How a rifle balances does make a huge difference. I walk all day in some fairly rugged terrain, thick bush, deep snow etc. I never use a sling. My rifle is always carried in a ready position whenever possible. My Kimber which weighs 5.6lbs according to my scale is an absolute joy to carry. However last year I hunted extensively with my .257 Roberts that I built myself on a mauser model 1903 intermediat action, MRC barrel and Richards Microfit laminate stock. The rifle was easy to carry and handle and feels very well balanced. I was shocked when I recently weighed it and found it weighed 9.2lbs!
How heavy is your rifle hunt ready?
- Thread starter emerson
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Here's the deal "buddy". The O.P. asked what your rifle weighs hunt ready. Most members obliged by posting just that.
You decided to further provide us with your opinion on how folks who prefer to carry a rifle under 10 lbs are somehow physically inferior to yourself, or have friends who are patrons of homosexual establishments.
So you're ex-infantry? I'm assuming that qualifies you as someone who is physically fit and used to travelling by foot with a set amount of weight, immune to physical hardship. That's an admirable quality. Funny how the military is constantly looking for ways to lighten a soldiers gear.
I've worked and played year round in numerous mountain ranges of BC all my life.
Mountaineering involves many of the same physical demands. Touche'
I've never been in the infantry...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn once!
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Straps are for wimps and nancy-boys. This explains how you GIs get along with a +10lb rifle. You don't actually carry it.
REAL men (like me) actually carry their rifle in their hands when hunting, only using a sling when dragging a deer out of the bush.
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Straps are for wimps and nancy-boys. This explains how you GIs get along with a +10lb rifle. You don't actually carry it.
REAL men (like me) actually carry their rifle in their hands when hunting, only using a sling when dragging a deer out of the bush.
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X2. The only time my rifle sees a sling is when I'm dragging a deer out.
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Real men make an honest assessment about what will work best for them, and then have enough self-confidence and security to stick with it without feeling inadequate if others don't follow suit.
If I feel that a rifle is heavier than I want to carry in the mountains, then I'll use a lighter one. If I find that a sling works well for me, I'll use one. I couldn't care less if anyone else approves.
If I feel that a rifle is heavier than I want to carry in the mountains, then I'll use a lighter one. If I find that a sling works well for me, I'll use one. I couldn't care less if anyone else approves.
There is a lot of bush out there that I am not sure how one can get through without a sling. A good 3 point, and one can get through it rapidly without creating a racket though.
Here's the deal "buddy". The O.P. asked what your rifle weighs hunt ready. Most members obliged by posting just that.
You decided to further provide us with your opinion on how folks who prefer to carry a rifle under 10 lbs are somehow physically inferior to yourself
Uhmmm Yup . That pretty much sums it up. I'm not saying that you're inferior, but your post is pretty much suggesting that by itself. Carry a girlie rifle if you want. I don't care and I'll never hunt with someone like you.
BTW, Infantry doesn't drive around in vehicles. One does everything on foot. Often don't see vehicles for weeks.. You watch waaaaay too much TV. A .50 cal machine gun is over 50 pounds. Obviously we won't ever see you in that bunch of real men.
I think you would really like and be good at knitting. Really.
Don't you have a real HE-MAN site for knuckle draggers you can go to and spout off on? Why waste your time here on CGN with all these girlie men who hang out here?
I'm just wondering if in real life that you're either short in stature or prepubescent. Just wondering.
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Don't you have a real HE-MAN site for knuckle draggers you can go to and spout off on? Why waste your time here on CGN with all these girlie men who hang out here?
I'm just wondering if in real life that you're either short in stature or prepubescent. Just wondering.
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A case of beer weighs ten pounds. But I suppose some people might buy it one can at a time cuz they might hurt themselves. What are you guys complaining about? Get a quad if you can't carry anything by yourself. 10 pounds is a big deal? Give it a break. You guys are in the wrong sport.
I geuss I'll sell all my guns and get out of the sport then since none of them weigh over 10 lbs, or if i duct tape some weights to them would that make my hunting acceptable to you?
I don't carry a military style payload while hunting because no one is making me, I'll let the game I bring home add to my payload instead of gear.
I don't carry a military style payload while hunting because no one is making me, I'll let the game I bring home add to my payload instead of gear.
Lets see now. A heavy rifle weighs 13 pounds, an average rifle weighs 10 pounds, and a light weight rifle weighs 7 pounds. And we got people whining and sniffling for the difference of about 3 pounds
If 3 extra pounds is so darn heavy for a adult male, who carries your water, bullets, lunch and your knife? When you get mud on your boots, do you have to discard them because they're too heavy?
If 3 extra pounds is so darn heavy for a adult male, who carries your water, bullets, lunch and your knife? When you get mud on your boots, do you have to discard them because they're too heavy?
Between 7 lbs for the mountain gun up to around 9 for the 9.3x62 to 15 or so for the gopher/coyote gun.
Pack last week, with gun, camping gear, optics and 40 lbs of sheep weighed 80 pounds. It was hauled 15 or so clicks, 1200 Metres or so of elevation gain/loss. That's after, of course, getting the 40 pound pack in there in the first place.
Guys who don't understand the benefits of light guns for certain situations, as far as I can tell, have pretty limited experience with the more extreme kinds of hunting. And while they're free to think anything they want about what I choose to carry, I'm going to just go ahead and assume that they don't know what real hunting (read mountain work) is about.
Pack last week, with gun, camping gear, optics and 40 lbs of sheep weighed 80 pounds. It was hauled 15 or so clicks, 1200 Metres or so of elevation gain/loss. That's after, of course, getting the 40 pound pack in there in the first place.
Guys who don't understand the benefits of light guns for certain situations, as far as I can tell, have pretty limited experience with the more extreme kinds of hunting. And while they're free to think anything they want about what I choose to carry, I'm going to just go ahead and assume that they don't know what real hunting (read mountain work) is about.
