Nyrifleman,
My .280 on a pre-64 action goes 6.3 pounds sans optics and mounts. It's simply awesome. It's a blind magazine configuration, with a 23" tube. Pushing 160 ABs at 2850 there isn't much near or far I don't feel perfectly equipped to handle.
Stock is a LAW stock fwtw...
Here is my boy from this fall with the 3rd elk that particular rifle harvested this fall...