The problem with the long rifles is that 8x50mmR is almost impossible to find and no one makes it today. Unless you get one of the super rare long rifles that was converted to 8x56mmR
Dude the action is so smooth on your bolt! Mine takes so much damn force to open, it's ridiculous. There is no way in hell I could do it with a couple fingers like that with my m95. I'm jealous of your bolt.
Bro , your is a converted rifle , design to shoot the new 8x56mm round which is kick harder than the ww1 made original one which is shooting the standard austro hungarian cartridge m93 8x50mm , the ww1 is lot more smoother to operate because the round was not kicking too hard , the converted one bolt must be design like that to prevent the bolt to sling back at your face after you fire it like a automatic rifle or some time explode or if you're lucky it will straight up flew out of the gun , bc the 8x56 kick alot harder and is a hotter round to shoot
I heard about a M95 turned into a 6,5x55 for Running Deer matches , heard it was a nice quick rifle. Sadly the music reminds me of 1980s school dentist waiting rooms .
No can do. The purpose of the music is to mask the backchat and hence to respect the privacy of my shooting friends. Sometimes things are as they are for a very good reason.
I understand and Fully appreciate your respect for those folks on the range with you. Might I suggest that you brand the rifles your shooting in a given video by its national flavor of muzak? Something along the lines of "Forgotten Weapons" using the national flag in its thumbnail for whatever gun Ian would be discussing.
Seeing as I have absolutely nothing to contribute to the discussion regarding the rifle, but being a former audio enginerd, I thought maybe I could blather on about the Megalovania Jazz remix for a minute: --"Masking" and "Focus Direction" are a huge part of audio-production. How many times have you watched a shooting video, and rewound the vid a couple of times to try to hear a response in the chatter, that had nothing to do with the subject material? --Branding is obviously a thing. When I hear my kid playing Undertale, I tend to think, "Huh, I wonder what's new on BotR?" --Flavour is also a thing. Just an an experiment, Re-watch the vid, muted, but with another tab open with "My heart will go on" playing. Or your favourite flavour of generic over-boosted synthesized techno-pop if you prefer. Changes the whole presentation, doesn't it? --Time is a huge thing. In my time as a Sound-nerd, we had to cut speakers, create feedback loops etc to create a certain effect. Once we achieved the desired sound, we would beat it to death. While effects are much easier in the digitized world, separating the wheat from the chaff is also a huge thing. How many Generic youtube library techno-synth tracks do you want to listen to before you find the one that is "Just right for this vid?" Audio production can become a gigantic time-suck if it is allowed to. Frankly, I think Mr TheBloke got it just about right. After all, the vid isn't about the music now, is it? That being said, I would encourage Mr. TheBloke to cover the next Extra-vid With some Royalty-free Norwegian Death-Metal, and move extra slow throughout the vid, as an odd justaposition that will have people begging for Megalovania back... :)
Indeed, and thanks :) The "extra vids" are meant to be quick-to-produce, it's clear the branding is working if you're thinking BotR when your kid is playing Undertale, and whatever royalty-free / copyright free stuff I put, some people would be pissed off with it. I can't imagine using the normal generic techno-pop crap that's 90% of what's about.
always cool when you see the enbloc clips ejecting from the rifle, be it an M1 Garand or Mannlicher M95. The only thing missing from the M95 is the ping that makes the Garand so recognizable.
Hey Bloke i have a Swiss K31 chambered in 308 Winchester from the Swiss factory from doing a little research the Swiss made a couple thousand for export it looks like a standard K31 but chambered in 308 all numbers match on the rifle and has a troop tag with the matching serial number the barrel has an import mark underneath the front sight have you ever seen one in Switzerland for sale or one at the range?
@@rizaradri316 Yes sir i have one extremely rare i know of only 2 sold in the United states one was on Rock island auction and the one i found was on Gunbroker i paid a premium for it but totally worth it it likes the 178 grain Hornady BTHP load i got a sub moa at 100 yards next time i go to the range with it I'll post a video
If it's got a troop tag it's not it its original condition... There is no reason why a 308 chambered K31 would have a genuine troop tag. So either it's a 7.5mm rifle that's been converted, or it's been re-stocked with a stock off of a 7.5 rifle, or the troop tag has been put in there and the rifle is otherwise original. And I haven't seen one for sale in Switzerland, no.
@@BlokeontheRange There is also one that Sold on Rock island auction it looked more brand new than mine those are the only two I've found that have sold
@@BlokeontheRange Thanks for the reply! That's fascinating stuff I was not aware of. I have hardly ever seen any modern straight pull guns in the United States.
I wish I wouldve picked an M95 up back when they were cheap surplus here in the US (and that wasnt long ago, like 6-8 years ago maybe). I knew theyd go up in price and I still held out for some dumb reason. I think ive finally learned my lesson though. Anything World War related will go up in price rapidly so buy what I want now even if its not a good deal because it will never lose value and will only be more expensive the longer I hold out for a 'better deal'
I see you had some ejection/extraction issues. Was that a mechnical proble or weren't you working the action "in a robust and soldierly manner"? Because you were concentrating on accuracy!
@@Blackstone9x19 a big big big thank you for this video (from france)...IT make me realise that old and nice rifle, is accurate and trustable.Best regards !
I forgot: you are almost a sniper to hit so nicely,the target.There is a lots of stupid video,showing a fat man using this rifle on target WITHOUT showing results.They should take example on your video well done !
I found an M95 carbine at a gun store I'm thinking about grabbing, but I'm not sure if it's the carbine from WW1 or the M95/30. Is there any M95 I should stay away from? I'm mostly concerned about accuracy. (I posted this comment on another video of yours of the M95 but I'm not sure how likely it is that you'd reply on any video that's more than a few days old, like most RUclipsrs)
You have 2 choices (well, actually *you* don't, I do): 1. Masking personal backchat with muzak while leaving the sound otherwise untouched; or 2. Processing the ever-loving crap out of the sound as in the SA80 shooting video, leaving it sounding like mud, and having to drop the volume to zero between shots sometimes. Leaving the backchat fully audible is NOT an option out of respect for the privacy of my shooting friends. Sometimes things are as they are for a very good reason.
@@BlokeontheRange 3rd choice: Try out a new non-copyrighted tune for a bit of relief from this one. If you like ironic music choices, I suggest Trance - 009 Sound System. AKA the 2010 RUclips anthem.
Your music choice hit me like a freight train bro
Yay I'm early here. Anyway that M95 looks pristine
P'tite vidéo du dimanche matin, c'est toujours sympa.
Wish the full length rifles werent so hard to find. Not that I dont love carbines but 8x50 is pretty brutal out of a short barrel.
my carbine is a kicker. fortunately, i can get new brass here in the US and load it a bit softer and use lighter pills.
I’ve been holding for a rifle myself for the same reasons. I’m going to shoot it more than carry it.
Regards,
Marky
I do love my m95 long rifle :)
The problem with the long rifles is that 8x50mmR is almost impossible to find and no one makes it today. Unless you get one of the super rare long rifles that was converted to 8x56mmR
I think you might be shooting better here than on the mad minute, must be the absence of pressure to rush. Great video, thanks again
Thats a nice shooting range !!!
For some reason, I want to enjoy a cigarette and cocktail after watching this video. LOL
Wish I could find a long rifle M95, they are my favorite milsurps. Nice video, hope there's more.
Royal Tiger has them right now, chambered in 8x50R.
Dude the action is so smooth on your bolt! Mine takes so much damn force to open, it's ridiculous. There is no way in hell I could do it with a couple fingers like that with my m95. I'm jealous of your bolt.
Bro , your is a converted rifle , design to shoot the new 8x56mm round which is kick harder than the ww1 made original one which is shooting the standard austro hungarian cartridge m93 8x50mm , the ww1 is lot more smoother to operate because the round was not kicking too hard , the converted one bolt must be design like that to prevent the bolt to sling back at your face after you fire it like a automatic rifle or some time explode or if you're lucky it will straight up flew out of the gun , bc the 8x56 kick alot harder and is a hotter round to shoot
I heard about a M95 turned into a 6,5x55 for Running Deer matches , heard it was a nice quick rifle.
Sadly the music reminds me of 1980s school dentist waiting rooms .
ROFLMAO
I've heard of greek gendarmerie conversion rifles in 8mm mauser and I very much want one
Nice shooting video, please fade the music from the middle of your vids the whole four mins is too much for full volume
No can do. The purpose of the music is to mask the backchat and hence to respect the privacy of my shooting friends. Sometimes things are as they are for a very good reason.
@@BlokeontheRange You could at least rotate the music. Have to just mute it now.
It's called "branding"... And whatever music I put some people will hate.
@@BlokeontheRange is it really branding if it makes people think of something different than your channel?
You guys could just turn down the volume while you watch it. It’s really not that hard.
I still stand by that getting a specific tune, maybe commissioning one, would be great for the brand
I understand and Fully appreciate your respect for those folks on the range with you.
Might I suggest that you brand the rifles your shooting in a given video by its national flavor of muzak? Something along the lines of "Forgotten Weapons" using the national flag in its thumbnail for whatever gun Ian would be discussing.
great idea!!!
This video makes me want a M95 even
more :)
Holy zoom, always wondered what the B4 target looks like. At 300m it's just a blur
Hello. I would like ask about relouding data of 8x50R cartridges. Thanks
really dig that music.... :-)
I find it unfortunate that straight-pulls never became all that popular, still the one that are out there are pretty damn good.
Overly complicated, expensive, and the Mannlicher ones are a PITA to disassemble and reassemble.
Rumour has it that when M-bloc clip would get ejected Italian soldiers would wait for the ping and then charge.
Lol. Funny enough the Italians standard issue rifle, the Carcano, also used en bloc clips
@samy701 It's a joke, based on the M1 "wait-for-the-ping-and-charge" myth.
Seeing as I have absolutely nothing to contribute to the discussion regarding the rifle, but being a former audio enginerd, I thought maybe I could blather on about the Megalovania Jazz remix for a minute:
--"Masking" and "Focus Direction" are a huge part of audio-production. How many times have you watched a shooting video, and rewound the vid a couple of times to try to hear a response in the chatter, that had nothing to do with the subject material?
--Branding is obviously a thing. When I hear my kid playing Undertale, I tend to think, "Huh, I wonder what's new on BotR?"
--Flavour is also a thing. Just an an experiment, Re-watch the vid, muted, but with another tab open with "My heart will go on" playing. Or your favourite flavour of generic over-boosted synthesized techno-pop if you prefer. Changes the whole presentation, doesn't it?
--Time is a huge thing. In my time as a Sound-nerd, we had to cut speakers, create feedback loops etc to create a certain effect. Once we achieved the desired sound, we would beat it to death. While effects are much easier in the digitized world, separating the wheat from the chaff is also a huge thing. How many Generic youtube library techno-synth tracks do you want to listen to before you find the one that is "Just right for this vid?" Audio production can become a gigantic time-suck if it is allowed to.
Frankly, I think Mr TheBloke got it just about right. After all, the vid isn't about the music now, is it?
That being said, I would encourage Mr. TheBloke to cover the next Extra-vid With some Royalty-free Norwegian Death-Metal, and move extra slow throughout the vid, as an odd justaposition that will have people begging for Megalovania back... :)
Indeed, and thanks :) The "extra vids" are meant to be quick-to-produce, it's clear the branding is working if you're thinking BotR when your kid is playing Undertale, and whatever royalty-free / copyright free stuff I put, some people would be pissed off with it. I can't imagine using the normal generic techno-pop crap that's 90% of what's about.
Norwegian Death-Metal...
YES
@@SexDrugsNpostprod personally, I prefer vegan grind core :o)
Mannlicher is always eye candy
Good looking one you got there. I myself have the carbine version in 8x56.
Those are the same clips I use in my 1888 straight pull!
I spy with my little eye a 1903 Springfield in the background, any chance of a mad minute or 300 yarder test?
Yes :)
always cool when you see the enbloc clips ejecting from the rifle, be it an M1 Garand or Mannlicher M95. The only thing missing from the M95 is the ping that makes the Garand so recognizable.
Is that Megalovania in the background?
Yep
Yea haha
Nice shooting. I didn’t see the clip fall, did I just miss it? What’s with the FTE?
Same questions I was going to ask.
One of the brands of brass I used gives bad ejection (S&B IIRC). And the clips sometimes stick.
I did some reloads for my M95 carbine in 8x50r and I used black powder since I didn’t really 100% trust having to convert 7.62x54r to 8x50 😅
Hey Bloke i have a Swiss K31 chambered in 308 Winchester from the Swiss factory from doing a little research the Swiss made a couple thousand for export it looks like a standard K31 but chambered in 308 all numbers match on the rifle and has a troop tag with the matching serial number the barrel has an import mark underneath the front sight have you ever seen one in Switzerland for sale or one at the range?
A K31 in .308? i never heard that before
@@rizaradri316 Yes sir i have one extremely rare i know of only 2 sold in the United states one was on Rock island auction and the one i found was on Gunbroker i paid a premium for it but totally worth it it likes the 178 grain Hornady BTHP load i got a sub moa at 100 yards next time i go to the range with it I'll post a video
@@LightTackleEthusiast Awesome! You're very lucky to have that rare gun
If it's got a troop tag it's not it its original condition... There is no reason why a 308 chambered K31 would have a genuine troop tag. So either it's a 7.5mm rifle that's been converted, or it's been re-stocked with a stock off of a 7.5 rifle, or the troop tag has been put in there and the rifle is otherwise original. And I haven't seen one for sale in Switzerland, no.
@@BlokeontheRange There is also one that Sold on Rock island auction it looked more brand new than mine those are the only two I've found that have sold
That Sans fight theme Lol
Always one flier! No matter how hard you try there's always one mulligan! Speaking from personal experience of course.
Great rifle
I've always wondered why there aren't any modern manufactured straight pull bolt guns?
There are: Blaser, Heym, Merkel, Rössler, Strasser
Mauser did (still does?) at least one as well....
Also, practically all modern Biathlon .22 rifles are straight-pull.
And in the UK, where semiauto centrefire rifles are banned, gasless AR15's etc. are available as straight-pulls.
@@BlokeontheRange Thanks for the reply! That's fascinating stuff I was not aware of. I have hardly ever seen any modern straight pull guns in the United States.
I feel fortunate that I have an M95 long rifle in 8x56, a caliber that's still easy to find
That slowed down Sans boss music though
Love these rifles. Especially in the long configuration.
What diameter are you using on those FMJs? .327? .330?
Powder and powder charge?
330" 42gn RS50
I wish I wouldve picked an M95 up back when they were cheap surplus here in the US (and that wasnt long ago, like 6-8 years ago maybe). I knew theyd go up in price and I still held out for some dumb reason. I think ive finally learned my lesson though. Anything World War related will go up in price rapidly so buy what I want now even if its not a good deal because it will never lose value and will only be more expensive the longer I hold out for a 'better deal'
Where do you Shoot? I Cant find a 300m Range where im able to shoot with non ordonance rifles.
Guntelsey. By special arrangement :) There's also Brünig Indoor.
Yeah but i think outdoors is more fun.
Id like to know where you got the 8x50R ammo, like do you form your own brass, or buy it that way? Nice shooting.
Made it from 7.62x54R. Simplest cartridge conversion ever!
Every shooting video you post makes me sadder and sadder that there are few, if any, ranges of this quality in the States
Instead we have overpriced noisy indoor ranges that only go out to 75 feet.
I see you had some ejection/extraction issues.
Was that a mechnical proble or weren't you working the action "in a robust and soldierly manner"? Because you were concentrating on accuracy!
I'm not working it that vigorously. Probably that.
Watching it again... Actually the case head isn't shaped the same as on the real ammo which might have something to do with it too.
love the tune.
why do you think the extractor was playing up on the third lot?
The S&B (IIRC) bases are flatter, and this seems to give it a bit of trouble. Those rounds were a mix of Prvi and S&B 7.62x54R brass, re-formed.
No, that comes from the clipp
I was surprised to learn that prvi partizan makes ammo for them
I'm very surprised you learned this, since it's not listed on the Prvi website and I am unaware of Prvi ever having loaded it...
@@BlokeontheRange it was on Sportsman's Guide's website
Its common ammo at my local gunshops in sweden
Are you sure? Link? Photo?
Wait, my bad. I misread your title
Can we take votes on a new extra vid soundtrack. This one is starting to make my brain bleed.
good
Wait so how does this rifle actually work
Arthfael Online check out C&Rsenal. They have an episode explaining its history and function
Like a rotating bolt semi-auto without a gas system.
@@borkwoof696 Thanks!
I don't understand the target...All shots are inside ? It looks like...The accuracy is really good no ?
These are the scoring zones of the target www.hwsportsman.net/B4TN.gif
@@Blackstone9x19 a big big big thank you for this video (from france)...IT make me realise that old and nice rifle, is accurate and trustable.Best regards !
I forgot: you are almost a sniper to hit so nicely,the target.There is a lots of stupid video,showing a fat man using this rifle on target WITHOUT showing results.They should take example on your video well done !
Great example of how accurate this rifle can be....300 meters is a good bit of distance...
I found an M95 carbine at a gun store I'm thinking about grabbing, but I'm not sure if it's the carbine from WW1 or the M95/30. Is there any M95 I should stay away from? I'm mostly concerned about accuracy.
(I posted this comment on another video of yours of the M95 but I'm not sure how likely it is that you'd reply on any video that's more than a few days old, like most RUclipsrs)
There's none of them particularly to avoid, tbh.
@@BlokeontheRange cool, thanks
@@BlokeontheRange what about accuracy? IV8888 seems to be getting poor accuracy from his but it could be because he was using bad/undersized ammo?
What dies are you using to reload for her?
Without looking I think they're RCBS.
please tell me that's not megalovania playing in the background
it fuckinG IS
There was one video where he put it in not knowing what it was, then after people pointed it out the joke just sort of stuck
@@SpruceReduce8854 stuck a little too long.
not a fan of that music
uncommon rifle - nice find!
I didn't even know they made factory ammo for that.
They don't. As noted at the start, this was made from 7.62x54R cases...
@@BlokeontheRange I had to rewatch to catch that. Your ammo looks very good sir.
Nice choice of music, i love Megalovania. Have you played Undertale?
No, I don't play games at all.
@@BlokeontheRange thats a shame :(
Damn didn't know Sans was a Habsburg
it would be better with out the elevator music. at least I prefer the sound of the action and other natural sounds.
You have 2 choices (well, actually *you* don't, I do):
1. Masking personal backchat with muzak while leaving the sound otherwise untouched; or
2. Processing the ever-loving crap out of the sound as in the SA80 shooting video, leaving it sounding like mud, and having to drop the volume to zero between shots sometimes.
Leaving the backchat fully audible is NOT an option out of respect for the privacy of my shooting friends.
Sometimes things are as they are for a very good reason.
@@BlokeontheRange 3rd choice: Try out a new non-copyrighted tune for a bit of relief from this one. If you like ironic music choices, I suggest Trance - 009 Sound System. AKA the 2010 RUclips anthem.
Love your stuff, but please, for the love of god, change your music!
shooting good. music depressing
Get rid of the horrible music!
No u.
The music is perfectly fine, thank you very much.