I bought this new recently (traded into it actually). It is a 110 Lightweight Storm SS in 6.5 Creedmoor. It only weights 5.5 pounds. I haven't fired it yet. It is a very nice rifle, but I am really thinking about just going to AR platform rifles for everything.
I am having some serious back issues, and though the lightweight rifle would be nice for walking and carrying, I'm not sure I'm going to be doing a lot of walking in the foreseeable future if I don't see some drastic improvement with the back.
This all being said, do any of you hunt primarily with AR style rifles? I'm kind of thinking a .224 Valkyrie for varmints and a 6.8 SPC II for the larger animals. They both share the same bolt charging group and I would imagine the same magazines. It also seems there are decent offerings in factory ammo for both. I am not a hand-loader so factory ammo is it for now.
I'm out here in Colorado, so this is from CPWD on hunting rifles:
"Rifles using center-fire cartridges of .24 caliber or larger, having expanding bullets of at least seventy (70) grains in weight, except for elk and moose where the minimum bullet weight is eighty-five (85) grains, and with a rated impact energy one hundred (100) yards from the muzzle of at least one thousand (1000) foot pounds as determined by the manufacturer's rating, and except for mountain lion where any center-fire rifle using bullets of at least 45 grains and producing at least 400 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle may be used. Provided further that any semiautomatic rifle used shall not hold more than six (6) rounds in the magazine and chamber combined. A fully automatic rifle is prohibited."
I am having some serious back issues, and though the lightweight rifle would be nice for walking and carrying, I'm not sure I'm going to be doing a lot of walking in the foreseeable future if I don't see some drastic improvement with the back.
This all being said, do any of you hunt primarily with AR style rifles? I'm kind of thinking a .224 Valkyrie for varmints and a 6.8 SPC II for the larger animals. They both share the same bolt charging group and I would imagine the same magazines. It also seems there are decent offerings in factory ammo for both. I am not a hand-loader so factory ammo is it for now.
I'm out here in Colorado, so this is from CPWD on hunting rifles:
"Rifles using center-fire cartridges of .24 caliber or larger, having expanding bullets of at least seventy (70) grains in weight, except for elk and moose where the minimum bullet weight is eighty-five (85) grains, and with a rated impact energy one hundred (100) yards from the muzzle of at least one thousand (1000) foot pounds as determined by the manufacturer's rating, and except for mountain lion where any center-fire rifle using bullets of at least 45 grains and producing at least 400 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle may be used. Provided further that any semiautomatic rifle used shall not hold more than six (6) rounds in the magazine and chamber combined. A fully automatic rifle is prohibited."
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