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 Single shots
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12/31/16 11:12 PM
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HCHunter28
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Anyone use a single shot bolt gun? I've always used repeaters and I'm considering a single shot cooper because they're so much cheaper. Will I regret it?
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6609938
12/31/16 11:23 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
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DStroud
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I have used my single shot Cooper 6x45mm on a few predator hunts but the wood is so pretty I hate to use it much. It will cost you a second animal every once in a while but I am not that mad at them for that to bother me. 
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: Single shots
[Re: DStroud]
#6609961
12/31/16 11:36 PM
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HCHunter28
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I'm looking at the Phoenix 21. I have a couple Coopers Excaliburs 54 and 52.
I use a Cooper Excalibur 54 243 as my main predator gun.
Looking at the 223ai.
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6609971
12/31/16 11:43 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,047
mikei
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THF Trophy Hunter
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I've got a 20 Tac by Cooper, and I don't mind being able to get a quick follow-up shot. Never have needed a follow-up on the first animal in the kill zone, because they're DRT. Fine, accurate rifle that I've hand loaded to give me the best accuracy my old eyes and nerves can deliver!
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6610589
01/01/17 02:48 PM
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 569
nyalubwe
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Anyone use a single shot bolt gun? I've always used repeaters and I'm considering a single shot cooper because they're so much cheaper. Will I regret it? Not a single shot bolt gun, but Ive used ( and still do) Ruger #1 for a number of hunts and never felt handicapped.
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6610591
01/01/17 02:49 PM
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 569
nyalubwe
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I'm looking at the Phoenix 21. I have a couple Coopers Excaliburs 54 and 52.
I use a Cooper Excalibur 54 243 as my main predator gun.
Looking at the 223ai. I LOVE the .223AI! 
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6610671
01/01/17 03:50 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 270
Single Shot
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Bird Dog
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Not Coopers but I hunt with single shot rifles most of the time.
I have 2 TCR 83s
4 H&Rs
2 Remington /Bakil. Imports
3 Ruger #1
1 Merkel my favorite
And a few others.
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6610679
01/01/17 03:58 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 270
Single Shot
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Not Coopers but I hunt with single shot rifles most of the time.
I have 2 TCR 83s
1 TC Encore
4 H&Rs
2 Remington /Bakil. Imports
3 Ruger #1
1 Merkel my favorite
And a few others.
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6612599
01/02/17 08:47 PM
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,805
Big_Country01
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Never had a single shot bolt, but have had a few H&Rs. One shot is all you need!
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Re: Single shots
[Re: HCHunter28]
#6612946
01/03/17 12:11 AM
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,795
dogcatcher
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I would stick with the 243 caliber, and unless you are in a hurry, start hitting up the pawn shops and wait until you find what you will like. I use a bolt action 243 for predator hunting, it is a beater, but accurate. I bought it years ago at a pawn shop, it was ugly then and uglier now, the stock even has a bolt through it to keep it from splitting.
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Re: Single shots
[Re: dogcatcher]
#6614490
01/03/17 07:35 PM
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Posts: 314
HCHunter28
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I would stick with the 243 caliber, and unless you are in a hurry, start hitting up the pawn shops and wait until you find what you will like. I use a bolt action 243 for predator hunting, it is a beater, but accurate. I bought it years ago at a pawn shop, it was ugly then and uglier now, the stock even has a bolt through it to keep it from splitting. Did you read my question or did you post this in the wrong thread? Let me know if you come across a Cooper Phoenix 54 or 21 in 223ai in a pawn shop. That would be a waste of time because they are hard to find period, let alone a pawn shop.
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