If you are not a 500-1000 yd shooter which I have never been and you don’t intend by your post, it gets much easier and lighter is righter, or so it seems to me.
My longest game shot went right to 500 yds and was made with a Zeiss with ballistic reticle — worked fine with a specific reference to hold to but...
From my moderate experience — about a quarter of a century of hunting the mountains for elk (not sheep or goats) I gravitated to the “less is more“ euphemism..
I now have a custom 284 with a Leup 6x with Long Range Dots with which under ideal conditions might attempt that 500 shot but certainly would at 400.
This rig weighs in at 6 1/4 lbs all up as they say.
While I appreciate John Burns, his equipment and skills, I am content with to carry less and get closer.
