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<blockquote data-quote="Raudy707" data-source="post: 2381995" data-attributes="member: 105681"><p>My wife and I hunt Colorado and hike in and out 10 to 12 miles each day. The first time we went she took my 300 wm with 26 inch barrel. 9.5 lbs. By the 3rd day I was carrying both rifles. The following year I got her a Kimber Montana 280 AI. Fully scoped and loaded its 7.5 lbs. She shoots 160 grain Accubonds and packed that rifle all 5 days in the mountains without issues. Rifle weight matters. I used to run ultra marathons and triathlons and the older I get I really like carrying the sub 8 lb rifle over a 10 every trip. After packing out elk meat 5 to 6 miles every ounce matters on those last days of the hunt. Btw full house handloads 160 grain Accubonds don't both her a bit and she's 130 lbs. No muzzle brake. All mountain hunts I reach for my 270 wsm Tikka Lite. Mine weighs 7.5 lbs all ready to go. Shoots 170 Bergers at 3020 fps and flattens elk out to 800 yards. Enjoy that 280 AI it's an amazing cartridge. 160 Accubonds are a great choice. She killed this bull 5 miles from the truck about 1200 feet in elevation below it in a typical elk hell hole. Just under 600 yds she dropped him with the 160 Accubonds. We packed 246 lbs of meat out. I hauled 100 lbs each trip and she hauled 50 on her one trip out and the rifles and gear. I promise every lb we could cut on our gear was saving muscle cramps and exhausted legs and backs. Was a great day!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raudy707, post: 2381995, member: 105681"] My wife and I hunt Colorado and hike in and out 10 to 12 miles each day. The first time we went she took my 300 wm with 26 inch barrel. 9.5 lbs. By the 3rd day I was carrying both rifles. The following year I got her a Kimber Montana 280 AI. Fully scoped and loaded its 7.5 lbs. She shoots 160 grain Accubonds and packed that rifle all 5 days in the mountains without issues. Rifle weight matters. I used to run ultra marathons and triathlons and the older I get I really like carrying the sub 8 lb rifle over a 10 every trip. After packing out elk meat 5 to 6 miles every ounce matters on those last days of the hunt. Btw full house handloads 160 grain Accubonds don't both her a bit and she's 130 lbs. No muzzle brake. All mountain hunts I reach for my 270 wsm Tikka Lite. Mine weighs 7.5 lbs all ready to go. Shoots 170 Bergers at 3020 fps and flattens elk out to 800 yards. Enjoy that 280 AI it's an amazing cartridge. 160 Accubonds are a great choice. She killed this bull 5 miles from the truck about 1200 feet in elevation below it in a typical elk hell hole. Just under 600 yds she dropped him with the 160 Accubonds. We packed 246 lbs of meat out. I hauled 100 lbs each trip and she hauled 50 on her one trip out and the rifles and gear. I promise every lb we could cut on our gear was saving muscle cramps and exhausted legs and backs. Was a great day! [/QUOTE]
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