What would you choose? Single shot Rifles

I hadn't heard of them before, just had a look at what they retail for in Australia šŸ˜¬ I could build three custom rifles for that price point. It looks like the perfect single shot though!
I built a custom take down encore but couldnā€™t seem to shake a wandering zero, in hindsight maybe scope, but my clever machinest made the pistol grip screw a through screw out bottom of pistol grip to a knurled wheel and knocked barrel back to 20ā€. Did trigger and other accuracy tricks. Shot tight but didnā€™t hold zero. Anyway finally bit bullet on a blaser k95 and it was amazing, like 5.5 lbs with scope off and 24ā€ barrel with irons, shot sub moa with multiple factory loads and it never lost zero regardless take downs and storage stints etc. Tested field conditions over pack at 350 yards taking scope off for each shot and still moa 3-shot groups. And mine came with an exactly 1.0 lb trigger and so crisp with no creep it felt heavier, put the trigger pull gauge on though to confirm. The way you use the safety is the button on the back you push forward when time to fire which actually compresses the firing pin spring. It canā€™t fire with one up tube unless you push that forward. And you push it again to release it if you donā€™t get a shot. They are another level of firearm. Top of the heap for single shots and very accurate. I just wanted to shoot things more than once after awhile and was doing less mountain hunting as only reason I sold it, to fund some repeaters.
 
Always a soft spot in my heart for the Ruger No1. A friend has a 30-06AI in a No.1 that he is holding onto for me for when I have the spare cash. However, my itch is for a break action at the moment.
 
At the cheaper end I really like my Rossi, it's proven pretty rugged and I really like the exposed hammer for hunting.
It's heavy, takes down to fit inside a backpack and is accurate enough for hunting.

The Bergara/CVA is a fair bit more money with better quality and accuracy.

The Ruger No1 has beautiful lines and is really nice to operate in my opinion, the 2 I've shot were very accurate and oelwning one is definitely on my to do list.

The Blaser K95, wow, I've only handled and shot one but it's dream rifle now.
Pure class, great accuracy and trigger, they're worth the money
 
Here is my short list.

Krieghoff Hubertus (heavier and less accurate than the Blaser)
Blaser K95 (I have owned 3 of these, great)
Merkel k5
Bergara B13 (popular here in Europe as they are cheap)
TC Encore (coming back, don't get a 28 inch barrel, if you do cut 4 inches off of it. They flex pretty hard in longer barrels and it causes accuracy issues.
SSK or TC Contender SSK is building new Contender actions.
Haenel made one no longer in production similar to the Merkel but way uglier
 

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I had a .44 mag CVA Scout which shot fine and killed several bucks. I have an Encore (22-250, .300 win mag, .50 cal) that is accurate and has killed bucks but I don't use it anymore. My favorite is my 16.5" TC Contender Carbine in 350 legend. Tiny gun that does everything I need it to do for Eastern hunting.
 
I had a .44 mag CVA Scout which shot fine and killed several bucks. I have an Encore (22-250, .300 win mag, .50 cal) that is accurate and has killed bucks but I don't use it anymore. My favorite is my 16.5" TC Contender Carbine in 350 legend. Tiny gun that does everything I need it to do for Eastern hunting.
Ok, that is the one I had the question about.

How did the 44 Mag CVA shoot? Does it have ejectors or just extractors?
 
The bullet rim sticks out about 1/2 inch back from the breech. You have to grab it and finish pulliing it out.
Copy, extractors. Fine with that.

They make it in 444 for sale in the US. Here in Germany we get them in 8x57R, and I think 9.3x74R. Plus the normal 308, 6.5 CM, 223, 222.
 
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