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The Truth About Switzerland's Gun Regulations: Not The Daily Show's Fake News Version
The Daily Show recently produced a couple of videos about Switzerland's gun culture. Although broadly positive and in favour of the Swiss, it of course contained some Fake News: basically both videos contained some misleading graphics and incredibly false statements about certain aspects of Swiss...
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British Pattern 1914 .303 Rifle: History, Overview And Shooting
Bloke takes a friend's .303 P14 rifle (aka Rifle, No.3 Mk.1 (W)) out to the range and blathers a lot about it before finally getting down to some hot shooting action. The P14 rifle was a modification of the Pattern 13 Trials Rifles from before WW1, which fired a ridiculous .276 / 7mm cartridge at...
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1886 Mannlicher Straight-Pull
The Chap has a blat with his M1886 Mannlicher on the range, then takes you through it in the workshop.
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Swiss Bunker Layout: Sperrstelle Sattelegg, An Entrance To The Redoubt
The Bloke takes you around the Sperrstelle Sattelegg, near Wimmis in the Berner Oberland, discussing the Swiss defence strategy for WW2 and the Cold War, and how this particular bunker layout protects one of the entrances to the so-called Redoubt (Réduit National).
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Swiss Sub-Calibre Systems: Stgw 90 / SIG 550
The Chap takes a look at the Wyss and Furter sub calibre training systems for the Swiss Stgw 90 / SIG 550.
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Swiss Sub-Calibre Systems: Lienhard for Rifle and Pistol
The Chap demostrates the rather spiffy 4mm Lienhard sub-calibre training insert systems for Swiss straight-pull rifles, and the Swiss Parabellum (Luger) pistol. And, he shoots them in his Schmidt-Rubin K11 and 00/06 Parabellum pistol!
Thanks to www.swisswaffen.com for the use of their photo!
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Britishmuzzleloaders Discussion: The Pattern 1908 to Pattern 1937 Transition: Why?
Mike and Rob of Britishmuzzleloaders discuss the whys and wherefores of the changes from the 1908 Pattern web equipment to the 1937 Pattern. Something to do with rifles and BREN light machine guns.
Also featuring: a couple of .303 Lee Enfield No.4's and an SMLE
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SA80 / L85A1 Original Factory Semiauto! Part 1
Mike takes a look at an original factory SA80 / L85A1!
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First Ever Attempt At Powder Coating Bullets!
Bloke and Chap show you their genuine first ever attempt at powder coating cast bullets! And it's not BotR unless something goes wrong!
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L1A1 SLR Good And Bad Points
Sometimes Enfield does things right. Normally when they're just polishing up an existing design. Like the L1A1 SLR, the British version of the FN FAL.
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Mad Minutes: French MAS 36 7.5x54mm
Both The Chap and The Bloke try their hands at a rapid fire unlimited mad minute with a MAS 36 in 7.5x54mm French.
This one was rather fun. Also includes a discussion about charger clip automatic ejection at the end.
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300m Feldschiessen 2018: Stgw 57 vs. Bare Schmidt-Rubin G11!
Bloke and Chap go and shoot the 2018 300m rifle Feldschiessen - The Chap with his Sturmgewehr 57 off a bipod, and The Bloke with his Schmidt-Rubin G11 - with no aids to accurate shooting! Who will win, and will The Bloke even hit the target?
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Mad Minute Series: French Berthier M16 Carbine, 8x50R Lebel
Bloke and Chap take this well-worn French M16 Berthier Carbine in 8x50R Lebel for a spin. We could say it was fast and smooth, but we'd be totally lying.....
We belive this WW1 piece is in Battlefield 1....
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.303 Lee Enfield Rifle No.5: "Jungle Carbine"
Bloke gets to blather on about the .303 Rifle No.5, aka "Jungle Carbine", thanks to the kindness of a friend of the channel. What's the deal with this "wandering zero" thing that appears so frequently in the literature but seems to be rarely seen in real life?
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1944 British Advanced Snap Shooting
Mike and Rob of the parish of Britishmuzzleloaders try their hand at the Advanced Snap Shooting exercise from Weapons Training Memorandum No.7 of 1944: https://vickersmg.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wtm07.pdf
In this, they use Rob's Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1* with Rob's .303 British cast bullet loa...
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Swiss M82 vs M82/29 Revolvers: Did Furrer Make An Improvement?
Bloke and Chap take Swiss 7.5mm M82 and M82/29 revolvers out on the range to see if there's an improvement for the user from one to the other. And discuss Furrer. With many thanks to www.kudutir.ch
www.accuratemolds.com
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BREN Light Machine Gun: Technique and Doctrine
Bloke on the Range takes you through some BREN light Machine Gun shooting technique and doctrine on its use.
Das Schiessen war selbstverständlich kantonal bewilligt!!!!!
Platoon in the Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSf6aN3H2Y
.303 British LMG
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SA80 / L85A1 Semiauto Part 2: Zeroing And Shooting At 300m
Mike was lucky enough to be able to shoot the semiauto SA80 / L85A1, so he zeroed it at 100m and shot it at 300m
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Swiss Straight Pulls: ZFK 55 Scoped Rifle, 7.5x55 GP11
Bloke gets a rare opportunity to shoot a Swiss ZFK 55 telescopically-sighted rifle in 7.5x55 GP11. Well, it's mostly (but not exclusively) a designated marksman's rifle (aka DMR), developed right at the end of the straight-pull era and overlapping with the Stgw 57 (aka SIG 510)
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Extra Vid: The Truth About French MAS-36 Clip Ejection
So, does the French 7.5x54 MAS-36 automatically eject clips or not? Here is the definitive answer!
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Song Title: Undertale - Megalovania Elevator Jazz
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French 8mm Revolvers Comparison: Mle 92, Mle 92 Espagnol
Monsieur Le Chap and Monsieur Le Bloke shoot a pair of French model 92 revolvers side by side: a proper St. Etienne Mle 92, and a Trocaola-made Mle 92 Espagnol, a Smith & Wesson M&P clone made in the Eibar valley. But which one is better?
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French 8mm Lebel Flashpaper Gallery Cartridges
Did you know that the French army had soldiers load 8mm Lebel reduced power gallery cartridges powered by magician's flashpaper? Let The Chap tell you all about them!
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Lebel M1886 - How Did That Happen?
Bloke and Chap discuss the whys and wherefores of how the French 1886 Lebel rifle came about, and why it was obsolete the minute it was introduced. Also digresses into tolerancing, rifle grenades, etc etc etc.
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How Lee-Enfield No.4 Forend Stocking-Up Works
Bloke takes his Lee-Enfield No.4 apart (a rare event, since unless you've got to dry a sopping wet rifle, no good can come of it) to show how the forend is attached to the metal. It's not obvious, and it's rather clever.
Also there's a few verbal digressions railing against the common unthinki...