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Like some others here, I'm old and fat and cranky, but I've been there and done that with heavy rifles vs light rifles.
For my hunting, I'll carry one of three rifles, but all of them are light. Sometimes it's simply a choice of which of them is closest to the door of the gun locker.
That said, we've got some heavy-barreled Savage rifles in the family and they turn in remarkable accuracy, in the nature of a half-minute with our handloads. My sons own those rifles and they shoot them very, very well.
Unlike Kraig, I don't hunt on horseback, but a couple of years ago I invested in a Kawasaki Mule to carry me around the hunting leases. Still, I prefer my 8 lb rifles (that's loaded, with scope, sling and ammo) for hunting. Those heavy barreled Savage rifles have a very good reputation, but the sporter weight rifles aren't any slouch either. I own several, and I like them a lot.
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