r/canadaguns • u/Ill_Storage_8569 • May 18 '26

Buy recommendations Bear charge scenario: bolt gun splits?

I'm new to measuring splits between shots, and curious what everyone's baseline is for medium bore rifles at 25 yards or so?

Trying to decide if I should put together a 223 trainer or just run a lot of snap cap drills.

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u/Ok_Rush_246 May 19 '26

I’ve never tried doing speed runs with a bolt gun other than a 22. The British “Mad Minute” was at 300yds but its somewhat applicable:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_minute

At 25yds, I don’t think you stand a hope in hell getting a second shot off at a charging bath. Your best bet is to make the first shot count

If you do want to build a 223 trainer, Tikka’s work flawlessly with MDT poly mags

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u/Ill_Storage_8569 May 19 '26

Glad to hear that about the tikka, that's high up on my list of options. Shot one in 7-08 the other day and liked it. Backfire on YouTube complains about the stock a lot, but i can swap that out down the line. Don't care for detachable magazines (floor plate guy) but I can't argue that they sure are cconvenient.

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u/BilboBaggSkin May 20 '26

Why do you like floor plate? Just seems way more inconvenient.

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u/Ill_Storage_8569 May 26 '26

Nothing to loose. Don't hunt from the truck much, so I'm not worried about fast loading and unloading. I've had issues in the past with bad feeding from cheap mags, but haven't had that issue with floor plates.

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u/BilboBaggSkin May 26 '26

That’s fair.