True, but Time happens. Huge difference between say 60, and 69 for instance. It helps to get the stuff out if your pack that’s not gotten used in 10 years or so, and switching from Filson wool to synthetics, but if it’s daylight, my rifle is in my hands or in the crook of my arm, occasionally slung upside-down on my left shoulder with my hand on the forend (try it). 7 pounds carries easy in all those positions.
Used to carry a 10-pound M70, wear wool, tote a Stanley full of coffee and a nice lunch. Now, not so much, except during the Mountaineer Heritage season I used my PH 1858 Enfield, which runs about 9lbs or so.
Gotta adapt, or stay home.
