Bobby Miller said:
I want shorter, lighter to be more portable and easier to shoot standing than my A-Bolt 30-06.
I'll give you shorter and lighter to be more portable, but it won't be easier to shoot (hit with), especially standing.
The more weight(within reason) a rifle has, the less recoil its going to have and the less its going to wave around in the wind when you try to hold it steady. That is why they put max weight limits on target rifles. Even the very fast standing matches like running boar, use rifles than are right at the max weight limit.
Get a short lite rifle, if you are going to carry it a lot and not shoot much or very far.
Get a heavier rifle, if you are going to do more shooting than carrying and want to be able to hit something easier at long range.
I always thought "I want one" was a plenty good excuse for a new toy. Now you've got reason to get 2 new toys. One for close in thats handy to carry and another one for "way over yonder"