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<blockquote data-quote="kcebcj" data-source="post: 621640" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p>My hunting rifle for a long time weighed 8.5 lbs loaded with the strap on....22 inch thin barrel. My rifle today is 10.5 fully loaded with the strap on....26 inch #5 barrel. Cold bore they both are very accurate but what I learned is the heavier rifle is more accurate to shoot under field conditions. What I mean is if I shoot 5 shots off my knees at a 200 yard target with each and each shot is a cold bore the heavier rifles group will be better even though they both are equally accurate. It seems that I can hold the heavier rifle more still and because of the weight it just doesn't move around as much. Does that make sense to you?</p><p> </p><p> So is the barrel weight worth the tradeoff...depends. If I backpacked today like I used to it would be the lighter rifle without question but today I will take the 10.5 lbs rifle and sleep on a cot every night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcebcj, post: 621640, member: 10391"] My hunting rifle for a long time weighed 8.5 lbs loaded with the strap on....22 inch thin barrel. My rifle today is 10.5 fully loaded with the strap on....26 inch #5 barrel. Cold bore they both are very accurate but what I learned is the heavier rifle is more accurate to shoot under field conditions. What I mean is if I shoot 5 shots off my knees at a 200 yard target with each and each shot is a cold bore the heavier rifles group will be better even though they both are equally accurate. It seems that I can hold the heavier rifle more still and because of the weight it just doesn't move around as much. Does that make sense to you? So is the barrel weight worth the tradeoff...depends. If I backpacked today like I used to it would be the lighter rifle without question but today I will take the 10.5 lbs rifle and sleep on a cot every night. [/QUOTE]
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