Highly accurate but light weight. Single shot rifles have been the backbone of hunting arms for longer than any other design.
Some designs are faster to reload or more accurate than others but they are all useful. Single shot rifles are ideal for teaching new hunters and shooters to make that first shot count or in the hands of veteran hunters that pride themselves on a single accurate shot and clean harvests.
They can be made in virtually any cartridge imaginable for any type of hunting imaginable. Break action and falling block designs are the most popular and prevalent models available. Either design is beautifully adapted to hunting.
Rifles like Ruger's No. 1 are famous for reliability and accuracy, favored by professionals like Larry Weishunn for hunting even dangerous game. They come in a huge variety of calibers both pistol and rifle length. You can find rimfire models for small game and large bore centerfire calibers for even Africa's most dangerous game