Thread: I want to build a pig

I'm pretty happy with the two main rifles I have now, one a lightweight alpine sort of rifle, and the other a more dedicated long range hunting rifle. So, in the interest of covering all my bases, and because I hate not having something "on the go" I reckon I need to build a compact lightweight bushpig type rifle. I was hoping I could find a M70 extreme weather in 308 and build on that but the term hens teeth comes to mind. After Buzzman put that 284 barrel up for sale (I missed the boat) it got me thinking about building on the 284 calibre and just using a T3 as a donor for ease of finding parts and to keep costs under control, I have a brand new T3 in 270 sitting here so a simple barrel swap would give me the benefit of already having a long action mag and bolt stop right? (Forgive me 270 gods..) What sort of performance are people getting from short barrelled (16" ish) rifles? Ideally I would like to get out to 500 on deer size game without any worries if the opportunity presented itself? Will a short 308 get me the same results? Would be cheaper to build.