I think it's too heavy if you're lugging it up and down mountains. Maybe I'm a big sissy, but 9 plus pounds is noticeably heavy at the end of the day.
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The Tikka t3x superlite in 300 win with a Leopold vx3HD is only 7 lbs 2 Oz and the recoil is extremely mild with a limbsaver pad.
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If the AWR is what your heart is set on, then get it, but I made that same decision and now I have a 30-06 that is a paper weight as far mountain hunting goes because I went back to the drawing board and got a kimber hunter that weighs 6 lbs 6 ozs and is now my deer, elk, and bear rifle. I would seriously look at the Tikka T3x Superlite if you're stuck on the 300 win mag. It's such a good deal, and the aftermarket support is pretty dang good compared to ALOT of the upper end/semi custom rifles out there.
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