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  • Finnish Brutality 2021 Winter War Training: BotR Style #finnishbrutality2021

    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...

  • [003] BotR Strip Club: French MAS 36 Charger With 7.5mm Swiss?

    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...

    Othias ...

  • [004] Bloke on the Range Strip Club: French Charger In French Bolt Action Rifles

    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...

  • [005] Bloke on the Range Strip Club: Swiss Charger In French Bolt Action Rifles?

    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...

  • French FAMAS Bullpup With / Without Military Buffer

    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 And Ian Flex With A Lee-Enfield No.4 Sterling Conversion!

    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...

  • Holosun 509T Red Dot: Parallax and Distortion at 25m

    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.

  • Glock/Glauque?

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

  • FN Browning Hi-Power vs BDA-9 On The Range

    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 Launches Carrots of DOOM

    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

  • [007] BotR Strip Club: Going Solo

    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/...

  • MAT 49 Sand Magazines For Sandy Places

    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...

  • Mad Minute With The Bavarian M1869 Werder Rifle

    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!

  • Chappie's Brutalitybootcamp

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

  • Vetterli Mad Minute - Yes It's Cheating!

    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 ...

  • Barricade Boltery: The Issues Of Barricade Shooting With A Bolt Action Rifle

    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...

  • FN Browning Hi-Power / FN BDA-9 Magazine Compatibility?

    Well, there's only one fun way to test whether an FN Browning Hi Power magazine will fit and function in an FN BDA-9 (aka HP-DA or DA-HP, as in double action Hi Power) and vice-versa, and that's to test it out on the range! Will we confirm or refute what the Intartubes says about it?

    With a so...

  • Mechanical Nerdery: Front vs Rear Locking Bolt Throw

    In response to some *very* virulent comments over the years, this video rather proves that point that the bolt throw on a rear locking rifle can be shorter than on a front-locking rifle, aside from a couple of exceptional cases...

  • Ruby Stuck? No problem!

    The Ruby is simple and of barely adequate quality for a service pistol but nonetheless rugged and reliable. It is often the case however, that the user can't disassemble it for cleaning.
    Why is this and what can be done about it?

  • SA80 Magazines: The First 3 Generations For The L85A1, L85A2 etc.

    A bit of a nerdgasm here on the first three generations of 30 round magazines for the British Army's fabled Enfield 5.56mm SA80 rifle series: Colt, RG (Radway Green), HK (Heckler & Koch, aka Hasst Kunden).

  • Arex Delta Gen.2 Nerdy Review

    Chap aims to be (slightly) more competitive at Finnish Brutality 2023 and has got himself an Arex Delta Gen.2 to go with his VHS2. What are his first impressions and nerdy mechanical analysis of this pistol and what mods does he have in mind?

  • GWACS vs KE Arms, Russell Phagan, Brownells et al. What's the deal?

    So, GWACS Armory is suing KE Arms, @SinistralRifleman (Russell Phagan), @brownells and others over the KP-15 polymer AR15 lower used in the What Would Stoner Do 2020 / WWSD 2020 rifle developed by @InrangeTv based on... shall we say some novel legal theories?

    Here's what's hopefully a g...

  • Summary Judgment Drops in GWACS vs KE Arms. Judge Excoriates GWACS!

    Link to Summary Judgment: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.oknd.54111/gov.uscourts.oknd.54111.191.0.pdf

    The Judge has absolutely excoriated GWACS Armory in their suit against KE Arms, @SinistralRifleman (Russell Phagan), @brownells and others over the KP-15 polymer ...

  • BotR Does The @Riflechair Cabin Fever Challenge 2023: Division 6 (.22 Rimfire)

    Organised by @Riflechair in Canada, Bloke and Chap attempt the Cabin Fever Challenge 2023 in Division 6 (.22 Rimfire) at 50m on a 4" target. How did they get on with Bloke's Victor Arms / CZ / ADCO / LUVO V-22 upper on an Oberland Arms AR-15 lower?

    Full info on the Challenge here: https://ww...