I used to use the JB 3-finger (little finger working in, palm up) method, tho I never really made a thing about speed .. Adrenaline works well enough assuming a bit of muscle memory. .
I buggered up the index, middle, and third finger on my hand about a year ago. I am now a s - l - o - w bolt worker.
But given the said adrenaline incentive, I could likely work it pretty fast, and hang the pain in the third finger.
I try to avoid said situations.
"I fully understand those that consider rifles as a thing of beauty and many are true works of art but to me a rifle is a precision tool that must never, ever, fail to deliver if I do my part and looks just ain't all that important to me."
That would be me, too. I don't need or want a $3,000 rifle setup to do a job a $300 setup will. And most of that is in the scopes on 2 or 3 of my rifles. YMMV.
