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Ideal Backcountry Rifle weight?

Depends on what you are going for. In Florida, with 100+ deer a 6-pound 6mm rifle will do. For bigger critters, 7.5 pounds with 308 or higher ammo. All with light scopes. In my experience over 40 years, you don't shoot the later .308 range or higher 7.5 pound rifles for fun. They will kick your ass. For hunting 1-shot kills though, zero issues.
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A lot depends on your face shape and how it fits the shape of the cheek rest. For me, I've found that unless the cheekrest is really narrow or can be adjusted to the side I have to run it low and have more of a jaw weld to keep a vertical head position to prevent "leaning over" into the scope.

I tend towards running them lower for more of a jaw weld rather than translating them to one side for cheek bone support because a cheekrest pushed way over to the right for comfy right hand use and cheek bone support makes it impossible for me to get into the scope and get a shot off left handed if the position requires shooting from my left side, whereas the lower centered jaw weld position works both left and right side.
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