30.06, Rem 770

[Larryjk]

bulletpusher, I don't disagree with most of what you have stated, but. Needing more than one shot may not be because of missing or putting the bullet in the wrong place. The moose I referred to had a heart that was mush because of more than one bullet passing through it. Should have I stopped shooting so I could say I killed him with one shot as I tried to get his carcass out of the beaver pond he was headed for? I didn't want him to get there and forgot the advice of an older moose hunter that said that even a .375 Mag. may not put a bull down instantly. He told me that they may take up to 5 minutes to discover they are dead. I also had to shoot a cow elk more than once to keep her from falling into a canyon I wanted to avoid bringing her carcass out of.
If I only hunted deer or antelope, I could say I have never had to use more than one shot; or if I had let the moose get into the beaver pond, or the cow elk fall off the rim into the canyon. But there were more serious considerations than making the kill with one shot. Understand that I am not advocating a "spray and pray" method of hunting, but one shot isn't always the ideal solution.

[bulletpusher]

Larryjk,

Think about something for me, some one who goes hunting will hopefully go to the range to shoot in their new rifle and at least see if it will hit paper from 25 yrds out to at least 100 yrds. "Yea, I know if you can't hit it at 1,000 yrds then it aint no good anyway, right". Hopefully this will make the shooter a little more knowledgable about how the firearm functions, I.E. how to load it, how the trigger feels and when it will release when pulled, and how to reload the dang thing after its been fired. Any person who takes the time to learn these things will get better and better as long as they keep up their regiment of practice.

Now a bolt action rifle is a beautiful weapon, but it is not any more accurate than a single shot rifle. Can you rechamber a new round fast with a bolt action rifle, sure aboslutly possitively right you can and you can rechamber a new round in a single shot rifle fast as well.

Would you like to go up against an adversary who is using a single shot rifle against your bolt action and try to live on the differance of who can reload faster. Been there and done that, and I would do it again, but I would not go in happy about it.

A single shot rifle can be loaded by anyone, as fast or faster than a bolt gun, when the person using it is familar with thier rifle, just like I hope your familar with your bolt gun.

It dose not matter if it is a Ruger No. 1, H&R 1871, Tompson Center ProHunter, Browning 1885, Sharps, etc., etc., etc. If you practice with what ya brung you can get good with it.

The brake open H&R or Tompson Center are so fast to reload it's scary and the .30-06 cartridge is the No. 1 cartridge in the world taking any kind of game, even the most dangerous game in the world. (And I'm not talking about 4 legged critters).

You like your bolt guns better than your single shots, good for you. If someone else likes single shots better, good for them. It is the same for every kind of action in the world, bolt, single shot, pump, semi-auto or lever gun. Its run with what ya brung.

If I was limited to one rifle action and could not afford to get anything for more than a couple of hunderd dollars a single shot rifle would certainly fill the bill rather rapidly and nicely, untill down the road I could afford something better. Of course by that time you may not want anything else.

Just my thoughts