Bloke on the Range

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  • Finnish Brutality 2021: Bonus Vid - Just Bloke's Shooting (And Bonus Reactions)

    Full video with explanation and scores here: https://youtu.be/0JOZdHZYLLQ

    Here's Mike (Bloke) just shooting the 8 awesome stages at Finnish Brutality 2021! Featuring also @ForgottenWeapons @InrangeTv @jenkarolina @jarilai and others!

  • Atombrot with Dale: Long Life Bread To Survive Nuclear War!

    Dale walks us through the story of "Atombrot" (Atomic Bread or Atom Bread), long shelf-life Military bread injected with an ethanol solution made by and for the Swiss Army during the Cold War!

    Dale's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zNvngfqqZIASarWVYvqyw

  • Finnish Brutality 2021: Bloke's Full Stages @varusteleka #finnishbrutality

    Bloke (Mike) and Chap (Fab) went to #Finnishbrutality2021 and competed in the 'sleb squad. How did Bloke get on? Chappie's vid is separate, so look out for it!

    Finnish Brutality is a collaboration between @varusteleka and @InrangeTv and is awesome beyond all recognition. You have no idea. ...

  • Patreon Q&A, August 2019

    Filmed on 3 August 2019, the questions answered relate to:

    1:37 Thomas: any issues with loading GP90 (7.5x53.5)
    6:00 John: are there any records of how Vetterli rifles were disposed at the end of their service life?
    8:25 Hartley: How much effect did the relatively relaxed firearm laws have o...

  • Hätila 2021: Bloke, Jari and Jenny Try Out Each Other's Rifles

    So Bloke took his Bushmaster M17S bullpup meme rifle to Finland, and shot an SRA Etelä-Häme match with Jari of @varusteleka and Jenny Koskimäki. The other two had quite different AR-15 rifles: Jari has a short piston-driven Barrett, and Jenny has a highly customised and heavily tuned Ruger AR-5...

  • Pistol Training For #finnishbrutality2021 With Jari of @varusteleka ​

    Mike of BotR and Jari of Varusteleka runs some pistol drills in Helsinki, Finland with their Glocks (Mike's 17 and Jari's 45) in 9x19mm with red dot sights (Holosun 509 and Aimpoint ACRO) in preparation for #finnishbrutality2021 at Loppi!

    The #Särmä shirts, and most of the other gear appearing...

  • 3/3 Stgw. 57 Rifle Grenades w/Dale: Training & Field Doctrine

    Dale takes us yet further through the theory and use of Stgw. 57 rifle grenades. 3/3.

    0:00 Intro
    4:13 Static Tank Targets
    5:15 Moving Tank Targets (Pz Attr)
    13:06 Training Principles
    24:00 Training Session Examples and Execution
    28:34 Skill Assessment and Performance Standard Exercises
    3...

  • Side-By-Side: Mike And Budi Try Out A Bunch Of Old Euro-pistols, WW1 And Later

    A cornucopia of old Euro pistol goodness! Mike and Budi take the opportunity to try out side-by-side the following pistols from WW1 and from the interwar period at 25m:

    Mauser Broomhandle C96 7.63 Mauser
    FN Browning 1900 7.65 Browning / .32 ACP
    FN Browning 1903 / Husqvarna 1907 m/07 9mm Brow...

  • Finnish Brutality 2021: Jenny's Unfortunate DQ + Water Stage #finnishbrutality

    Finnish Brutality 2021 is a collaboration between @Varusteleka and @InRangeTV

    Jenny's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenkarolina/?hl=en

    We were hoping to get Jenny's full Finnish Brutality runs up on BotR, but unfortunately a little mishap happened early on Stage 1, resulting in ...

  • Desert Brutality 2021: Pascal's Match #desertbrutality2021 #desertbrutality

    Pascal's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMg5SnVW-P7a2GkAOckAnhA

    In which we have a talk through Pascal's performance at #desertbrutality2021 with FN SCAR-H, SIG 553 and FN pistol thingy...

  • Swiss 1842 - 59 Rifled Musket

    Switzerland was a bit late in the game when it came to universally adopting rifled longarms, and the path do to so was long and tortuous. We explore this journey and also the service cartridge. Once the 1859 modification was approved, the service life of the musket was short due to the arrival of...

  • Side By Side: Mike And Budi With Some 1930's Pistols (And A 1911A1...)

    Mike and Budi make a comparison between:

    Colt 1911A1 (Remington-Rand, .45 ACP),
    Tokarev TT33 (7.62x25 Tokarev)
    French model 35A (7.65 French Long)
    French model 35S (7.65 French Long)
    Browning Hi Power GP35 (9mm Para)
    Walther P38 / P1 (9x19mm)

    Obviously the Browning HP is the best. Obvz...

  • Bonus: Just Bloke's Shooting and Instareactions at Desert Brutality 2021

    Main video with talkthrough here: https://youtu.be/8FSbvkFfstw

    Bloke went to Desert Brutality 2021. Here's just his shooting, without any of that annoying blabla stuff. As a bonus, there's instant reactions caught on the headcam with him, Karl and Ian ( @InrangeTv @ForgottenWeapons )

    ...

  • Desert Brutality 2021: Bloke's Stages Talkthrough #desertbrutality

    If you don't want the blabla and just want the shooting (and some bonus instareactions), this vid is for you: https://youtu.be/9H_aa95Y-Dc

    Bloke talks through his performance in Cold War division at #desertbrutality2021 at the Cobalt Kinetics range in St. George, Utah. 8 varied stages with rif...

  • Finnish SRA SPOL 4 3-Gun Match, October 2021

    Bloke and Matti shoot the SPOL 4 SRA match in Finland, October 2021!

    Bloke is shooting a Bushmaster M17S bullpup with Holosun 503, and Matti is shooting a Brownells BRN-180, also with a Holosun 503. Most of Bloke's gear is available from https://www.varusteleka.com/en and the knife sheath is f...

  • 84th Rütli Pistol Shoot (Pistolenschiessen) 2022

    Bloke goes to the Rütlischiessen for pistol in October 22 with his 9mm Para SIG P210 P49.

    How did he get on?

  • Embrace the Suck: Finnish Brutality 2022 Day 1

    Bloke and Chap went to Finnish Brutality 2022. This is Day 1. Bloke's suck was increased massively by running Recon Division, which was the full 12kg of kit TST setup with the added bonus of a 3.3km run after every stage. He was glad for his sub-3kg #wwsd2020 rifle in .223 Rem / 5.56 NATO and 9mm...

  • SRA Etelä-Häme Hätilä 2022: Mike, Jari and Les's first 4 stages

    Mike and Les (Polaris Worldwide Logistics) joined Jari (Varusteleka) in Finland in July to shoot the awesome SRA Etelä-Häme Hätila 2022 2-gun match. All three were using KE Arms / Brownells WWSD 2020 rifles in .223 Rem / 5.56, and various pistols (Staccato, Glock 17). How did they get on?

  • Finnish Brutality 2020 Training With Pascal

    Chappie, Bloke and Pascal take the rifles they would have been taking to Finnish Brutality 2020 to Shooting Inn in Oberentfelden for some practice. Unfortunately in the meantime Team BotR has had to pull out of the match due to the risks associated with the Finnish Coronavirus restrictions which ...

  • Last Shots Ever at The Most Beautiful Range in the World (Gimmelwald)

    The BotR lads go up to the Most Beautiful Range in the World for the last day's shooting there ever, since it's closing due to not being able to afford to comply with the new environmental regs. A 10.4mm Vetterli, Schmidt-Rubin G11 long rifle and a CIS SAR80 accompany them.

  • BotR Do WW2 French vs British Kit on the Varusteleka Remote Military March 2020

    Our Finnish friends Varusteleka www.varusteleka.com organised a Remote Military March in these times of Corona. Rules are military kit, 25 or 50 km, nutters can wear respirators, at least 10kg of gear not including clothing, water and food.

    So we went full wool: French M1935 pattern clothing ...

  • Finnish Brutality 2021: Pascal Shoots a PE57 (Stgw 57 / SIG 510 7.5x55)

    Pascal is a bit of a mad lad, and took a PE57 (aka Stgw 57 / Sturmgewehr 57 / SIG 510) in 7.5x55 to Finnish Brutality. How did he get on? And how many rounds did it take to spin the rifle spinner?

    Finnish Brutality is a collaboration between @varusteleka and @InrangeTv

  • Pistol Drills With Jari Of Varusteleka #brutalitybootcamp

    Mike of BotR and Jari of Varusteleka runs some pistol drills in Helsinki, Finland with their Glock 17's in 9x19mm with Holosun 509T red dot sights in preparation for the SRA Etilä-Häme match at Hätilä!

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

  • DAY 2: Bloke and Chap at Lynx Brutality 2022

    Awesomely organised by @Polenar Tactical and supported by numerous sponsors noted in the video, here's Bloke and Chap's Day 2 of #lynxbrutality2022 in Slovenia.

    Bloke was shooting a #garbagetier CIS SAR-80 type 2 in 5.56 / .223 and a Browning Hi-Power in 9x19mm / 9mm Para, and doing everythi...