I basically agree.

I do a fair amount of big game Bolt rifle hunting for elk/moose/bear.

Bolts are great but I think shooting game with them are mostly one shot affairs.

The last hunt I was blessed and took an elk at 459 yds, (2 witnesses)with the first shot being fatal in the heart lung region but additional shots taken.I shoot deer at extended ranges as well out of shooting houses.Both kinds of shots are ranged with an opti-logic laser to determine the exact horizontal distance.The first shot must be perfect with no wind and ideal conditions.These are basically one shot affairs.

These would be some of the few times a scoped medium Double for non dangerous game would be out of place even for shooting just one shot.

For dangerous game no question, that 2nd shot cannot be fumbled, it must be there.The Double wins.

Would the average american hunter also be better off with a scoped medium Double than a bolt for a second shot at non dangerous game??
I personally think maybe so.

I am excluding semiautos here due to their poor reliability and "yuck" appeal to most hunters

Why all the bolts vs Doubles?? Everyone knows the answer--$$$$$

Bolts are very accurate with a scope, cheap to build,"macho" in a "magnum" calber and effective.Still most of the time an accurate 2nd shot is not made by the shooter.In the interval from the 1st shot to the 2nd the game is down or GONE.

Betcha most american hunters could switch to a single shot and notice no difference with the amount of game taken.Put a medium Double in their hands and suddenly they have a quick 2nd shot while looking thru the scope!!

I'm thinking my next Double will be a medium scoped one so I can state facts like NE450no2 instead of just yapping away here!!