If I am packing a "thumper" it will be a big cased 40 caliber like my 404 Jefferys or a 416 Rem or Ruger and I can pull the bolt all the way back all by myself, even without thinking..Anyone that short strokes a bolt action should be branded "DUNCE" on the forehead and not allowed out of the house!
If I'm not hunting DG then I don't need a "thumper", and a 30-06 or 338 Win. thumper suits me just fine.
Just curious, but the last two 9.3x62s that I built held 4 down in a std. magazine and one in the chamber for 5...It seems someone said this could not be! A drop box can be made to take 5 down and almost 6, so I suspect one could make a slightly deeper milled floorplate pretty easy and get 6 down..
