Realize that "hunting rifle" and "recreational mid/long range rifle" are two different beasts. At best, your choice will be a compromise (somewhat unweildy for hunting or somewhat too light for real precision) and will as likely as not disappoint to some degree on both fronts. A deer hunting rifle is carried a lot and shot little. A precision rifle is carried little but shot a lot. My deer rifle is an early 90s vintage rem 700 mountain rifle in 270win. It weighs less than 8 lbs, loaded, with sling and vortex viper pst 6-24x50 scope. My recreational long range rifle weighs- conservatively- twice that, and is chambered in the (much) milder 6.5 creedmoor. They are each purpose built for their task and both excel within their "lane." My recommendation is to take a real hard look at what you REALLY want this rifle to do, and buy based on that. Carrying a match rifle from a pickup to a box blind in the dark sucks. Eating long-action recoil from a light rifle for a day of "fun" kind of sucks too. The mark of a great compromise is that, in the end, no one walks away happy.