[oldenuff2no]

Lighter rifles are not easier to aim!!!!! What an idiot!!! Can’t the MNM find anyone who knows anything about firearms to write these articles?
Where accuracy is everything, at the competition range, the rifles are much heavier.

[dcwusmc]

Hey, we’re lucky they mention firearms favorably at all... though the writer IS an ignoramus, it appears... but that is a correctable condition, unlike stupidity, which is almost invariably fatal, mostly after the stupid person does grave damage to those around him.

[SouthTexas]

They prove they are idiots every time they speak of “assault weapons”.

[Myrddin]

Most benchrest rifles are too heavy to shoot from anything but a machine rest. They are exceptionally accurate, but that also depends on the skill of the shooter in hand loading very precise and consistent cartridges. The brass, powder and bullets are weighed to be the same within a lot. 5 rounds in a "bug hole" is considered a good performance.

A heavy rifle has a few advantages. Less felt recoil is primary. The extra mass of the rifle can also improve accuracy by limiting the affect of the moving mass of the hammer between the time the sear releases and the hammer strikes the firing pin. The down side is that you really don't want to carry a real heavy rifle in the field for hunting. There is always a trade-off between a felt recoil and weight.

[Tailback]

Lighter rifles are not easier to aim!!!!! What an idiot!!!

Amen! My AR-15 match rifle weighs in at about 12 pounds with the lead forarm and buttstock weights installed.