Yeah, ARs have it beat in that category, especially if your hoofing it for more than a couple of days, but the I find the extra weight helps tame recoil, and added power that can turn cover to concealment is the trade off. So I treat the extra weight as something of physical conditioning issue, and try to save weight in other areas of equipment.
7.62x51 Nato> 7.62x39
M1A?
G3 clone, PTR-91
While I love mine, I must say they’re awfully heavy. I wouldn’t wanna haul it up a mountain.
Yeah, ARs have it beat in that category, especially if your hoofing it for more than a couple of days, but the I find the extra weight helps tame recoil, and added power that can turn cover to concealment is the trade off. So I treat the extra weight as something of physical conditioning issue, and try to save weight in other areas of equipment.
Also not that much more expensive that 5.56 right now.
True that. Even rolling your own 5.56 has now gotten pricier.