Odd bolt action rifle on "The Bridge."

Haven't seen the show, but it sounds like a Steyr Scout to me.

Just looked up the series. It is a FX product, as is "Justified." The latter had a character using the Steyr as a "home defense" weapon last year, so that is probably the same prop gun.

Really good show. I actually meant to post the same question after watching it, but forgot too.

I'm fairly sure the weapon was based on one of the Accuracy International platforms.
Exact Model unknown.

It looked like a straight pull bolt to me.

RussellC said:

...clip fed...

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You mean magazine fed. Was it a Ruger Scout?

Are you sure he didn't mean clip fed Mistwolf? There are plenty of clipfed bolt guns out there.

most of the bolt action rifles are magazine fed. I do have a clip fed though...it's an old Carcano. Most folks don't know the difference.

Steyr used to be known for their butter knife bolt handles. Scouts did come with those.

I'm going with the Blazer R93 Tactical. As I recall, the barrel was fluted and the shooter definitely looked like he was pulling straight back rather than up and back.

John,

You have never seen a Carcano (what no depictions of Lee Harvey Oswald anytime?) or Gew 88 on screen? I believe the short lived but excellent Young Indiana Jones had the Belgian version of the 88 that lacks a barrel jacket and I believe those used the clip feed of the original 88s.

-kBob

The clip would have been inside the magazine of the rifle and not visible to the viewer

Depends on the gun MistWolf.

the clips on Mosin-Nagants, Springfields, Mausers, Enfields, some Steyrs, MAS, Carcanos, M14s, SKSs, Arisakas, etc, do not go into the magazine.

I'm pretty sure there were depictions of clip feeding a rifle in "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Gallipoli."

owen said:

Depends on the gun MistWolf.

the clips on Mosin-Nagants, Springfields, Mausers, Enfields, some Steyrs, MAS, Carcanos, M14s, SKSs, Arisakas, etc, do not go into the magazine.

I'm pretty sure there were depictions of clip feeding a rifle in "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Gallipoli."

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Ok, the clips that are used with 03s, Mausers and the like are magazine chargers. Rifles that use these types of clips do not feed from them. Clips that are part of the feed system, such as the enbloc clip used by the Garand are inserted into the magazine and are not visible from the outside.

If all you want to do is obfuscate the issue or set up a strawman instead of educate and inform, please stop

If all you want to do is obfuscate the issue or set up a strawman instead of educate and inform, please stop

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You're making assumptions about what he saw. Until the OP clarifies what he saw, don't you think we should wait until he clarifies? People certainly do calll weapons that use stripper clips to load a weapon's magazine "clip-fed."

What false position have I set up, claiming its your's, only to knock it down?

When someone is asking "what is this odd rifle I saw on tv?" Is it really crazy to think he may actually be thinking about a rifle with a magazine fed by clips. Should we perhaps wait for clarification from the OP before we jump on the pedantic magazine/clip BS? Should we assume that "clip fed" means only "swallows the clip whole like an M1 or 1895 Steyr?"

IF I have invented these positions it appears that you have taken, for the purpose of knocking them down, then I apologize for engaging in a Strawman fallacy with you. Otherwise, lets not assume what the OP is talking about. There is after all the possibilty that he knows what he's talking about.

I hope this post was educational.

Facts:
1) No clip that is part of a rifle's feed mechanisim is visible from the outside when in use
2) Russellc said "short bolt action rifle with a fluted barrel, clip fed", not "fed" or "charged" or "loaded magazine from a clip"
3) Many folks mistakenly think a box magazine is a clip. To help Russellc identify the rifle in question, it's important to know if it in fact does have a box magazine
4) It may be pendantic to educate folks that there is a difference between a clip and a magazine but it is pendantic and ignorant to insist it's pendantic to educate folks correctly.

Consider- it's pendantic to insist folks keep their fingers off the trigger, not point their weapons at anything they do not wish to destroy and treat all weapons as if they were loaded but it's pendantic and ignorant when someone says "but it's not loaded"

Consider- it's pendantic to insist folks keep their fingers off the trigger, not point their weapons at anything they do not wish to destroy and treat all weapons as if they were loaded but it's pendantic and ignorant when someone says "but it's not loaded"

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I have considered-and I think you made a good point.

Curt Blunt said:

I'm going with the Blazer R3 Tactical. As I recall, the barrel was fluted and the shooter definitely looked like he was pulling straight back rather than up and back.

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Blaser R93 tactical, or LRS2.

Don't mean to be rude, but spelling helps when you're googling.

Ahhh.. another fine thread trashed by the "clip". I wish more people would try to educate then try to be pompous. Remember, there are a lot of people just getting started in firearms! we want to win them to our side! Rant over.

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Blaser R93 tactical, or LRS2.

Don't mean to be rude, but spelling helps when you're googling.

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Quite so. I dropped a digit and I didn't take your comment to be rude.

if charging the rifle with a clip is never seen...how would the viewer know it was clip fed?

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Well it could be a simple as not gleaning all your knowledge from just what is seen on a boob tube.
I've watched many many war movies and I don't remember seeing anybody using a stripper clip, but I also don't remember anybody on film taking a crap.
That doesn't mean I think soldier's held it for 4 years.
There are many guns that are easily recognized that are clip fed.
Apparently most Remingtons are