The Mythical "Best action"

Rick in NY · 04-28-2011, 11:43 PM

Building off DR's Mythical AAR thread, what's ypour opinion of the best action type? And more importantly, back it up with a good reason.

4thIDvet · 04-29-2011, 04:05 AM

Bolt action. Reliable. Just a guess. I dont hunt.

baboon · 04-29-2011, 04:41 AM

I like hot steamy action, with just enough passion to keep it that way.

10 Bears · 04-29-2011, 08:39 AM

A good Bolt Action, because it is more safe.
OR a break style singleshot.

4thIDvet · 04-29-2011, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baboon

I like hot steamy action, with just enough passion to keep it that way.

Like when your on one of your Safaris, lion coming at a buck forty and you turn around and say.
"O.K. Simba. Give me the gun. Simba, where the hell you going? Get back here."

Desert Rat · 04-29-2011, 09:25 AM

I was brought up with a bolt action in my hand and nothing else has ever felt so comforting and natural. All the other types are simply novelties.

Rick in NY · 04-29-2011, 06:09 PM

Like DR, my first rifle was a bolt action. I've used a lot of other ones over the years, but the old tried and true bolt just "feels right" on a rifle. Mr. Mauser's design is just dang hard to improve on, even after over a hundred years...

baboon · 04-29-2011, 06:44 PM

I like guns enough that this pick one

is really a mute point. I trust the capabilities of all of mine. Everyone I own is best in class in the category I made up when I bought it.

cdhknives · 04-30-2011, 10:28 PM

It depends...

OldBob · 05-01-2011, 07:05 AM

I favor lever guns......... 'cause when I was growing up, that is what all the good cowboys had............. I have bolt guns, semi's, break opens, etc. but I just like lever guns and that is reason enough.

Desert Rat · 05-01-2011, 08:24 AM

Bob, you left out the fact you are ornery and mean.

Boris · 05-01-2011, 10:23 PM

I have no preference really,although for hunting I do prefer a bolt action,,some guys I know gotta that thay semi auto for the "follow up shot",,although strangely I have never needed one,I also like the break barrel single shot,that'll keep ya real honest,but as far as "best" I believe it's a matter of preference,,but if you really wanna compare actions maybe a nice smooth as glass silent draw of a Swedish mauser compared to a cruddy noisy klanky action on the Savage edge I looked at,thats where it's at in my book

Desert Rat · 05-01-2011, 10:31 PM

Ya, "best" is sort of like beauty...in the eye of the beholder. Auto-loaders are fun if they're military. Others sound sort of "clanky." Levers are sort of like toys to me...sometimes fun but I never took one seriously. I'm just a total "bolt guy" and this includes even single shots. Break action? Excellent material for tent pegs.

Other than this I have no bias or preference.

Rick in NY · 05-02-2011, 01:50 PM

Hey now, for single shots, I'd rather have a break-open than anything else. Dirt simple, easy to use, easy to clean, and very little can go wrong with any of them. Maybe that's why I'm planning a Rossi youth combo for my son's 10th birthday. 22 and 12 gauge. Yeah, 12 could be a bit much for a 10 year old, but I do have a MEC 12ga press, so I can load him 3/4 oz handicap loads to start with, and scale it up as he gets bigger.

Desert Rat · 05-02-2011, 03:25 PM

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Hey now, for single shots, I'd rather have a break-open than anything else.

Well, if you wanna talk single shots, Rick. My brother has a death ray built on FN Mauser single shot target action.......220 Swift. I gave my son my single shot bolt...actually bought it for his first gun. It was a Winchester that I later learned was built for Winchester by Kimber when they started out and worth a LOT more than I paid for at the time. Both are about as simple and fast shooting as humanly possible to get in single shot. And they both came with good adjustable triggers and real rifle stocks. My son learned to shoot with his 22 so there was virtually zero transition up to the big guns.

04-28-2011, 11:43 PM	#1
Rick in NY Resident Nuisance Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NY Finger Lakes Posts: 718	The Mythical "Best action" Building off DR's Mythical AAR thread, what's ypour opinion of the best action type? And more importantly, back it up with a good reason. __________________ Great minds think alike, but so do equally disturbed ones...

04-29-2011, 04:05 AM	#2
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,452	Bolt action. Reliable. Just a guess. I dont hunt. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

04-30-2011, 10:28 PM	#9
cdhknives S. Texas Redneck Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 173	It depends... __________________ I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.

05-01-2011, 07:05 AM	#10
OldBob Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Way Upstate NY Posts: 760	I favor lever guns......... 'cause when I was growing up, that is what all the good cowboys had............. I have bolt guns, semi's, break opens, etc. but I just like lever guns and that is reason enough. __________________ "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke

05-01-2011, 10:23 PM	#12
Boris Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N Michigan Posts: 11,036	I have no preference really,although for hunting I do prefer a bolt action,,some guys I know gotta that thay semi auto for the "follow up shot",,although strangely I have never needed one,I also like the break barrel single shot,that'll keep ya real honest,but as far as "best" I believe it's a matter of preference,,but if you really wanna compare actions maybe a nice smooth as glass silent draw of a Swedish mauser compared to a cruddy noisy klanky action on the Savage edge I looked at,thats where it's at in my book __________________ The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Patrick Henry

04-29-2011, 04:41 AM	#3
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,320	I like hot steamy action, with just enough passion to keep it that way.

04-29-2011, 08:39 AM	#4
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	A good Bolt Action, because it is more safe. OR a break style singleshot.

04-29-2011, 09:25 AM	#6
Desert Rat Junior Woodchuck Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,592	I was brought up with a bolt action in my hand and nothing else has ever felt so comforting and natural. All the other types are simply novelties. <flak jacket on>

04-29-2011, 06:09 PM	#7
Rick in NY Resident Nuisance Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NY Finger Lakes Posts: 718	Like DR, my first rifle was a bolt action. I've used a lot of other ones over the years, but the old tried and true bolt just "feels right" on a rifle. Mr. Mauser's design is just dang hard to improve on, even after over a hundred years...

04-29-2011, 06:44 PM	#8
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,320	I like guns enough that this pick one is really a mute point. I trust the capabilities of all of mine. Everyone I own is best in class in the category I made up when I bought it.

05-01-2011, 08:24 AM	#11
Desert Rat Junior Woodchuck Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,592	Bob, you left out the fact you are ornery and mean.

05-01-2011, 10:31 PM	#13
Desert Rat Junior Woodchuck Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,592	Ya, "best" is sort of like beauty...in the eye of the beholder. Auto-loaders are fun if they're military. Others sound sort of "clanky." Levers are sort of like toys to me...sometimes fun but I never took one seriously. I'm just a total "bolt guy" and this includes even single shots. Break action? Excellent material for tent pegs. Other than this I have no bias or preference.

05-02-2011, 01:50 PM	#14
Rick in NY Resident Nuisance Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NY Finger Lakes Posts: 718	Hey now, for single shots, I'd rather have a break-open than anything else. Dirt simple, easy to use, easy to clean, and very little can go wrong with any of them. Maybe that's why I'm planning a Rossi youth combo for my son's 10th birthday. 22 and 12 gauge. Yeah, 12 could be a bit much for a 10 year old, but I do have a MEC 12ga press, so I can load him 3/4 oz handicap loads to start with, and scale it up as he gets bigger.