At the https://www.varusteleka.com/en flagship store, we fitted Chappie out with the following Särmä items, which form the semi-official BotR uniform:

Woolshell Jacket: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-woolshell-jacket/59958
Windproof Smock: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/prod...

With thanks to Tinck Arms, Lynx Pro Tactical Training Center in Slovenia and @PolenarTactical we got to take a look at the new Perun X16 in .223 Rem. It's rather an interesting design, intended for suppressor use, and it shoots really, really flat - a contender to take the crown from the AR15?

In 1866 Switzerland takes the bold step to universally adopt a breachloading repeating rifle. Why the sudden transition? What was their first choice? All this is explaining in this very nerdy video which contains NO SHOOTING!

We also take a very very deep dive into the mechanics of the rifle d...

The experience of WW2 made it obvious to the French that a modular GPMG was a far more sensible concept than the role specific MGs and LMGs used until 1940 and that the advances in firearms manufacturing provided an ideal opportunity to fully embrace the concept. The fruit of the project came in ...

In part 2 we take a look at each of the main infantry rifle patterns, the variations in military ammo and take my trusty M1878 to the range.

Mike (Bloke) takes a look at a 300 series CMMG Resolute 16" 9mm Para rotary delayed blowback upper on his WWSD2020 KE Arms lower.

Aside from a little reliability issue on the ejection, which he's hopeful he will be able to solve, he thinks this system is absolutely great!

And obviously the ...

In which Mike gives a potted history of the gunpowder proof of spirits (of the drinking type), demonstrates how much it sucks, and tests some lovely blackberry schnapps given to him at Desert Brutality 2020!

Deep dive into one of the very first military purpose built percussion firearms and boy did they go to town on it. Not content with simply altering the ignition mechanism, they spared no expense and included all the best aesthetic and technical features of the time, including the very latest in a...

Mike (Bloke) tells of how he fixed his 300 series CMMG Resolute 16" 9mm Para rotary delayed blowback upper on his WWSD2020 KE Arms lower to make it reliable with a stiffer ejector spring (from David Tubb). The ejection problems were quite substantial, and have now been fixed.

Courtesy of www.panssarikilta.fi , Mike gets driven around the ranges at Hätilä in Finland in a BMP-1 Soviet armoured personnel carrier! A somewhat bumpy ride, with a thrown track for good measure. Thanks, guys!

#panssarikilta
#bmp
#apc
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Bloke and Chap got invited to a shoot with some cool guys at Brünig Indoor. Here's some of the cool things they shot.

GUNS IN THIS VIDEO:
Sterling
Sten
SLR L1A1
SIG AMT
SIG Manuhrin SG 540
M16A1 / AR15
Vetterli 1878
Various Stgw 57 / SIG 510
Mannlicher 1893 K93 M93 carbine
HK MP5 (ac...

Schmeisser now make mass-produced straight-pull AR15's under the moniker SP-15. Bloke takes a look at one at Armurerie WYN in Ecublens near Lausanne. Such rifles are popular in the UK for Civilian Service Rifle (CSR) shooting and other type things.

Thanks to the owner (who wishes to remain anonymous), we got to take the factory semi-auto Enfield SA80 / L85A1 to the range to have another session, this time with iron sights.

How did it fare compared to with a SUSAT optic and with an M16A1?

2003 Pamphlet / Manual: https://drive.google.co...

So every time I go up to Finland, Jari, CEO of @varusteleka , invites me to Ruutisavu indoor range near the airport in Helsinki for a bit of training. See how we tried to suck less in July 2022, just before the SRA Etelä-Häme Hätilä match!

Chasseurs à pied (aka riflemen or jaegers) were a relatively late addition to the French army, with the first battalions being officially created in 1839. A new firearm was needed for these chasseurs as future sharpshooters and shock troops. Luckily a new rifled percussion carbine had already req...

A while back I made this video about my full-fat Sterling No.4 Lee-Enfield conversion to 7.62 NATO.

Well, the Enfield L8 conversions are a little different. But why though? Here we've got an L39A1 doing stand-in duty, and we'll explain it with reference to Sterling's patent...

Following an accident, Budi was left paralysed from the waist down. Shooting a pistol from a wheelchair in such circumstances presents its own unique set of challenges.

Featuring a W+F Waffenfabrik Bern M06/29 Parabellum (Luger) and a SIG P210 P49, both in 7.65 Parabellum (not 9mm)

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!

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

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...