I started out with a semi auto 270, it was my fathers, I've come to love a bolt action, I've got to say though, I love all actions/guns, and do we really need semi autos? I say yes! Guns don't kill people, people do. And bolt actions for dangerous game......they say how slow the bolt action is.....in fact one of the slowest to cycle around, though highly reliable, even though a semi aut would be faster, you don't see them used on adangerous game, though alot of pros like a double rifle for that fast follow up, I saw a guy shoot a brown bear, not a great shot and immediatly placed another great shot in him, that 2nd shot did him in, had he been using a bolt that bear would have been in some dense brush wounded, and you can't always count on your guide for his backup shot. So I say YES! we need semi autos, as we need full autos, cmon tell me what guy doesn't love to just shoot?