Thread: Super light thinking

Originally Posted by Tentman

Considerations for an optimun cartridge for a super light hunting rifle that would suit most NZ hunting scenarios:

Low recoil to enable one to spot ones own shots, and to keep the rifle pleasant to shoot

Have an extensive range of suitable projectiles available to give choice if the first options don't shoot

Have enough velocityto ensure projectile performance/expansion up to 500M

Economical to feed

And what else?

Fixed


You had the dies for it already https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f15/6gt-110425/


Sufficiently low recoil to actually spot impacts precisely in a lightweight action is quite low recoil.


To be fair I 50% wish I'd built the 6GT as another .223