That does speak a lot about her skill with a rifle.
Do you remember if she worked the bolt over the top with her left hand or used her right hand while holding the pistol grip in her left? The latter is how I used to shoot .22 bolt rifles as a kid and the one centerfire I had later as a young man before finding true LH rifles.
Reaching over the top still requires dismounting or offsetting the rifle somewhat and the scope really gets in the way. Bolt handles set close in to the stock don't make the job any easier for sure. FWIW, unscoped military rifles with straight bolt handles can be worked relatively quickly with the left hand.
Off subject of the 7mm-08 but I was curious how the wife of a professional hunter learned to do it.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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