Thread: Chamois hunt in Austria

The kipplauf is nice. It has no tradition up north, more a curiousity, but in central/southern Europe it is a fairly common hunting weapon.

All internet-gurus says "get a rimmed cartridge for reliable extraction". Sure, the rim (for those who don't know, protruding rim on the case bottom: just like on a shotgun case) makes the extractor more reliable as the full "breaking force" of the rifle push against the case. On the rimless (any modern) cartridges, you rely on a tiny spring pushing the extractor claw into the recess. If that doesn't happen, the case sits absolutely flush in the barrel and you need to poke it out with a cleaning rod from the muzzle end.

So I got a 6,5x57R. It's a ballistic twin of the 6,5x55, but sourcing brass proved to be such a hassle I bought a 6,5x55 barrel as well. It works just fine. Also, in the countries where kipplaufs are a real thing, there's hardly any rimmed chamberings sold anymore.
I occasionally have a problem closing the action, no idea why. A few attempts and it usually close just fine.