Becoming a Practical Rifleman
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- A rifle is only as good as the man who carries it. As a follow up to last week's video on rethinking the scout rifle, today I'm taking a look at a few of the key skills necessary to become a well-rounded rifle shooter.
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I love the sterile, almost history-channel-like no nonsense backdrop of your videos.
Beware the man with only one gun...
He's probably broke so he can't buy another and has nothing to lose
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Damn right I don’t
that guy with one Mosin and nothin to lose!
Range except the 2x4 used to open the bolt
Just I just laughed my ass off, thank you for that!! 😂😂😂
good stuff
This is the episode that years ago got me hooked on Lucky Gunner and a practical bolt action. Thank you guys!
A long time ago I had modified my Remington 700BDL 6mm rifle bolt and the open iron sights. I demonstrated I could rapid fire at a 50 yard target with a 1 silver dollar size bulls eye. I never used a scope all open iron sights. I sent off 3 rounds in under 2.5 seconds and knew I hit the target consistent in the center and waited for the spotter. He shouted there was three in the dollar but no one cared since everyone was into scopes and semi autos.
Appleseed is a great suggestion, I have been to a couple and though I haven't shot rifleman yet i learn something and get better each time.
Chris, one more time BZ!
I do like how clear you explain and recommend. I'm agree with you that rifle "bolt action" sometimes is more/better "social" accepted than semiautomatics... Good weapon, difficult to master. Thank you again for your time and dedication. Good videos to create good atmosphere for shooting activities in general and self-defense in particular, helping to create a knowledgeable opinion. Take care and stay safe.
Your video quality is excellent. They're shorter videos but still cover a good amount of content, you don't sound pretentious, and everything is very well thought out.
Really enjoying this series. Keep it going!
This is good.. I have read Jeff Coopers book it's good.. I still own and use bolt action rifles and have used them all my life and it's an action i like over semi autos by a long way.. I do a lot of my practice with a .22 bolt rifle of high quality , a person will pick up speed as you learn to work with the rifle .. I also have used for a number of years now , a single shot Ruger in a center fire chambering , if a person is willing to take the time to work with it , you will find it a lot faster than folks think..
Your videos and your perspective are great.
The last deer I took was inside 20 yards while it was running with a Ruger American .30-06 with a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9x40. I had my rifle slung over my shoulder and had my phone in my hand had to put my phone in my pocket shoulder rifle, fire and chamber another round as it's second nature and that was all in about 2.5- 3 seconds. Dropped the axis buck with 1 shot. I've never had any "training" from instructors just years of hunting and running into all kinds of different shooting situations.
Id love to see this channel do more video intros like this. True stories that pertain to the topic at hand.
there is a sling technique without a loopsling. arm through sling wrap and run on outside base of left palm sling between hand and forearm. bring hand toward you increase tesion on sling and you have stability for standing offhand shot on deer in brush country.
A new hobby? More like a new job! Shooting guns is expensive.
that's not a job. doing a job you get paid. you don't pay your employer to work
Soldado de Aztlan then don’t shoot! Nobody asked you to or are twisting your arm! It’s not anymore expensive than a lot of other hobbies!
A basic gaming PC rig: $500 ($250 if buying used)
High-speed internet: $70 a month.
Computer Games: $60 per game. It's actually around $100 after you get DLC. No free-to-play aren't actually free unless you like zero progress and constant defeat.
So one game, for one month, on one PC will set you back $380 to $670. The games on your PC can easily surpass the cost of the PC so these are conservative numbers. For around $500 you can buy an SKS or even a bargain basement AR and have some money left over for ammo. If you want a bolt gun you can do it even cheaper.
Pretty much any hobby will cost quit a lot of money. If a hobby seems cheap that's only because the relatively low entry costs makes it seem cheap.
@Aaron This was actually in reference to Solado. As for the example it was just one example about how expensive hobbies can be. Hope you are following treatment guidelines for the PTSD. Health maintenance is the only way to go with that.
@Aaron Meds give you a floor and that's not nothing. If what you say is literally true (i.e. pills and *nothing* else) that's bad practice in the extreme. Meds work in conjunction with ongoing therapy and medical monitoring. A medication combination will work for certain people for a certain period of time and not for others.
Basically, if your stable now and not putting a fist through a monitor then you're doing something right. The moment that changes is the moment you need a new plan.
As an Australian, being able to quickly & effectively use a single action rifle is important.
2 rounds in 2 seconds ON target out of a single shot 30-06 is scary good shooting. That could have gone a lot worse.
If you want to learn to shoot anything. Go learn from the legends themselves Clint and Heidi Smith from Thunder Ranch. Tried all the rest now try the best.
I love the tikka t3x
In high school I hit a caribou in the body, it bucked like a horse and I got a second round through it's neck mid buck and it collapsed dead. That was 2 shots in rapid succession as a reflex with a Remington 700, 7mm Mag. Just a kid who hunted with Dad and Grandpa every so often.
One precise shot beats the Hell out of the spray and prey taught nowadays.
This is done so freakin well. Mad props.
Good vid as usual, thanks for going outside the box on the very underrated bolt guns.
The razor 1 to 10 brings even more validity to this.
Another great and informative video. Please keep up your great work!!!
Great discussion. Thanks for your work and your insight.
Another excellent level headed video. Thanks.
Thanks for the Appleseed shout out. It is amazing all the people with tricked out toys that can't put 10 shots in a 1 inch square in under a minute.
You make the best videos
Still a great video & learned some things from it to
Would love to see more vids like this. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Hmm it's about the shooter not the weapon. I've been telling people this for years. I know guys who can't hit a soup can't from 25 yards with their fancy AR-15s
loved the video and your jacket ? mind sharing brand and style ? subscribed.
+Jesus Rubalcava Levi's commuter jacket
Just good info. Thanks
Awesome stuff
Is this the reason why Jeff Cooper made Scout Rifle?
Fire, reload, aim, fire... with a Ruger No. 1... in 2 seconds? Going to have to say "X" on that one. More like 5 seconds.
Yes, there are ways to speed up the reload process with a single-shot. I cut my teeth on a single shot. But the Ruger's reload is a bit clunky.
Great information. Can someone help regarding the scope he's using. What power are they? and to what distance? Thanks in advance
Great vid
good vid.
I tried the 2 shots from a single shot break action, i could hit a milk jug at 20 yrds 2 times in 3 seconds or less. But a moving helo at 2 seconds? This guy is Jerry miculek of the single shot
Every shooter should take a marksman course to familiarize theirselves with their rifle and to learn the strengths and weaknesses of both the rifle and theirselves.
3:10, the quickscope
But Eion says bolt actions are obsolete
How does one run a bolt "hard" and what happens above 1.5X?
I would rather have an M14 rifle with the gas block removed ala the NY compliant M1a than a turn-bolt.
If your going to use a red dot why not a magnifier with it rather than a traditional scope.
I can’t imagine the reaction time on that 2 seconds I mean try
Beware the man who only owns one gun. He probably knows how to use it!
It's a great saying but let's be real most people who only own one gun dont really use it. It's either a comfort for safety or shot before season to check zero.
Another good video, I've been preaching some of this same information to friends, knowing the political winds are changing ....
What are you shooting at 1:55?
what vortex scope is that?
It's great to see bolt actions getting some love.
This is phenomenal. Awesome to see a firearms channel that focuses on fundamentals and building skill over just buying gear. Gear is nice, but most shooters would be better served buying more ammo. Love the editing and format too, keep it up.
Chris Robinson You dont even need that much gear in my opinon. Skills over gear. If its survival gear, a simple kit and done. No fancy "suck water from the air" straws. People worry too much about that suff. Coming from someone who likes survival gear and activities.
For gun gear, i litteraly zip tied a pouch onto the buttstock of my H&R pardner, so I could put shells into it lol.
Yeah cause an ammo company that wants people to buy more ammo is being completely selfless...
Lmao, just kidding around, I get what you meant
Guess my opinion would be; " Practice, practice, practice." I used to shoot airguns just to pass the time. Air pistol or air rifle, at the caps on soda bottles. Missed a lot of shots, initially. Got to where, within 25 yds, avg. might have become 50% hits. Plinking does improve aim, as long as it's done safely. Silly accidents are, um, outputting? Duran good vid, Chris, as usual.
@@willjezewski5595 lmfao
**looks at my Mosin**
It's okay, Красо́тка. We'll take on the Caronapocalypse together.
HAHA its nice to see someone else from 2020 lol. I was thinking about using my Mosin for distance the whole time too
Long range is the best strategy for the apocalypse, while zombies are fighting close range I'll be 1000 yards away laughing my ass off!
watch out for those car's
This has quickly become my favorite gun channel. Thanks for making great content!
You're welcome!
Plus one. These videos are very informative and squared away. I enjoy gun-of-the-day channels, but I think this channel is better, especially from an instructional point of view.
If it wasn't for tak 4 kelver armor vest that old man would have been more lethal
It's not the bow and arrow that matters, it's the Indian.
Or the mongol 😂
It's string
If that were true there would be a lot more Indians.
Pro archer here, the bow doesn’t matter as much as the person. I use a Matthews for hunting, i know i won’t miss but i still only shoot up to 40 yards because of power. The arrows also have to be very aerodynamic, as long as your good with a bow stick to that bow unless there is one that is better for you. THats my advise and this also fits with rifles. I great with my Mosin, I know a Gewehr 98 is better but I don’t have one so I will become proficient with what I have. Also Mongols>>>>> Indians
@@macmiller1678 what are you insinuating
Winchester lever actions are what won the West. They can be accurately cycled pretty quickly and with the side gate it can be kept topped off in a fight. A scout rifle setup of a lever .30-30 with a 1x4 long eye relief scout scope would be pretty wicked deadly.
+Tommy TwoGun
Much love for the .30-30 lever!
The only real problem is the two disadvantages all lever guns will always have: Firing prone and ammunition selection, since the tube magazine necessitates round nose or polymer tipped bullets.
Not all lever guns have tube magazines. Savage 99 is one of them, and Henry has one that uses a box magazine and shoots .308
dtroy15
Tell us more of those polymer tipped bullets they used in the 1800's.
Jefe von Q ... that's when they used the round nose which I said. Ever notice that lever action rifles are traditionally in calibers with very blunt, round tips like 30-30? Ever notice that very few lever action rifles (Henry long ranger, browning BLR) are chambered in true spitzer calibers like .223? If you line up a bunch of very pointy bullets in a tube perfectly in line to each hit the primer of the round in front of it, it doesn't go well when dropped. That's the weakness of a tube magazine in a center-fire rifle.
Shot a 219 score at Appleseed with a bolt action and iron sights, brought my confidence with everything else to the next level
Alex S have you shot a Known Distance Appleseed yet? You know you want to. ;D
I may be misquoting but there is a saying "Fear a man with only one gun". That statement holds true simply because if that is the only firearm you have your gonna know every little nick and scratch, how and when it got there, and damn sure gonna know how to sue it.
I switch it up and say "Fear a man who shoots only one gun", because everyone knows at least one person who owns one firearm that sits in the closest and hasn't been touched in years.
DJ21o3 True totally messed up on that lol
What if it's a .177
Jordan Wilson goodbye pellet
I'm currently working on how to sue my gun...it's not MY fault I missed, it's the gun's!
Being a hunter, I was always raised on bolt-action rifles and also learned shooting with that sling technique (which I didn’t even know was used in the military back in the day lol)
I've binged through your video backlog several times.
For an Ammo company, you guys put out QUALITY mini-docs. Keep up the great work!
Watch the M1A video.
@@tawaitai why?
@@thepracticaltacticalminima3940 because you mentioned you like the mini-docs, that’s why or you just blabbering🤷🏽♂️
Excellent video production. Well done!
I'm old. Every time I hear "Wolly Bully" I want to shoot something from a helicopter.
Very strange. This gentleman speaks a standard dialect of English. He sounds educated. No hint of trailer park or hill billy drawl can be heard. He displays no signs of paranoia or the need to stock pile weapons and food. He also has knowledge and data to support his claims. All of this in a video on a gun site. Excellent work. Very informative.
+Patti Funkhouse Do wut, now?
Lucky Gunner Ammo- love your work. Concentration on skills and knowledge. Just tired of preppers and alt- right wing crazy that seem to congregate on American gun sites.
Lucky Gunner Ammo I also admire your Tikka - I just bought a Ruger scout and now wonder if I made a mistake. I own a Sako 85 and it cycles smooth as 20 year old Scotch. Any thoughts on the Ruger scout?
+Patti Funkhouse They are good rifles. Decent quality and features for the price. I don't care for the forward mounted optics so I'd put a standard rail on it if it were me. The actions are pretty rough out of the box, though I am told they smooth out over time. The mags are big and bulky but you can get shorter 5 round polymer mags for carrying the rifle around.
Thanks - I will give it a while longer. That Tikka looks sweet. My sako is an .27O win and is still a real tack driver at 400 meters. Keep up those excellent videos. You have a real talent, Cheers
All those places are good. Any where you can find to go learn and hone your skill. Oh And you forgot to mention Thunder Ranch, another good place to learn.
Thank you for reminding us on returning back to basic. Historically it was the American rifleman who made all the difference in the war for Independence!
Fantastic video! Your work has reinvigorated my passion for riflery. I've always wanted a practical bolt gun even though I'm not a hunter. Have you found there to be a robust platform on the low end of the price range? Something like the ruger American ranch series? Nothing worse than a bolt that binds as soon as it has to do some hard work.
I honestly do not have a ton of experience with all the available options. I really like the Tikka T3x and I think they're pretty affordable. If I needed a real budget bolt gun, I'd look at the Ruger American series.
Consider the Howa 1500 and Mossberg Patriot series. Same price range, in a robust conventional action. Safer (better gas handling) than American or T3x.
@@SoybeanAK i have a howa 1500 in .308 and a weatherby vanguard both are very nice rifles for the money
i'm a 30-30 guy myself... i'm good to about 200 yards...my Marlin 336 is a JM 1964 model w/ a Leuplod vx2 3-9-40 and i have a 1975 Winchester 94 w/ open sights for close work love them both..
homesteadinarental Good choices!!
I am with you. My "practical rifle" is also a Marlin 336 which I add a XS ghost ring sight and rail. Then topped with a 1 x 4 x 25mm optic. Added a standard sling and ammo holder on the stock and all done.
I'm 6.5 creedmoor guy
Thanks man. Here in Canada we might need to retrain ourselves pretty soon if the wrong political party wins the election. All but one ( conservative ) are poised for taking our AR's and pistols ( including any type of military and/or semiauto, yes shotguns included ) from us.
Pretty grim looking future. So your video gave me some hope m🙏👍🙏
As always outstanding video quality. Thanks for that...and now I have the feeling I need to go to grab my rifle for some exercises 👍😁
fear the man who has only one rifle,and knows how to use it...dont like scopes,use peep sights..and lever action...but thats how i learned to shoot,boot camp late 60 s no scopes....really like your channel ,,wish your ammo was cheaper LOL
chapmaker46 haha
I’m calling bs on the 2 seconds 😂
10- 15 is more believable.
probably felt like 2 seconds to them
its 2 seconds when you watch it in fast forward
Nah it probably felt like minutes to them. Adrenalin and all that.
For an additional sober and detailed account of the Manley Hot Springs shooting shorn of hype and
hyperbole, listen to Mas Ayoob's personal interview of Jeff Hall at
the Pro Arms Podcast:
proarmspodcast.com/054-jeff-hall-and-the-firefight-at-manley-hot-springs/
And Chris: thanks to you and your colleagues for professionally produced videos with interesting and useful content
+Joshua Glazov Thank you for linking that! I knew I had heard this interview several years ago and knew it was with Mas but was unable to find it again when doing research for this video. I had forgotten it was a podcast and not an article.
That is where I first heard of this story. Sure wish they would put out more content. I loved listebing to that podcast.
You're welcome Chris! Could you add the link to that podcast to the description above? That podcast is worth listening to; not only for Jeff Hall's recounting of the Manley Hot Springs shooting, but also his remarks on the broader topics like training, preparation, and "mindset."
newrunner91: Yes, it's a shame Pro Arms doesn't publish more frequently. Gail (with Mas) is pretty busy traveling around the country offering superlative education and I suspect that cuts into the production schedule and resources. But when Pro Arms does publish, it's worth listening to.
+Joshua Glazov Done.
Great info! I love semiautos, but there's something special to be learned and experience with a nice Mauser K98.
If you're reading this and searching for a nice sling, I'd recommend a Vickers Tactical sling. They are very easy to adjust to comfy carrying, and easily shoulder the rifle, tighten the sling and assume a brace technique with the sling.
Also, if anyone knows a good place to get one's paws on a K98, I'm interested. I'd love a good bolt gun
Really enjoyed this. Thanks for putting it up.
Great story
I love lever actions and for a while was considering a 44 mag lever action, but this bid changed my mind. Still gonna choose a lever action, but now I cant decide between a .30.30 or a .45-70 haha
Mr.Medic I'd recommend .30-30 first, since it's cheaper to get into and shoots flatter. Pick up the .45-70 as well at a later date; both cartridges have their role.
Porty1119 thanks
I know this was asked a year ago but here goes... Get the .30-30.. The XS Picatinny rail mount for the Marlin 336 has a built in ghost ring and offers the ability to mount any optic you desire. Hornady's 150gr .30-.30 LeverEvolution ammunition is more powerful than 7.62 x 39 yet shares an almost identical trajectory out to 350 yards. That rifle and ammo paired with a Primary Arms 3X Prism scope in with the 7.62 X 39 ACSS ballistic drop reticle will allow you to connect with 18" steel plates out to 400 yards with boring regularity. You would be surprised how effective this setup can be in the real world. Another option is the new Ruger American Bolt gun in 762x39 with 16in barrel and six pound weight.
Best gun for this job? My money is on the Lee Enfield 303
I can do 10 shots in 6 seconds, from a bench position.. yes the action is THAT fast. So fast the Germans thought it was a semi-auto in ww2.
This is my go-to rifle, always ready and in the front safe.
Can't wait to master that Rifle 10 drill with it!
does anybody know the music they use that starts at 01:06?
Field Rifle matches are a good use and builder of rifle craft with bolt actions. They call for many of the given scenarios in this video and are shot with both rim fire and centrefire, with differing distances.
I'm not a bolt gun guy. My practical rifle is a 20 inch AR15. Its basically a scoped M16A4 clone. I can make hits on demand out to 600 yards after sprinting 150 yards. I can even do it off the left or the right shoulder. I learned the basics at Stone Bay and Paris Island. If I must defend home and hearth with a rifle, give me a light weight semi auto every time.
Beware the man who has one gun. Best training in the world. Ar15 designed for quick follow up shotS. I think you are the most practical. Plus you have 30 round mags.
Wont disagree. However I think given the geopolitical tensions surrounding the Armalite family of Rifles, having a “ban friendly” firearm that you are proficient with isn’t a bad idea. Though on the other hand if they ban all guns or ban the employment of weapons for ones defense like some European nations have done, that’s a moot point. Regardless of platform, if one intends to own it he should know how to use it to his best ability.
So you say. Let's see the video.
I like that you chose this as an example for this video. Most people don't know about that story but I'll bet you if that guy was holding a semi-automatic magazine-fed weapon we would still be hearing it reference to this day
I've done a LOT of fast, bolt-action shooting. For me it didn't take a lot of practice to get very fast (with my now nearly 40 year old Steyr SSG). One thing I NEVER hear ANYONE talk about, which I've used to truly AWESOME effect, is a set trigger. Set to the lightest setting, firing requires just a slight "touch" of the trigger. You can use this to get amazing accuracy offhand, by simply touching the trigger when the crosshairs are exactly where you want them to be -- even as your hold wobbles. I don't even see set triggers available as an option much these days -- but, as I said, it's hard to believe how effective they can be when you try to learn to use them.
I really like using the primary arms 1-6x ACSS reticle. Its really practical from 5yards to 500. Great price also
Great video. With all the talk of another assault weapons ban I figure I’d better learn to shoot my bolt action
This is an excellent tutorial. I train frequently with my Henry 38/357, in addition to my AR.
Just curious what your opinion is of the Winchester Model 70 as a practical rifle, I've been looking into a versatile bolt action to add to my collection
+Daniel Scott M70 is an excellent choice.
I've seen a few Lee Enfield No.4 surplus rifles, up chambered to 7.62x51mm NATO/ .308 Winchester, online, would that give you the reliability of a military rifle with the affordability of a modern cartridge? Or, am I just blowing smoke?
1:55 beautiful depiction of a slav squat, expert stuff.
Heels on ground, Slavs around!
I had an un-updates 1896 Mosin that was the most ridiculously scary accurate rifle I’ve ever owned. All of my rifles are very high end, and that rifle is the one I felt most dangerous with. It was stolen by Mexicans..
Apple seed is as practical in real world terms as the other programs you discussed. I have had a private weekend at Thunder Ranch as well as a couple Appleseeds, and I can say both were tremendous opportunities to advance my skills. But, the true way to advance is to take a rifle jack rabbit hunting.
This video needs to be shown to all the tacti-nerds that buy all this gucci gear and never shoot it. I can't tell you how many friends i have in LE that have $1300+ glocks and have never shot them....cant even go on Instagram anymore with all the range theatrics and bs i see on there *Cough* Lucas Botkin *Cough*.
Gotta say I really like this channel. You guys hit the mark with good content so consistently, you're a great resource for firearms education. Thank you.
Practical not Tactical is my moto. A good scout rifle in a common chambered breach can help a man get what he needs. I run a BLR with magazines, it's light, fast to shoot, and all around fun.
I am amazed that he could fire, reload, then fire again with a single shot in 2 seconds
I'm going to guess the interaction probably lasted about 7 seconds.
good delivery of the line "just don't take it with you to go get coffee .... " Used to be good with a rifle, now have astigmatism. I've always thought of guns as all being single shots, but I'm still a non-conformist who thinks I need to hit the 10 ring 9 out of ten.
Bulls eye targets with a .22 rifle with a good trigger, and a good father, (thanks Dad!) is the best way to learn to shoot. Because you learn to "call" where each shot goes.
I would put a weight on the accessory rail of a small pistol to cut recoil, for training. Would also begin shooting from a rest.
If there was some way to erase all recall of video games from one's memory, all movies and TV shows, people would get more out of practice, and would in general, make better decisions.
Good Luck
So as history will tell you...shitty police weapons training seems like a legacy for all departments
Alex C, a guy who used to be on TFBTV was a total stud with bolt actions. Probably the best rifleman of all the TH-cam gun guys
Really like this topic as well as your video "rethinking the scout rifle" would love to see more. AS i am in Canada and this concept is the most practical considering are gun laws.
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Wow great couple of vids here, thanks! Though it's not going to get me to give up or make any changes to my savage scout (my hands down favorite of all of the bolt guns I've ever owned or shot!) but, it's given me lots to think about for my next choice of rifle range fun gun. Thanks again.