, 2015

Both are fine rifles.

I owned a stunning Sako in .270 before the
word Tikka had ever been pronounced.

I messed it up by rebarilling it to .280 and putting
it in a composite stock.

I'm give anything to have my .270 back.

Homer · May 17, 2015

LAST EDITED ON May-17-15 AT 07:44PM (MST)[p].....did you use the 270 barrel for a tomatoe stake?....don't ever take the smith's $25 dollar offer.....

lve2143 · May 17, 2015

Tightened barb wire with it.

Love to have that old rifle back

WVHUNTER · May 18, 2015

I had a Tikka Lite in 300 WSM. I put a Simms recoil pad on it before I ever shot it and it still kicked like a mule. It would actually make my shoulder black and blue. I traded it for a Model 700 Remington in the same caliber and the recoil on it is mild compared to the Tikka.

The recoil was the reason I got rid of it.

fishrite · May 18, 2015

Thanks for input, I have that on my list as things to consider. Too light with a magnum could be painful. Some models come with a raised check piece type stock, which may help some. But what goes to the shoulder is reality. I guess I want the cake and eat it too.

Boskee · May 19, 2015

LAST EDITED ON May-19-15 AT 10:07AM (MST)[p]The Tikka's are a good alternative and there's other calibers offered that will flat out do the job without the recoil.

Zeke · May 19, 2015

LAST EDITED ON May-19-15 AT 01:21PM (MST)[p]Let's be honest.

I do NOT like recoil but for a BG hunting rifle it matters little. I can sight-in with a thin sand bag on my shoulder and when I line up on a fine deer or elk I think NOTHING of the recoil. If YOU are prone to flinching then that's a whole other matter.

I realize everyone is different so do what floats your boat but I'd go with a rifle which is a pleasure to carry and chambered for the cartridge of your choice.... unless it's your only rifle.

Just my 2 pennies along with pearls of wisdom,
Zeke

264mag · May 19, 2015

>Let's be honest.
>
>I do NOT like recoil but
>for a BG hunting rifle
>it matters little. I can
>sight-in with a thin sand
>bag on my shoulder and
>when I line up on
>a fine deer or elk
>I think NOTHING of the
>recoil. Id YOU are prone
>to flinching then that's a
>whole other matter.
>
>I realize everyone is different so
>do what floats your boat
>but I'd go with a
>rifle which is a pleasure
>to carry and chambered for
>the cartridge of your choice....
>unless it's your only rifle.
>
>
>Just my 2 pennies along with
>pearls of wisdom,
>Zeke
+1

fishrite · May 19, 2015

I have had a 300 weatherby mark 5 since 1974, new. Had a new larger stainless barrel put on in the late 80s. A mistake but it shoots really good. It has served me well over the years. It being over 9.5 lbs. empty, It's starting to wear on me, the hills are getting steeper. Recoil is not a problem for me, and scaling back to a 7mm Rem may help. I would hope to use it only for elk or bear when I am luck enough to gel a tag. I did e-mail EuroOptic about the A7s weight. They were kind enough to weight one for me. His scale was not a digital, and the rifle weight 7.7 lbs. Not the advertised 6.8.

sjhgraysage · May 20, 2015

I have a stock Tikka T3 in 300 WSM, with a VX II 3x9 Leupold in Leupold mounts. I shoot mostly Nosler 180 gr partitions in it. I don't think the recoil is all that bad. I like the fact that it is probably the lightest game rifle I have to carry. I have not weighed it officially but probably under 8 lbs without ammo??

lve2143 · May 22, 2015

Homer
I found my Sako .270 barrel
in a closet at my Mom's house.

It's pristine.

Bet the threads are Sako.
Bet I can't use it.

maxxbob1 · May 26, 2015

The weight on a Sako A7 depends on exactly what model you have. I have an "A7 Synthetic" 300 wsm that was spec'ed at 6 lbs 6 oz. It weighed exactly that. With a Swarovski 3.5-18x44 scope (15.9 oz) and rings and muzzle break, it weighs 7 lbs 7 oz. With my sling, it weighs 7 lbs 13 oz. Loaded, it is just barely over 8 lbs. The newer fancier versions feel noticeably heavier to me than my old A7 Synthetic, which is similar to the Tikka T3 Lite.

fishrite · May 27, 2015

Thanks everyone for all of your honest input. It has really helped me decide. It looks like the Finns are going to get some of my money. Just not as much as before.

hank4elk · Dec 20, 2015

So I finally weighed my R700 w Hogue & Zeiss Conquest...10lbs.
started looking at a lighter -06 for reasonable $.

Howa Hogue package w Zeiss Terra is around 9 3/4
lbs about $1100 so w my scope close to what I have.
There are some very low price ones out there.Like $400,7.25 lbs stripped.Good reviews.

Vanguards are about the same weight and more models,6 3/4lb around $6-800 and if I went up to $1500-2000 I could get a 6.2lb Vanguard or lower end Mark V. So I would wind up with a 8 lb set up give or take. I always wanted a Weatherby,being from Cen. Cal.and one of the best there is factory made gun.

Just looked at Tikka t3 lite and I found them for $700NIB & 6.2-6.8 depending on source, lbs.
Basic black. As much as I like wood I like a more indestructable lighter synthetic the way to go for hunting now.
Excellent reviews too & the Finns know their stuff.

Looks like I found a contender for my 7.5-8 lb set up,quality&reasonable.

Ltsheets · Dec 31, 2015

My Browning Xbolt Carbon Stainless Stalker scoped with a Swaro Z3 3-10x BRX and talley lightweight rings weighs 7.3lbs on my digital scale. It also shoots .5 MOA with both 150VLD and 140AB handloads.

264mag · Dec 31, 2015

>So I finally weighed my R700
>w Hogue & Zeiss Conquest...10lbs.
>
>started looking at a lighter -06
>for reasonable $.
>
>Howa Hogue package w Zeiss Terra
>is around 9 3/4
>lbs about $1100 so w my
>scope close to what I
>have.
>There are some very low price
>ones out there.Like $400,7.25 lbs
>stripped.Good reviews.
>
>Vanguards are about the same weight
>and more models,6 3/4lb around
>$6-800 and if I went
>up to $1500-2000 I could
>get a 6.2lb Vanguard or
>lower end Mark V. So
>I would wind up with
>a 8 lb set up
>give or take. I always
>wanted a Weatherby,being from Cen.
>Cal.and one of the best
>there is factory made gun.
>
>
>Just looked at Tikka t3 lite
>and I found them for
>$700NIB & 6.2-6.8 depending on
>source, lbs.
>Basic black. As much as I
>like wood I like a
>more indestructable lighter synthetic the
>way to go for hunting
>now.
>Excellent reviews too & the Finns
>know their stuff.
>
>Looks like I found a contender
>for my 7.5-8 lb set
>up,quality&reasonable.
+1 on the tikka,mine was in 300 wsm.