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Bergara rifles in 308 range from 7 to 7.5 lbs. Not overly heavy but more than many like to carry/hike/stalk with. Some of the Bergara models come with a muzzle brake but the threads are 5/8x24 so finding a thread protector is easy. Muzzle brakes do add a lot of noise and the radial drilled ones that many come with aren't effective enough to be worth the noise increase.

Lots of good options listed so far, narrow it down and put hands on to see which feels best. If it doesn't shoulder well you'll never be happy with it.

If Bergera would offer their rifle with a thinner contour they would own a much bigger share of the hard core hunter market. I'm not talking walking a half mile to the shooting house and sitting all day in an old office chair type of hunting. I'm talking you better have your Whites Hawthornes laced up well for the rocks, and lava rock fields while glassing that mulie, or elk on the next ridge 2 miles away.

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Tikka T3X stainless in the cartridge and barrel length of your choice.

You can't go wrong with a 308, 270, 30-06 for deer hunting.

Top it with a quality scope from Cameraland (Leupold or Meopta) and stay far away from anything made in China!

Tikka for boring out of the box accuracy.
Meopta or tract scopes lots of bang for the buck..
Pretty much what rebel just wrote

My only concern with Bergara is if they expanded their own rifle line in the US too fast and QC/CS will suffer for it. They discontinued their traditional models (Timber and Woodsman) very quickly and there seem to be a TON of their entry-level synthetics online when other stuff is either moving or out of stock?

If $1500 is total budget for scope and rifle:
Tikka Lite/Superlite if you want something light.
Bergara B-14 Hunter if light weight isn’t a goal. The short action Hunter models weigh 7 lbs on the nose.

If $1500 is budget for rifle only:
A M70 featherweight or extreme weather.