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Re what one can do with one weight barrel or another, the following might prove of some interest.
With a post 1964 Model 70 Standard Target Rifle, barrel length was 24", muzzle dia. was around 0.750", give or take a little, it was the factory barrel, the rifle weighed about 10 pounds, and was chambered for 308 Win, rifling twist was 1 in 12, chrome-molly, not stainless...
Shooting prone, with a military sling, and my elbows in the grass, I could regularly hold 10 ring elevation at 600 yards with Redfield Iron Sights. I could not shoot effectively, with a 308 Win. at 1000 yards. With a 30-06, different story.
The Douglas Barrels I had on my rifles, when they were rebarreled, were 24" long, muzzle diameter was about 0.750, straight taper, I suppose equivalent to a # 6 barrel. Rifles so barreled ran 10 plus to perhaps 12 pounds, and handled very nicely.
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