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Bloke And Chap At @PolenarTactical Lynx Brutality 2023: Day 1!
Bloke is using Frankenrifle, which is an Australian International Arms M10-A1 in 7.62x39 using AK magazines and a Glock Gen 5 with Holosun 509
Chap is using a MAS 49/56 in 7.5x54 French and a MAC 1950 pistol.
How did they get on being electrocuted, throwing kettlebells, fast roping, crawlin...
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Bloke And Chap At @PolenarTactical Lynx Brutality 2023: Day 2!
Bloke is using Ziga's CZ 600 Trail in .223 Rem / 5.56 using AR magazines and a Glock Gen 5 with Holosun 509
Chap is using a MAS 49/56 in 7.5x54 French and a MAC 1950 pistol.
How did they get on crossing the tightrope, pushing cars, breeching doors, setting up an ATGM and throwing thunderfla...
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#Challenge Tir Sportif 2023 - For The English-Speakers
#challengetirsportif2023
In English 'cos you all felt left out last year ;-)
A nice array of Frenchies for the French guntube 2023 shooting challenge.
Merci à Thomas: Les feux aux poudres
et Xavier: Magnum 44 - Tir et RechargementX-51Bis magazines: https://www.triplek.com/product/uniq...
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Les Is Concerned About The Chap And His Gat Choices...
Les of Polaris Worldwide Logistics is concerned about Chappie's French gat choices at Brutality, and is hoping that someone can intervene before Finnish Brutality 2023...
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The French Intervention: The Chap Has Become A Problem... #Finnishbrutality2023
The Chap, being a Frenchman by birth, has been insisting on bringing French gats to Finnish and Lynx Brutalities. These have been giving him all manner of issues over the past few years. The Cabal took notice and was displeased with the situation, so an intervention was staged.
Yes, we ripped ...
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Murtenschiessen 2023: 200-ish m, Downhill, No Sighters, K31
For the third time on the channel and the fourth time ever, Bloke takes on the Murtenschiessen! Celebrating the 1476 rampaging victory of the Swiss Confederates against the Burgundians under Charles the Bold, we shoot 12 rounds in 4 minutes max, downhill, with no sighters, against a target that's...
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Schmeisser SP-15 Straight-Pull AR-15 With Primary Arms SLX-1x Scope At 300m
As part of a previous video, I zeroed my Schmeisser SP-15 Straight-Pull AR.15 with GGG 55gn .223 Rem / 5.56 at 50m according to what the manufacturer says about the reticle of the Primary Arms SLX-1x single-power scope. How does it hold up at 300m? Does the BDC reticle do what it's supposed to?
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Musket Speed Challenge
The gentlemen of the Kentucky Victorian Riflemen instigated a 5 round speed loading challenge this year and invited Chappy to participate. He of course stepped up with a French rifled musket in a manly calibre!
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L2A2 SUIT Optical Sight: Sight Unit, Infantry, Trilux, On An L1A1 SLR
Bloke takes a look at the OG SUIT sight: Sight Unit, Infantry, Trilux. Most commonly seen mounted on an 7.62mm L1A1 SLR, this sight was available to infantry in the British Army from the mid-70's onwards, and is very forward thinking. However, the mount is hot garbage, which is probably why you d...
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Bolt Action: Cock On Open vs Cock On Close
There's a lot of hot air generated over the relative merits or demerits of cock on open vs cock on close with turnbolt bolt action rifles. But what's the reality?
Spoiler: it depends on what you're doing. Each has advantages and disadvantages.
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[006] BotR Strip Club: Swedish Mauser in 7.62 NATO Sterling No.4 Conversion
Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. Up today: Swedish Mauser chargers in a 7.62 NATO Sterling Lee-Enfield No.4 conversion, with a comparison to the correct NATO clips.
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Does A Semiauto Action Make A Gun Less Powerful? AR-15, SIG Stgw 57
Bloke explores the answer to this staple of Internet gun arguments: is a semiauto less powerful than a bolt action of identical chambering and barrel length?
Results spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n8oGpgIo5JrTYuDkgtXqYWQPAhUgFC1fNrIbfJ-1ZIg/edit?usp=sharing
Featuring a...
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US/Europe Import/Export of Firearms: Les of Polaris Worldwide Logistics Explains
We're often asked about getting firearms out of the US and into Switzerland, or out of Switzerland and into the US. Les, of Polaris Worldwide Logistics http://www.polaris-logistics.com/ actually organised arranging a couple of rifles in the US that Bloke wanted, but couldn't get on this side of t...
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Snider Mad Minute
Here we have a heroic guest contribution featuring a Snider three band rifle all the way from Alberta Canada which came out of an unrelated competition, however it was too good not to share with you as part of our single shot military black powder cartridge rifle series. Huzzah for Bob!
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Range test: 18mm Milbank-Amsler MkII
Chappy's tools and skills have come along a long way since his first attempt at reviving the chonky 18mm rimfire case and cartridge. Time to give it another shot. Will he succeed of will they blow up in his face?
For the accompanying nerdy machining vid, see our sister channel elsewhere.
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Bloke Introduces Jari of Varusteleka To A British-style Rifle Rundown!
In which Bloke and Jari of @varusteleka do a 300m to 150m rundown at the Hätilä range complex in Finland! Bushmaster M17S Bullpup chez Bloke, and a piston-driven AR15 with Jari.
Jari's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarilai/?hl=en
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Mad minute With The Swiss Peabody
We return to the single shot BP military cartridge rifle mad minute with the Swiss Peabody, representative of any of the Peabody series. This particular rifle is of course chambered for 10.4x38R and is fitted with a rimfire breech block but I have dropped in a spare breech block from a CF Spanish...
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FAMAS Optics Mount
Retrofitting an optics mount for the FAMAS was no easy feat considering the wobbly top cover construction. The designers finally came up with a novel if somewhat bulky solution.
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1893 Norwegian Krag-Jorgensen Trials Rifle S/N 8, 6.5x55
As an addendum to a @C&Rsenal video, Bloke gets to show off serial number 8 of the 1893 trials of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle in 6.5x55 semi-rimmed (possibly, although the owner is skeptical). This is from the last trials series of 50 rifles, before the final adoption of the 1894.
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Lee-Enfield And Mauser 98 Out Of Battery Safeties: How Do They Work?
Bloke takes a dive into how the out of battery safeties, which prevent the rifles from firing when unlocked, operate. Proper mechanical geekery!
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Chappie's New Puppy: Bullpuppy!
Unboxing vid and maybe the start of a bullpuppy farm?
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M1 Carbine At 300m; Can It Reach Out This "Far"?
In which Mike takes a post-war rebuild Winchester-made M1 Carbine and has a look at what it can or can't do at 300m.
.30 Carbine For The Win!
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1893 Trials Krag-Jorgensen s/n 8 at 300m!
Budi shoots his extremely rare 1893 trials Krag-Jorgensen at 300m! This is serial number 8 of 50, and is in the semi-rimmed version of the 6.5x55mm Swedish cartridge. But he's shooting normal rimless.
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The Reasons For Fighting In Lines With Rob Of @britishmuzzleloaders
So from the muzzleloading musket era until relatively late, infantry fought in very tightly packed lines. The trope is that this was very, very dumb. But was it? Bloke discusses with Rob of @britishmuzzleloaders for about 2 hours!!!