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What kind of mountain rifles do you get when you combine the input from more than 50 hard-core sheep hunters and guides and then take five years to design, research and test those ideas?
High-altitude hunting delivers many challenges. It’s simply more difficult to walk, aim and shoot at 9,000 feet and higher. Less oxygen is only one factor in the high-altitude hunting struggle for many, and you can improve your odds for a successful hunt by carrying a lighter weight rifle. That said, it’s important to remember that cutting weight should not cut performance or accuracy because high mountain hunts also often mean taking longer-than-normal shots at game. Choose your gear and rifle carefully.
AllTerra Mountain Shadow Carbon.
A top example in accurate light weight rifle design is AllTerra Arm’s Mountain Shadow Carbon bolt-action rifle. This compact rifle is designed for big game hunting and tips the scales at a feathery 5 3/4 pounds. It features patented Bolt-to-Bore Alignment for exact concentricity to increase accuracy and patented No-Fail Cycling for guaranteed function.
An added accuracy aide in the Mountain Shadow Carbon rifle is the match-grade, hand-lapped, carbon-wrapped barrel and innovative stock design. The rifle also uses a 20- or 22-inch barrel based on caliber selected. The available calibers range from 6mm Creedmoor to 338 Sherman Short. More traditional calibers such as 308 Win. and 7mm Rem. Mag. are also offered.
To top things off, the Mountain Shadow Carbon is customizable, and AllTerra worked closely with Hornady’s engineering team to develop custom loads specifically for this rifle. Those loads produce velocities from a 20-inch barrel that exceed that from a 26-inch barrel. So confident is AllTerra in the custom load/Mountain Shadow Carbon combination that it guarantees sub-0.25-inch three-shot groups at 100 yards when using AllTerra custom ammo and sub-0.50-inch groups with premium factory loads.
