It may not meet your weight limit for backpacking, but I highly recommend the Vanguard. My Sub-MOA is just that and always shoots .5" to .7" with my load of R22 and 100 TSX. Factory loads do the same and I am beginning to think may be the same load as my handload. The only load I have had shoot over one inch in the Vangaurd is the Ramshot load published in Handloader by Mr. Barsness (no offense to Barsness, my gun just didn't like the load). The gun balances great for long range shooting and is my idea of the ideal long-range western deer rifle, which it will be used for this fall.