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BEAR
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Posted: 13 February 2017 at 05:11 |
n't figure why anyone wants those large oversized bolt
handles. Anyone have one? Not on a SWAT team, so I don't see a reason, just downsides. Like, scope clearance and case wear. Plus lots of folks complain about long barrels and brush.....seems that bolt would catch on eveny thing in a hunting situation. Maybe it is just Tacti-cool? |
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deaddog
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I have one on the "Kingpin Special". Installed as part of his artistic license on the project. I see two advantages: 1) The back sides of your fingers can raise the bolt and in practice it would be quicker than using your palm to lift the bolt. 2)The extra weight adds to the rearward mass and momentum helping extract the case. Does a 5.56 need this extra momentum to the rear- no. It starts helping on the 30-06 based cartridges and larger in my opinion. Are the extra weight and protrusion worth the milliseconds you gain in speed in a hunting situation? Probably not 97% of the time. If you are prone off a bi-pod in a SWAT-sniper activity using just your fingers and wrist to operate the bolt it is a handy piece of kit. Hunting not so much. DD |
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BEAR
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saw a guy with one on a bolt action 22 LR sporter. He
also complained about bolt handle/scope clearance??? |
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Fella's;
My take is that it's tacti-cool only, with the exception of the non-civilians who may actually need any advantage they can get. But for Joe Civilian, it's pure BaitShop. 900F |
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deaddog
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The "real" ones are tapered to help with the scope clearance. The
"fake" ones are just a cylinder shape like on the new .22 tomato stake gator guns. DD |
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RobertMT
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I have oversized bolt handles, but not swat sized, on few target rifles, these are also 12-17lbs and have 26-30" barrels, they're not walk around hunting rifles. When shooting prone off bipod, you disturb the rifle and shooting grip, less with oversized bolt handle, you run it with thumb, while feeding with fingers, also because of increased length bolt closes easier, with less force.
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A reasonably oversized bolt handle may be ok on a varmint
rifle too that is mostly shot off bench or bi- pods.....similar to the LR guys or bench rest dudes. I have one on my .204 and it is NOT an issue....the bolt knob on the one in DD's pic is Ugly! |
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