Thread: How heavy should a hunting rifle be?

Originally Posted by Floundering Around

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I know you said this post wasn't about calibre, but you could be on to something with the 30-06. It wouldn't be too bad of a starter calibre if you can handle the recoil (your build/stature will be relevant here) as it would allow you to drop pretty much every animal in NZ. It also performs pretty well ballistically for on older cartridge and it has plenty of killing power to give you a bit of margin. It could mean you don't need to buy two different rifles if you want to hunt tahr or chamois later on alongside deer and pigs etc.

110kg, 6"3. I have a .22 for little stuff. Just need something for big stuff. I know it will decapitate wallabies and goats, but I don't mind that. I don't eat their heads anyway. I was looking for plastic 308 but decided recently that an old 30-06 would be much more style.