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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Quite the lineup of #1's, Jeff. A good "reason" for every selection...  |
Heh heh... yeah...
Mr. Spomer touches on how quickly an "experienced hand" can cycle one of these. I had occasion to do that once, with the .375. I wear an Uncle Mike's nylon cartridge holder, meant to fit over the buttstock, on my left wrist when I hunt with a single shot. They are just stretchy nylon, with cartridge loops, and fit pretty much anything. Including a wrist with a heavy jacket over it.
The way these things work, we simply use the three fingers of our strong hand to push the lever down and forward. That puts that strong hand in just the right place to grab the next cartridge from that wristband. We do that as the rifle is up in recoil (no shortage of that with the .375 and .458) and then, as we bring it back down, stuff the next one in and close it back up. I can do that faster than most guys can cycle a bolt. It's kind of one fluid motion, finished by raising the muzzle back up and re-acquiring the sights. The butt never leaves the shoulder.
So, really, a single shot is not "slow" if one practices. I actually had a rather experienced guide tell me one time that it kind of put his mind at ease to have a client show up with a #1 or similar single shot. Especially, believe it or not, when hunting more "serious" game. It just sent a message about the hunter that the newest, most trendy "range guns" failed to send.