The design of the carbon fiber weave enhances the stock’s rigidity and strength without the added weight of a traditional aluminum bedding block. This carbon fiber shelf mates to the recoil lug and transfers energy across the platform upon firing. The Peak 44 Blacktooth also incorporates an innovative bedding system called the Rock Solid Carbon Link, which ties the two sides of the stock together with a pair of aluminum pillars to provide a solid platform to mount the rifle’s action. Peak 44 stocks are new to the market, but Weatherby knew they could stand alongside their product. Bare bones, the stock weighs just 20 ounces, so their claim is one that’s hard to argue against. So new, in fact, that the Blacktooth carbon fiber stock is the company’s first product, which stakes the claim that the Blacktooth is the lightest production carbon fiber stock currently available. The Backcountry 2.0 is fitted with a stock from Peak 44, a newcomer into the hunting accessory market. And the best place to start trimming is in the stock design. So, the team there understands ounces make pounds, and to make a true lightweight backcountry rifle means shaving ounces wherever they can.
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This spreads the kick out over what amounts to milliseconds, but it’s enough to reduce what should be sharp, painful crack into a subtle push that is more than tolerable and, dare I say, comfortable.Īdam Weatherby is a serious backcountry hunter, as is much of the leadership at the storied gunmaker. So Weatherby re-engineered the design and introduced the new 3DHex pad with an interior honeycomb structure that lengthens the duration of the rifle’s recoil. And while that pad worked as advertised, it did have a few flaws.
When Weatherby announced the original Backcountry rifle, one of its unique features was a hex 3D-printed recoil pad. Lighter guns can be painful to shoot, especially when chambered for big-game backcountry hunting, but this new Weatherby Backcountry rifle is truly an exception. But what about the recoil? Turns out, Weatherby had already solved that problem. That’s an ideal weight for hiking the backcountry in search of elk, mule deer or, as I was planning, black bears. without optics or mounts, depending on standard or magnum chambering. Weatherby lists the rifle’s weight from 5.3-6.6 lbs. Topped with a Zeiss Conquest V4 scope, the rifle tipped the scales somewhere south of 8 lbs. I’m not sure I want to shoot this thing.”
My second thought was: “This thing is way too light for the magnum cartridge it’s chambered for. When I first handled the new Weatherby Mark V Backcountry 2.0 Ti Carbon rifle, my initial thought was: “Man, this thing is light.”
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