I thought this rifle was very practical ... for a mil-issue bolt gun - the Danish-made Madsen M47, this one in 30-06.
Here's the link. Background narration and description go to about the 2:25 mark, at which time the reviewer runs the M47 thru some Move-n-Shoot, using 5-rd Swedish stripper clips to reload.
Madsen M47
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdgScf9OVZk
Couple of take-aways ...
For supposedly being the "Last Mil-Issued" bolt gun, I liked the bolt and receiver configuration (rear locking lugs), the smoothness of the cocking action, the rear peep sight, the barrel-integrated brake, the stock ergonomics (including the factory recoil pad in lieu of the typical shoulder-bruising steel buttplate), and the fact that, at least among other bolt-action battle rifles, it's a "light(er)-weight" specimen of the breed.
The reviewer states there were other chamberings for this rifle, but keeping 'practicality' in mind, it's hard to have a more practical chambering than 30-06, certainly within the borders of the U.S.
And while you can have overlap in mil-spec ball ammo as between the .06 and, say, .308 for defensive use or even just casual plinking & practice, when it comes to
hunting considerations the versatility of the 06 is hard to beat. In this rifle, my 'Alaskan load' would be five rounds of 220gn jacketed slugs (@ 2450fps).
All that said, ... I'm not sure this rifle is more practical for the typical ranges I hunt at than my
semi-auto Mini-G '06 Scout running a 2.75x Burris, nor for defensive scenarios than my iron-sighted Garands, whether '06 or 7.62/.308 and whether in full-size, 18" "Tanker," or 16" Mini-G configuration - all of them fed by and firing off 8-rd clips.
If you watch the 'action' segment of the video where he's shootin'-n-scootin', you'll see a lot of finger-fumbling with those stripper clips trying to reload the rifle.
It's an object lesson in why the M1 was such a superior weapons-system in its day.