I like my sendero. And for what the OP wants to do, and where he will be hunting a heavy gun want matter. I onced cared a 18 lb custom 284 shehane 400 yards to get in a box stand and blast a doe at 547 yards. Point is a dont care about weight if im not carrying it far! These type guns are Mission Specific, of course there not treestand guns but how cares, they shoot good thats all that matters to me.