A rather odd observation - bolt vs semi

I know what you mean - sore thumb. I have a speed loader for the 10-22 but they don't have a adapter for the CZ yet. I also have 4or 5 steel mags that are going to be sold & replaced with polymer 10 rd. mags.
 
kjohn said:
I did my civic duty this week and went to an organic farm and shot gophers. I shot with a CZ 455 Canadian and also an American. I like those rifles. I have both models in .17HMR and .22WMR as well. Something I noticed, after shooting for a while with the bolt rifles, was that when I started using a little Chiappa M22, I was kind of annoyed or distracted by the sound and movement of the semi action. Now the M22 is definitely not a heavy rifle, so that may be part of the problem. I also found that same thing when I would switch to an RIA .22. It is one I refinished a couple of years back.

Does anybody else find this? This is not a world-ending problem, but I did notice it. Also, I found it different using the little red dot with no magnification. I like the red dot, but it took a few shots to get accustomed.
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I've had o'er 100 rimfires pass through here, but for habitual shooting have (like most) a fav, and it's accustomed function/sound. I am guilty of not cycling a bolt action, or reaching to cycle a semi (depending on year). For audio experiences of merit I'll take: "runaway" semi for odd (sounded like a ricochet/echo but 8 rds gone and jam on 9th of 10), out of battery for loud, and gill-guns for distinctive.

...don't even get me started on sights.
 
GLS_1956 said:
Have I noticed a difference in the feel and/or the sound of guns, depending of action type? You bet, my Marlin Model 60 feels and sounds much different, when firing, than the CZ 455 American. And I'm not referring to the wood vs synthetic stock. The Marlin's semi-auto blowback action has the bolt running back and forth in the receiver and I feel it "bottoming out" when it stops. Of course since the action is blow back I also hear the action opening and there is some residual pressure there. But when I take the Marlin 39A out and fire her I hear the hammer fall and then cycling the lever action brings in a whole new set of sounds, and tactile feed back. Stevens Favorite bring a different experience to the range than the other guns. The Browning BPR-22 is a completely different manual of arms for use, you have to pump that baby back and forth to fire her. But that is why I have them all. They are different, I like difference, difference is fun.

The Remington 870 pump sounds and feels different than Winchester's 1200 when you cycle the actions, although both are pump guns. You fire a Browning A-5 long recoil semi-auto and it will feel different from a gas operated or inertia recoil operated semi-auto.

The sound of the bolt moving bothers you? Stay away from AR platform guns. the sound of the bolt running back into that buffer tube will drive you nuts.
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Op: I found one of those rubber tuffet buffer hushed up my 10/22 quite a bit, no more metallic "clack" against the steel one.
 
I know what you mean, OP. Not so much with 22, but a semi shotgun sounds and feels like it's coming apart every time I fire it. I usually shoot o/u shotguns and bolt rifles
 
For whatever reasons these days, much like the OP, my single shot &/or bolt action yearnings seem stronger and more frequent.
Am not sure why either.......

Looking very much forward here, to getting that Shepherd scope mounted onto the 1936 German Mauser training rifle!
 
kjohn said:
I did my civic duty this week and went to an organic farm and shot gophers. I shot with a CZ 455 Canadian and also an American. I like those rifles. I have both models in .17HMR and .22WMR as well. Something I noticed, after shooting for a while with the bolt rifles, was that when I started using a little Chiappa M22, I was kind of annoyed or distracted by the sound and movement of the semi action. Now the M22 is definitely not a heavy rifle, so that may be part of the problem. I also found that same thing when I would switch to an RIA .22. It is one I refinished a couple of years back.

Does anybody else find this? This is not a world-ending problem, but I did notice it. Also, I found it different using the little red dot with no magnification. I like the red dot, but it took a few shots to get accustomed.
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I have the opposite response: I find it annoying to have to work the bolt or do anything other than pull the trigger on a lowly .22. Semi-auto's and .22's are a match made in heaven.
 
I have several faves and I like the sounds of all of them. I have a CZ452 as well as a Marlin 39a and they both make me smile. Then again so does my Martini Cadet single shot lever. Sinfully accurate all of them and reliable to a fault. I have had semis load up on me and slow down in heavy use but never a lever or bolt. Simplicity always works. Some will tell you that a lockup mech like a bolt or lever is more accurate than a semi cuz the bolt in the semi is travelling while the bullet is still in the barrel. Have never seen anything to prove that either way but scopes tend the make that less of a concern. My first 22 was a Cooey 64 semi. I got it cheap cuz the dude was using cheap ammo and you could see the bolt slowing down shooting groundhogs. Yeah groundhogs, not chucks. Last one I killed was nearly 40lbs. It worked though, as long as I took it apart after every shooting day and cleaned it. My Marlin and CZs do not require attention and Im getting lazy in my old age. I would rather shoot them than clean them. Then again I just bought a Remingion 552 Speedmaster. 1022s bore me. I have had several and sold each one. The Marling and CZs are keepers. Terribly accurate and reliable to a fault. Now if I could just find someone to hunt chucks with that would top up my bucket list..... :)
 
9.3mauser said:
I have the opposite response: I find it annoying to have to work the bolt or do anything other than pull the trigger on a lowly .22. Semi-auto's and .22's are a match made in heaven.
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I would agree with you wholeheartedly, especially in a target rich environment.

Myself, I stumbled upon a 22 Mauser that displayed considerable accuracy potential.
Right now it's getting a target stock fitted and an adjustable cheek piece, out of a nice bit of walnut.
A varmint scope waiting in the wings! :eek:
 
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