Thread: Guys, what single shot "quick swap" guns do we have available to us?

I was looking through some old photos and saw a couple of pics of my old Rossi Wizard I used to have. That thing was a poorly made turd of a rifle... but it was very comfortable to shoot and had a nice trigger. Plus the barrels were less than a few hundie if I remember correctly.

Recently I picked myself up a new 223 and I got thinking, what options do we have over here in terms of single shot "hot swap" rifles?

I like the concept of having like, a 17HMR barrel for general bunny shooting, a 223 barrel for proper varminting, then a 708 barrel for deer shooting, and just being able to swap out the barrel/scope combo. At $300 a pop it'd be cheap enough to tinker with various calibers I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford a whole new rifle in.

There's no way I'm going to buy another Rossi. I'm not a fan of the Handi rifles (my other 223 was a Handi rifle), and I know you can't necessarily just swap the barrels out... what does that leave me with? The Thompson Contender? Those things are so overpriced here they're not worth bothering with (the barrels alone are like $800... only a couple hundred more and you're in remmy 700 territory).

R93/R8 but well out of that price point

Baikal IZH-18MH

Originally Posted by kiwijames

R93/R8 but well out of that price point

But worth every cent. No substitute for quality.

Ray.

I want a rimfire adaptor for my R93


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The CVA are the bizzo. Like a cheap Thompson but built on modern gear

Sauer 202, up there with the blazers in price though!

An AR with uppers in .22LR, 556 and 763x39.

Single shot Biakle are pigs, 7 something pounds for. Single shot rifle :/

My backup won't group for no matter what I do, lucky to hit a banana box at 50m

Not cheep but tc contenders are nice and a gunsmith can take a fair amount of weight out of them safely


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Originally Posted by Timmay

Single shot Biakle are pigs, 7 something pounds for. Single shot rifle :/

Well if you measure the barrel like any other rifle the barrel comes out at something like 23.5". Plenty of room to remove some weight there.

I see you point but it also doesn't have a bolt or magazine etc. It seems excessive to me (I understand it's a budget point gun)

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Well if you measure the barrel like any other rifle the barrel comes out at something like 23.5". Plenty of room to remove some weight there.

Indeed. I have not mentioned them here as they are not really a swap barrrel system such as the OP was after. You can do it but as the whole rifle is the same price as the sap barrel it cannot really be seen as a swap barrel as you need to buy the rifle complete in each calibre. As a pack rifle, they work really well if you take them back to 765mm overall. This removes a lot of barrel and reduces a considerable amount of weight. I have seen some put on an extreme diet t make them lighter still, but when it comes down to a lightweight rifle, there is a limit as to what can be done safely. And if it gets to the stage of losing a few oz here and a few there, then carry less ammo and buy lighter boots, and carry a lighter lunch......

Originally Posted by timattalon

Indeed. I have not mentioned them here as they are not really a swap barrrel system such as the OP was after. You can do it but as the whole rifle is the same price as the sap barrel it cannot really be seen as a swap barrel as you need to buy the rifle complete in each calibre. As a pack rifle, they work really well if you take them back to 765mm overall. This removes a lot of barrel and reduces a considerable amount of weight. I have seen some put on an extreme diet t make them lighter still, but when it comes down to a lightweight rifle, there is a limit as to what can be done safely. And if it gets to the stage of losing a few oz here and a few there, then carry less ammo and buy lighter boots, and carry a lighter lunch......

Sure I've seen them advertised here with two or three barrel options as a kit. Even if buying complete there are still single shots, unlike the blasers and AR's mentioned.