Anyone weighed their guns recently?

"A pistol is what you use to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have left behind!" Clint Smith, Thunder Ranch

Moderators: carlson1, Keith B

User avatar

The Annoyed Man
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 3
Posts: 26789
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:59 pm
Location: North Richland Hills, Texas
Contact:

Re: Anyone weighed their guns recently?

#16

Post by The Annoyed Man »

74novaman wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote:
flechero wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote:
Exactly. Not criticizing the OP at all, but weighing the rifle with everything stripped off of it only gives you some kind of baseline.
I agree, and while I mentioned a "stripped down" weight in response to your initial comment, the last picture and weight in the OP was not stripped down. Rifle was weighed with a loaded magazine, optic and light on it. Under 7lbs, ready to go with everything I need on the gun.

If I take the light off, put the 5x prism scope on, sling, and use a 30 round magazine it still weighs under 8 lbs (7 lbs 14 oz)....which is how I'll use it for CW this year. That's 3 lbs lighter than the gun I used last year, which I think will make a difference.
And that is a pretty light rifle, I agree. I think that, because the AR platform in carbine configuration tends to be relatively light compared to say AK rifles, or bolt guns, people tend to underestimate their carbine's actual weight; and they would be surprised if they actually weighed it to see what they're lugging a round. (FWIW, I think that most people with AKs and other most other rifle platforms probably make the exact same mistake.....your average rifle weighing a LOT less from the truck to the deer stand than it does from the deer stand back to the truck!)

Your average AR15 carbine is going to come in at right around 8 lbs or more. I remember when I got my SCAR 17, one of the selling points was that it "only" weighed 8 lbs - stripped - which is pretty light for a .308 battle rifle. But......add a 20 round mag of 150 grain ball, an optical device, maybe a sling, maybe a tactical light, maybe a suppressor, and all of a sudden its weight is well north of 10 lbs. Ammo weighs a LOT, which was just one of the considerations in our military's original decision to switch from 7.62 to 5.56 caliber for the individual infantry rifleman. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true) the "official" weight for a military Colt M4-A1 with a 30 round mag included (but no optic) is 7.5 lbs, which I'm not inclined to take at face value. I wouldn't want to bet my last dollar on that........and sure as heck not after the guy using it has kitted up with everything else he's going to put on that carbine, plus carry in his pack or on his vest.

AAC lists the weight of my suppressor shown in my pictures above as 20.0 oz. There was a 48.5 oz difference between the weight of my SBR with and without the can and the mag. Subtract the 20.0 oz can, and that mag-full of thirty 208 grain subsonics weighs 28.5 oz, or 1.78 lbs. It will be a bit less if the ammo is 55 grain 5.56 NATO. Thirty 208 grain bullets weigh approximately .8914 lbs. Thirty 55 grain bullets weigh approximately .2357 lbs......a difference of about .66 lbs, or about 10.5 oz. Subtract 10.5 oz from the 9 lbs 13-1/4 oz of my SBR all up, and it still weighs over 9 lbs with a magazine inserted.....and it has a 10.5" barrel. Add 6" of barrel, even with a smaller caliber, and the weight goes up even more. My 5.56 carbine barrel weighs 7.1 oz more than my .330 Blk SBR barrel.

Anyway, my point is that people should, just out of intellectual curiosity if nothing else, weigh their AR15 so that they can know how much they're actually carrying around........if it ever comes down to carrying one around. I think most people would be very surprised, and a number of them would begin to put their rifles on a diet, like 74novaman has done.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"

#TINVOWOOT
User avatar

bblhd672
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 4811
Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:43 am
Location: TX

Re: Anyone weighed their guns recently?

#17

Post by bblhd672 »

I haven't weighed my AR15, but will now.
The left lies about everything. Truth is a liberal value, and truth is a conservative value, but it has never been a left-wing value. People on the left say whatever advances their immediate agenda. Power is their moral lodestar; therefore, truth is always subservient to it. - Dennis Prager
User avatar

Topic author
74novaman
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 7
Posts: 3798
Joined: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:36 am
Location: CenTex

Re: Anyone weighed their guns recently?

#18

Post by 74novaman »

The Annoyed Man wrote: Anyway, my point is that people should, just out of intellectual curiosity if nothing else, weigh their AR15 so that they can know how much they're actually carrying around........if it ever comes down to carrying one around. I think most people would be very surprised, and a number of them would begin to put their rifles on a diet, like 74novaman has done.
Probably. Just for fun, weighed a few other guns:

M16A4 clone with KAS rail and sling weighs 9 lbs, 12 oz with a loaded 30 round magazine. ACOG weighs in at 15.9, so a military A4 weighs 10 lbs, 12 oz.
A PTR 91 with a loaded magazine weighs 10 lbs, 12 oz.
Tavor with a Eotech 512 and loaded 30 round magazine is 9 lbs, 11 oz.
My AK with railed handguard, red dot, light, and loaded magazine is 11 lbs, 1 oz.

I tried to see how heavy I could make my lightweight build.

With a B5 sopmod stock, 5x prism optic, light, sling and loaded D60 I only hit 9 lbs, 15 oz. :biggrinjester:

Image
TANSTAAFL
User avatar

C-dub
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 2
Posts: 13531
Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: DFW

Re: Anyone weighed their guns recently?

#19

Post by C-dub »

bblhd672 wrote:I haven't weighed my AR15, but will now.
Don't do it. I'll bet you won't like what you see. :biggrinjester:
I am not and have never been a LEO. My avatar is in honor of my friend, Dallas Police Sargent Michael Smith, who was murdered along with four other officers in Dallas on 7.7.2016.
NRA Patriot-Endowment Lifetime Member---------------------------------------------Si vis pacem, para bellum.................................................Patriot Guard Rider

Medley86
Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 186
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:47 am

Re: Anyone weighed their guns recently?

#20

Post by Medley86 »

I have no idea how heavy my AR is but the answer is very. 16" bull barrel plus a 3x9-40 scope gets it way up there way fast without anything else on it. As TAM was saying about the mags/ammo, my XDm 40 pretty much doubles in weight from empty to actual carry setup when you account for the 17 rounds of 175 grain.
Ruger LCP in a Talon wallet holster EDC
Post Reply

Return to “Rifles & Shotguns”