Looking over rifles for giggles and saw that there have been numerous new lightweight (flyweight?) hunting rifles being produced. Examples I was looking at were the Kimber mountain series of rifles.
What would be the optimum cartridge for such a rifle for shots at game in the lower 48 such as Elk, mulies, white tails, pronghorn etc out to say 350-400 yards? The 6.5 CM seems to be popular but what about the 7mm-08 or others such as the tried and true 308 Win? Looking at short actions to keep overall weight down.
What scope and magnification?
Just kicking around ideas in our collective think tank.