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How to Spin a Rifle
There are many different ways to spin a rifle and this section covers a few techniques.
The Spin (a.k.a Consecutives)
    Learning the basic spin is the basis for any rifle work that can be done. To spin on the right hand, start by holding the rifle in right flat. Push the tip of the rifle down with your left hand and rotate your right wrist. The rifle should move in a counter-clockwise motion from the spinner's point of view. Once the rifle reaches flat in an upside down position (palm of hand is down), release with the right hand and turn the hand over to catch the rifle in the neck again. This is not a toss, but the rifle does leave your hand for a split second. The rifle should now be straight up and down with the tip pointing toward the ground. To spin consecutively, just continually twist your right wrist, release and catch in the same place. To stop at the end of a set of spins, allow the rifle to make a half spin and then catch in left flat.
     To spin on the left, you preform the same operations but backward. You begin in left flat, push the butt down with your right hand, catch your left hand between the screw and the front end of the bolt, then to stop after a series you stop in right flat. This spin will look clockwise to the spinner and counterclockwise to the audience.
     Some important notes include: do not look at your rifle while you are spinning it! It is best to practice by watching yourself in a mirror. Also, be sure that your free hand (the hand that is not performing the actual spinning) stays by your side.
Skip Spin
Once the basic spin has been mastered for both hands, a skip spin should be accomplishable. Begin the same way you would for a regular spin, but when you release the rifle you must put more energy into the wrist twist so that the rifle will spin a second time before you catch it in the neck. From there, you are performing normal spins but only catching on every other rotation. This can be achieved on both hands.
Top Spin
A top spin becomes a little more complicated since rifles are not particularly balanced for spinning upside down. This is much easier to do with a curve or a sickle rifle.
     Begin by turning the rifle upside down (strap up and bolt down) and pointing the nose to the right. Assume the position that you would for a right flat, with the right hand underneath the barrel and the left hand on top of the upturned butt. Push down with the left hand and spin by catching the rifle on top of the barrel with the butt end pointing at the ground.
     To achieve the same spin on the left hand turn the rifle upside down just as before, but hold it as if you are in left flat, with the left hand underneath the top of the butt, and the right hand on top of the screw. Push down with the right hand and spin by catching the rifle at the top of the neck with the tip of the rifle pointed downward. Again, these spins are best practiced in a mirror.
Double-Time Spin
This spin is much harder to perform and even harder to explain than the previous three. Only attempt when you have completely mastered both the regular spin and the top spin.
     Hold the rifle in right flat. Your first spin will be a normal right-handed spin. Upon bringing the rifle up for your second spin, receive the strap side of the barrel in your left hand, thumb pointed toward the tip of the rifle (the place your left hand would be on the rifle if you were doing normal left handed spins). Continue to rotate the rifle in the same counter-clockwise direction by letting go with the right hand. Receive the rifle back to the right hand on top of the barrel (the position it would be in while performing right handed top spins) and then to the left again on top of the neck (the position it would be in while performing left handed top spins). After this step, the rifle should return the neck to the right hand and the process begins again. It should have a bottom-bottom-top-top rhythm with each grab and you will always use both hands.
     On the left side the process is similar, but starting out in left flat. Make one normal left handed spin, on the next spin use the right hand to grab in the normal right handed spin place on the neck, receive back to the left on the top of the butt, then with the right on the top of the barrel. Again, a bottom-bottom-top-top rhythm will be acquired.
One-Handed Double-Time Spin
To achieve this spin, the normal double-time spin must first be mastered. Once you have done that, you can slowly work the spin to where the extra hand (left on right handed spins and right on left handed spins) just uses the fingers instead of actually grabbing, then uses just one finger, and then is removed completely. The main hand will grab where it needs to and skip the grabs by the auxillary hand in between.
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