A good single-shot action like the Ruger No. 1, Browning Low Wall or something similar. Don't have to dink around with getting the best bullets to fit in a magazine.

Case life is good with neck-sized brass from a SS or bolt, without the K-Hornet chamber, especially when using Li'l Gun, as pressures are much lower than with most other powders. My own No. 1B has shot well over 2000 loads of Li'l Gun and various 40-grain bullets and still groups them very well--and I'm still using some of the original brass fired in the rifle.

Had a T/C for a while but even factory loads stretched 1/3 of the cases too much for safe reloading. Of course that could have been the individual action's fault, but that's what happened.


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