G'day Tinker,

It can be worked surprisingly quickly. Just not off the shoulder, as the long bolt will take an eye out.

This is footage of my first shots with it. I was very apprehensive for the first two shots. The recoil pushed me around a bit more than usual as I let myself go limp when firing old guns for the first time.
The second round at about 0:50 are my third and forth shots. As you can see, the bolt does work quite quickly. And the old girl shoots quite well.

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