Years back I weighed the FW floorplate and guard and my recollection is that there was about 4oz difference from the steel parts. This was enough so that I put them on every pre64 that passed through my hands while I had the rifle. My grand old 1941 Super Grade '06, that I have owned for over half a century, weighs 9 3/8 lbs with steel parts and an Alaskan in Stith Streamline mounts. This was overmuch even when I put the FW bottom on and I had a 1947 receiver built into another '06 by Cloward, using a Van Patten rebored Swift 26" barrel, FW bottom metal, and a Leupold 1.75-6x. This came to exactly a pound less. This too began to seem weighty and I went to Ultra Light for a .270 with 26" barrel and another Leupold, a 2.5-8x, which is 6 7/8 lbs. I am too lazy and decrepit to hunt much any more but still have and occasionally shoot all three rifles. It is curious that the UL even with hot light magnum ammo seems to kick distinctly less than either of the heavier rifles with standard loads.
