The FAMAS began being rolled out in earnest to troops in the early 1980s. To coincide with this, Unique rolled out a 22 carbine very closely following the profile and general handling of the FAMAS, the F-11. Closer inspection of this now quite rare beast shows that it is in fact an X-51Bis carbin...

The lads take on Day 2 of @varusteleka 's wintry Finnish Brutality 2025, with SIG 550 / PE 90 and Enfield L85A1 (SA80 IW).

How did they get on with the snow, ice, skis, molotovs and bayonets?

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This year, Bloke and Chap entered divisions 1, 2, 3 and 7, with MAS 36, Lee-Enfield No.4, MAS 49, L1A1 SLR, L39A1 with scope, FAMAS and L85A1 SA80 IW.

Ho...

The lads take on Day 1 of @varusteleka 's wintry Finnish Brutality 2025, with SIG 550 / PE 90 and Enfield L85A1 (SA80 IW).

How did they get on with the snow, ice, skis, quad bikes, APC's and nice ice bath?

The gauntlet was thrown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7U8-lF83SM

How did I do, with no practice? After all, practice is akin to cheating, as we all know!

In which we look at the details of the mechanics of a factory semi SA80 IW (Individudual Weapon), L85A1 rifle. This one is from 1989, and so does not have any of the 90's A1-era upgrades, nor the A2 upgrades from about a decade later.

Chappy pops along to Waffen Emmental to pick up a long awaited musket and interrogates one of the co-owners to see what has changed a year after opening and also to put to him some questions from our patrons.

The Armalite AR-18 / AR-180 was Armalite's product to compete with the AR-15 that they had licensed to Colt so could no longer produce themselves. It's a lightweight, stamped construction, but how does it perform on target with a 3x Primary Arms SLx microprism on a Stormwerkz mount?

The Steyr Hahn is a great early semi-auto pistol, with relatively modern ergonomics and an interesting rotary barrel delayed blowback mechanism. They are even not that rare or expenisive but unfortunately they are not in a readily available calibre, that is unless you get a 9x19 IGB barrel from A...

Possibly a world-exclusive here at BotR? One of the very few factory semi automatic L85A1's ever produced, fitted with a SUSAT and tried at 300m with 69gn RUAG .223 Rem / 5.56 match ammunition. How does it perform?

And also, how does removing the SUSAT affect zero? What about pushing against the...

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Tom of @canadianmultigun fame joins Mike of BotR for a nice video conference chat about the shooting sports in Canada, running Brutality-style matches up there, and an overvie...

Eric, @neutral_af and Mike went to Kudu Tir in Sion, Switzerland, and had a chance to shoot Mike's STEN Mk.2, Mk.5 and L2A3 Sterling Mk.4 alongside each other. These are all open-bolt blocked-at-semi subgats, and are a lot of fun! Plus it was Eric's first experience on a STEN, he's more of an U...

From 1871 to the 1920s France implemented a number of schemes to introduced military education, shooting theory and practice, not only as a way to boost patriotism but also in a bid to prepare boys and teenagers for military service after leaving school. For this, various scaled down rifles were ...

It's often said online that in Switzerland, you keep have a lot of guns, but you aren't allowed to keep ammunition at home. This is not true. Let Bloke bring the receipts...

Obligatorisches Schiessen, Feldschiessen, Schiesswesen ausser Dienst, Taschenmunition, Ammo

Day 2 of @varusteleka Finnish Brutality 2024! I decided to go Hard Mode, so I'm competing in Breacher with the full 12kg of TST/Armored gear and after the stages is a physical challenge to complete!

0:07 Introduction
1:11 Stage 6: Disco Stu
5:42 Breacher 6: Tyre Drag
7:50 Stage 7: Hot Wheels
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In part 1 we focused on the history of the 1851 carbine, this time we focus on the ammo since the Swiss made some "interesting" choices when it came to what sort of projectiles to use, seemingly following the whims of fashion in the ever changing world of mid 19th century ballistics, oh and we do...

Sterling Mk.4 / L2A3: the ultimate angry toob. Uzi: the ultimate angry box.

Mike owns a Sterling and Eric @neutral_af owns an Uzi. Both open bolt, both blocked at semi. What do they think of each other's gats? What if we throw a closed bolt Sterling Mk.6 into the mix? And for a final compariso...

In 1848 the modern Swiss confederacy is formed and the Swiss set about finally unifying their military structure and equipment. The first rifle to be univerally adopted for general service was the 1851 federal carbine to equip the elite sharpshooter compagnies, who, up until that point, had large...

Day 1 of @varusteleka Finnish Brutality 2024! I decided to go Hard Mode, so I'm competing in Breacher with the full 12kg of TST/Armored gear and after the stages is a physical challenge to complete!

0:07 Introduction
0:45 Stage 1: Kasarda Precision
5:33 Breacher 1: Dummy Drag
9:18 Stage 2: Mo...

Bubba works in mysterious ways. Swiss Bubba, who we have named "Bäbbu", also has a penchant for such things. This means that those of us in Swissland have access to horrible sporterised K31's for few cash monies, sometimes even Cheap As Free. Eric, CEO of the Swiss @neutral_af got himself one a...

First time with a single-shot, in this case @neutral_af 's Martinistutzer single-shot Martini falling block target rifle from back in the day, chambered in 7.5x55 mm GP11!

How did we get on with this puppy?

(It's not a Martini-Henry and it's nothing to do with Battlefield 1 / BF1 )

After a long line of conventional side lock pistols, the french cavalry are given a pistol constructed entirely differently, much to their displeasure and also to the displeasure of the arsenals producing them. The revolution gives a good excuse to revert to more traditional designs but let's hav...

A number of years ago now, Henry of @9HoleReviews challenged me to try to do the rather lame 25m ALT-C rifle qualification course with an open-bolt 9mm Sterling Mk.4 / L2A3. Did I manage it? Did I redeem my honour with my KP-15 / CMMG PCC? What about the closed bolt Sterling Mk.6?

More Mad Minutes: this time it's a Tikka T3x Arctic (Canadian Ranger Rifle C19) in .308 Win / 7.62 NATO, a Schmeisser SP-15 Straight-Pull AR-15, and a CZ 600 Trail in .223 / 5.56.

Thanks to Kudu Shooting Centre in Sion, Switzerland! Not allowed to link, Google is your friend ;)