Scale to Weigh a Rifle

[Redneck]

Does anybody have a scale that I could borrow to weigh a rifle of mine? I'm dying to know what my DPMS .308 weighs. I want to know mainly for comparison purposes. I'll be in the market for another deer rifle sometime, I use the AR 10 now but its so damn heavy and would like to be able to compare weights to see if I can really notice a few pounds difference.

 

[Inigoes]

Sneak your rifle into the nut house and weigh it

I won't tell DickT

 

[Redneck]

Sneak your rifle into the nut house and weigh it

I won't tell DickT

Thought about it, but the scales there aren't big enough.

 

[Inigoes]

Thought about it, but the scales there aren't big enough.

You never know till you try.

A postage meter would even work.

 

[haoleboy]

Digital bathroom scale?

 

[Darkemp]

Weigh yourself, weigh yourself holding the rifle, then subtract.

 

[Redneck]

Digital bathroom scale?

Do they register under 20 lbs?

 

[Redneck]

Weigh yourself, weigh yourself holding the rifle, then subtract.

Tried that, but I would like to be more accurate.

 

[pop-gunner]

Doesn't matter how much it weighs, it's too damn much. Ship it off to Compass Lake and have them turn the profile down. You know it's an accurate barrel so there's no reason to replace it. They can either flute it or turn the whole thing down.
Last I checked it was under $125 for them to disassemble my upper, turn the barrel down, refinish the barrel, and reassemble.

http://www.compasslake.com/

 

[Redneck]

Doesn't matter how much it weighs, it's too damn much. Ship it off to Compass Lake and have them turn the profile down. You know it's an accurate barrel so there's no reason to replace it. They can either flute it or turn the whole thing down.
Last I checked it was under $125 for them to disassemble my upper, turn the barrel down, refinish the barrel, and reassemble.

http://www.compasslake.com/

Pretty neat idea

 

[annihilation-time]

A postage meter would even work.

This is also what I was thinking.

 

[lx1x]

Fish scale if you have one.

 

[pop-gunner]

My RCBS trigger pull scale doesn't go over 8lbs but some others may go higher.

 

[pop-gunner]

My RCBS trigger pull scale doesn't go over 8lbs but some others may go higher.

If you have a trigger pull scale you could always weigh the upper and lower separate. Should get you pretty close as long as the upper doesn't max out your scale.

 

[ThumperIII]

Many of the digital fish scales weigh quite accurately over almost the entire range of the scale. My Rapala 50lb scale measures to nearest 0.01 lb and less than 2% off true weight. You can always do a few check points with measured (volume) amounts of fresh water in a (light weight) plastic bag. For your purposes the temperature of the water will not be important. Cold water faucet temp is fine.



................ Pounds .................Grams ...........Kilograms .
.
Liter ........2.204684 (2.20) ...1000.028 ...... 1.000028
Gallon .....8.345404 (8.35) ...3785.4118 .....3.7854118

 

[HokieCasey]

Fish scale if you have one.

+1 for the fish scale

 

[BeltBuckle]

you could have a very interesting visit to your local grocery store, either the butcher shop or produce aisle...

 

[wilcam47]

arent there stats for it on the DPMS page?

 

[pop-gunner]

arent there stats for it on the DPMS page?

That's only going to do you any good if it's a stock gun.

 

[Redneck]

That's only going to do you any good if it's a stock gun.

exactly, I have added a bunch of stuff so the stock weight isn't going to be close.