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Some guys prefer a bolt.

Went to the range today with 2 other fellows. One fellow was thinking of getting a double but had not shot one before. We shot:

Hambrusch .500 double
Ryan Breeding .505 GMA actioned bolt gun
Kimber .375 bolt gun
FN Mauser .375
Blaser .375 R93
Blaser .416 R93
VZ24 .470 capstick express rifle
Marcel Thys .470 NE double
Chapuis .470 double

Th Breeding .505 shot great and was quite manageable rapid rapid fire with 600 grain loads. Fit, finish and smoothness of the Breeding was far and away better than any of the other rifles.

One of the fellows was going to buy a double and was fully outfitted to reload for the .470 NE. But after the shoot he drove home and put all his .470 stuff up for sale. He will be buying a blaser .416 instead.

The Thys is nicely finished but the geometry of the stock causes it to feel like someone has elbow-jabbed my cheekbone with each shot. The Hambrusch kicked the least of the doubles.

A guy tat the range had some 3.5 inch thick Lexan. A .375 with Woodleigh solids blew it apart like a hand grenade. Chunks of Lexan went 30 feet into the air and some landed 40 yards downrange from where they started. So much for bullet proof glass.

I had some A-Square .470 capstick factory ammo. The brass was so soft that the rims half ripped off as each case was extracted. So I tossed the brass in the trash can.

The FN Mauser has a rigby-style floorplate and holds 7 rounds. 6 in the magazine plus one in the chamber. 7 rounds. 7 rounds!! Isn't that fantastic?!

The Kimber hangs and maneuvers well and is a nice looking rifle. Much better quality overall than recent production Winchesters.

At 100 yards I put 4 shots touching out of one of the blasers. It seemed too easy.

The 470 capstick kicked least of all due to a straight stock and wide butt to spread out the recoil.

The blasers were very fast on a follow up shot.

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