Thread: Desirable features of an all round NZ hunting rifle

Was randomly thinking about this thread on a hunt the other day. Choice of scope is just as important as what's underneath it. Setting up one rifle for short range bush work and longer distance shooting is a tall order, but some of the top end scopes have a large magnification range. That would be my starting point. After that, I would want a rifle that is as short as possible and many of the obvious other features already mentioned (e.g. reliability; weather resistance etc).