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AR15/M16 Pencil Barrel Drift At 300m: How Bad?
In which Bloke takes his 9 million series real Colt M16A1 (not an AR15, or a build kit or a repro) at 300m with a Brownells Retro 4x carry handle scope and puts 30 reasonably quick rounds through the barrel to see if there's any worrying drift due to imperfect stress relief in the barrel. What ha...
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Holosun 503 + 3x Magnifier: Does It Affect Point Of Impact? #wwsd2020
Bloke bought yet another Holosun 503, and also a 3x swing-out magnifier to go with it. The interesting question is whether the magnifier causes any optical distortion that changes the point of impact compared to the bare red dot optic.
What better way than to test it than at 300m on electronic...
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Slovenian-Issue CIS SAR-80 At 300m: How Does It Perform?
Bloke takes his ex-Slovenian Territorial Defense Chartered Industries of Singapore SAR-80 in 5.56x45 / 5.56 NATO / .223 Rem out to 300m to see how it groups, and the video takes a disturbing twist. This garbage-tier
Patches will be available when we've got our e-commerce solution up and runni...
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Bushmaster M17S Bullpup at 300m with Holosun 503
Mike takes his Bushmaster M17S Bullpup in .223 Rem out to 300m with a Holosun 503 red dot on top to see how it performs, and to decide whether he'll be taking it to Finland for an SRA rifle / pistol competition in July 2021.
Also features an Australian Automatic Arms AAA SAC.
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10.5" Australian Automatic Arms SAC at 300m with Holosun 503
In which Mike takes his Australian Automatic Arms SAC in .223 Rem / 5.56x45mm out to 300m with a Holosun 503 atop it to zero it and to see what it can do.
Here at BotR we show things as we find them, warts and all, so you're seeing this more or less as Mike did, with all its frustration...
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300m M16A1 With Scope - Bipod vs Sling vs Rested: Point of Impact Change
In which Mike takes another look at the deflection of the mean point of impact with an M16A1 at 300m for hand-rested, bipod, hasty sling, magazine rested and freehand, this time with a Brownells Retro 4x Carry Handle Scope to see if it makes a palpable difference to the iron sights tested here: ...
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Extra Vid: A[n Under]tale of a Chap and Two AR variants! M16A1 and OA-15 HBAR
Chappie's instareactions to an M16A1 and to Bloke's heavily customised Oberland Arms OA-15 HBAR with a Muzzle Brake Of Doom on it.
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300m WWSD 2020 With Scope - Bipod vs Sling vs Magpodded vs Free: Point of Impact
In which Mike takes another look at the deflection of the mean point of impact on the AR15 platform, this time with a #wwsd2020 at 300m for bipod, hasty sling, magazine rested and freehand, to see how much better it is than a non-freefloat M16A1 with pencil barrel.
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Custom SIG 510 / PE57 / Stgw 57 7.5x55 GP11 by Robert of Grünig + Elmiger
Robert, who made this beautiful custom SIG 510 / Stgw 57 / 510 / PE57 / PE 57 7.5x55 GP11 Sturmgewhehr, explains the design choices that went into it. Both Chappie and Bloke shot it a while back, and it is amazingly smooth.
Gruenig and Elmiger can't be linked to due to YT reasons, but I'm sure...
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MAS44 - After The Teaser Comes The Clean-Up
As requested in the teaser comments, the Chap shows his journey to bringing his previously mummy-wrapped arsenal new MAS44 up to shooting form with hopefully a few interesting anecdotes about the rifle along the way.
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3D-Printed WDR NERO 9 PCC Compensator on CMMG Delayed Blowback AR15 Upper
While looking for a muzzle brake / compensator for my 9mm CMMG radial / rotary delayed blowback PCC AR15 upper (paired with a WWSD 2020 lower from KE Arms), I decided to go hard or go home and get the Nordic walking pole tip looking Walker Defense Research WDR NERO-9 compensator.
This is 3D pr...
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WWSD2020 Rifle: First European Review!!!
Ian McCollum talks Bloke through the WWSD2020 (What Would Stoner Do 2020) AR15 type rifle at Loppi shooting centre in Finland, and he gets to try it out!
Courtesy of Varusteleka, Sako, InRange TV, KE Arms, Polaris Worldwide Logistics and Brownells, who all conspired in various ways to make it...
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Tinck Arms Perun X16: A Contender To Take The AR-15 Crown?
With thanks to Tinck Arms, Lynx Pro Tactical Training Center in Slovenia and @PolenarTactical we got to take a look at the new Perun X16 in .223 Rem. It's rather an interesting design, intended for suppressor use, and it shoots really, really flat - a contender to take the crown from the AR15?
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Rotary Delayed Blowback: CMMG 9mm AR15 Upper On WWSD 2020 Lower
Mike (Bloke) takes a look at a 300 series CMMG Resolute 16" 9mm Para rotary delayed blowback upper on his WWSD2020 KE Arms lower.
Aside from a little reliability issue on the ejection, which he's hopeful he will be able to solve, he thinks this system is absolutely great!
And obviously the ...
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Fixed! CMMG 9mm AR15 Rotary Delayed Blowback Upper Made Reliable!
Mike (Bloke) tells of how he fixed his 300 series CMMG Resolute 16" 9mm Para rotary delayed blowback upper on his WWSD2020 KE Arms lower to make it reliable with a stiffer ejector spring (from David Tubb). The ejection problems were quite substantial, and have now been fixed.
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Winchester Mystery Prototype: Melvin Johnson does Project SALVO?
This rifle is a Winchester semiauto prototype that has no documentation I could find in any source. So, today we will take a look at what we can possibly extrapolate from its various features. It will be a fun exercise, and if any archival record of it ever comes to light we will get to see if an...
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Yes, the AR-14 is a Real Gun...Sort Of
The AR-14 was the subject of a widely-seen political gaffe a while back - but what was the real AR-14? Because yes, there was one! It was one of many firearms planned by Armalite, but not put into production...
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Modernizing the G3
Of all the classic 7.62mm battle rifles of the Cold War, only the G3 remains in modern military service updated to serve alongside the more recent 5.56mm rifles (no, the M14 DMR rifles don't count). Why the G3, and how? Today we will take a look at a clone of a Norwegian AG3F2 and a sort-of clone...
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Ian's Customs: Tanker M1 Scout
Today we are looking at the Tanker M1 rig I put together about 15 years ago. This is an original WW2 production receiver rebuilt with an 18" 7.62mm NATO barrel in the 1980s by Arlington Ordnance. In pursuit of a universal do-it-all practical rifle, I then added a forward scope mount with a Burris...
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Ian's Customs: Left-Handed G3
I used to say that one really common and popular rifle that I really didn't like was the H&K G3. Well, putting together this rifle for myself really changed my opinion. The roller locking system is accurate, simple, and reliable - you just have to fix all the ergonomic problems with the G3 in ord...
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SA80 / L85A1 5.56mm/.223: Iron Sights At 100 And 300m. Includes M16A1 And SUSAT.
Thanks to the owner (who wishes to remain anonymous), we got to take the factory semi-auto Enfield SA80 / L85A1 to the range to have another session, this time with iron sights.
How did it fare compared to with a SUSAT optic and with an M16A1?
2003 Pamphlet / Manual: https://drive.google.co...
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Hätila 2021: Bloke, Jari and Jenny Try Out Each Other's Rifles
So Bloke took his Bushmaster M17S bullpup meme rifle to Finland, and shot an SRA Etelä-Häme match with Jari of @varusteleka and Jenny Koskimäki. The other two had quite different AR-15 rifles: Jari has a short piston-driven Barrett, and Jenny has a highly customised and heavily tuned Ruger AR-5...
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Last Shots Ever at The Most Beautiful Range in the World (Gimmelwald)
The BotR lads go up to the Most Beautiful Range in the World for the last day's shooting there ever, since it's closing due to not being able to afford to comply with the new environmental regs. A 10.4mm Vetterli, Schmidt-Rubin G11 long rifle and a CIS SAR80 accompany them.
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$400 Stgw 57 to $4000 Stgw 57: Detail Strip And Competition Upgrade! SIG 510
Robert of Gruenig and Elmiger (can't link, YT rules, Google is your friend) takes us through a detail strip of a Swiss Army SIG 510 / Sturmgewehr 57 in 7.5x55 GP11, and then gets it competition ready with a Dobler Mantelrohr (barrel shroud), new match barrel, and match sights! Thanks, Robert! It ...