Just under 12 pounds.

Recoil was a large push, not sharp. I shot a cow ele in the head with it and got a delayed fall-down response that you hear about once in a while. It was as if the ele momentarily froze in place, then fell. By the time the ele hit the ground, I had a new round chambered and had the sights on her again. So I considered follow up shot response time reasonable, but of course not as fast as a double.

However, in .505 Gibbs I would definitely not want a scope because the rifle moves a lot during recoil.