My R93 in 9,3x62 weighs 6,2 pounds (without scope) and gets your attention when shooting it from the bench with full 300 gr. loads - have shot PH's CZ in .375H&H and M70 in .458WM - .458 with tamed 500gr was much more pleasant than .375 with hot 300gr., and I guess it is just as far as I would go by now, since a memory of a single bench shot with .460 Weatherby kicked the bright ideas out of my head for a long long time