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Asante sana-sana Sir Larry,
Your weight for rifle is within 1 ounce of what I got here.
200 lbs at the North Pole becomes 198 lbs at the equator, about a 1% error,
so our difference would be on the order of a quarter percent based on our local gravitational constants corrected for latitude
and centrifugal force effects of Earth's rotation.
Well under a half-ounce by geographic correction.

Even if our 1-ounce difference is in the wrong direction,
This confirms that the B&C Hawkeye stock is indeed light,
having a slim profile and big barrel channel making it very user friendly.
My 1#14-oz versus your 1#13-oz could be instrumental and eyeball related, or amount of paint on stock, etc.
Close enough for horse shoes and hand grenades to 1#13.5-oz, or 1.84375 pounds on average.

With the strength of the B&C Medalist (recently made available)
added to the many strengths of the Ruger M77 Hawkeye,
not the least of which is the integral scope base,
IMHO the top .458 WinMag of the current era would have to be a stainless Hawkeye.

Now what is the ultimate scope to go on that ultimate .458 WinMag ?
That is a tougher nut to crack due to the human factors.
Different buttstrokes and eyebrow strokes for different folks.