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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1737970" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I find it comical that there is so much push back on this subject. People defend their rifle weight and shame anyone on the other side of the issue. Truth is I don't care how much you are willing to carry or not and you shouldn't care about what I am willing to carry. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. At my age and my physical fitness level I would rather carry a heavier rifle that I have absolute confidence in. In fact I only own two rifles that have anything less than a sendero barrel contour and both still weigh 10lbs or more. I don't think most hunting is done out of a spike camp deep in the mountains anyway. I have dreams of hunting like this, but most of my hunting happens within 5 miles of my truck. If you are only 5 miles away why do you need anything more than a rifle, binos, rangefinder and a knife? when I'm still hunting or in thick cover are the only times my rifle is in my hand for an extended period of time. I usually carry my rifle by a sling anyway And these biathlon slings make the weight of the rifle just disappear. If you have ever put on a pack with only 10 lbs in it you don't even realize it is there. My eberlestock mainframe weighs 5lbs empty. Why does a rifle need to be the light weight piece of gear? I would rather go through all my other gear cutting weight before drilling holes in my rifle to save ounces. Unless of course those holes made my rifle look cooler<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1737970, member: 55944"] I find it comical that there is so much push back on this subject. People defend their rifle weight and shame anyone on the other side of the issue. Truth is I don’t care how much you are willing to carry or not and you shouldn’t care about what I am willing to carry. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. At my age and my physical fitness level I would rather carry a heavier rifle that I have absolute confidence in. In fact I only own two rifles that have anything less than a sendero barrel contour and both still weigh 10lbs or more. I don’t think most hunting is done out of a spike camp deep in the mountains anyway. I have dreams of hunting like this, but most of my hunting happens within 5 miles of my truck. If you are only 5 miles away why do you need anything more than a rifle, binos, rangefinder and a knife? when I’m still hunting or in thick cover are the only times my rifle is in my hand for an extended period of time. I usually carry my rifle by a sling anyway And these biathlon slings make the weight of the rifle just disappear. If you have ever put on a pack with only 10 lbs in it you don’t even realize it is there. My eberlestock mainframe weighs 5lbs empty. Why does a rifle need to be the light weight piece of gear? I would rather go through all my other gear cutting weight before drilling holes in my rifle to save ounces. Unless of course those holes made my rifle look cooler;) [/QUOTE]
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