So, some countries ran canvas webbing beltkit, others leather. Why? And how did the Swiss care for their leather gear to at least try to stop it getting all mildewy and nasty?

If you're interested in this kind of random nonsense, this video is for YOU!

Stan_Da_Bout from Arrse sent us some footage of him shooting some .303" bulleted blanks intended for the BREN LMG at about the same distances as we did in our video, only in Imperial.

Thanks, @Stan!

He gets basically similar results. Which is nice.

The Bloke and The Chap try out an awesome air cartridge home training system from http://www.easy-munition.com/ Turn your basement, living room or loft into a range, without noise issues!

These air cartridges take plastic bullets, and are charged with air from a pump or a compressor. Then, the...

GEEK ALERT: this video contains maths, sorry. If you don't like it, click away now...

In out earlier video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhPTf18_mw some viewers were confounded and confuddled by the Bloke shooting the sport pistol free-handed, and couldn't quite understand why that had no e...

The Bloke, in his walting gear, has a look at how his fake WW1 sniper rifle does at 300m, with somewhat disappointing results.

And why could the UK (and the US in 1917) not?

In this extra video, The Bloke has a bash at explaining the fundamental difference between the US and UK, on the one hand, and France and Germany on the other, when it came to organising their militaries in the pre-WW1 period.

Basically, the F...

Practical Stage In Full Swiss Kit With K00/11

The Bloke and The Chap take some time out from their busy shooting schedule to answer some of the most commonly-posed questions from video comments.

Now, before anyone gets antsy about the sound, the river wouldn't let us film there without getting at least an audio role, and threatened to bur...

Here at Bloke on the Range, people often ask us whether the Schmidt-Rubin K11 is used in competitions, or whether it is considered as not being accurate enough. Well.... it isn't. And That's cos... it isn't.

Doesn't stop the bloke putting on his walting gear and giving it a go anyway! So this ...

At the world's most beautiful range, in not the world's most beautiful weather, Dani tries his luck with his Hawken rifle.

Bloke takes a tour of the GP90 7.5x53.5mm, GP90/23 7.5x54.5mm and GP11 7.5x55, to see which of the common straight-pulls they fit in: models 1889, 96/11 and K31 are tested.

The Bloke explains his offset scope WW1 "sniper" rifle project, and dials in a short-range zero. All while nattily attired in a ... erm... WW2 helmet and a post-WW2 tunic. Because reasons.

JBM ballistics calculator: http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj-5.1.cgi

The Chap surprised the bloke by pulling a 1920s Ortgies from his pocket. The interesting thing about this pistol is the grip safety, which is really a grip-actuated manual safety, and stays disengaged once given a good squeeze.

Unfortunately, despite the great pointability of the piece, the ac...

The Bloke and The Chap take a clickbaity look at the 100% safe Brünnlisau range, which is here: https://goo.gl/maps/qWahz3aVCAC2 and they explain why it is 100% safe, and "vorschriftsgemäss", as the Swiss would say. For the hard of thinking, the keywords are "baffles".

This 300m rifle range ac...

In response to certain comments, the Bloke has a look as to whether the receiver bridge on the M1 Garand would do anything at all to help avoid a slamfire if you accidentally put a clip of .30-06 in a .308 Winchester-chambered rifle.

After a trip to the range, The Chap pulls out a family heirloom, a bottle of eau de vie / schnapps with a 120 year old pear in it. And very smooth and tasty it was too. Let the Chap explain the history behind this particular tipple.

The Bloke and The Chap dust off their old wood-and-steel pieces to go and shoot a new "Karabiner Match" in view of the Mighty Stockhorn mountain. 10-franc prize vouchers all round!

There's also an homage to another channel in here somewhere too :)

In the interests of pleasing everyone as fa...

This video is a supplement to Blokesplaining 3 round groups.

It's a composition, in real time, of all 50 shots fired, so those interested can look how the group forms over time, and how any 3 consecutive shots is probably not representative

Bloke takes to tackling one of the great topics of debate of our age: why anyone claiming their AK or Mini 14 shoots MOA is talking nonsense.

Or, more generally, why a 3-round group... isn't.

EDIT: It appears that some viewers are confused by the fact that I am firing the gun, as if this ha...

In a short bonus video, the Bloke shares his first impressions of a cheap Chinese PU scope he received directly from China. Overall build quality, and optical quality are looked at.

The PU scope is a 3.5 power scope used on the Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 sniper rifle.

This one cost about US$145 s...

Bloke, appropriately attired, acquires some old bulleted blanks in 7.5x55 GP11 calibre. In the absence of any ballistic gelatin gummy bears, he sees what they do against cardboard.

How dangerous is a little soft wood bullet in a blank anyway? A slack handful of them through a Schmidt-Rubin K1...

The Bloke, The Chap and Nick head to the range to see which is the "best" of the three standard .380/200 revolvers in British service in WW2. In the rain. With possibly surprising results! Featuring an Enfield No.2, a Webley .38 Mk.IV, and a S&W M&P.

Busybody by Audionautix is licensed under a C...

Extra video! Swiss bunkers!

Bloke and the Chap take their kids on a WW2/Cold War bunker open day in the Berner Oberland, taking in the artillery emplacement in Krattigen, the command post above Hondrich, and the place-to-be-defended-at-all-costs, at Einigen. Lots to interest troglodytes here, ...

Bloke takes his favourite smokepole for a fondle. This rifle is one of the early model 1851 Feldstutzers in 10.5mm calibre.

Detailed info in this exact rifle is here: http://militarygunsofeurope.eu/listing/swiss-1851-federal-carbine/

It shoots a 300gn compression bullet at 1400 fps, and wa...