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<blockquote data-quote="Bang4theBuck" data-source="post: 2868535" data-attributes="member: 73596"><p>My philosophy on building 'multi-purpose rifles' has changed in recent years. Not only does building very purpose-built rifles give me an excuse to build more rifles, but it has proven to make the most sense. That said, in the cases where I am on the fence about which way to trend a build (target or hunting), I favor what works best for target, and usually only have to give weight as compromise on the hunting side. After all, you can shoot at steel and paper all year, and tune your skills. If you are very fortunate, you might get to pull the trigger on animals 3 or 4 times per year. It sounds like you are trending that way as well. So, I think that 6mm 'something' is the way to go. Since there are very effective 6mm bullets, that can be sent at very high velocities out of the BR and BR Variant cartridges, and because they do so well, with minimal recoil for target shooting, I would be looking that way. My personal favorite is a 6mm GT. You can sling 115 class bullets at 2900+ for target shooting, or send a 70 grain Hammer Hunter at 3500 FPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bang4theBuck, post: 2868535, member: 73596"] My philosophy on building 'multi-purpose rifles' has changed in recent years. Not only does building very purpose-built rifles give me an excuse to build more rifles, but it has proven to make the most sense. That said, in the cases where I am on the fence about which way to trend a build (target or hunting), I favor what works best for target, and usually only have to give weight as compromise on the hunting side. After all, you can shoot at steel and paper all year, and tune your skills. If you are very fortunate, you might get to pull the trigger on animals 3 or 4 times per year. It sounds like you are trending that way as well. So, I think that 6mm 'something' is the way to go. Since there are very effective 6mm bullets, that can be sent at very high velocities out of the BR and BR Variant cartridges, and because they do so well, with minimal recoil for target shooting, I would be looking that way. My personal favorite is a 6mm GT. You can sling 115 class bullets at 2900+ for target shooting, or send a 70 grain Hammer Hunter at 3500 FPS. [/QUOTE]
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