Bloke on the Range

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  • Volksschiessen 2019

    The Chap and Mistress Chap head off up the mountain to take part in the yearly Volksschiessen, a nationwide .22 precision shooting competition with wartime roots. Who will win?

    The competition originates from a patriotic initiative in 1939. Find out more here (DE/FR/IT)
    https://www.swissshoo...

  • Mad Minutes: Springfield 1903A3 .30-06

    Bloke takes his 1903A3 Springfield for a spin in .30-06 on the mad minute course. Bit disappointing this one - it'll get another go-around when he's had time to polish the bolt and bearing surfaces in the action cos it's parkerised to death.

  • Mike and TFBTV's James Reeves: Impromptu Discussion By Lake Lucerne!

    Shorts, old guns, Glocks, Brutality matches: James Reeves of TFBTV and Mike have a little chat of a morning by Lake Lucerne!

  • EXTRA VIDEO: Why Pump Action Rifles Suck Militarily

    In which Bloke makes a point that should be obvious to anyone who's ever a) shot prone, and b) handled a pump-action rifle or shotgun...

    Featuring a Remington 7600 pump action rifle in 308 Win and a Lee-Enfield SMLE in .303 British

  • Swiss Milbank-Amsler 1842/59/67 18mm and 1863/67 10.4mm rifles: Mechanics

    Following on from the Chap's earlier vid on getting a Swiss Milbank Amsler barking again, this time he delves in true BotR nerd style into the surprisingly fast conception, modification and adoption of the Milbank-Amsler trapdoor / tabatière system by the Swiss at the close of the 1860s. Both the...

  • Life Begins At 40?!

    Bloke pops into Schloss The Chap with an awesome birthday present. He finds The Chap hard at work in the workshop naturally :-)

  • .32 S&W Long Wadcutter In... Other Things (That Aren't Swiss Revolvers)

    Having previously done to death the use of .32 S&W Long wadcutter in Swiss M82 and M82/29 revolvers, we had another few revolvers handy with which to try it out: an Austro-Hungarian Gasser M98 in 8mm, a French St. Etienne Mle. 92, and a Trocaola (Eibar) "Spanish Model 92", the latter two in 8mm/9...

  • Chap's Shooting At The Bloke on the Range Bolt Action Challenge

    Chap's Shooting at the Bloke on the Range Bolt Action Challenge. With a MAS 36 in 7.5x54 French.

  • Bloke's Shooting At The Bloke on the Range Bolt Action Challenge

    Bloke's shooting at the Bloke on the Range Bolt Action Challenge. With a K31 in 7.5x55 GP11. Cos he screwed up and had loaned his .303" Lee-Enfield No.4 out to someone else while forgetting he had to take himself into account...

  • Civilian Service Rifle, Bisley, UK, October 2019: Tikka T3x Arctic

    Bloke takes his Tikka T3x Arctic to the October 2019 Civilian Service Rifle League Match at Bisley, UK and shoots it instead of his habitual .303 Lee-Enfield No.4. How did he get on?

    RULES: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CSRandPR-Handbook-v1.pdf
    COURSE OF FIRE: https://nra.org.uk/wp-co...

  • CSR Oct 2019: Urban Match (1/3), Just the Shooting

    Here is just the shoot-through of the Urban Match from the October 2019 CSR League Match. Shot with my Tikka T3x Arctic / C19 Canadian Ranger Rifle.

    RULES: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CSRandPR-Handbook-v1.pdf
    COURSE OF FIRE: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Oct-19-CoF-Ver-1.0.p...

  • CSR Oct 2019: Short Range Rural Match (2/3), Just the Shooting

    Here is just the shoot-through of the Short Range Rural Match from the October 2019 CSR League Match. Shot with my Tikka T3x Arctic / C19 Canadian Ranger Rifle.

    RULES: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CSRandPR-Handbook-v1.pdf
    COURSE OF FIRE: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Oct-19-C...

  • CSR Oct 2019: Whitehead Match (3/3), Just the Shooting

    Here is just the shoot-through of the Whitehead Match from the October 2019 CSR League Match. Shot with my Tikka T3x Arctic / C19 Canadian Ranger Rifle.

    RULES: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CSRandPR-Handbook-v1.pdf
    COURSE OF FIRE: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Oct-19-CoF-Ver-1...

  • X51Bis: A French .22 Carbine Of Special Significance To The Chap

    Chappy presents a nice little French smallbore .22 rimfire carbine of very special significance, which not only has some clever features but also has an interesting pedigree.

  • Pre-WW1 French Cavalry Revolver Exercises

    The Chap dug out an old French cavalry manual from the pre-WW1 era, so we thought we'd go through their revolver exercises with his St.Etienne Mle. 92 and my Trocaola (Eibar) "Spanish Mle. 92", both in 8mm/92 calibre (NOT LEBEL). How did we get on?

  • Lathe Antics!

    See the GoFundMe lathe in action while I show you a neat little trick to modify case rim dimensions to make 10.3x60R cases extract and eject with 100% reliability (you'll see why it's important).

  • Calvin (aka Phúc Long of Firepower United) Discovers Proper British .303 Clips

    Calvin (aka Phúc Long of Firepower United) pops his proper British made .303 charger cherry. And we got the reaction!

  • A Different (And Easier?) Way To Get 7.5 Swiss Revolver Cases: 7.62x38R Nagant

    A quick little video from when we tested some 7.5 Swiss Ordnance revolver ammo from trimmed Soviet 7.62x38R Nagant cases. Did it work?

  • Martini Henry MkI

    A quick review of the main features of a lovely Martini Henry MkI rifle, featuring some 2nd and 3rd pattern upgrades. I'm sure the real afficionados will have more to say.

  • A WW1 Canadian Captured German Gewehr 88

    Thanks to the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum: https://www.seaforthhighlanders.ca/home-museum Please pay them a visit!

    A very brief look at an unconverted German Gewehr 88 (which nevertheless had had the chamber re-cut for the spitzer S-Patrone), which had not been converted to an 88/05 ...

  • A Welcome Gift... Made From Blackberries Apparently!

    Bloke and Chap do a taste test on some rather nice... ermmm... let's just use the Swiss term "Hausbrand" to describe the product in question, emanating as it does from small, shall we say "artisanal" production...

    And includes a discussion of the old gunpowder test for spirit proof, a future C...

  • Shooting Bolt-Action Rifles Quickly with Calvin (aka Phúc Long of FU)

    So Calvin (aka Phúc Long of Firepower United) was doing a little tour of Europe, and asked me whether I could teach him how to run a bolt-action rifle quickly. Since he's such a Top Bloke I took him to Brünig Indoor, and taught him how to run a Lee-Enfield action quickly, using both my No.4 in .3...

  • Patreon Q&A, February 2020

    Bloke and Chap answer questions from Patrons. Topics discussed:

    0:59 - Vetterli modifications for smokeless & GP90
    2:49 - What is an interesting skill you've picked up?
    4:48 - The Chap’s French skills, nationalities & Swiss-German
    8:35 – Will a straight-pull L1A1 be allowed in the next B...

  • [002] BotR Strip Club: Mosin Charger With 7.5mm Swiss? K31 G11 etc

    Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. This episode: can a Russian or Chinese Mosin-Nagant charger be used to load a 7.5x55 Swiss rifle, namely a K31 or a K11, G11, M1911, G96/11 or whatever you want to call them today? Let's find out......