Float Pilot
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I own or have owned lots of rifles over the last 50 years or so. These days I do not hunt so much with rifles as I do with a camera. Often I am in remote locations where I have flown out with clients who are taking wildlife photos themselves. So I become a bodyguard in those instances. The same when I am helping pack moose meat back to the plane, except I am a bodyguard to myself.
So I opened one of my safes, ( the one the wife had not barricaded with boxes.) and then I weighed and measured the lighter rifles in that one safe. With slings magazines and scopes attached.
SAMPLES ..Shortest to longest inside safe number one
Polish AK under-folder.....7.5 lbs ......26 to 35.25 inches. OK to carry but underpowered and not accurate enough.
AR 5.56mm carbine with Israeli pencil barrel upper. 5.8 lbs...32.5 to 36 inches. DREAM to carry, but underpowered.
Swede m/94 6.5x55mm carbine. 7.5 pounds 37.5 inches..... great to carry, but heavy for a borderline cartridge and no scope.
M1A shorty 7.62mm.......9 pounds and 37.75 inches......good length for me, but super heavy. wish I could sell it.
Browning 1886 45-70 carbine.....7.25 pounds.....40. inches long... Ok length, ergonomically not so swell for me, packs a good punch, too nice to take out in the rain and mud. Not sure I trust a lever action all that much.
Husqvarna lightweight 30-06 model 1640 circa 1956. ....7.5 lbs......40.5 inches.... accurate old classic, has enough power for Alaska, too nice for mud, rain and salt water exposure.
Ruger M77MKII 350 Rem Mag stainless (modified to Sourdough rifle) ..8.25 lbs and 42.0 inches... Has lots of power, accuracy and corrosion resistance. A bit heavy and long for my intended purpose.
AR Long heavy 24in barrel in 6.8mm...8.1 pounds.....42.25 inches....not enough stopping power even from long barrel, too long and heavy. Great varmint or winter caribou rifle.
Win Model 70 featherweight in 6.5x55mm.....7.75 pounds,....42.5 inches. Borderline power, shoulders and points like a dream, too long and heavy for a walk-about rifle. Also it is too nice to take out in the mud, rain and salt air.
So it looks like I am looking for something around 36 to 38 inches long, and less than or right at 7 pounds with a sling and medium power scope. Also it should be stainless or heavily corrosion resistant. The minimum cartridge power should be 308 win. Even that is borderline up here.
Any ideas ???
So I opened one of my safes, ( the one the wife had not barricaded with boxes.) and then I weighed and measured the lighter rifles in that one safe. With slings magazines and scopes attached.
SAMPLES ..Shortest to longest inside safe number one
Polish AK under-folder.....7.5 lbs ......26 to 35.25 inches. OK to carry but underpowered and not accurate enough.
AR 5.56mm carbine with Israeli pencil barrel upper. 5.8 lbs...32.5 to 36 inches. DREAM to carry, but underpowered.
Swede m/94 6.5x55mm carbine. 7.5 pounds 37.5 inches..... great to carry, but heavy for a borderline cartridge and no scope.
M1A shorty 7.62mm.......9 pounds and 37.75 inches......good length for me, but super heavy. wish I could sell it.
Browning 1886 45-70 carbine.....7.25 pounds.....40. inches long... Ok length, ergonomically not so swell for me, packs a good punch, too nice to take out in the rain and mud. Not sure I trust a lever action all that much.
Husqvarna lightweight 30-06 model 1640 circa 1956. ....7.5 lbs......40.5 inches.... accurate old classic, has enough power for Alaska, too nice for mud, rain and salt water exposure.
Ruger M77MKII 350 Rem Mag stainless (modified to Sourdough rifle) ..8.25 lbs and 42.0 inches... Has lots of power, accuracy and corrosion resistance. A bit heavy and long for my intended purpose.
AR Long heavy 24in barrel in 6.8mm...8.1 pounds.....42.25 inches....not enough stopping power even from long barrel, too long and heavy. Great varmint or winter caribou rifle.
Win Model 70 featherweight in 6.5x55mm.....7.75 pounds,....42.5 inches. Borderline power, shoulders and points like a dream, too long and heavy for a walk-about rifle. Also it is too nice to take out in the mud, rain and salt air.
So it looks like I am looking for something around 36 to 38 inches long, and less than or right at 7 pounds with a sling and medium power scope. Also it should be stainless or heavily corrosion resistant. The minimum cartridge power should be 308 win. Even that is borderline up here.
Any ideas ???
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