this is why KZfaq is important to the Firearms Community. a Video from 10 YEARS ago is helping me today. Thanks from the future

When I went through Army Sniper school back in 1991 after Desert Storm, they taught us the second technique and I use it to this day even after I have retired. . It is still fast but as pointed out in the vid, if done properly and SMOOTHLY, it will not disrupt your sight picture and once the bolt is slammed home and locked you will be ready to go with minimal or no need to reacquire the target. With practice, you can also use that time to take your full breath and release half to set up the shot

Wow, you're so good at being completely still before taking the shot I thought my video froze.

That was incredibly insightful, thank you, I'll be practicing these techniques once I get my new rifle.

Ooorah Devil, thank you for the input on the bolt manipulation. Watching you go through those steps, and being able to watch your right hand while firing has already helped me out tremendously! BTW, thank you for your service to our country!

You don't blink when the round goes, impressive...mark of a good shooter. Thanks for your videos brother, I'm learning a lot and am subscribed. Was a rifle coach at PI for years, boy I miss it. Semper Fi!

Love your instructions. I generally shy away from "Young Whippersnappers" when seeking instruction because they - just - don't - have - the - experience.... (Decades) I've also heard it said that there is an exception to every rule..... and you are that exception. Definitely gifted. There there is no shortage of people capable of performing at a very high level, but a very small number a people who can instruct and demonstrate. Keep it up!

Thanks for this video! The second technique really helped me at the range, especially because the rifle I was using has a slightly too long length of pull which makes it very uncomfortable to use the grip-it-and-rip-it method. My action is also very stiff, so the extra leverage from gripping the trigger guard really helped!

Shooting vintage bolt guns in comp is a goddamn artform, especially in the rapids. While in the sitting and prone, we usually rotate on the right site, pointing the muzzle in the lower right, never taking an elbow out of its original placement. Rotating the body right helps with the unlocking portion thats sometimes sticky. There's a way to grasp the cocking piece with your tumb and the bolt handle with the index and middle finger, that reduces on the movement of rifle

I like how you don't blink or flinch when you shoot. I need to work on that!

Another outstanding video, thank you!

While you were shooting those second method live fires you were in the bubble. Nice!! Semper Fi!!

Very well put together video. Great instruction and very professional. Nice choice on the stock.

ERR! Hell yeah, Really good vid on bolt manipulation there brother. Thanks for that instruction. I'll be trying out these different ones, especially that brass check.

Thanks for all the info, much appreciated.

I have to say, I love the camo you've got on the rifle! I am thinking about getting a 30-06 Remington 700 next year =)

Thanks for the advice, just getting back into shooting and the tips really helped :)

Good stuff Devil dog... I'm an 8531 (P.M.I.) and. Did some patrolling with some snipers from Kilo company out of Cp Lejuene when we were at Ft. Polk for J.T.F. Exercise It was fun I learned a lot in those 30 days. I was a (P.I.G,) Never got a chance to attend 8541 school. But I still remember my P.I.G. Training for those hard chargers ...

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. It's good to have a bit of confirmation. Nice channel by the way. Subscribed.

Thank you for your service. And the tips

You don't even blink when you shoot. Impresive!

John, I know exactly what you are saying. If you are sitting there calmly in a relaxed setting you can feel it just fine. If you are shooting under any kind of stress it's easy to miss. Dirt and grit can easily change the way a bolt feels. Checking the chamber is the professional way to do it and if you don't do it ALL the time, you will forget when it matters most. These are lessons I have learned the hard way. You get to choose how you want to do it.

i like the beat up look of your 700 it has attitude!

Thank you---excellent video

The finger and thumb method on the bolt is also used in 'Stang' style military shooting in Norway. Very fast.

Awesome video. Going to try it out

John is a real bad ass no blinking

For the third way to manipulate the bolt, the one where you use the middle finger to pull the trigger, watch this video. Bolt action speed shooting, and still hitting the target. Stangskyting DFS 1986

My instructor named it the flick pull push method for the second video , i renamed it the FLICK up DRAG back SLIDE forward. Must say the rapid fire method 3rd is insane when u see a range day and 12 sniper pairs are rapid firing lol. Keep up the vids boys ..

Goddamn dude didn't even blink.

Remington actually made a good response video to the CNBC story that you can watch here on youtube. I'd suggest looking it up if you're at all hesitant to purchase one of these rifles

Thank you for the tips

Dam* good video, showing all these different methods.

The second method is the one we were taught in Army Sniper School. It takes some practice to get very smooth at it, but it works the best and your target sight picture changes very little.

Nice vid, thanks for making it. Worth a look by anyone who shoots bolt action.

Thanks for the tutorial.

Great video.

Look at the bolt manipulation, hawt.

Ten-round magazines help in this regard, too. The best of the best were the men the British Army took to France in 1914, but they were mostly gone by the end of that year. The standard of British musketry for the next couple of years at least was substantially less - IIRC one officer in 1917 said the English bowmen of Crecy could have shot more effectively and to greater range than some of his riflemen.

Does that mounting system work with a 50mm objective view

Awesome, thanks!

1:05 - No flinch through all shots. Very cool to watch a military trained marksman!

Great video! I really like the look of your rifle with the paint and all. I was just wondering what base color of your stock is. Maybe a video in the future on painting your rifle? Semper Fidelis!

Great video. I am absolutely horrible at working the bolt. It takes practice just like shooting.

i was looking at getting a remington 700 sps aac sd, with either larue 20moa base or badger 20moa base. or just the regular bases. imy question is, what ring height should i get from seekings for my optic measuring 6-24x50? will low mount clear?

Love this video.... Thanks

A hollow-point also moves the center of mass rearward in the projectile, which improves stability (predictable precession and less spin drift) for long-range. Great example is the Hornady AMax projectile, combined with ballistic tip for maintaining a high ballistic coefficient. Nice video. You happy with the US Optics scope? Which reticle did you choose? I've been considering an ST-10 TPAL for a .308 GAP Crusader with the MIL GAP or MPR reticle.

Thanks for the response. The reason i ask is because im about to order a mcmillan a4 for my 700 aac sd and cant decide on one of there moled in camos or just going with the painted black and then doing a krylon/duracoat spray on the whole rifle and action/barre and future scope if i can iver decide. Love the mail call mondays by the way there full of info and also the product reviews are awsome keep em coming

I've been watching the budget build and you get some pretty good groupings with that would you make a video comparing that rifles accuracy and this rifles ? even if its only a 2 or 3 minute video I think the comparison would be fun to see :)

very nice, thanks.

Nice rifle.

2nd technique is called" Bolt flick" The Brits developed it for use on the American designed SMLE, which cocks on closing. It offers very little disturbance of position and sight picture. Its harder to do on bolt guns that cock on opening like the Rem M-700. Search KZfaq for John Olav Ågotnes to see how fast it can be done

Hey Lonewolfusmc thanks or the video. I went out yesterday and shot all day with the rapid bolt technique and felt more comfortable than the traditional grip. Are there any drawbacks to that? Also, I wasn't engaging rapidly..

Love your videos ...wondering how you did the finish on your 700 in this video.. is it duracoat?

So when you fire you really don't grip the stock with your right hand do you? It seems like your thumb is right behind the bolt lug, and the trigger finger is pulling back on the trigger but your other 3 fingers are not really doing much in the way of applying force to the stock.

Thanks for the barrel info. I got invited to a F-class style comp but all I have is my hunting rifle (270win Rem SPS, B&C stock, Lepld VX1 glass). I'd like to build up something I could use to get into tactical rifle comps. The Idea of moving and using field positions sounds like fun. One more quick question. Do ur SPS's have the x-mark trigger? If so do you like it compared to a tuned up old rem700 style? Thanks

Great most likely going with the desert camo.... just cannot decide for sure. I really like the urban camo but i know its not very practical for my area.

Good shit devil. Im thinking about my first rifle and looking at the rem 700. Nice scope btw..what is it? What do you suggest for a beginner scope?

How did u do this paint job? looks awesome

Do these methods work with the Remington 788?

I think about to buy this stock. Can you recommend this one?

I love your gun! What is the camo you have on it?

Thanks. I'm upgrading from Unertl 10X .

awesome thanks is it more resistant than stainless steel or what?

hey john just a quic one. a few years ago i stubled apon a vidio of a guy racking a bold and then catching the spent case. i have never been able to find it agian. i dont supose you have ever come accross this or similar have you

Do you notice a difference in velocity having a 26" barrel over a 24"? I would like to build something close to the m40 (24") but would like to use it to compete at 1k and still have it maneuverable enough to hike around with. Also how much does that bad boy weigh? Great video, thanks again.

Just u use just tan paint? Or tan as a base with a few other colors?

How do you like the B&C stock? I was thinking about getting it for my sps varmint. Did you find it to be more accurate than the factory stock?

judging by the way you rack the bolt in the first way i am going to guess you were a USMC sniper

Chamber checks are great, I also do a ignition check so when I put the keys in ignition I half pull it out to make sure it's in. Same with a disc check, I put a DVD in the DVD player & once it's closed I open it again but stop it half way to make sure it's in there. I even started card checking at the atm but I'm not sure that's gonna catch on. But seriously try it

Thx mate it helped alot liked and sub

sps varmint or ltr with a custom barrel bolt trigger and stock

how do you not flinch when the rifle bucks? i know you are a professional but when i shoot i have no flinch until the rifle goes off and i lose my sight picture. do you have any tips on what i could do to help that

may i ask what is the coating on the firing pin assembly bolt and barrel they seem to very common

Pardon me, sorry to bother but I was wondering what your opinion is of the .270 win cartridge? I've heard some claims that certain loads can be fairly similar to .308 in ballistics. A new Remington 700 in .270 fell into my lap as a good deal and I've been wanting to maybe take some precision rifle training with it but am unsure if it would work for that or be accepted at a school. Could you provide a little guidance please?

you seem the guys to ask about what im thinking of doing i have a remington 700 sps light barrel the version down from the varmint and im thinking of dropping it into the same bell and carlson stock on this video short action as my 700 is a .308 , question is will it still be a good fit even though mines a light barrel ?

What type of paint job is that? Im guessing it's a dip, and if so, can I get the name of it. I want to get the same looking paint scheme on my rifle.

H! :-) has your Rem 700 ever misfired even when not pressing the trigger? I'm kind of nervous after seeing the CNBC report about this Walter Trigger malfunction reports for your 700 whether to if this is a severe problem or not. I want to get this, but not if this rifle is a safety concern. Let me know what you think. thanks.

what model 700 is that? I want one with either a 24 or 26 inch barrel but I want the bull barrel (heavy target barrel) because I am going to throw it into either a Mcmillan or AI stock.

The third method using the middle finger actually came from the British in WW1 with the Lee Enfield rifle

Was wondering what rifle you were using and what barrel length it was.

I'm thinking about buying a Remington 700 but I'm not sure whether I should get the varmint or the tactical. Can you provide me with any advice on the matter?

So far, this is the only reference I have about modern snipers using the third method (middle finger technique). I'm sure it's not officially taught in sniper school, but I'm also sure that many snipers practice this technique in case they need to get out of a jam if they're still using a bolt action rifle. I would love to know how many modern snipers have used or still practicing this technique. The third method may be unorthodox, but it dates back to the 40s with the British. In 1944, specifically, it became clear that early war CQB techniques with the Lee-Enfield rifle weren't that effective. Therefore, they developed (or rather, 1944 was the earliest date to have this method be described in an official document) a faster technique where the rifle is kept on the shoulder with the support arm/weak side keeping the rifle under control using the third method as you described. I don't know if you're still monitoring comments on this channel since this video is 10 years old.

I'd call your second method "The bolt action Handshake "

The last method dates back to WW1 and the Brits with their 303. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_minute

attractive weapon, very, what i did notice in the slow motion replays is ur trigger manipulation. i notice you lift your finger and hand back right before you pull the trigger, and its more of a jerking motion instead of easing the trigger. i myself have bigger hands and i rest my whole hand on the grip and shoot with the second portion on my index finger. most comfortable and get a better grouping. other than that, nice technique, heard of some marines using the middle finger technique haha

Left handers have an advantage if they shoot a right hand gun. The firing hand stays on the weapon and the grip is never released. While maintaining your grip of your firing hand use your right hand to cycle the bolt. You will find this to be a much better and faster way of shooting a boltgun as you never have to break position once to finish a string. I think a bolt handle should be on the left side of the gun for a right handed person. Try it and see if it doesn't work.

What model 700 is that sps tactical

I noticed you don't close your eyes after the break of the shot. How far off the target are you when the recoil settles?

Did you paint this yourself? And where did you get the ammo pouch?

There's also a two handed method: Marine Recon and Scout Snipers Train Marksmanship with Thai and Korean Special Forces U.S. Marines train marksmanship with Thai and Korean special forces I had not seen it before.

What kind of bi-pod do you have?

What load do you use on that rifle

what kinda scope is that

What stock is that (i.e. McMillan)?

what kind of scope is on there?

How much would this set up cost you? Rifle,scope,bipod.

Is it bad to blink when you shoot I'm 14 and when I shoot I blink I'm not flinching I don't think because I do the dry fire drills. Is it just that it surprises me or what. Thank you for the video sir.

I know I’m 9 years late but what bipod you got on this thing and how did you paint it and what stock you got

thanks man