That's my hang up with the DTA.
I've been hunting with my srs A1 fot years now, it's by no means a light rifle but it can be transported a little more comfortable then traditional rifles. I've found running a biathlon sling is nice but it can be a pain in the ass with pack. I now run my 2point match sling and it hangs to my side. Mine weighs around 7.1kg with the 338NM conversion with a Steiner M7xi 4-28 on-top. In covert form with a short carbon or light hunting profile barrel I think it'll be even better.
I’ve been hunting for the past two years with my DT SRS A2 Covert. 20 in barrel, 6.5 CM, 14 LBs with a can at 36 inches. I’ve carried it over multi-mile varmint hike/hunts and while yes, it is heavy, the balance more than makes up for it. Especially when moving through heavy cover, I’d take my DT over my buddy’s nearly 5 foot long suppressed 22-250 Savage, even if he has 5 LBs on me.
Oh heck, under 30lbs is practically a mountain rifle
yeah you’d almost need a cart to pull it in if you hunted with it
I chose exactly the same optic.
This. Deadfall and beetle kill aspen. Nasty to orient around or through. Add a cape and a rifle and I like cinching stuff *tight* down to me.
Which cape do you use? Genuinely curious about why you pick a cape over more standard hunting attire.
Hah; was walking a buddy’s elk cape out last fall. He had the rear quarter, guide had the other rear quarter.
Ahhh, now I understand. I’m in the shorter mountains to the east, so it wasn’t immediately clear to me. Need to do a Rockies elk hunt one of these days.
Honestly now that kind makes me want to do a ghille cape, just to be *that guy*.
Do it!
Jayden Wolfe was his name; outside of Kremmling CO. GMU 181? 20yo young man; solid guide. Public land “island” with the nearest public ingress about 10mi north of the higher elevation for elk. His family’s cattle ranch surrounding gives BLM access essentially as a trespass fee. Had a little cabin he’s built our group crashed in. We dispersed via side by side to a common point and then did 10mi loops walking trails or headed to glassing spots.
I use a Tab Biathlon for ultimate comfort if I'm hiking any distance, but mostly a BFG VCAS padded or Magpul because of the quick adjust feature to cinch it up tight.
Tab PRS.
Armageddon Gear PRS sling. It hangs close, absorbs shock, and has a hasty-cuff feature that becomes second nature with a bit of training.
Looks like they made the rail much taller, and slightly longer? Can you confirm if it sticks further out at the end into the hand rail? Or if it just goes further back to the cheek weld.
Making it easier for my carbon oversized rail to accept NV or thermal at the end of too on newer models. Haha
It is MUCH taller........... front is the same length as previous but the rear now goes to the full length of the receiver top as per the original Gen 1 and A1..
Ammo will be off the shelf Hornady..
Interesting info. My A2 trigger is fair. Wish it was a bit lighter but it’s usable. Tempting to try the same
The pull weight doesn’t bother me on mine. It’s set right at 2lb. Mine had a ridiculous amount of creep for a precision rifle. An out of the box r700 or savage would probably be better.
