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For myself, it is pointless to practice marksmanship after fatigue has set in. When a shooter is fresh, he has good sight alignment, and good trigger control (as good as it is going to be on any given day). As he fires awhile, his muscles fatigue and his concentration fades. To continue practicing after the benefits of concentration and good technique are being reinforced, i.e., after one has become fatigued, is counter productive, and will over time erode a shooter's skills.
A semi auto rifle encourages rapid shooting which will hasten the onset of concentration lapse, and maximize the cumulative detrimental effects of declining technique, and in the long run may adversely affect ones skills, as muscle memory takes on a whole new degree of slop.
A bolt actioned rifle is good in the sense that one can tell almost immediately, when he is starting to fade, or flinch, or look away, or jerk a trigger, so one may set the rifle aside and stop shooting so as to prevent the muscle memory from absorbing a lesser standard of precision.
And you get a good workout with fewer rounds, thus saving money.
But blasting at tin cans as fast as you can with a Ruger 10-22 sure is fun!
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