Thread: Second quick shot if required.

I’ve used semi autos years ago Ruger mini 14s, mini 30 and a H&K, sometimes get lazy because you get a magazine full of backup shots. I find bolt actions a lot more deliberate in shot placement. High volume bunny and goat culling on runners with a bolt action is good practice and you can cycle through shots pretty fast once mastered.

I do like the Blaser straight pull actions though And I would get one if they were in stainless.

Originally Posted by tikka

I do like the Blaser straight pull actions though And I would get one if they were in stainless.

My barrels are now stainless after getting custom ones fitted. The main reason I done it was the bores on the standard ones rusted like a bastard here on the coast.
Never in all the years that I have owned mine have I had rust anywhere else on the rifle except on the sling swivel studs.
Not even on the original or after market saddle mounts I have.


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Originally Posted by R93

My barrels are now stainless after getting custom ones fitted. The main reason I done it was the bores on the standard ones rusted like a bastard here on the coast.
Never in all the years that I have owned mine have I had rust anywhere else on the rifle except on the sling swivel studs.
Not even on the original or after market saddle mounts I have.


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Never in all the years that I have owned mine have I had rust anywhere else on the rifle except on the sling swivel studs.
Not even on the original or after market saddle mounts I have.

That’s good to know, I’ve had chrome moly parkerised barrels barrels in the past when I was fishing and it was a lot of work keeping the rust out even when no shots been fired.

Bolt action and a 243 is all you need in the bush. Animals go no where and no need for follow up shots

Suppose a 308 would be enough gun for thick bush? See some guys also recommend lever actions, any recommendations


Older options would be Savage 99, Winchester 88 or Sako Finnwolf, More modern still available new options are the Browning BLR or Henry Long-ranger. I like the BLR.

Originally Posted by Got-ya

Suppose a 308 would be enough gun for thick bush? See some guys also recommend lever actions, any recommendations


Older options would be Savage 99, Winchester 88 or Sako Finnwolf, More modern still available new options are the Browning BLR or Henry Long-ranger. I like the BLR.

A 99 would be choice, have nice rotary mag but it’s fixed, the 88 and Finnwolf have removable box mags which is handy at times.

The Sakos trigger doesn’t come down with the lever when reloading so if you’re very careless it will bite you as you close the lever,
In at least one of the other two the trigger comes down with the lever.

But in any event all are pretty old by now.

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

A 99 would be choice, have nice rotary mag but it’s fixed, the 88 and Finnwolf have removable box mags which is handy at times.

The Sakos trigger doesn’t come down with the lever when reloading so if you’re very careless it will bite you as you close the lever,
In at least one of the other two the trigger comes down with the lever.

But in any event all are pretty old by now.

Winchester 88 trigger moves with the lever, so does the BLR.

Here is an extremely well written respectful article from the Sydney Morning Herald on a Digger who was an army sniper in the Korean War - with a scoped H-barrel SMLE No 1 Mk iii.

Describes his level of accuracy, etc., but more interestingly the taught practice of starting with a full mag, shoot 6, drop in 5.

I miss my AR 15. Just saying.

Good footwork after the first shot and the right scope for the jobs pretty important too....

Here is a 1986 Norwegian instructional video on Stangskyting (I think it translates to pole shooting, maybe ski pole support originally).

Shows them shooting the Norwegian Krag in 6.5x55 Scandinavian (the 6.5x55 "Swedish" was a joint project between the two countries). Nowadays they use Sig Sauer rifles. It's in Norwegian but it's obvious what's going on.

Note the speed loaders, how they just tip the rounds in - the Krag loaders were copied later by Johnson in his machine gun mag - they have a retainer spring but no feed lips.

One guy gets 16 hits off in 20 secs. Slow-motion of all the shooters show ejected cases just bouncing off the ground as next shot goes off.