#1: The AK is copied from the Sturmgewehr

#2: Mattel made M16s

#3: Chinese jackets in Korea stopped .30 Carbine rounds

0:00 Introduction and discussion on the Lynx Brutality match in Slovenia
0:28 Debunking and comparison of firearm myths: AK vs Sturmgewehr
3:11 The history and development of ...

Following on from the presentation of France's first rifled musket, this vid focuses on the musketry training that conscripts underwent on a yearly basis. See how trigger control was trained, and also, how do you aim at targets at 400m and 600m if your only means of aiming is a fixe 200m notch?

Once the regular army had upgraded to the charger loaded SMLE Mk.1 and Mk.3, how did the part-time Yeomanry (the Territorials, forerunner of the modern Territorial Army) get a cost-effective upgrade? The simple answer is that earlier patterns of Long Lee Metfords and Lee Enfields were given an up...

While the British rapidly adopt a rifled musket for their infantry relatively quickly, it is a different story for most continental european militaries, notably France, who's massive conscript armies cannot be easily and economically equipped and effectively trained in marksmanship to make it wor...

The US prejudice against the FN FAL (including the inch pattern L1A1 SLR) is that they'll inevitably choke. However, Bloke's legit BSA L1A1 ran like a champ at Finnish Brutality 2023, with only one very minor hiccup at loading on the last rifle stage. Interestingly, the same hiccup that Ian's (Fo...

Everyone talks about sand cuts, and they're supposedly magic. Let's look at the most commonly-known sets of them, on a 7.62mm L1A1 SLR (British inch FN FAL) after being exposed to Finnish moon dust at Finnish Brutality 2023, and a 9mm L2A3 Sterling Mk.4 SMG after having had about 150 rounds throu...

Toni of Ensio Firearms made this unique rifle as his final project at gunsmithing school. It's a scratch-built, one-off 7.62x39 AR-15 type rifle with a 4 lug bolt, annular piston like a Vz.52, and it takes AK47 magazines that just slide in and out of the magazine housing like butter.

Ziga of Polenar Tactical wanted a go on Bloke's British L1A1 SLR (an inch-pattern FN FAL in 7.62 NATO / .308 Win). So we had to oblige!

It turns out that designing a rifle from scratch is hard. Very hard. Which is why most manufacturers don't bother and just make variations on well-established designs like the AR-15, AK, FN FAL or similar.

Ensio Firearms of Finland decided to break the mold and design their own .308 Win / .223 R...

Allyness saves lives!

Bloke takes his 7.62 NATO BSA L1A1 SLR and Browning Hi-Power Mk.1 to @varusteleka 's Finnish Brutality 2023, LARPing in Breacher category in full late-70's-early-80's British Army style, even down to the dodgy facial hair. How did this out of shape office monkey get on wi...

Chappie shows his Mk.2 version of making 18mm Milbank-Amsler rimfire ammunition.

Gone is the French cosplay after entering the gatrix, it's time to get down to business with modern kit, gear and guns. The tactical gear is all Varusteleka and the general clothing is Decathlon for everyday trail running and hiking. I'm competing on a budget but hopefully I'll end up a little hi...

Chappie demonstrates a really easy way to make M1866 Chassepot needlefire rifle cartridges.

In a followup to an earlier video, Bloke takes his 7.62mm L1A1 SLR to the range with his L2A2 SUIT (Sight Unit, Infantry, Trilux) on it in order to demonstrate how it makes the rifle group worse and doesn't hold zero.

In the process, it self-destructed and gave him a nice Glasgow kiss, which wil...

A somewhat tired Bloke and Chap answer Patreon's questions in some pretty poor acoustics! And of course, a BotR episode wouldn't be complete without some form of screw up somewhere along the line......

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0:34 K31 tuning
2:02 Eating powder
2:41 What's the deal with the P14
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Bloke takes his Bulgarian-contract 8x50R Mannlicher M95 straight pull rifle out for a spin at 300m. It's really surprisingly accurate!

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Bloke unboxes and takes a first look at the Tikka T3x Arctic rifle, adopted as the C19 rifle for the Canadian Rangers in 7.62 NATO / .308 Winchester. Is the hype real? Oh yes! Yes, it really is!

Thanks to the RUAG Ammotech museum, here's a very brief look at the three ground-role machine guns in Swiss service in WW2. All in 7.5x55 GP11, one is a French Chatellerault for tanks (the Swiss bought French tanks), a Furrer LMG 25 (with toggle locking, of course), and a Maxim MG11.

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To the tune of the Red Dwarf theme:

It's cold outside / there's no kind of atmosphere / I want to shoot / revolver / there's a kit / and it comes from France / fun, fun, fun / in the barn, barn barn!

Yes indeed, H&C Collection make a kit for indoor training with black powder muzzleloading p...

Another "contrary to popular belief" mythbust: yes, M95 Mannlicher straight pull rifles do indeed have primary extraction.

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In a slight deviation from normal mad minute programming, Mike takes a look at a more or less practical 15 rounds, and discusses the important point that if you can in principle fire 25+ rounds, when you dial it back to 15 you can spend much more time doing things like aiming, worrying about your...

A bit long this one, but I thought some people might like to see the whole process, and how some rifles will really like some ammo and not others.

Here's Bloke's "Minty Mauser", which is a Spanish M43 (kinda almost VZ24 / Kar98k configuration), with a scope mount and turned down bolt handle do...

An addendum to an earlier video...

Bloke gets loaned a back-converted M1900 Kurzgewehr and some re-primed original 1910 dated GP90 ammo to try out at 300m!

This one was originally a 1900 Short Rifle, was officially converted to a K00/11, and then unofficially converted back to a model 1900.

Th...

Bloke takes his mint 1963 dated Chinese Type 56 Carbine / SKS out to 300m to see how well it is zeroed, and how well it shoots. The first shot you see here is genuinely his first ever shot with this rifle at any distance.

It is surprisingly well zeroed with S&B 123gn FMJ out the box, and shoot...