Originally Posted by ronlaughlin

This old carpenter sees a definite advantage to a lighter rifle. The things i did with my body have resulted in permanent wear, and break down. Carrying a heavy rifle brings me all kinda suffering. This month i have been packing a light rifle without a scope. The pain i feel at the end of a hunt is much reduced. One thing i noticed is i don't feel the need to switch shoulders back and forth all day, to relieve pain.

Instead of hitting the gym, my suggestion is hit the range, and practice shooting them light rifle in similar conditions as would be hunting.

My suspicion about this CVA rifle, is it will be priced high end, thus i won't be interested. It is impossible for me to get past the silly belief, a foreign made rifle should be less expensive than one made in USA.