Probably 1-10. There is a tendency with many .300 Weatherby users to shoot heavier bullets, such as 190-200 grains pitzers. I don't disagree!
Th weight depends in your ablity to handle recoil, though obviously stock shape and the quality of the recoil pad has something to do this this too. Certainly as magnum rifles get heavier some people shoot them better. Mine weighs about 8-1/2 pounds with scope, and seems about right to me. I also confess that as I grow older the better a typical Weatherby Monte Carlo seems to handle recoil, and the less its shape offends me.
