Just a small question: How easy/awkward is it to load a single shot bolt action .22? Does the round need to be pushed into the chamber or can it simply be dropped into the breech?
I was thinking about this while shooting my Marline 880, which uses a detatchable box magazine. I really don't actually use the magazine alot...I tend to shoot one round at a time. This is easier than loading rounds into a magazine, emptying the magazine, and then loading it again.
Loading single rounds, however, is difficult, because I have to push it into the chamber. If I just drop it in the receiver (which would be easy), it won't chamber.
So, I thought that it would be nice, for pure bench use, to have a bolt action .22 in which I can easily load single rounds into the chamber by just dropping them in. I've seen a few single shot .22 bolt actions. Do they work this way?
I was thinking about this while shooting my Marline 880, which uses a detatchable box magazine. I really don't actually use the magazine alot...I tend to shoot one round at a time. This is easier than loading rounds into a magazine, emptying the magazine, and then loading it again.
Loading single rounds, however, is difficult, because I have to push it into the chamber. If I just drop it in the receiver (which would be easy), it won't chamber.
So, I thought that it would be nice, for pure bench use, to have a bolt action .22 in which I can easily load single rounds into the chamber by just dropping them in. I've seen a few single shot .22 bolt actions. Do they work this way?