What do you mean buy "compact", short barreled and lightweight?
Over the counter the selection is zip. If you want to spend some money, build one. S/A 700, re-barrel with custom tube, #1 contour & stainless steel. McMillan Edge stock and a Timney trigger. Talley mounts and a Leupold 2.5-8 or similar scope
Sell the OEM barrel & stock and take your wife/GF out to dinner. Good times..........
This is a LH CDL that is set in a McMillan Edge. A 6mm Rock Creek ss barrel is ordered and it'll be chambered in 243AI and 21" in length. The bolt was flutted by Kampfeld. Talley mounts and a Leupold VX2 3-9 at the time of the picture. Currently a 3.5-10 VXIII Matte is on it.
A nice compact some-what lightweight gun.
Short actions are where its at!