Sporting Rifle

Six – the best?

Target shooting isn’t all about the .308 Win – consider, for example, the potent 6mm BR Norma. ‘BR’ stands for Bench Rest, so one expects it to be more than ordinarily accurate. Moreover, it’s a versatile design making a great long-range fox and vermin cartridge and working equally well on small deer, just achieving the English 1,700ft/lb ME legal requirement and comfortably roe deer legal in Scotland.

Oddly enough given the name, it’s rarely seen in benchrest matches – those shot at 100 and 200 yards anyway. It has seen use at 1,000 yards, even briefly holding the world small group record, but its real forte is

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