Quote Originally Posted by lanesmith View Post
At 17.5 lbs (7.9Kg) unloaded, this thing is retarded as a designated marksman rifle. An AIAWM system (rifle, bipod, and magazine) in 338 LM weighs less. I suspect that Germany will need to medicate their soldiers like they did their Olympic athletes in the 70's to get them to hump that thing.




The rifle as pictured has about 6lbs of crap attached to it. Easy to gain weight when you start out with a 10lb gun. I think a loaded 20RD 308 mag is a LB by itself.