Supaduke wrote:If you find it comfortable to shoot offhand, do it. No hard and fast rules. Depends on the chassis too. I have had a go with the MDT tac21, nice chassis, but a bit nose heavy, didn't strike me as being practical for off hand shooting. The LSS looks much lighter. The RPR I shot seemed the same, front heavy, nice off a bench.
I find a pistol grip far more comfortable to shoot from any position than a conventional rifle stock, it's also more comfortable and controllable to carry.
I think the LSS is one of the lightest Aluminium aftermarket chassis available. I would expect some of the factory chassis rifles could be significantly lighter. The MDT's use a base casting (billet perhaps but feels like cast to me), just machined to suit a variety of actions so it needs to be more robust than it could be if designed for specific actions.
The 20" .308 Ruger Precision Rifle is 4.44kg with 10rd mag but no scope.
My 22" RAR 7mm-08 with folding stock, 10rd mag, scope and bipod is 5.30kg.
But the RPR has a heavier barrel than my Standard RAR.