Single shot rifles?
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Topic: Single shot rifles?
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Subject: Single shot rifles?
Date Posted: 29 May 2021 at 9:01pm
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Any shooters on here that shoot the big bore single shot rifles? The Remingtons, Winchesters, Sharps and others? What do you prefer and what calibers? Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 29 May 2021 at 9:06pm
| Had a Ruger No.1 for years, only downfall was when DID need or could use a second shot. Would not take it to Alaska Hunts as necessity for rechambering another round during Bear events was tantamount to survival. Mine was in .308, loved that rifle, wanted one in .243. |
Posted By: TDF
Date Posted: 29 May 2021 at 9:21pm
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Ruger No 1 in 45/70 Ruger No 3 in 375 winchester Browning high wall in 45/70 Mauser 1871 in 43 Mauser. Have never felt under gunned with only one round. But never hunted dangerous game either. TDF |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 29 May 2021 at 11:11pm
| i always wanted a ruger #1 or a browning 78 in a 30-06 or 7mm mag , but i have thompson contender with 445mag barrel and a 223 barrel they are fun to shoot the 445 will just blow things up when you hit it |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 29 May 2021 at 11:13pm
| would like maybe get a thompson encore rifle |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 5:29am
If you want cheap, go with a mouser 98 style action, like Inter-arms mark v. Best shootin bolt action I have. Once bagged a ground hog at 440 yds, with the 22-250 that I have. aimed a foot and ahalf over his head, nailed him in the lower spinr, as he was standing at the time... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: TomC
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 6:53am
| I use a Thompson Encore in 45-70 ,love it that rifle has dropped several deer, I have .223 barrel for it and have killed countless prairie dogs & other varmints with it. I had a Ruger # 1 in 30-06 sold it in a weak moment. I had a Sharps 50-140 super accurate rifle but the lock time was horrible.I have an 1886 Springfield trapdoor, it shoots reasonably well. I have always leaned towards a single shot, remember P.O.Ackleys famous quote, " Beware the man that's partial towards a single shot he likely knows how to use it" |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 7:00am
| Have a number of bolt actions I use as single shot, not the same as a Falling Block, Rolling Block or other single shell rifles. Lighter seem to point faster, nice little pinpoint accurate weapons. |
Posted By: TomC
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 7:07am
| That Sharps & my trapdoor are anything but light, carry one of those two around for a day will definitely separate the men from the boys |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 7:22am
| Handled my Uncle's Falling Block Browning, weighed like a feather in 45-70, kicked like a mule!! Never worked a Sharps or Trapdoor. |
Posted By: TomC
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 8:24am
| Trapdoors are a cool rifle no doubt but a Sharps is in a class of its own. My one and only hitch was the lock time, you clicked that set trigger and just barely touched the main trigger but it seemed like half an hour for that hammer to travel. Given the chance read about Billy Dixon & his military measured mile long kill shot with a 45-90 Sharps |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 8:37am
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Read that same article. I find it fascinating the 'Old Guys' could hold aim for any length of time to that level of accuracy with the old two ton cannons!!
Ever see the Lancaster movie, 'Tell them Valdez is coming'? Sharps again.
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Posted By: TomC
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 9:42am
| He was interviewed later in life,he said he "aimed" about 10 foot high & into the wind,luck had a whole lot to do with that shot, it's like prairie dog hunting,many a time I've walked rounds in on them by watching where they hit the dirt, prairie dog hunting is more fun than people should be allowed to have. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 10:18am
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Distance shots have lots of variables, and are a juggle of choices. A lighter projectile, travelling at higher velocity, will exhibit less drop for a greater distance, until wind drag absorbs it's energy, at which time, it will 'fall off' rapidly. A heavier projectile will hold energy longer, but the larger diameter results in higher wind drag. Getting proper barrel length, and having a good match of propellant burn pressure and burn time is just as complicated. Add in spin drift, windage, and rotation of the earth, changes in air density between the station and target, hitting a target at 'long' range becomes quite an exercise. Tracy's original question refers to 'big bores'... I'm thinkin' you're referring to 'old standard' bores, not the kinds of rounds I'd be using in a 'single shot'... .338 Lmag, .308, or 300Win Mag... or .50... It's not 'big bore' but we scale down the recoil and enjoy .22 mag from a Savage with Accutrigger and modest glass. Excellent exercise for long-reach, without needing a long range. As for MAKING the long-reach, one can take all measurements, educated estimates, calculate everything, but when it comes to the hammer drop, having a steady and stable platform, and everything going just-as-planned, there's plenty of providence involved. Having the opportunity to take a few test-shots, and observe and correct for the results, preferably under same circumstances prior, helps one make that shot. But that's probably ancillary to the discussion... most of the 'classic big-bore' guys I know, use them with reduced charges for nostalgia events (cowboy action). I'm not a big-game hunter, if I did, a single-shot might be for the long-range, but I wouldn't be out there without something capable of quick defensive close-ups... big game is, after all, in the wild... one doesn't go hunting, without the environment being equally aware of one's presence. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: TomC
Date Posted: 30 May 2021 at 4:13pm
| One of the prettier rifles I ever built was Stevens #26 falling block in 22 caliber a customer wanted to throw away. I built new walnut stocks for it,found a curved butt plate, it had an octagon barrel. I blued the barrel,hammer & butt plate,the receiver & falling block I had color case hardened, I put a tang sight on it. Absolutely beautiful little rifle. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 31 May 2021 at 6:26am
| I know you were looking at single shots, but I have a few from my grandfather that I enjoy shooting. Hotchkiss Winchester bolt action in 45-70, model 1886 Winchester’s in 45-70 / 40-82 and the 1895 Winchester in 405. We have a few trap door Springfield’s but shoot reduced loads in them as they are the weakest actions and are known for coming apart. I have always been fond of the Browning designed Winchesters. |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2021 at 11:12am
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Not really a big bore but I used to have a 30-30. Did great for medium distance. Got a lot of turtles , beavers, and muskrats out of a friends remote lake one year. Ended up selling him the gun! ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: Kansas99
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2021 at 11:35am
I was told once that a 460 Weatherby in a 7# frame loaded with a 500g bullet was a dedicated single shot rifle because your shoulder wouldn't let you shoot it twice.  ------------- "Thank you for your service Joe & the Ho"-----Joseph Stalin |
Posted By: RaymondBB
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2022 at 1:27am
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Ruger No 3 in 375 is the best from my experience. Thompson Center Contender is also cool, but I don't remember the last time I was shooting from it. My problem with single shot rifles is that their accuracy wasn't on the high level. I always thought that it could've been better. And I wasn't wrong. When I used scope leveling tools this problem almost disappeared. Since then, and after reading a review on https://ballachy.com/best-scope-leveling-tools/" rel="nofollow - https://ballachy.com/best-scope-leveling-tools/ about these tools, I'm using them for any rifle I own. It significantly increases the quality of the shooting.
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Posted By: Tad Wicks
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2022 at 12:01pm
| I shot a 375 H&H Mag in a Ruger No1, like to broke my back. |