Thread: Light Varmint/Target Rifle ideas

Originally Posted by shooternz

There is always the 6mm Remington I have one on a Parker Hale action with a #4 profile 25" 1:10" barrel fired 3500 rounds
before being set back and re-chambered weights 9 pounds with scope favourite bullet is Hornady 87 HPBT will handle 100 gr
ok, Original it was built for shooting NZDA centrefire matches, used it a couple of times loaded with 90 grain Lapua Scenar
to shoot NRA to 900 yards,
It is way better than a .243 has better velocity and barrel life, if I was to build a new one it would have a 1:8" twist the Mauser
action is perfect for it mine will feed empty cases they can be picked up quite cheap just get the later ones without the thumb cutout.

Interesting thread, happen to have a 22" 9 twist Trueflite barrel chambered in .243 on my bench, have considered turning it into a 6mm Rem AI on a long action of some sort. Have access to dies and reamer.