Originally Posted by
Jt89
I weigh 60KG in wet boots... Pack and rifle weight is everything to me when balance and exertion come into it, especially with potentially more than half my bodyweight in meat added into it if successful. I hand carry the rifle all day because my shoulders aren't wide enough to comfortably accommodate a rifle sling as well as a pack strap :XD: At the moment it's a tad over 4k with a few in the mag but I reckon a bit of fiddling will get that down to 3.7kg, nice sweet spot for a .308 I think. Wouldn't dream of trying a whole animal carry out unless it was a pig small enough to roast whole haha. My heaviest walk out so far has been 45kg for about 4 hours and it was all aboard the pain train from the first step to the last.