M1's and M14's have put 24 shots inside 12 inches at 600 yards in 50 seconds shot from prone.
Don't know of any bolt gun doing that.
For example, in 2012 two NYPD officers shot and killed an armed murderer in front of the Empire State building. The two rapidly fired a total of 16 rounds; 7 hit the perpetrator, but 9 bystanders were also hit with bullets or fragments. Now there is no doubt that they did the right thing, what they were sworn to do. But in this case one has to wonder if the "rate of fire" was a factor in the civilian injuries, which fortunately did not result in deaths.
For a hunting rifle(big game) a rapid rate of fire usually isn't needed(big game hunters in Africa chose a double barrel in a lot of cases tho when hunting dangerous game) .
Here is pretty nice Garand
They still are. Especially in situations requiring best accuracy.Back in the day bolt guns were more accurate than semis
However, modern bolt actions such as Sako and Sauer are extremely reliable.