Thanks for the replys, i am not worried about weight, im a big guy and walking around with 8 or 9 pounds doesnt really bother me too much,
As far as the bears go, im in Eastern Canada and we only have the Blacks, a heatly does of them, but iv'e been working with bears now for 6 or 7 years guiding hunters and have had some pretty up close and personal encounters with them to say the least, haha, but im not really worried about them enough to carry something just to defend myself.

IM really interested in these guns, but it looks like im going to have a huge problem finding one here in Canada just like everything else i try to get here.

It Pisses me off 2 Countries are so close together and we cant even trust each other enough to ler citizens buy certain things in each country.
I bought a new Sako here about a few months ago, i was having troubles finding the scope i wanted here in Canada so i said well i will just order one from the Stats somewhere, after being denied by a few stores i finally found out that the Stores in the US are not allowed to ship a rifle scope across the Border Since 9/11.
And i wont even begin to get into our gun law up here......haha
anyways, thanks for the input, hopfully i will be able to find one here somewhere!!