Martini Enfield converted to 7-30 waters. You will like it. Super short and light, easy recoil and flatter shooting than a 3030

Rather than looking at a particular cartridge, look at a particular make and model of rifle, such as the Tikka 3.
A very lightweight yet comfortable rifle to shoot regardless of the caliber you pick,

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This one.
7.62x39 CZ 527 carbine.
About like a 22,small and light,has a set trigger-tac driver.

Outta curiosity have you messed around with the Serbian knock off versions made by Zastav ?

No wolfie,never knew about them.Do they have the .311 bore also?

Great choice

A bit less than two lynx hats.About a hat and a half.

Good advice IMO. A great choice of rifle, top it with a good scope and you'll be in business.

I would say a 6.5 grendel but old guys hear the name and avoid it like the plague lol

Not sure, wouldnt surprise me though.

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I’ll second on the 6.5 Grendel .

Another vote for the .243

You have to look at the whole package, it does little good to get a nice light rifle and put a huge scope on it that weighs about the same as the rifle. If you truly want light spend the money on a light rifle and then pony up the money for one of the ultra light compact scopes you are trading some performance for the weight savings though. Leupold makes some nice compact scopes and I am sure others do as well. A Ruger American or a Tikka T3 ultralight would be a good place to start looking

There are LOTS of good options as you can probably see, so it may come down to what you want to spend or perhaps what you can find used. I like to hunt the mountains around here and get tired of hauling my Rem 700 .270 even though it is not terribly heavy as rifles go. It's a 3 mile backpack in to set up my backcountry camp, and then I spend most of every day on my feet working my way thru the woods. The 700 was wearing this 66 y/o down so I was looking for something lighter. I found a used Rem model 7 in 7mm-08 at a local gun show and put an old Redfield 3-9 scope I had on it. With the scope it weighs in at 6 lbs 10 oz. Between being a couple of pounds lighter it is also several inches shorter so is perfect for me. Many of the other options that were suggested would have worked as well but this one worked out for me.

FWIW, the CZ 527 is available in 6.5 Grendel.

7-08 in an a-bolt or similar package good for pretty much any grass eater or a 6.5 Grendel bolt gun. The 6.5 has about 7 lbs of recoil.

Model 700 Remington mountain rifle bolt action.Very light and easy to carry.

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