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So, after a long and interesting journey around the hinterland, my wife and children are occupied with chores. I am working on technical matters, drinking some wine, have some music on, able to think of various things. My mind turns to rifles that "just fit". Or put another way, naturally handling. Like as in some one is so familiar with, it is like an old friend who one has talked to for years, or like a lover one has explored with deeply.
The answer for me? The smaller type of lever-action rifles in pistol or intermediate rifle cartridges:
Shoot and reload as fast as a semi-automatic? Of course not. Mechanically, this is an impossibility. Very fast and accurate, most assuredly so. No idea why, other than it was the first centerfire rifle type I ever had serious trigger time on in youth. (Not the first gun I shoot; first lever-action BB gun, then father's Astra automatic 9㎜, then brother's .22 carbine and 20-gauge shotgun.)
So, friend, what is your rifle or type that fits this mold? Kindly share.
The answer for me? The smaller type of lever-action rifles in pistol or intermediate rifle cartridges:
Shoot and reload as fast as a semi-automatic? Of course not. Mechanically, this is an impossibility. Very fast and accurate, most assuredly so. No idea why, other than it was the first centerfire rifle type I ever had serious trigger time on in youth. (Not the first gun I shoot; first lever-action BB gun, then father's Astra automatic 9㎜, then brother's .22 carbine and 20-gauge shotgun.)
So, friend, what is your rifle or type that fits this mold? Kindly share.