PRS Talk Rifle Weight, heavy vs light.

[Mormegil87]

Just because I'm curious, are you going with lighter or heavier rifles? I'm seeing a lot of people getting away from the carbon fiber stocks and going to something heavier.

Personally I'm shooting an AXMC for PRS type matches. She's a hefty girls but it's really hard to give up the reliability the system provides, especially in less than ideal conditions that we see up here.

 

[tomcfc11]

My goal weight for my last match rifle was 17 lbs. I hit it on the nose and the balance worked out just in front of the magwell. Rifle balances very well on a bag. Ended up running a 26" bartlien heavy palma contour with APA LB II brake and an MPA comp chassis. The rifle I was shooting before for matches was an AX308 that weighed 19 lbs. That is still not too heavy for my liking.

 

[Mormegil87]

My goal weight for my last match rifle was 17 lbs. I hit it on the nose and the balance worked out just in front of the magwell. Rifle balances very well on a bag. Ended up running a 26" bartlien heavy palma contour with APA LB II brake and an MPA comp chassis. The rifle I was shooting before for matches was an AX308 that weighed 19 lbs. That is still not too heavy for my liking.

I'm right at 19lbs with my AXMC and a TBAC U7

 

[BangBangBlatBlat]

Heavy ass gun + light trigger.

 

[Covertnoob5]

I'm right at 16lbs with my vector custom and it balances excellently. I can easily let it rest by itself on almost any bag really, on a barricade. Free recoil is no problem when needed even though I try not to employ that technique.

 

[Sniper266]

A heavy rifle can lower felt recoil and help with shot follow up. Unless your lugging your rifle around through the woods weight isn’t usually a bad thing.

 

[Dthomas3523]

As I get more and more comfortable with positional shooting, I find myself going heavier and heavier.

After playing musical chairs with every gear option available I’ve settled on:

Impact action with 6creed 26” m24 barrel/pva jetblast
JAE chassis
Spuhr 4601
Minox Zp5

I’m guessing it’s around the 17lb mark (haven’t weighed it) and if I could, I’d make it heavier.

 

[kthomas]

I'm at 21 lbs with my rifle. Balances beautifully on barricades.

Weight is your friend in this game. I've never felt disadvantaged with a heavy rifle for PRS.

 

[arm017]

more weight

 

[b6graham]

i know a guy rocking a 24# manners in 6 Dasher. tons of weights in the stock.

 

[Diver160651]

I think I am pulling out all the stops.. I just need to find someone 6'7" to carry it for me.

If it doesn't crush the obstacle, it should balance perfectly and the 6mm should not move the gun much.

 

[Fig]

I need to weigh mine, but I'm running an MPA Comp chassis, with all the weights in it, and a Heavy Palma barrel . I'm pretty sure I'm over 25lbs. with a full mag in. It's by far the heaviest rifle I've ever owned, and it is just rock solid off shaky shooting positions, and shoots repeatable free recoil like a champ.

Heavy Gun Bench rest gets nuts. At least that one has the weight in the shape of a stock.
The rail guns they don't even bother.

 

[steve123]

I've been mulling over this subject.

My rifle is at 19lbs, it has a heavy varmint at 28" and is braked. I'm 5'6" and a older guy weighing in at 155lbs. It was too heavy for me to hike around with during the last few matches I went to/fatigue, and in offhand stages it was ridiculous, lol.

I think I will put a 25" medium palma on it and rig up a weight of some kind to attach to the rifle when I want extra weight, but I need the rifle to come in around 13lbs without a weight attached.

I'm also going to experiment with 22PPC using 88's to reduce rifle movement.

 

[cerakoted]

my rifle is around 25 pds and ill probably add the front weight kit

i run a mpa chassis for comps