04-05-2018, 10:52 PM
kpswihart Wrote:About 8.5 lbs according to the bathroom scale. It "feels" lighter. The Strike Eagle 1-8 weighs 16.5 ozs per the Vortex website. I've only been to the range on time, so I can't comment too definitively on handling. Pleased so far and looking forward to good things from this build.
Thanks I'm in the process of a similar build, with the only differences being 9" atlas one forearm, and the 12.7" GB barrel. As much as I love vortex they are on the heavy side, and was debating the strike eagle 1-8. I have a vxIII 1.75-6x32 that I'll weight and test how it feels.

