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In my younger years, I carried my 8+ pound M14 rifle 50 miles on a march starting at 8:00 on Friday morning and ending at 10:00 the next day, and the weight of the rifle was the least of my worries.

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We used to use our M14s for hunting when we were young (and silly?) - with full 20round mags, scopes, bipods and compensator (labelled as "stabiliser" in GI terms). Walking up some decent hills too, and we used to smoke. Youth vs wisdom - these days, no smoking and a 4 shot 7lb Remington 0.308, does the trick.



Off topic, but here's a photo from the same era - the camera caught the ejecting case: