For those that think bolt actions are too slow

Another thread turned into a pi$$ing contest.
Camp Cook summed up that he would put his shooting ability ahead of bear spray.
Some of those guys applying for a permit to carry should fire only when they are in the grasp of a bear, shoot five times and save one for themselves.
Nanaimo used to have a turning target shoot for their annual Turkey shoot. Two shots in six seconds at 50 yards using a 50 yard timed fire handgun target which goes from 10X to 6. Ten guys shooting at once and some either never got a shot off or missed entirely. Sometime a score of 12 might win and others a score of 19 would lose.
I figured that Camp Cook fired three rounds in around 10 or 11 seconds so he would have been in the running for a bird.
Beyond that, "You can't win a pi$$ing contest with a skunK."
I'm on your side Cam.
 
Shooting a fast round makes a big big difference (for me at least). My 270 or 7mag have always been tops for making shots connect right where I want them to. Having a trigger you know well and rifle with a fast lock time help too.

I once put a second shot into a running bear with my 45-70 at 70 yards. I was real surprised on how far back it hit compared to what I was used to. Same with a coyote I just shot at last week with my friends BLR in 308. The lock time on those is realy slow and the 180g bullet out of the 20" bbl wasn"t exactly screaming, ended up shooting quite far back.
 
Great video, thanks for posting.

its incredible how good he is, especially with his scope turned backwards...;)

if thats the only type of shots we had on a regular occurrence, we should be able to do that as well. I have never shot more than one running animal dead at a time, even on coyotes, which imo would be harder to hit than the boars. They seem to be the perfect running target with stub legs, no jump and chubby bodies.
Very talented shooter and again a great video. thanks.
 
His comments concerning gun fit are bang on. If you have a stock that fits, a scope with adequate field of view and eye relief, and you spend some time running the bolt with the rifle at your shoulder, good shooting will be your reward. How well you perform in any shooting genre is directly proportional to your exposure to it. But the hunter who practices solely from the bench, is used to taking a single shot at a stationary game animal a couple of hundred yards away, and at the shot takes his rifle off his shoulder to admire his handiwork, will likely be astonished at what can be accomplished with a bolt gun when the action is close and fast. Too many of us anticipate the long shot and miss the close range opportunities. Often our bolt gun is topped with too much scope with too tight a field of view and we cycle the rifle with the speed of a single shot. The snap shot has become largely a lost art, and the fast follow up is greatly unknown; of course we all have rifles which print tiny sub MOA groups to make up for these short comings.
 
Boomer said:
His comments concerning gun fit are bang on. If you have a stock that fits, a scope with adequate field of view and eye relief, and you spend some time running the bolt with the rifle at your shoulder, good shooting will be your reward. How well you perform in any shooting genre is directly proportional to your exposure to it. But the hunter who practices solely from the bench, is used to taking a single shot at a stationary game animal a couple of hundred yards away, and at the shot takes his rifle off his shoulder to admire his handiwork, will likely be astonished at what can be accomplished with a bolt gun when the action is close and fast. Too many of us anticipate the long shot and miss the close range opportunities. Often our bolt gun is topped with too much scope with too tight a field of view and we cycle the rifle with the speed of a single shot. The snap shot has become largely a lost art, and the fast follow up is greatly unknown; of course we all have rifles which print tiny sub MOA groups to make up for these short comings.
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:agree:

Yet on scope advice threads while I always recommend a 1.5x-5x for any hunting conditions there's always the same guys come on & advise 3x9, 4x12x :rolleyes:, no freakin wonder they can't understand how some hunters can actually make those shots on moving game.
 
Part of the blame for the over sized scopes, guys who don't know how to work a bolt and can't take quick shots can be put on ### hunting shows. They always show the same thing, a guy with his rifle on a rest and some game animal standing broad side way out there. Makes for easy filming but is not representitive of all types of game shooting.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
Part of the blame for the over sized scopes, guys who don't know how to work a bolt and can't take quick shots can be put on ### hunting shows. They always show the same thing, a guy with his rifle on a rest and some game animal standing broad side way out there. Makes for easy filming but is not representitive of all types of game shooting.
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But in the case where the animal is way out there, pretty sure it's ideal to have a good rest and the animal standing broadside, camera or not.
 
That guy shot at (and killed) more running game in one stand in 2 minutes than most people shoot at their entire lives. As one poster put it, a lost art in today's one tag/season rule.

If i heard this shooting today while out hunting, i would assume someone is playing rambo with their M14 and cheap surplus ammo.
 
Aside from being an excellent shot, I notice the lack of BS bravado and the English language skills, which would put many a North American in the shade.

The large bolt knob probably helps the bolt manipulation as well.

Someone should give him a Lee Enfield. Then he'd have ten in the mag, not eight.
 
RRCo. said:
Aside from being an excellent shot, I notice the lack of BS bravado and the English language skills, which would put many a North American in the shade.
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I'll bet he has fired more rounds than most of us can ever imagine. He doesn't have to prove anything to anyone. The guy's a real pro.

I shoot with both eyes open on the trap and skeet ranges, time to start practising with the rifles.
 
The other thing that stuck out which I forgot to mention: his emphasis on having a rifle properly fitted to your body.

Now I'm going to get the Sauer out of the safe and work that bolt a few times!
 
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Buckmastr said:
That guy shot at (and killed) more running game in one stand in 2 minutes than most people shoot at their entire lives. As one poster put it, a lost art in today's one tag/season rule.

If i heard this shooting today while out hunting, i would assume someone is playing rambo with their M14 and cheap surplus ammo.
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In Ont deer season any hunter can shoot as many deer as your camp has tags for! I was lucky enough to have shot 4 at one time.
 
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