That may have been me who said that. A few years back, i had a 25" custom match grade barrel put on my 700 action and a bunch of work to make up a real shooter in .280AI. Great gun and it really does all i could ask of it but it now weighs in at almost 10 lbs loaded, slinged, and scoped. The more i carry it, the more i wished i had gone lighter...i don't hunt it as often because so!
There are some really good threads of light weight builds in the recent back pages of the Guns and shooting Forum. Hardway has done some nice work in this area and presently has another build in process. Also Kimber, among a couple others, puts out great, not quite custom, guns already in that weight range. Good luck!!
Joey