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Shootability vs. Packability. What is the optimal rifle weight?
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<blockquote data-quote="HOT TUNA" data-source="post: 1501657" data-attributes="member: 95931"><p>I carry around a 15.5 pound rifle out west. That's a finished weight with rifle, scope, rings, full magazine of ammo, and a bipod. I spent a lot of years in the Army packing 24-36 pound machine guns plus 800 rounds of belted ammo around on extended field exercises, so to me 15.5 pounds feels like a nerf gun. This is going to be a very opinionated subject and at the end of the day it's what you are comfortable with (or physically capable of carrying). That 15.5 pound rifle is a freaking laser beam for me and when I pull the trigger on a target I have a great amount of confidence my bullet is going exactly where I want it to. For that reason alone it gets to come along. I would rather train to be physically fit enough to bring a heavy precision rifle on a hunt with me than settle on bringing a lighter rifle that I'm not as accurate with because that's all I can hump around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOT TUNA, post: 1501657, member: 95931"] I carry around a 15.5 pound rifle out west. That’s a finished weight with rifle, scope, rings, full magazine of ammo, and a bipod. I spent a lot of years in the Army packing 24-36 pound machine guns plus 800 rounds of belted ammo around on extended field exercises, so to me 15.5 pounds feels like a nerf gun. This is going to be a very opinionated subject and at the end of the day it’s what you are comfortable with (or physically capable of carrying). That 15.5 pound rifle is a freaking laser beam for me and when I pull the trigger on a target I have a great amount of confidence my bullet is going exactly where I want it to. For that reason alone it gets to come along. I would rather train to be physically fit enough to bring a heavy precision rifle on a hunt with me than settle on bringing a lighter rifle that I’m not as accurate with because that’s all I can hump around. [/QUOTE]
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