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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1062370" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>The 300 RUM I took on the bear hunt weighs 11.5 pounds. The 338 RUM I had to haul out of the bottom of Devil's Canyon is 12.8 pounds. I have a 14.2 pound no taper barrel target rifle that weighs 14.2 pounds. I would not take it hunting - not because it is too heavy but because it is not well balanced.</p><p> </p><p>My nephew tends to favor 30 inch heavy barrels. He has both a 260 Rem and a 338 Edge setup like that. I think he is nuts for carrying such heavy unbalanced rifles. He doesn't give it a second thought (you can do that when you are twenty something). If I recall, he has made several head shots on animals past 500 yards. He also took 2 antelope with 1 shot from the 338. He waited until they lined up and let the 300 grain Berger fly. He found them both tipped over a few feet apart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1062370, member: 63138"] The 300 RUM I took on the bear hunt weighs 11.5 pounds. The 338 RUM I had to haul out of the bottom of Devil's Canyon is 12.8 pounds. I have a 14.2 pound no taper barrel target rifle that weighs 14.2 pounds. I would not take it hunting - not because it is too heavy but because it is not well balanced. My nephew tends to favor 30 inch heavy barrels. He has both a 260 Rem and a 338 Edge setup like that. I think he is nuts for carrying such heavy unbalanced rifles. He doesn't give it a second thought (you can do that when you are twenty something). If I recall, he has made several head shots on animals past 500 yards. He also took 2 antelope with 1 shot from the 338. He waited until they lined up and let the 300 grain Berger fly. He found them both tipped over a few feet apart. [/QUOTE]
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