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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 :-)
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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.
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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 ...
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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...
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[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......
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Mad Minute: Finnish M24 Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54R
By a lot of popular request, here's a Mad Minute with a Finnish M24 Mosin-Nagant in 7.62x54R. How disasterous could it possibly be?
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Pre-War And Post-War MAS 36
After some competition and mad-minuting, it's about time we take a look at the difference between the pre-war and post-war versions of the MAS 36 and see how the design was optimised for easy manufacturing without compromising on performance.
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Mad Minutes: Light .303" Loads in Lee-Enfield No.4
Continuing the Mad Minutes series, here's what happens with 1100fps light cast bullet loads in a .303 British Lee-Enfield No.4. Includes a comparison with the original No.4 Mad Minute footage
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French Pre-WW1 Berthier Cavalry Carbine Exercises, 8x50R Lebel M16
Chappy tries his hand at the début de siècle pre-WW1 French Berthier Cavalry Carbine exercises. How does he do with his 8x50R Lebel M16 Berthier Mousqueton?
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BSA Cadet Trials Rifle: Competitor To The 5.56mm L98A1 Cadet GP Rifle
So, it turns out that Neil of The Wirksworth Gunroom was looking after a very interesting piece that I had no prior knowledge of: BSA's competitor to the trials which resulted in the adoption of the 5.56mm L98A1 Cadet GP monstrosity rifle that I suffered as a CCF cadet at school back in the 90's....
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Military Mauser 98 Accuracy: What Do The German Manuals Say?
In this video we look at Military Mauser 98 (Gewehr 98, Kar98AZ / Kar98a, Kar98k) accuracy based on figures from German the 1909 and pre-WW2 Schiessvorschrift. We also look at the WW2 era K98k acceptance standard, including the 300m test for the Japanese 98k contract, and a 1901 Hythe test of two...
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Swiss Straight Pulls 8: 1908/1909 Trials Leading To GP11 And The 1911 Series
Finally, back in the saddle looking at the trials which led from the Schmidt-Rubin models 1889, 89/96, 1900 and 1905 firing 7.5mm GP90 to the K11 and IG11 firing GP11.
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Lee-Enfield No.4 Battle Sights: What's The Actual Range? A test...
In which we test as many types of Lee-Enfield No.4 rear sight as possible, to see at what range setting on the leaf corresponds to the point of impact given by the battle sight with the leaf folded down. A surprising result, which needs more empirical research in respect of the Mk.1 milled sights...
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.303" Lee-Enfield No.4 in Service Rifle (b) Configuration (centre bedded by AJP)
A discussion around the Lee-Enfield No.4 rifle in Service Rifle (b) configuration, centre bedded by Alfred J Parker of Birmingham.
SR(b) was the forerunner of British/Commonwealth Target Rifle, fired with the .303 British and Commonwealth service rifles of the day. Externally, aside from a mid ...
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Official Enfield-Made .308/7.62mm Target Rifles: L39A1, No4. 7.62 CONV and Envoy
In this vid we take a look at an Enfield L39A1 (target rifle counterpart to the L42A1 sniper rifle) and an Envoy, and discuss the "in-between" model, the No4. 7.62 CONV.
Built on unused Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.2 type actions in 7.62x51mm / .308 Winchester, these were the official contributions fro...
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[001] BotR Strip Club: 10 Round 7.62 NATO in Lee-Enfield No.4 Sterling Conv.
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...
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[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 ...
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[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...