A little of both. When I was younger, and in pretty darn good shape, having run some sub 3 hour marathons 10 years prior.....I was hunting with a rifle that a bit heavy. Hunting here, in my new home state, I put in a lot of miles in some fairly rough country. That heavy rifle became a burden, caused me to change my hunting methods and lessened the “fun factor”! I dropped my rifle weight about 3 pounds, and began to enjoy my style of hunting again. Today, 30 years later.....I would like to have a “much” lighter rifle. Of course, I need to get in much better shape also. memtb
