Mike takes his Bushmaster M17S Bullpup in .223 Rem out to 300m with a Holosun 503 red dot on top to see how it performs, and to decide whether he'll be taking it to Finland for an SRA rifle / pistol competition in July 2021.

Also features an Australian Automatic Arms AAA SAC.

Mike, Jenny and Jari ( @Varusteleka ) shoot their sixth stage (Stage 5) at the SRA Etelä-Häme match at Hätilä in Finland, July 2021! How did they get on?

Stage descriptions (in Finnish): https://ehsra.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/H21_Rastikuvaukset.pdf
Full results: https://shootnscoreit.co...

Mike, Jenny and Jari ( @varusteleka ) shoot their first stage (Stage 7) at the SRA Etelä-Häme match at Hätilä in Finland, July 2021! How did they get on?

Stage descriptions (in Finnish): https://ehsra.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/H21_Rastikuvaukset.pdf
Full results: https://shootnscoreit.co...

The Chap explains the mechanics behind this curious rifle and gives a potted history of the concept more extensively used by the Norwegians. All this followed by a trip to the range to see how it performs.

Update: Since filming this it appears that the lastest dated rifle was 1864 despite tran...

In which Mike takes his Australian Automatic Arms SAC in .223 Rem / 5.56x45mm out to 300m with a Holosun 503 atop it to zero it and to see what it can do.

Here at BotR we show things as we find them, warts and all, so you're seeing this more or less as Mike did, with all its frustration...

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Jari of Varusteleka put Mike through 5 of his hardcore core strength exercises. Did Mike, who is a desk jockey extraordinaire (although he runs quite a lot) survive?

Jari's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarilai/?hl=en

00:18: Mike embarasses himself for about 5 minutes
06:03: Jari sh...

In which Mike takes another look at the deflection of the mean point of impact with an M16A1 at 300m for hand-rested, bipod, hasty sling, magazine rested and freehand, this time with a Brownells Retro 4x Carry Handle Scope to see if it makes a palpable difference to the iron sights tested here: ...

MAB was a successful firearms manufacturer in France for nearly 70 years, focusing on small carry pistols for civilian and police use, as was popular in Europe until the late 1970s. From the late 1960s though MAB developped a big all-steel 9mm service type pistol, the lost "wonder 9", which is st...

Mike, Jenny and Jari ( @Varusteleka ) shoot their seventh stage (Stage 6) at the SRA Etelä-Häme match at Hätilä in Finland, July 2021! A pistol only stage. How did they get on?

Stage descriptions (in Finnish): https://ehsra.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/H21_Rastikuvaukset.pdf
Full results: h...

Matti takes Mike to the 500m range with his SAKO TRG-22 rifle in .308 Win / 7.62x51 with Delta Optical Stryker 4.5-30x56 scope on top!

A real point-and-click interface at that distance!

Was there any real speed advantage to a bolt action over other breechloading actions before the advent of repeating mechanisms? The chap aims to find out with a mad minute modified to reflect the 1870s

Thanks to Seth from Alaska for this tour of a Mosin-Nagant out of battery safety as a follow-on

Chappie's instareactions to an M16A1 and to Bloke's heavily customised Oberland Arms OA-15 HBAR with a Muzzle Brake Of Doom on it.

The SACM 1935A pistol, developped by Charles Petter, is a pistol mostly famous by association due to it's infamous offspring the SIG P.49 / 210 and myth sometimes blurrs fact as features of the later are attributed to the former. Let's have a closer look to filter fact from fiction.

Bloke shows off his new Varusteleka Särmä Merino Hoodie, in Kill Bill Yellow, available from here: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-merino-wool-hoodie/30651

Finnish SRA shooting has a particular division, known as TST. This is basically the military/tactical division, with certain requirements such as carrying 12kg of gear, a knife, and many other things as explained by Jari of @varusteleka

Varusteleka even have their own #särmäTST line dedicat...

Quite a lot of first gen black powder cartridges, in particular rimfire ones, make use of heeled projectiles. This presents a bit of a challenge if you require a hard crimp using commonly available dies. As a public service the Chap presents a solution well known in France for the 11mm 1873 Frenc...

So Bloke Jr. (age 9) finds the solution to the issue with the 10 round 7.62 NATO chargers in the Sterling Conversion Lee-Enfield No.4! And it's non-obvious!

And cos he found the solution, he got to run the camera!

The Chap is determined to refresh the tired, bruised and battered frizzen on his cherished old Baker. Two methods are tried out with varied results.

Yet more Browning Hi-Power GP35 mechanical nerdery for you: this time it's what's simultaneously really clever but really dumb/awful/craptastic about the trigger mechanism.

The Browning Hi Power GP35 has possibly the worst magazine safety ever devised, and this vid explains why, with reference...

In which Mike takes another look at the deflection of the mean point of impact on the AR15 platform, this time with a #wwsd2020 at 300m for bipod, hasty sling, magazine rested and freehand, to see how much better it is than a non-freefloat M16A1 with pencil barrel.

Bloke takes a look at a BMS CAM rifle (specifically a CONCAM), a 5.56x45 / .223 Remington bolt action with an extremely small rotation angle of 22.5° and a very short bolt throw, kinda the ultimate "tactical" bolt action.

Uses NATO / STANAG magazines and... an AR15 bolt head and barrel extension!

Bloke gives some coaching advice on shooting bolt action rifles fast, particularly Lee-Enfields but also applicable to other types. Featuring Frankenrifle.

Many thanks to Rob, Rowan, Kevin and Keith for the use of their footage!

Some mechanical nerdery for you: magazine safeties / disconnects sound good on paper, but in my view are dangerous and counterproductive, so should not be a thing. But they are. So here we are.

The Browning Hi Power GP35 has possibly the worst magazine safety ever devised, and this vid explai...