Curious, because I have always single fed my 338 edge and rums because I seated the bigger bullets out so far. Became a habit and now I catch myself doing it with my rounds that will feed.
How many guys single feed?
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Rick Richard
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Only when shooting at targets
shooter7
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At the range, I single feed almost exclusively. But my requirement for a hunting rifle/ load combo is that it has to feed from a magazine.
gohring3006
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I have rifles I have had for years that i never loaded a single round into the mag.
TXAoudadKlr
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I single feed but have a two round spare holder just below the bolt. It's fast enough where I'm at. Up north with bears I might rethink my ammo's OAL
Coyote_Hunter
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Single at the range.
Full mag when hunting.
Full mag when hunting.
K9TXS
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When I was very young, my dad took me hunting every year. He always had me load one round. I had to make it count. Really I didn't know the rifle held more than one round. I hunted with that rifle for many years and finally learned it would hold more rounds. I continue to load just one round.
Varmint Hunter
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I single round load at the range but ALWAYS load 3 rounds when hunting regardless of magazine capacity. It became instinctive for me to always look for 3 rounds when unloading even though I visually double check my rifle before securing it. It's just a safety thing for me.
Deputy819
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Another single feeder here as well both at the bench and hunting. Knock on wood (or my thick skull) it hasn't come back to bite me...........yet. 
bigngreen
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Haven't loaded a mag in 10+ years, even if I could, no way I'm cramming a precision loaded round up out of a mag into the feed ramp then popped out of the mag then i to the tube, kinda defeats the purpose!!
I am shocked that many guys single feed.
codyadams
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Where I hunt, there are big bears (and less concerning, wolves), there have been attacks within a bears roaming area of where I am at. So I always have a mag fed rifle, plus a 5 round .44 loaded with heavy cast bullets, and if stuff really hits the fan, I have a big knife always on me. A guy I know of that was from the same small town I am was killed a couple years back while elk guiding by a grizzly bear, pretty close to where we hunt. I simply won't be with just one round, and almost never hunt up there alone. I make sure my partner has a loaded gun as well, and we always talk about a plan if someone gets attacked at the onset of our hunt.
I also understand that precision ammunition should be carefully handled. At the range and while practicing, I single feed. But while hunting, if a 2nd round needs to come out of my magazine of my rifle into the chamber, there is likely a very good reason, and it's more important that it goes bang than if it gets a little scratched or dinged up getting there. The great majority of the time, the rounds I put in the magazine never get fed into the chamber, and live to be carefully placed into the chamber another day.
I also understand that precision ammunition should be carefully handled. At the range and while practicing, I single feed. But while hunting, if a 2nd round needs to come out of my magazine of my rifle into the chamber, there is likely a very good reason, and it's more important that it goes bang than if it gets a little scratched or dinged up getting there. The great majority of the time, the rounds I put in the magazine never get fed into the chamber, and live to be carefully placed into the chamber another day.
