Crowhunter-
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Even if the AR-15 has a failure that can be corrected by SPORTS every 5 rounds, you will still be able to put more rounds on target faster than a bolt action. The firing rate is faster, there is no movement needed until the remedial action and the Bolt action will need to be reloaded every 5 rounds, even with stripper clips, it isn't as fast as SPORTS. If you have to single load, it is MUCH slower. So an AR-15 rifle with a problem will still put more rounds on target faster than a perfectly functioning bolt action rifle. So it will be more "reliable" in putting multiple rounds on target/s.
Wow, all I can say is try to see if you can find some of those innerweb videos of some Springfield match shoooters. Yes, I've shot in a match or two with various different rifles. In comparing a Prone Slow or Standing Slow fire stage and your malfunctioning AR idea- the bolt shooter is most certainly at no disadvantage.
SPORTS used to stand for Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap, Squeeze (or Shoot). If a man can't run a bolt faster than that, he ought to see if things improve during the second day he owns the thing.
Read what I said again.
I didn't say Prone Slow or Standing Slow fire.
I didn't say anything about artificial constraints of competition. In slow fire competitions there is no reward for speed, it is all accuracy. Given a large enough window between shots a muzzle loader could be competitive. That doesn't mean someone shooting one is just as fast as someone with a semi-auto.
I didn't say that you did SPORTS every round, I said every 5 rounds.
I know that I personally can fire off 5 rounds accurately without having to move and still do a SPORTS quicker than I can cycle a bolt 5 times and then reload, even with stripper clips.
And having to do SPORTS every 5 rounds is a serious exaggeration of malfunctions. Hopefully someone having that many malfs will fix whatever is wrong.
So you are saying that someone can fire a rifle taking their hand off the trigger, cycling a bolt, placing it back on the trigger, and pulling it again just as fast as they can just pulling the trigger a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th time? Then in this instance, open the bolt again, at best retrieve a 5 round stripper, shove it into the action, close the action again then return the hand to the trigger and fire versus slapping the bottom of a magazine, pulling charging handle, observing ejection, releasing handle, tapping forward assist, then firing again?
Considering the lack of stripper clip loading on most modern hunting rifles it will be even slower if you have to single load every round.
Maybe this trend of arming soldiers with semi-automatic rifles was a huge boondoggle.