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<blockquote data-quote="RevJim" data-source="post: 1240678" data-attributes="member: 86754"><p>I like Sporter weight rifles. I can't shoot a very lightweight rifle well past 200yds myself. My current thumper is a Mod 700 in 358 Norma Mag with a 25" #4 Shilen, set in a Brown Precision High country synthetic. With an older Nikon 4x12 AO on it, it still weighs exactly 8.5 pounds. A lot less when I put the Leupold 1.5x5 on it. I once took my old sporterized 1917 Enfield down into a deep, deep canyon, up on Nebo Loop. Since it was on a Forestry trail, it was super easy to get down in it several miles ( it felt like 100 coming out!) . Coming out at the end of the day with a 10# plus rifle was "not enjoyable for me", ha. The day had also turned off hot (for October) about 75 deg. I had ran out of water....cool mountain stream was full of cow pies, no way I was drinking that! ha I was 39 then...I don't do that now at 63! I have had heavier, long range purpose oriented rifles, but I never really hunted that way. I tend to look at 400yds as a long way for me on elk. For long range I think a heavy rifle is the way to go, I know I shoot them better further out. I have not shot game but have shot a lot at rocks at 1000 out in the desert with them and my Sporters. I hit better with the heavyweights. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RevJim, post: 1240678, member: 86754"] I like Sporter weight rifles. I can't shoot a very lightweight rifle well past 200yds myself. My current thumper is a Mod 700 in 358 Norma Mag with a 25" #4 Shilen, set in a Brown Precision High country synthetic. With an older Nikon 4x12 AO on it, it still weighs exactly 8.5 pounds. A lot less when I put the Leupold 1.5x5 on it. I once took my old sporterized 1917 Enfield down into a deep, deep canyon, up on Nebo Loop. Since it was on a Forestry trail, it was super easy to get down in it several miles ( it felt like 100 coming out!) . Coming out at the end of the day with a 10# plus rifle was "not enjoyable for me", ha. The day had also turned off hot (for October) about 75 deg. I had ran out of water....cool mountain stream was full of cow pies, no way I was drinking that! ha I was 39 then...I don't do that now at 63! I have had heavier, long range purpose oriented rifles, but I never really hunted that way. I tend to look at 400yds as a long way for me on elk. For long range I think a heavy rifle is the way to go, I know I shoot them better further out. I have not shot game but have shot a lot at rocks at 1000 out in the desert with them and my Sporters. I hit better with the heavyweights. :) [/QUOTE]
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