I would like to SEE a non-resident hunter, say from "The Esstern Seaboard" states ACTUALLY carry a 9-10lb. rifle up and down a few BC mountains, every day for 10-14 days and not have his guide really carry it.
I have carried rifles of this weight in BC, hunting and wilderness working for over 50 years, often every day for months, working fire L/Os in some of the most remote parts of BC and AB.
It was not hard until my late 40s, twenty years ago and with the pack that "bigwhoop" so correctly mentions sbove, BUT, I NOW carry my 8.5 lb. Dakots 76-.338s, ZG-47-9.3x62, at about the same weight st the most and even these can be a real burden.
Frankly, from my experience in a few GO camps here, the visting US hunter is FAR better off with a 7.5lb. 270 or 30-06 and being a GOOD shot using premium bullets. I also favour 4x scopes, or, smaller variables, Talley QDs and a spare, matching scope in camp.
