I've said it before and I will say it again. I LOVE seeing the smile on someones face after they shoot distance for the first time!!

There needs to be some one like you Ray at all clubs willing to help shooters , another great video

That was impressive. You could see the excitement every time he banged that steel. A great teacher produces great student. The Kryspy Kryptonite team does it again. Awesome video. That was fun to watch

Love seeing the shooting community sharing with new shooters. The more we share the more we have. It's the snowball effect. Great job Ray. Check sinclair reloading for that expander. Tight groups and stay safe brother 👍🙏

My Tikka T3X Tac A1 in 308 has been fantastic, out of the box. I have done some shooting out to 700m (military range) and have had no problems hitting a half human size target. Difficult to find longer shooting ranges in France. Bolt action is smooth, easy for rapid fire exercises. 20 rounds in 30 seconds for a 1.5 inch group at 200m. Adjustable for almost anyone. Tighten all the hand-guard screws, mine come loose after 2000 rounds. One problem did show after shooting about 30 rounds, heat haze from the hot barrel. I believe there is a cover available but I have not found one. Anyone interested in long range shooting this is a good choice.

Very inspirational to see you guys setting a buddy up with a great experience. Would love to see more videos like this one, just the basic setup procedures and then the progression over time. All I can say is I am jealous of the range you guys have their, you would think living in Kentucky their would be several ranges that can reach out 500-1000 yrds but I believe their is only one in the entire state at Knob Creek and nothing else to my knowledge that's available to the public or easy to get a membership. Thanks again and great video fellas.

Great coaching sir. That smile on your friend's face was priceless. Love your videos. Be safe out there.

Brilliantly done. Step by step. Everyone working together. 🙂

Fantastic to see for first time out rifle. Awesome instruction!

You guys are great teachers!

Awesome job! I ordered a tikka T3x last monday!

Great video nice break down of the process

Good shooting John , there’s no turning back for you now mate , once one starts shooting at long range their hooked lol . Your lucky, in fact we’re all lucky we have a great instructor like Xring to teach us how it’s done 😀

Well done brother!! The key is "Don't over think it!"

Awesome! I am also new into the precision game, so far have made it out to 800yds with my Savage .308, and handloads.

Just found my favorite rifle oriented KZfaq resource!

Awesome...looking at getting into PRS and have been looking at the Tikka. Great video.

Outstanding. Well done John, Ray and Rick.

Great video! Thanks for sharing.......The tikka gets it done👍

Man ! Nice rig. Congratulations to him.

I love how they are so happy for a stranger

Wish I was closer and could take your class Ray , great job !! And Rick did awesome job of holding the shooting mat down.

Excellent. John shot great with an outstanding teacher

It certainly helps when the rifle is so accurate and consistent out of the box. Not many rifles will do that so easily with factory ammo. Nice video guys.

That tikka is an amazing rifle

Great video and good shooting on his part. Instruction with knowledge is a powerful thing!!!! Way to set him up for success!!!! I really enjoyed watching you go through the steps.

Tikka is the shit! Love all of mine!

Man you got me thinking of getting a Tikka rifle. I’m new to the game but watching your videos inspire me to go and get myself a rifle , do some long range shooting. Ant for the price I don’t think you can go wrong.. will keep checking out your videos, thank you..

Awesome job!

A beautiful day and a great way to enjoy it! Great shooting and great coaching. A lot of people would need two more boxes of ammo to get it zeroed at a 100.😞

I have this rifle, my first bolt action,my first group was a .53 inch, 5-shot group, w/ Hornady American gunner ammo.

Outstanding, great instruction. Thanks for the video.

awesome--great job man

i was just watching this gun on your other video.. lol then this notification popped out for a new vid on the tikka

I love this video. The shooter and his buudies are excited!!!

good choice, cant go wrong with optic or rifle

Great video and good to see such support, I agree with shooter, good teacher gets good results! Love the Tikka👍👍

👍👍 good job guys!

Great video

Ran into the same issue on mine when in the factory chassis, kind of a pain but you can remove the forend to screw a cap on and not have to change your mount or mess with your zero

Just got one of these Tikka yesterday. Planning to get a scope, bi pod, and muzzle break today. I'm excited it is my first long range rifle.

Great Job John. So Xring when are classes started. I'm coming. Did more 308 rounds and had a hard time at 400. Lol

My Tikka Tac A1 has been a good rifle. For a factory rifle it has some nice features in my opinion. My trigger adjusted WAY under advertised weight. At one time I had it under a lb. which is really light for a 2 stage in my opinion. I settled on 1.5 lbs and to me it was crisper there. All In all its a solid rifle for the money.

Awesome shooting

Who in the hell hits thumbs down on these videos? Now her question you might like to answer how many subscribers do you have now X? This was another great video totally awesome you guys are a source, to prove it I'll let you know that the people here in Idaho have a new saying "killing is killing boy," and you guys are killing it

Very informative as always. I'd like to have a lesson with you sometime. I just have a Remington Police.308 setup. I've never shot it over 100 yards. I bought it years ago and it had been shot at 1000 yards by a really good shooter. It's a nice setup. Anyway I don't know how to contact you. I think we live fairly close though. 👍

Nice shooting. The Tac A1 is a great rifle, I have pretty much the same setup for PRS but I’m on my second barrel and it still hammers.

No need to break a Tikka barrel in. Due to the way its cold hammer forged leaves no burrs

Great video! Is there anyway you can tell e the proper break in process that you use?? i am about to get this same rifle ... thnak you

Awesome Rifle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great shooting John.

Great job guys.

Sir , is there any difference in the setup process using a sitting position or a prone position ? Will the scope work the same ,i.e. eye relief or parallax focus ?

Good day sir. What book, website or video would you recommend to use for calculating long range factors like wind, drop etc.

What is the length of the rifle, I’ll standard muscle break open and folded. I just bought one today and cant pick it up for a week, want to get a new bag for it, but cant find the dimensions incl the muzzle break for the 24” 6.5 creedmoor.

Looking to getting into LR shooting here in AZ. Would this be a better platform to learn on than getting a Tikka CTR in 6.5 and dropping it into a KRG Bravo chassis?

When will you guys review the t3x upr?

Where can you find info about your classes?

Are you going to put a level on the scope?

He’s right, that’s a heavy gun

Can you do 6.5cred vs 7mm-08 if possible.

Do you do classes in around California?

Tikka rules!

yer a good man

Contagious fun...

Great job really enjoying......When do you offer classes Iam From Asheville North Carolina

Great shooting gentlemen! Did he just said, “I am true cherry 🍒 “? Bahaha 🤣 Thank you for sharing 💕🔫🥰🔫😘

How much stuff would one expect to mount on the section of rail under the objective bell? I'm thinking Mr. Dremel, take out a couple notches for a scope cap. Just a thought.

Easily my favorite bolt action rifle. Shot a 0.477 MOA 5 shot group at 750 yards. Hit a soda can at 1,006 yards in 3 shots and a soda can at 1,380 yards in a 15mph 90 degree crosswind and horrible mirage, (14 shots because i couldn't see my impacts on the white silhouette just 9" behind the soda can because the mirage was so damn bad. Only got the hit when i had a neck shot right next to a low head shot and BOTH impacts together allowed me to spot my impact finally). All of that with factory ammo, not hand loads. I have 20MOA SPUHR mount and a NF ATACR on mine and the cap just fits. Truth be told... you don't need any more than that. I've hit out to 1,850 yards with my set up.

Great content. Have you ever tried the Ruger PRC rifle?

Nice video , my tikka t3 tac a1 shoots good with 142 gr Sierra matchkings handloads

I am enjoying your vids very much, thanks. One point though, 720 pixs is not sharp enough for my old eyes. Just a think...

and were do you get your "recommended" torque specs ?

What height scope mount is that?

I am requesting a video on demonstrating your process for breaking in a NEW rifle. I have a NEW Ruger Precision Rifle and an AR-10 in 6.5 Creedmoor. I have seen your other video on "How I clean the AR." You used a CHAMBER Brush on the AR platform. Do you use a chamber brush on a bolt action? I just want to use a proven method by a PROFESSION shooter. I have seen videos on barrel break-in that are TOO time intensive. I have also purchased the tools and equipment used in "Cleaning a precision rifle." Looking forward to your VIDEO! :)

i do surely and most definitely wish the .308 version wasn't a 1/11 twist. the 6.5 cm version is definitely and most surely a fantastic stick.

Tikka Sako like other cold hammer forged barrels recommend zero break in. There's no sharp edges in hammer forged barrels.

Knowledge gets stuff done! I am waiting for my Tikka but delivery time here in Finland is estimated from 1 up to 6 months.

I'm so jealous , I'd love to go out and shoot with you guys

Any idea guys how much the tikka tac a1 barrel Weighs ? I can’t find any info on that anywhere.

What is your shooting school. Name please?

There is a reason Tikka is Second To None!

Love it I bought the same gun 2.5 cm I’m getting the same scope . 😂😂😂

Right. buy medium mounts, most people think low profile.

I have a Tikka t3x lite in 6.5 creedmore do you think it could be good enough to go up to 600 yards with the adecute scope?

I live in Phoenix, AZ. I bought a Tika T3X 6.5 Creadmoor. I have not purchased a scope yet. I’m looking at Ziess, Vortex, and Leopold 5x25x56 power scope to learn long range shooting. What scope to you recommend that is less than $3000? I’m willing to fly in to take you’re class. How much is you’re class? When is your next opening? Thank you

Is that a ballistics calculator app you were using?

Take me, I have a brand new Ruger Precision 6.5 Creedmoor Davidson, Athlon Helios 6 to 24 and about 200 rounds of various Hornady, I would love to do this

Do you really need a moa or mill retical? Or is just a duplex ok? I have a leupold VX-3 6.5x20x50 but it has fine duplex.

What would be the best rifle around $1500 to start into the long range game?

What reticle does John have on his Razor scope?

What app do you use , or do you just calculate?

Is using a laser to sight the rifle in better than bite sighting? Thank you.

i wish i would live in the us, its hard to find shooting ranges in germany that go further than 100-200m, 300m is very rare, 500+ is almost impossible or very expensive B(

was that a 20 in or 24 in barrel?

Hello from 2024. I've recently seen a bunch of newer videos that suggest rifle break-in procedures are unnecessary. I know this video was made years ago but I'm wondering if people still believe in doing it or has the conventional wisdom changed throughout the shooting community?

Can you hunt with this? or not ideal for hunting?

Dremel the picatinny under the scope. If you remove material from the center you'll have more room for scope clearance while keeping the pic functionality.

John doesn't follow instructions, took his head off the stock 3rd shot.

Do you teach a precision shooting class?