NitroX
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| 13/11/19 12:33 PM |
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Re: Understudy carbine
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No purpose at all? I respectfully disagree.
I'm in the "20-50 rifles" ownership group and yet I have found .22LR rifles of approximately the same size, weight, mechanical function and with approx. the same sights as my actual hunting rifles to be useful. They don't have to be exact copies, just more or less similar in terms of mechanical function, size and sights. You can shoot .22s all year round at paper, tin cans and gophers, etc. and shoot them a lot.. for not much money. They helped me particularly with developing quick and accurate offhand snapshooting. I know some fellows prefer to practice off season with only their actual hunting rifles but that can become expensive and in some cases, particularly with lightweight carrying rifles, can also lead to the development of a flinch.
(That being said, all my rifles are more or less the same in that they are all bolt action rifles in various calibers between .22LR and .375 H&H.)
As I said for the "100 rifle" owning man, the point of familiarity is already lost no matter what mini me's he has! Unless most are safe queens.
But it is a useful concept.
I have previously written teaching myself to shoot and reload a bolt action at the shoulder using a .22 RF and the actual centrefire bolt action. The point was not dropping the rifle between shots to work the bolt. 20 to 40 rounds through the .22, a few through the centrefire and fixed. Also easy to do again to reinforce.
I like both of your rifles, thanks for posting the photo.