Following an earlier vid on the Sterling's mechanics, I had the fine fellows of M426 in Wangen an der Aare block my Sterling Mk.4 / L2A3 SMG at semiauto, so that it can actually be fired on a range any time (not permitted if it's still a full auto, even if only firing semiauto). This is the one p...

We do a deep dive into the trigger mechanism, fire selector and burst fire mechanism of the FAMAS F1 using period docs and Chap's arts 'n' crafts models. The mechanisms illustrate perfectly the ingenious solutions that designers had to come up with for first generation bullpups.

Thanks to the guys at M426 in Wangen an der Aare, here's a Silenced STEN Mk.II(S) that's not quite right. We take a look and show how to tell a fake.

Mike takes his open bolt Sterling Mk.4 in 9mm Para out to 100m and 200m to see what it's capable of at its sighted ranges, which are pretty much "long range" for an open-bolt SMG. The results are interesting though!

In which Mike looks if he can verify results from various US army M16A1 test reports, namely on page 17 of this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vjkGkmbg-uua9gqo46A0xcHxClJuz5SX/view?usp=sharing

There's also reference to the M16A2 from this report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12qua8Eg...

Mike takes his 9x19mm STEN Mk.2 (blocked at semi auto) to 100m to see how it does at the far end of its doctrinal range. It's rather optimistic, but how did he get on?

Chappis strips a French MAS-44 from its original wrappings

Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. First up: 7.62 NATO 10 round charger / stripper clip in a Sterling Lee-Enfield No.4 conversion .308 Win. Cartridges are, of course, homemade dummies.

Othias of C&Rsenal certainly inspires Bloke t...

Apparently training videos for Finnish Brutality 2021 The Winter War are a thing. So Bloke and Chap decided to do their own take on it! Allergy information: contains gluten and large doses of nuts!!!

***OBVIOUSLY THE "SHOTS" ARE NOT ALCOHOLIC, IT'S JUST WEAK BLACK TEA, I'D HAVE BEEN UTTERLY WR...

Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. This episode: can a French 7.5x54 MAS 36 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...

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Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. This episode: What to do once you've stripped your French 7.5x54 MAS 36 charger? It depends on the piece and whether you're doing it by the book. In any case nimble finger work is involved...

Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. This episode: can a Swiss 7.5x55 GP11 charger be used to load a French 7.5x54 bolt action rifle, namely a MAS36 or Berthier M34? Let's find out...

Mike gets a chance to have a go on a factory semiauto FAMAS bullpup rifle owned by the gentleman behind the HACH Helvetic Arms Switzerland channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxfZ9q0qCpq3CBlDNctrCw
He ran Remote Brutality with that rifle, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Mike of Bloke on the Range and Ian of Forgotten Weapons have a nice little rapid fire "mad minute" style flexing session with the Sterling Conversion Lee-Enfield No.4 in 308 Win / 7.62 x 51mm NATO, chucking a bit of lead downrange at a good rate in Finland at the end of Finnish Brutality 2021 Win...

This is what the view through a Holosun 509T Red Dot sight mounted on a 9mm Glock 17 Gen 5 MOS, filmed at a distance and a zoom level that makes it look like a 2-handed stance at 25m.

Chappie gets delivery of a new French pistol for his collection. It doesn't appear to function like most of his favourite toys though...

It's always interesting to be able to try two particular pistols out next to each other on the range, particularly when one is a modification of the other. In this case, the Daddy-Gat is a 1974-dated FN Browning GP-35 Hi-Power, and the Son-Gat is an FN BDA-9 (not to be confused with the other BDA...

Chappy has a go at launching Carrots of DOOM under the command and watchful eye of Dale Guardian and custodian of Stgw.57 lore.

Stgw SIG 510 7.5 mm GP11 7.5x55 rifle grenade

Welcome to Bloke on the Range Strip Club, where we're only interested in one thing: Will It Strip. Up today: What happens when you've stripped but you can't blow your load? You have to relieve all that pent up spring pressure somehow! Fear not, the French thought of that (at least for the FM1924/...

Combat in sandy places such as Algeria highlighted that tight tolerancing of the conventional MAT49 32rnd magazine and mag well could cause jamming and feeding issues. The was resolved with the issue of a (19)58 sand magazine with a number of features to render it and the SMG far less sensitive t...

By popular request, here is my attempt at a mad minute with the "lightning rifle". It took a while to get it running due to mechanical issues and sourcing reliable ammo components but we got there in the end!

3:10 - Shut up and show me the mad minute!

Different means, less grrrrr, more biscuits, same goal!

Here we have an odd one out in the single shot military black powder cartridge rifle series 'cos a Vetterli is a repeater innit!

This episode is simply to show what a repeater brings to the field especially in a situation where rapide fire may be necessary, whether the incoming horde makes a ...

Shooting around a barricade is quite self-explanatory with a semi-auto rifle, but as Bloke discovered on the timer in a match, it's a different thing entirely when you've got to work a turnbolt rifle: how exactly do you hang on to it? Bloke discusses his experience and the solutions he came up wi...