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Mythbusting: Swiss 7.5x53.5 GP90 Was Always Smokeless, Never Semismokeless
After some minor grumbling in the comments of our earlier video that we'd fired a round of GP90/03 rather than original GP90, we're back on this topic again.
Now, there's no documentary evidence of any change to powder from GP90 to GP90/03: it's stated in the literature as PC88 for both. The ...
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Teaser: Unboxing A Very Rare Swiss Rifle!!!
The Bloke, briefly beardless, receives a package in the post. What could be more YouTuberish than an unboxing video? What could possibly be hiding in the box?
Well, it's a private series M1889/96 Schmidt-Rubin, his rarest and most expensive straight-pull to date! No, it's not an M1889, nor is ...
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Fruit: BotR Finally Breaks Down And Does It...
...well, the Chap does it really.
Finally, BotR joins the legions of gun YouTube channels in which fruit is targeted. The Chap takes it up with a hand-sized melon and a pear because, well, we had to do it some time due to popular demand. Apparently...
But of course, being in Switzerland and...
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The Bloke's Swiss Cheese Shop Sketch
In this Off Topic video, The Bloke comes over all peckish and wants to buy some cheese. But there's no cheese shop in sight! How will he manage? Luckily, in rural Switzerland there's this thing called a "Trust Fridge". But will it contain any Venezuelan beaver cheese?
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The Chap's Home-Made Airgun Targets
In this Bonus Video, The Chap goes into his workshop, has a good long rummage in his drawers, and rustles up a couple of awesome airgun targets for fun during the long, cold winter nights. He's good with his hands, is The Chap... :/
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How Were Revolvers Used And Worn In The British Army In WW1?
With the increased interest in World War One following the centenary and Battlefield 1, Verdun etc., The Bloke follows on from his general video about Euro armies typically wearing their pistols on the left in the World Wars, to a discussion about the exceptions to this general rule, and specific...
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Mmm. Waxed leather. Nice. Leather vs. Canvas Webbing. And Leather Care Swiss Style
So, some countries ran canvas webbing beltkit, others leather. Why? And how did the Swiss care for their leather gear to at least try to stop it getting all mildewy and nasty?
If you're interested in this kind of random nonsense, this video is for YOU!
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Bulleted Blanks 2: The .303 Years
Stan_Da_Bout from Arrse sent us some footage of him shooting some .303" bulleted blanks intended for the BREN LMG at about the same distances as we did in our video, only in Imperial.
Thanks, @Stan!
He gets basically similar results. Which is nice.
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Fun Indoors At Home With Real Guns And High Pressure Ammo? ! ?
The Bloke and The Chap try out an awesome air cartridge home training system from http://www.easy-munition.com/ Turn your basement, living room or loft into a range, without noise issues!
These air cartridges take plastic bullets, and are charged with air from a pump or a compressor. Then, the...
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BORING VIDEO ALERT: Blokesplaining 3 Round Groups Take 2, Entirely Without Guns!?!
GEEK ALERT: this video contains maths, sorry. If you don't like it, click away now...
In out earlier video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhPTf18_mw some viewers were confounded and confuddled by the Bloke shooting the sport pistol free-handed, and couldn't quite understand why that had no e...
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Ersatz WW1 Sniper Rifle Project #2: 300m Test
The Bloke, in his walting gear, has a look at how his fake WW1 sniper rifle does at 300m, with somewhat disappointing results.
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How Could The French And Germans Put Millions Of Men In The Field In 1914?
And why could the UK (and the US in 1917) not?
In this extra video, The Bloke has a bash at explaining the fundamental difference between the US and UK, on the one hand, and France and Germany on the other, when it came to organising their militaries in the pre-WW1 period.
Basically, the F...
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Practical Stage In Full Swiss Kit With K00/11
Practical Stage In Full Swiss Kit With K00/11
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Bloke on the Range FAQ
The Bloke and The Chap take some time out from their busy shooting schedule to answer some of the most commonly-posed questions from video comments.
Now, before anyone gets antsy about the sound, the river wouldn't let us film there without getting at least an audio role, and threatened to bur...
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A Fool In An Old Blue-Grey Uniform Shoots A K11 At 300m
Here at Bloke on the Range, people often ask us whether the Schmidt-Rubin K11 is used in competitions, or whether it is considered as not being accurate enough. Well.... it isn't. And That's cos... it isn't.
Doesn't stop the bloke putting on his walting gear and giving it a go anyway! So this ...
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Bonus Video - One Shot With A .45 Hawken Rifle At 300m
At the world's most beautiful range, in not the world's most beautiful weather, Dani tries his luck with his Hawken rifle.
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What Swiss Service Ammunition Fits In What Common Straight-Pull Rifle?
Bloke takes a tour of the GP90 7.5x53.5mm, GP90/23 7.5x54.5mm and GP11 7.5x55, to see which of the common straight-pulls they fit in: models 1889, 96/11 and K31 are tested.
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Ersatz WW1 Sniper Rifle Project #1: Background And Zeroing
The Bloke explains his offset scope WW1 "sniper" rifle project, and dials in a short-range zero. All while nattily attired in a ... erm... WW2 helmet and a post-WW2 tunic. Because reasons.
JBM ballistics calculator: http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj-5.1.cgi
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Range Time With The Ortgies .25 ACP Pocket Pistol
The Chap surprised the bloke by pulling a 1920s Ortgies from his pocket. The interesting thing about this pistol is the grip safety, which is really a grip-actuated manual safety, and stays disengaged once given a good squeeze.
Unfortunately, despite the great pointability of the piece, the ac...
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This Range Is Genuinely 100% Safe Otherwise It Could Never Have Been Built
The Bloke and The Chap take a clickbaity look at the 100% safe Brünnlisau range, which is here: https://goo.gl/maps/qWahz3aVCAC2 and they explain why it is 100% safe, and "vorschriftsgemäss", as the Swiss would say. For the hard of thinking, the keywords are "baffles".
This 300m rifle range ac...
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Can A .308" M1 Garand Slamfire If You Put .30-06 In It?
In response to certain comments, the Bloke has a look as to whether the receiver bridge on the M1 Garand would do anything at all to help avoid a slamfire if you accidentally put a clip of .30-06 in a .308 Winchester-chambered rifle.
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Bloke Off The Range: 120-Year-Old Pear-In-A-Bottle Schnapps
After a trip to the range, The Chap pulls out a family heirloom, a bottle of eau de vie / schnapps with a 120 year old pear in it. And very smooth and tasty it was too. Let the Chap explain the history behind this particular tipple.
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A Vaguely Normal Swiss 300m Rifle Match... But Not Quite!
The Bloke and The Chap dust off their old wood-and-steel pieces to go and shoot a new "Karabiner Match" in view of the Mighty Stockhorn mountain. 10-franc prize vouchers all round!
There's also an homage to another channel in here somewhere too :)
In the interests of pleasing everyone as fa...
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50 Shots Consecutively From The 3-Round Group Video
This video is a supplement to Blokesplaining 3 round groups.
It's a composition, in real time, of all 50 shots fired, so those interested can look how the group forms over time, and how any 3 consecutive shots is probably not representative