Heym SR20
Well-Known Member
Single shots and combinations are wonderfully useful and handy little rifles. Short and handy but still a decent barrel length.
For most stalking you are often over fences, across ditches etc. With a bolt action you have a real faff loading / unloading, or most I think end up loading and then relying of safety catch or decockers.
Single shot - very simple and quiet to load / unload. Just the same as a shotgun.
And to reload - just the same as a shotgun. And when you do need a follow up, there is actually plenty of time to reload and take an accurate shot.
As for Baikals - perhaps they are not 1/4 MoA accurate, with a light trigger. But most are well within minute of deer out 150 to 200 metres. Yes trigger pull may be a little heavier than a target rifle, but that is helpful when your fingers are cold and wet - it allows you to take a deliberate shot.
For most stalking you are often over fences, across ditches etc. With a bolt action you have a real faff loading / unloading, or most I think end up loading and then relying of safety catch or decockers.
Single shot - very simple and quiet to load / unload. Just the same as a shotgun.
And to reload - just the same as a shotgun. And when you do need a follow up, there is actually plenty of time to reload and take an accurate shot.
As for Baikals - perhaps they are not 1/4 MoA accurate, with a light trigger. But most are well within minute of deer out 150 to 200 metres. Yes trigger pull may be a little heavier than a target rifle, but that is helpful when your fingers are cold and wet - it allows you to take a deliberate shot.