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<blockquote data-quote="7mmTikkaShooter" data-source="post: 2640373" data-attributes="member: 92915"><p>Hunting North American big game. Elk, deer, moose, sheep, bear, etc. Yes packable for long distances, but heavy enough to shoot steel for practice without getting beat up too badly. I'm not likely going to take a hunting shot much beyond 750 yards, but I want the horsepower to take an elk at 1200. It's a balancing act of weight and recoil. Such is the case for most backcountry guns. I'm 6 foot 230 lb of red meat eating American man so some additional weight is not a major concern within reason. For the same reasons though, and being a pretty experienced shooter, the same can be said regarding recoil management. I don't want a 30 lb gun, but I don't necessarily want to be sledgehammered every time I want to go shoot. This is the main vein of this thread question. How light or heavy would you go? What muzzle brake would you recommend? What other components etc.?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7mmTikkaShooter, post: 2640373, member: 92915"] Hunting North American big game. Elk, deer, moose, sheep, bear, etc. Yes packable for long distances, but heavy enough to shoot steel for practice without getting beat up too badly. I’m not likely going to take a hunting shot much beyond 750 yards, but I want the horsepower to take an elk at 1200. It’s a balancing act of weight and recoil. Such is the case for most backcountry guns. I’m 6 foot 230 lb of red meat eating American man so some additional weight is not a major concern within reason. For the same reasons though, and being a pretty experienced shooter, the same can be said regarding recoil management. I don’t want a 30 lb gun, but I don’t necessarily want to be sledgehammered every time I want to go shoot. This is the main vein of this thread question. How light or heavy would you go? What muzzle brake would you recommend? What other components etc.? [/QUOTE]
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