My first backpack hunt was in 1964 and I have packed a LOT of rifles since then.
I bought a full custom Rem.Seven STS, Micky Edge, bunch of other goodies, 6.25 with a Swaro Z3 3x9, very sccurate, 7-08 and built by two of BCs top smiths.
I thot I had found "the promised land" and paid a lot of $$$$ for this. I felt a bit "light" in Grizzly country with the little Seven, tho.
Then, a buddy offered me a Dakota 76, factory MPI, Magnaported and not much over 8 lbs, with Talleys and a Leupy 1.75x6 aboard. VERY accurate and nice to shoot and pack.
Last summer, I talked myself into a Kimber MA-.280AI,Talleys, Leupy 3.5x10, 6.5 lbs. This is now my main packing piece and several other custom "mountain rifles"will be going when I get around to selling.
These three are what I expect to use from now, age 69, to past 90 and each of them works the way I want them to.
