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My main rifle is a Ruger MkII in .300 Win Mag which is the magnum model with the somewhat heavier barrel and 26" barrel instead of 24". It used to beat the crap out of me. So, I put a Hogue stock on it with a full length bedding block and I put a Harris bi-pod on it. It is substantially heavier with those two additions, and the recoil was substantially reduced. Now, I can sit at the bench, fire 20 rounds out of it and not have back pain the next day. However, most of my hunting with it is via tree stands or sitting on a piece of property waiting for deer to wander by, and nothing I hunt is more than 200 acres. So, even walking to the treestand isn't that big a deal. Half the 200 acre farm is on a mountain, and climbing up that "hill" to get to the top is a little tiresome, but not undoable.
What I am trying to say is that a 10 lb rifle doesn't seem too heavy to me if I am not trying to walk all day with it.
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