(Photo courtesy of Keith Wood)
May 15, 2025
By Keith Wood
Beyond politics and the appropriate use of mayonnaise, there are two things that Americans and Europeans can’t seem to agree on: units of measure and bolt-action types. They’re never going to convince me to fully embrace the metric system, no matter how logical it is. Straight-pull bolt actions, on the other hand, are growing on me. The new Strasser RS 700 barreled action may just be what puts me over the edge.
The ingeniously built and very adaptable Austrian-made Strasser RS 14 rifle has been available in the U.S. for several years. I have tested a handful of them in the past, always with impressive results. The problem for me is that they are a little too, well...
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