Oh yeah,

I hate light guns. The idea of carrying them in the woods sure sounds sweet. But, in practice the difference is minimal. Without proper preperation even a 6 lbs weapon fills heavy carrying it up a mountain. But, if you train properly a 8.5 lbs weapon will not be noticed.

I tell you what you take a 7 lb 300 winnie and try to shoot it enough to be profiecient and you'll agree with me. the only thing you will do is develop a flinch and have a sore middle finger from the trigger guard. My remington 700BDL in 338 win isactualy lighter than I like. With a Leupold vari-x III 2.5-8 it weighs in just about 8 LBS. And another thing, a heavier weaponsettles in your handbetter and you are more accurate from field positions.

I tell you something else.The gun companiesstarted all this light gun business so theycan save money. The plastic stocks cost them next to nothing. Heck the mostexpensive part is the recoil pads.Little flimsy, light weight tonka toys are what those guns look like to me. Give me aWalnut stock anyday. And don't giveme the weather sensitive BS either. You take a walnut stock, seal the barrel channel,free float it, pillar and Glass bed the action and weather will not affect it. Then you will have a real weapon.Now I digress.