Thread: How heavy should a hunting rifle be?

Originally Posted by woods223

@Nick-D “Personally I love lighter rifles, and especially for a bush rifle as it is in you hand all day. The lighter gun is less likely to.get slung,”

Take your sling off, problem solved. They’re only good for snagging shit in bush.

A sling can be handy in steep shit, but yeah, they often come off.
I started hunting with a close to 5kg setup, tbh it was shit to have in hand all day. My 2.8kg setup is way way nicer to carry. It's more often in the proper position because it doesn't bug me in hand.

There are times when a bit of heft is a good trade off but tbh, for a bush gun where it's carried 99% of the time and shot 1% of the time having the lighter gun is objectively better.

But whatever it's not a competition, use what puts food on your table.