Welcome to the Backcountry Henning Podcast's top three in five, a new rapid-fire five minute episode in which we showcase three of our favorite tips, tricks, and tools.

The rules are simple.

One, we only pick products or methods that we personally like and use.

Two, we're done.

When the five minute bell rings, whether we're actually finished or not. There's a caveat. of

not. There's a caveat this episode folks. We're going to cut ourselves a little bit of

slack on the timing because we are introducing the new segment.

We're going to kick this off today with a look at three favorite

lightweight mountain rifles ideal for hunting the backcountry or anywhere

really and here's a very cool thing. We're filming these short episodes. So if you want to put eyeballs

on the products or methods that we showcase, you can go to Patreon.com slash backcountry, where they'll be posted. Time is ticking so let's dive right in.

We have three different rifles here all are built by premium manufacturers all are

light enough to pack up gnarly mountains. All feature proven

accuracy and reliability characteristics. Each is a cutting-edge product with a carbon fiber

stock. All three of these rifles have good

crisp triggers and all three are available chambered in cutting edge

interesting cartridges. So now that we have our criteria established, let's take a look, starting with the lightest of these

lightweight shooting irons. And that's the Weatherby Mark 5 Backcountry 2.0. This is the 6 lug

Mark 5 action. That's an important caveat. The 9 lug is heavier.

This specific rifle comes in at just 5.4 pounds. It's extremely light. The titanium

version is 4.9 pounds. If you can believe it, it comes with an accuracy

guarantee which is extraordinary

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