The SA80 is, no surprise, not a stranger to this series but this week we get to showcase the latest & greatest iteration of it's hotly-debated legacy: the L85A3.

Jonathan will reveal all in this week's episode of #WhatisthisWeapon

Thanks to supporters, BotR now has a second Sterling SMG subgat! This one is a factory original Mk.6, the factory closed bolt version. Bloke has been doing sterling work (geddit?!?) with his open bolt Mk.4 for a number of years now, and the opportunity to add a closed bolt Mk.6 to the channel col...

The Sten Mk5 (sometimes written Sten MkV) was really the Cadillac of the Sten series. It was designed in 1943, and featured a full wooden buttstock patterned after the No4 Enfield rifle, as well as a front sight abductor bayonet lugs for the Enfield. It has a wooden pistol grip as well (and earl...

Lines Brothers was a company in the UK that made sheet metal childrens' toys prior to the war. When production of the Sten guns began, Lines Bros was a parts subcontractor. Their engineers analyzed the design alongside the machinery the company had available and redesigned a version of the Sten t...

The Sten MkI had barely been approved for production when the Sten MkII was born. Initially requested to produce a version of the gun suitable for paratroopers, in March 1941 Harold Turpin redesigned the front end of the Sten to have a quickly detachable barrel and a rotating magazine well (for c...

The Sten gun was designed by RSAF Senior Draftsman (sorry, Draughtsman) Harold Turpin in December, 1940. He sketched out a simple trigger mechanism on December 2, showed it to Major Reginald Shepherd the next day, and then finished out the rest of the submachine gun design that week. The first pr...

The culture of the double rifle come from the muzzle loading age, when repeating concepts were seldom available. Being able to fire a second or third shot required multiplying the number of barrels and actions. Today the side by side double rifle is still a capable arm. Many professional hunters ...

The 9mm Sterling Mk.4 L2A3 SMG has quite unique magazines. People are generally aware that the follower is made from rollers, but there's some other cleverness going on in there too, including massive improvements from the STEN magazine.

0:00 Introduction to Sten and Sterling Magazines
3:46 Sten...

We quite literally peak behind the curtain in this week's episode to examine why making a semi-automatic firearm (like the Sten) is so much more difficult than one that's purely automatic (like the MP 40).

Join Jonathan as he takes this real-life World of Guns cross-sectional look at one of Brit...

In Part 3D of the Musketry of 1914 Series, we look at the varoious tyopes of field firing activities shot as part of a mans annual shooting year.

Rob and Mike talk about and shoot some Close Quarter Battle Practices from the early war period

In this video, we compare the subtle differences between the Magazine Lee-Metford and the Magazine Lee-Enfield

In Part One of the Musktery of 1914 series, we exmine the background to why the British Army had such a reputation for muketry in 1914.

Rob and Mike explore some snap shooting practices of the Second World War

Shooting the Snider Short Rifle at longer ranges.

The bayonet exercise for the Martini-Henry

This year's challenge features the Snider Short Rifle

In this episode of the Firepower series, we compare the Martini and the Lee-Metford

An introduction to the Snider Short Rifle

This episode of the Firepower series, features the Enfield and the Snider.

Part Two in the series examining the procedures I use to get the most out a rifle, in this case the Snider.

The first of a two part series on Service ammunition used with the Baker Rifle.

A field firing exercise in the guise of a rilfeman of the 95th.

The Baker Rifle Ownership FAQ