Don't be among the many folks who don't consider the importance of rifle weight until it's too late. Don't buy a gun that is absurdly heavy, while offering no tangible benefit afield. Here, I discuss the various means by which rifle designers manage weight, how some means are perhaps less effective than costly, and how others can certainly make your gun too light to shoot skillfully and pleasurably, or possibly even at all. I discuss stocks, barrels, dimensions, and the excess scope baggage that is often sold to the unwitting in today's more is better marketing.