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Why does my long range rifle have to weight 12lbs +?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike 338" data-source="post: 727880" data-attributes="member: 41338"><p>I don't really see the pack weight and the rifle weight in the same conversation. For the most part, pack weight on on the hips/legs and shoulders. Your rifle is hanging off the end of your arm. Unless your walking up and down trails or ridge tops in a fully upright position, your rifle arm is constantly being extended, flexed and manipulated to provide balance. Terrain and soil/substrate is a huge factor. Steep hills with loose footing will have you waving your gun hand around like a flag at a 4th of July parade. A nose heavy rifle always wants to dip into the ground when climbing straight up and loose or slick footing makes that worse and harder to protect the rifle. Grip pressure is constant and heavier requires more grip, all day long. Whether you are aware of it or not, you rifle hand is constantly making adjustments and 3 or 4 extra pounds on the end of your arm is huge. </p><p></p><p>If you know where the animals will be and you walk there and set up and glass and don't move much, you can tote all the weight in the world but for some reason, the critters don't seem to cooperate in that fashion for me and I have to go find them. I find that carrying a rifle that is on the "to heavy" side causes me to concentrate a little to much on the rifle rather than paying attention to what's around me. I like to keep my rigs between 8.5 and 9.5 lbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike 338, post: 727880, member: 41338"] I don't really see the pack weight and the rifle weight in the same conversation. For the most part, pack weight on on the hips/legs and shoulders. Your rifle is hanging off the end of your arm. Unless your walking up and down trails or ridge tops in a fully upright position, your rifle arm is constantly being extended, flexed and manipulated to provide balance. Terrain and soil/substrate is a huge factor. Steep hills with loose footing will have you waving your gun hand around like a flag at a 4th of July parade. A nose heavy rifle always wants to dip into the ground when climbing straight up and loose or slick footing makes that worse and harder to protect the rifle. Grip pressure is constant and heavier requires more grip, all day long. Whether you are aware of it or not, you rifle hand is constantly making adjustments and 3 or 4 extra pounds on the end of your arm is huge. If you know where the animals will be and you walk there and set up and glass and don't move much, you can tote all the weight in the world but for some reason, the critters don't seem to cooperate in that fashion for me and I have to go find them. I find that carrying a rifle that is on the "to heavy" side causes me to concentrate a little to much on the rifle rather than paying attention to what's around me. I like to keep my rigs between 8.5 and 9.5 lbs. [/QUOTE]
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