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Well, hunting, self defense, and long range precision are somewhat at odds. Hard to do all of them. Generally, hunting is better with a lighter rifle. Long range precision will be heavier. Self defense can be heavy, but should be handy (short-ish) with quick sights, which are harder to shoot in a precise manner (irons, EOTech, etc.).
A compromise would be an 18" gun with long-range scope plus a secondary sighting system, mounted at an angle or attached to the main scope.
Lee
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