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Post by dano on Dec 22, 2006 14:30:50 GMT
Which would you guys recomend for a beginner? As I said in a previous thread I'm going to pick up a 22 rifle for my wife(and me). Now she's never shot a gun before and the gun I'm looking at comes in either bolt action or semi auto. I'm leaning towards bolt action just for the fact that I myself am more familiar with them and have never owned a semi-auto rifle. I also feel that the bolt action is a bit safer in that she will have to manually chamber the next round after each shot, therefore she'll hopefully know when there is a round in or not. I was also wondering if semi-auto's are difficult to clean? After reading the post about breaking in a new barrel it looks like I'll be doing a lot of cleaning of the gun at first and I don't know how difficult it is to clean a semi auto. Thanks in advance for any opinions and info.
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Post by browning204 on Dec 22, 2006 14:46:59 GMT
semi-auto rifles are a bit harder to clean, more moving parts to clean and keep lubed properly. I have also noticed in my2 or 3 semi auto rifles and 1 semi-auto pistol in .22, they seem to be more picky as to what ammo I use. If I don't use certain types of ammo, the shells sometimes will not eject properly.
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Post by wjsmall97 on Dec 22, 2006 17:28:14 GMT
A bolt action is much better for a beginner,one shot at a time and still have other rounds in the mag,where as a semi you must load one at a time or they can accidentally fire more than one round.
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Post by soccerref on Dec 22, 2006 18:58:59 GMT
The biggest hassle in the cleaning is you don't have as easy access to running a cleaning rod through. My deer rifle is semi and I will put a folded up patch against the bolt to keep from ramming the cleaning rod into it. There is also the aspect of keeping the moving parts clean to keep it feeding new rounds smooth and clean. Some are more prone to jamming than others.
Bolt is also typcially more accurate and is a bit safer in that the shooter has to do something to get the next round ready to fire. Don't count on this though and stress safety and putting the safety back on.
Bolts also tend to be lighter and kick a bit more (but in a .22 that doesn't matter)
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Post by regnar on Dec 22, 2006 22:46:42 GMT
For someone jsut starting out you will not notice any difference in accuracy between a semi or a bolt gun. Cleaning is not that big a deal ( I have a 10-22 that has over a half million rounds through it and all that has ever been done is run a patch through it and spray it down with ed40.
That said I would reccomend a bolt gun for two reasons one which you have laready said, saftey/ With a new shooter it is good to have access to only one round at a time. The second reason is that I FIRMLy beleive that a bolt gun also teaches better fundementals because you cant just keep pulling the trigger (not that it not fun to do so)
Go with the bolt aciton
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Post by predator26 on Mar 16, 2007 22:38:03 GMT
I would go with the bolt action for many reasons. It'll be more accurate than a semi, it'll be much more reliable, easier to operate, and the safety thing you mentioned is good too. Also, with hunting it's usually one shot you get and that one shot is the one that matters.
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