"Quite rare to find in good condition" **throws it on table**

I love how everyone wants the Mosin on this list but no one gives s crap about the Springfield m1903

>takes length of service into account >Krag is on the list at all wut?

I asked myself: "Where is Mosin nagan at?" So i looked in to the comments. "There he is!"

I'm just here for the mosin comments.

People: the perfect bolt action rifle doesn’t exist Germany: hold mein beer

its funny he what he says about the enfields sights: "good but not exceptional, nothing like the peep sights on a garand". then why the hell didn't you get a No.4 mk1 which did have a peep sight lol, that's a No .1 mk3 you got there.

I have all five. Just got a Krag-Jorgensen model 1898. But my favorite (which was not on the list) is the Lee-Enfield No.4. Great sights, 10 rounds, smooth action.

The Kar98 is my favorite rifle.

you picked the wrong enfield. the No4. Mk1 has some of the best peep sights ever manufactured

I own a k98k, easily my favorite rifle. I like my LE no4mk2, but I just love loosing volleys of 8mm mauser out of this thing, its so smooth!

I love that the MAS 36 was included. After watching your run and gun video with it, I'm convinced that it was pretty much the best bolt action rifle concept. Short carbine, smooth action, powerful round. WWII rifles had such a crazy long range that most standard infantry didn't have nearly enough opportunity to utilize the full range of the rifles they had. Shortening the rifle really didn't sacrifice anything in the way of tactical advantage, and definitely helped in medium range engagements.

The Lee Enfield rear locking lugs are plenty strong enough for the .303 Mk7. I have worked on hundreds of these and they very rarely need re headspacing due to bolt/lug stretch or bolthead wear. If you were to look at the No4 rather than the No1 you would find the rear peep style sight far superior to the old school notched sight of the WW1 vintage No1 (note Australia did not manufacture the No4 at any stage, it only upgraded the No1 MkIII to the No1 MkIII*) and the ladder type sight is comparable to that of the M1 Garand (though no windage adjustment is available). Interesting video all the same, thanks :)

I LOVE how you show us up close features- loading, action cycling, etc . Great info, knowledgeable, awesome reviews man! thank you!

My first deer rifle was an original (except for a sporterized, shortened front handguard) U.S. Model of 1917 Enfield. Excellent rifle. It was the Winchester made 26 inch barreled sniper version. Bought it in about 1978 -79 for $65.

"The action is perfect." *action malfunctions*

Wow! Someone who actually knows how to sight in a MAS 36. Amazing. Thank you for spreading that information around. Unfortunately for the MAS 36, it's easy to be the best when you are also the last.

Krag-Jørgensen! Thats some norwegian piece of firearm right there!

I must say i do love the Mauser 98. I have a shortened one ( it was originally meant for a mountaineering soldier) from 1941 and it shots beautifully. The tigger on it is so fragile and i live it to death. If you want a older bolt action rifle for just about any reason, I would recommend this. BTW it runs like a glock, forever.

I personally think that there is something beautiful about the MAS-36.

Ya left out the SMLE No4 mk1 series with the excellent rear aperture sight.

Love my k98, actually surprised to see it on top. I was expecting something I've never heard of, kinda like a plot twist

11:31 is important too. When the magazine plate comes up and blocks the bolt it physically prevents the shooter in the confusion of combat from loading and reloading an empty gun. A genius little touch that probably saved lives.

One bolt action rifle that arguably has the toughest action is the model 99 Arisaka. The action is very smooth to operate. The one I have is quite accurate. I have shot 2 - 3" groups with it's iron sights at 100 yards. For an old WWII military rifle that has never been refurbished that is pretty good in my book. It will hold it's own against any of my old Mauser rifles.

No mention of the Krags speed loaders? Those let you load the rifle extremely fast.

Though I'm a big fan of the Mosin I'm glad it didn't make the list. Mosin's should be considered the baseline from which all other rifles need to be superior in some way in order to be considered as great rifles. Ubiquity is where the Mosin & its ammunition get their status from, unlike all the other rifles on the list which exceed it in almost every area ( accuracy, reliability, smoothness of action, etc...). In 1891 when the rest of the world saw that Czar Alex ordered Millions of Mosins for Russia, the militarys of every other major power came up w/designs for rifles to deal with the "threat" such an order of arms constituted. And in all cases they did a great job or creating arms that were superior to the Mosin as Russia needed a simple & reliable ? & innexpensive weapon to provide its historicly massive army with

I have a perfect mk. 3* SMLE. It's my favorite bolt gun out of all that I own. I love my K31 though.

Great video I really enjoyed the comparison and attention to detail and characteristics of each rifle.👍🏻

Surprised to see a krag on the list

I love the krag Jorgensen rifle😍😍 anyone else?

I find this video very relaxing, no music just calm narration and beautiful rifles.

Informative and well presented. Solid list hard to argue with. Subbed!

MAS 36 is an interesting choice, dont particularly care for the lack of a safety. I would have put the Pattern 1914 or Model 1917 Enfield, or the Mannlicher 1895/30 Models.

Good list. Only one I would’ve changed was the Krag with either the M1903 Springfield, or M1917 American Enfield. It’s the best of both worlds from German, British and American design.

Awesome list. Damn well put together !

love the fact that you showed the sights with the fps view, keep doing that

Me : best bolt action Also me : MMMAAASSSS 36 !!!!

And the MAS 36 doesn't have a safety. That said I love mine.

I enjoy your calm voice and clear videos. I too was surprised no mosin made the list.

Good list, the 1903 Springfield, the Carcano and the Mosin-Nagant are very rifles good too.

My great grandfather made his longest shot in WWII with the lee enfield, a head shot at that. it was estimated to be 1800 yards, lets goin Canada (yes he had a scope on his enfield, good luck doing that shit with open sights)

There are a number of varieties of Lee Enfield's, some were even made briefly in the US. The work horse of WW I was the Mo. 1 Mk III, many of these were converted to a sporterized version after WW II where they also saw brief service along with the No. 4 Mk. 1, the No. 5 Mk 1 was the shorter jungle carbine, a nice gun to fire. Some of the No 4 Mk 1's were converted to 22 LR and used by cadets in Canada up until the 1990's, these were the No 7. As for the sights there were several, the rear sight on the No 4 Mk 1 had a calibrated sight and latter with mass production, a flip peep sight. The issue with many of the No 1. Mk. III sporterized versions is they are nearly 100 years old, have shot many large game such as moose and have not been properly cared for. That being said, I have taken down a 600 lb moose in 2014 with one.

knew the k98 would be in here even before clicking.

Started off extremely weak but then gets strong again. Now I have a garbage rod (mosin) and my dad has the Mauser and I love the Mauser , it works amazingly and is very accurate. Probably my favorite bolt action rifle from Ww2 and I’m sure many others. The bolt design has been brought into many bolt action rifles. It feels smooth, I’m so happy to see it so high on the video list.

Nice to see the Krag included.

I'm here for the french mas 36. It's a good rifle !

The k 31 is very cool but the 303 is by far the most dependable and ez to maintain.

As a norwegian i saw the title of the video and thought "Please mention the krag please mention the krag". Was not disappointed. Subscribed

I like the inclusion of the Krag, and would like to add something about it. I work in a gun store, handling actions every day, and the Krag is by far the smoothest cycling action I've ever held. It's like cutting butter with a hot knife. Now I presume modified or higher end versions of the other rifles may be pretty smooth, but every Krag I've held has been like that, even the beat to hell ones. I also appreciate the exclusion of mosin and arisaka. Together with the Remington 710 and some old French rifle I forget the name of, they're the least smooth bolt actions I've held.

One notable bolt action rifle is finnish m-28 and m-39. Better quality variant of mosing nagant. Its sights gave it the famous name "pystykorva" which is Finnish for "long ear" a dog breed.

I love the enfields. Just something about them feels good

Loving It!!!

Always been curious about the Krag,never fired one. And I've always wanted to run some rounds through the Swiss.

Somewhat surprised not to see the 1903 Springfield on this list, simply because it usually seems to make the cut on similar lists. Good, informative video. Thanks.

The K98 is an insane hunting rifle imo. Hits everything you aim at. The action is amazing.

The Springfield 1903 is the best bolt action rifle, and I just shot one a couple of days ago. What an accurate rifle, and you have to love that 30-06 round! It's absolutely beautiful too!

i would love to see an update to this list. I mean for my two cents, I'd have dropped the krag, replace that with the M96 (which while a mauser predecessor, is different enough (being cock on close for one) and frankly with the ammo available it makes for a very very good shooter at the range, and while it's length makes it less ideal for hunting, it is more the accurate enough to make most game fall (also, I've found it feels much nicer than any of the many m98/k98's that have passed through my safe) and as someone who has been shooting comp's with the old .303, this is (in 6.5swede) a sweetie of a gun to fire without shoulder pain later (it is also a gun that i've found new to shooting people have an easier time with over the others, as the sights action, and tigger as a little nicer than later mausers, enfields, and even modern full bore rifles!) lee-enfield family is a stayer, but it should be stressed, first lithgow, is lithgo, much like john lithgow likes his name said and second, other than the k31, this is one of the very few battle rifles that dont have a 5 round mag (infact it is a mag for 1!) and while there is some debate on the whole headspace thing, I think it is something people who like to think they know a little worry far too much about, it's only one place that has forums pages long about this terror (the US) and all the other places that are heavier users of this fine weapon dont see the use (as a side one of the old shooters at my club (now in his 80's, and only able to fire prone, but at his peak, won a queens) had been using for years a bolt that his fine m'erican friend had said was unsafe and "out of head space" and every year he sends this chap a 10 round grouping from 300mts that has a 1 1/2 grouping, still! as would be the k98, is a given, but I would love to see what breed of this very wide family is the "best of breed" not just in terms of bang, but easy to obtain, and easy to feed the k31, enough said, it is the only rifle I still has a burning lust to get, but where I am from, they are not thick on the ground, and importing is more paperwork than I'm willing to tackle at this time! (plans are afoot however, and as a rifle i've used a few times, there is a love of that action) now, I've not ever seen in the flesh a MAS 36 (maybe they are something that just never found their way down under) but I know finding the ammo for it wouldn't be easy, where as say a mosin, easy enough to feed, and is kinda in that middle ground bolt wise between the mauser and the lee-enfield, and in terms of what the finn's did to it, I must say it was a surprise, having fired a few mosin's in my time, I knew they came in a wide....ummm, spectrum? of niceness of action, feel and use, but the few finish ones, all have been damn fine shooters!

used to have a no.4 lee enfield from my grandad, never got to shoot it but watching this made me nostalgic, now i want to go out abd shoot one.

Great Collection of Bolt Action Rifles here! Very informative too!😀🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🇬🇧🇫🇷

the dutch M95 is apperently also really good

Nice countdown, though I am disappointed in the lack of a Winchester 70. Here's why: Reliable? Definitely. Innovative? Yup. Nice looking? Certainly. Military Proven? Of course. ((Used in the Pacific Campaign, Korean War, and Early Vietnam, and has been in use by the RCMP since the start of WWII)). There's a reason it earned the nickname "The Rifleman's Rifle."

The arisaka type 99 is my favorite, I have one that that someone ran a 30-06 reamer threw, the barrel diameter is .311, 30-06 is .308, I loaded up some rounds for it with the .311 bullets and it was grouping a 3 inch patter at 200 yards

Great tips

I need the Mas, Krag and SMLE, so badly!

Would love a Kar 98 in, say, 243 or something... But one of those, let alone in 243, is rare. And expensive. Wish mauser still made them.

Nice!!

I AM in love with the krag

the lee enfield is pretty much the best British rifle ever.

Can't wait till I get my Mauser 98 Edit: Got it

Very nice breakdowns of reach rifle

My grandfather has a Krag-Jorgensen flew me for a loop when I first saw it. Very nice rifle and interesting.

Gotta love milsurps.

I own a 6,5x55 Norwegian Krag Jørgensen rifle and a Karabiner 98 Kurz

My favorite bolt action in general is the M38 Mosin Nagant. I got mine in unissued & unfired condition, all-numbers-matching, made in 1943. Can’t see myself ever parting with this rifle.

I totally luv each and every rifle listed…that being said I’ve seen a couple of US Krags with cracked bolts over my years…the Enfield actions are plenty strong enough for 7.62 NATO as chambered in the Indian Ishapore series of Enfield Rifles which are my favorite…all I own or have ever owned have been flawless in every way…I enjoy your content so a big THANK YOU is in order 👍🤘👍🤘👍🤘👍

Lee Enfield mk rifles. Put them in the hands of a British soldier and marvel :P

Great video, but I'd personally replace the MAS36 with a Arisaka Type 99 or something.

Subbed!

1903 Enfield.Love it!

where can I buy a k98k?

its pronounced Lith-Go

Those are 5 examples that are in wonderful condition. I own 4 of these but not the French MAS 36. I think if I see one in good condition at a reasonable price, it will be my next purchase. This was a very enjoyable video.

I had a chance to talk to a few rangers and the reason they still use them is that they are extremely reliable under arctic conditions. the rear lug arrangement makes it easy to de ice, and at -60 C that's important.

Personally I think the mosin 91/30 is the best bolt service rifle of all time,because of its accuracy,durability,and reliability,and also has been used for 107 years by the Russians

I'm a simple guy I see MAS-36, I click

I'd like to point out that Lee Enfield is different from mine. As a Canadian Ranger mine has a vernier peep sight (allowing up to a theoretical 600 yards) if moved to the vertical position and a larger battle peep sight if put in the horizontal position. The sights on that rifle is indicative of the sporterized versions many surplus Enfields were converted to.

Gorgeous old school rifles

Honestly Man... To Me It's Always gonna be them, pre 64 Winchester Model 70's. And you're talking to someone who made a Custom Mauser during Gunsmithing School.

Ima be honest, if I were to chose a rifle to arm my army, out of these, I would chose the lee enfeild. Easy to use, relatively accurate, and cheap. Higher capacity than other rifles, and faster firing, for the average rifleman.

3:30 I actually saw a Mountie with one a few days ago in Sackville when I visited.

My dad was a member of the Newfoundland Rangers, the service Force between 1945 and 1949 when the Canadians showed up. He was issued a crate of ammunition and a beautiful Lee-Enfield, which he was basically the custodian of until 1982, when they were first returned to the Canadian government. It had much lighter brown color wood on the stock... I've been told in later models some of the previously machined parts, were stamped in these versions, but I've never had the time to look into the subject. It was in near pristine condition, I hope it wound up in a museum or something like afterwards.

Isnt the M1903 basically a Mauser with better sights?

2:57 it is pronounced Lith-go not lith-gow

Nice Video, i have 3 on 5. still looking for a matching K 98 KA,

Since I got my Gewehr 98 back from the machine shop, it tries to eject the cartridge to the wrong side. I think the bolt is installed wrong, but can't figure out how!

I have a Krag, but whoever owned before me, put a rear peep sight on it. It makes aiming a hassle, but I kinda like the way it looks.

The krag was the first to use smokeless powder....u mean lebel?

Very nice list and very agreeable, although, I'm surprised that one of the Arisaka rifles were not on the; they get a lot of bad press for stupid reasons but they were truly exceptional rifles too. I love the enfields (especially the ones with teh peep sights).

The bolt head of the infield tends to crack and sometimes chunk of metal detach from it. It happened to mine after my second visit to the shooting range.

You forgot to say the Enfield 303 has a 10 capacity mag and that in the right hands can shoot so fast as to sound almost like a slow firing MG. For its length of service alone, it should be NUMBER 1