Originally Posted by T_Inman
I cut weight in a lot of places and do without several things many folks here consider "essential", but not just so that I can add weight in other places...... I just am not willing to sacifice scope reliability and confidence to save weight in said scope.



Me either. I have two seven-pound rifles (OK, maybe 7 1/4). One has an S&B PM II on it, the other an NXS. The weight of the total package depends more on the rifle you start with than the scope:


Originally Posted by smokepole
The way I look at it, the lightweight rifle allows you to use a little heavier scope and not end up lugging a heavy rifle up and down the mountain.





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