Rifle weight is pretty much a non issue for me. I couldn’t tell you within a pound what any of my rifles weigh.
I did have a rather lightweight rifle made for a sheep hunt years ago. I just used a thinner barrel and light scope. Never weighed it but guessing 7.5 pounds loaded. It was in horse scabbard most of the hunt. Carried it far less than a mile and shot a sheep and mountain caribou.
