My personal rifles are all in the 3 pound range. the ones I bench shoot with are at 2.5. The people you ask about are not beginners I would say for a loaner 3 to 4 pounds.
I have trained dozens of new shooters and some are very good but some are very very bad. My philosophy is If in doubt take them shooting from a bench with you standing at their shoulder ensuring complete muzzle control until they have proven themselves capable of being safe.
I have found some you would expect to be competent firearms user to have not fired a rifle in years and just grab a rifle jump in the truck and go hunting.
My hunting companions and I all shoot our rifles several times a year to avoid loss of the practice trigger control requires. Over the years I have noticed that a large number of the accidental discharges and serious accidents are made by users who i would have expected to be completely competent but instead became complacent.
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