Seeking The Ideal Mountain Rifle
USUALLY the alpine hunter carries a rifle, binocular, a spotting scope and a daypack containing lunch. Thus laden it is no wonder that he prefers a light rifle. But how light should his musket be? Can there be light and too-light? From comments I've heard, the ideal outfit would be one that weighed about 7 to 7-1/2lb all-up with scope, sling and a full magazine, until you were ready to shoot it, then you wished it weighed 10lbs and hold steadier. In Victoria a considerable amount of game, like sambar, is found in the mountains.
I have climbed just about as high - and worked just about as hard - hunting sambar deer as I have hunting Dall rams in the Alaskan mountains. In parts of Queensland, chital and red deer are often hunted in very steep, rugged mountain country, where the brush and trees are so thick and footing
