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How heavy a gun is too heavy for hauling?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 425937" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>"It depends." It depends on your age, physical fitness, and mostly upon the nature of the hunt. When long-range shots are likely there is a reason for a heavy rifle, the heaviest you are comfortable carrying on THAT HUNT. Then again, if shots will top out at 300 yards, an ultra-light whatever will likely do the trick. If the land is flat & hiking is easy a heavy rifle isn't much of a problem, but if you are going to climb a 660' cliff at 11,000' of elevation just to look down on the box canyon on the other side (as I did on my last muley hunt) every extra ounce is TWO ounces too much!</p><p></p><p>In short, I don't think there is a right answer, even just for me. I will err on the side of shootability over portability in most cases but I'm a 53 year old who just split 8 cords of oak & pear by hand to get my shoulders ready for bow season. I'm willing to work harder than most. My loaded rifle & scope on my last high mountain hunt weighed 10 pounds. As we were climbing from dawn to dark a lighter rifle would have been welcome — if I had the budget for a Christenson rifle I would have carried one. That said, another 2-3 pounds in my rifle wouldn't have much difference in my hunt. Beyond that a rifle would have been too heavy FOR ME, on THAT HUNT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 425937, member: 21641"] "It depends." It depends on your age, physical fitness, and mostly upon the nature of the hunt. When long-range shots are likely there is a reason for a heavy rifle, the heaviest you are comfortable carrying on THAT HUNT. Then again, if shots will top out at 300 yards, an ultra-light whatever will likely do the trick. If the land is flat & hiking is easy a heavy rifle isn't much of a problem, but if you are going to climb a 660' cliff at 11,000' of elevation just to look down on the box canyon on the other side (as I did on my last muley hunt) every extra ounce is TWO ounces too much! In short, I don't think there is a right answer, even just for me. I will err on the side of shootability over portability in most cases but I'm a 53 year old who just split 8 cords of oak & pear by hand to get my shoulders ready for bow season. I'm willing to work harder than most. My loaded rifle & scope on my last high mountain hunt weighed 10 pounds. As we were climbing from dawn to dark a lighter rifle would have been welcome — if I had the budget for a Christenson rifle I would have carried one. That said, another 2-3 pounds in my rifle wouldn't have much difference in my hunt. Beyond that a rifle would have been too heavy FOR ME, on THAT HUNT. [/QUOTE]
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