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thekyrifleman · February 12, 2014, 11:56 PM

Depends on the perspective I guess.....when I was a young man, I carried my Rem 700, 7 mag everywhere, all day...it is about 9.5# ready to roll.....however about age 60 my perspective changed a bit!!

Now it is my Titanium 700, 7-08, weighing in a tad less than 6#!!....or the 280, a Rem 700 Mtn rifle, a tad less than 7#!!! I am past 70 now so I guess it is all I can do just carry my a$$ where it needs to go!!!

February 12, 2014, 11:56 PM	#2
thekyrifleman Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2007 Location: Northern Ky Posts: 254	Depends on the perspective I guess.....when I was a young man, I carried my Rem 700, 7 mag everywhere, all day...it is about 9.5# ready to roll.....however about age 60 my perspective changed a bit!! Now it is my Titanium 700, 7-08, weighing in a tad less than 6#!!....or the 280, a Rem 700 Mtn rifle, a tad less than 7#!!! I am past 70 now so I guess it is all I can do just carry my a$$ where it needs to go!!!