Thread: Hunting Rifle

When you’re looking at a variety of rifles, pay attention to the
Magazine . Detachable box mag or hinged floorplate ? For box mags: plastic or steel ? Can you dismantle it for cleaning with bare hannds ? Straight line, staggered or rotary. Is it even the original mag or has it been lost and replaced ? Tokka mags have often been modified to feed longer rounds and have blocks and bolt stops to help that. That because they have the same length bolt and action for everything from 223 to 7mm Rem Mag.

Also look at the bolt. Can you take it apart to dry and clean out sand etc with hands, tools or not at all ?

Another good point to look for is the scope mounts. Most guns have weaver/picTinny rails or short sections screwd onto the action but some have the rail just as part of the receiver and thats one less mechanical to go wrong.