Not a mtn. rifle, but not bad. It's lighter than my hunting bud's Sendero. I asked him why he packed such a heavy gun. His reply, "Once I get it there, I know what it will do".
This gun carries and handles a lot better than it sounds. I do have lighter rifles, but only a select few that will shoot like this one.
So, it depends on the application, the hunt, the altitude, etc.
I like it on a Harris bipod for reaching out there. I've never taken it pronghorn hunting, prefer my .240 and 6.5's for that. But, it would do the job.
DF
Edited to add info on the Sendero. By bud named that gun E. F. as in E. F. Hutton. When E. F. speaks...
When that old gun speaks, stuff dies. He's not a Fire contributor, has no idea he's shooting an unmentionable round known by some to be "gay"...
And, I don't have the heart to tell him; he just keeps on killing stuff. The barrel's not that that pretty thru the Hawkeye, I'd swap it out. It just keeps on killing stuff...
Hard to talk about E. F. not being Kosher with critters hanging at the skinning shed...
