Manurhin MR73 - Double action secrets and a funky 9mm cylinder
BotR jumps on to the Manurhin MR73 love-fest bandwagon, well almost. Instead of gushing about the new production models now being distributed by Beretta, Chap will introduce his vintage original 80s 4” target model MR73 and reveal the most important feature of its lockwork, the key to the excellent double action that everyone waxes lyrical about. In addition we’ll take a closer look at the 9mm cylinder which was offered as an accessory back in the day and see what the performance is like when swapping cylinders at 25m and 50m.
Lock work patent: US3965603A 9mm cylinder patent: US4015356A
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This technical short video is a little something I tossed off in response to certain comments on the K31 by the awesome Alex C on this superb TFB TV run-and-gun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjAn_HUFNws
Here at Bloke on the Range, we love TFB TV's work, and we hope they keep it up. However, we're picky obsessive compulsive sods when it comes to things that are commonly believed about certain firearms that aren't actually true. A common myth is that straight-pulls have no positive primary extraction, which is in fact not the case with the Schmidt-Rubins. Alex repeats this this myth at 3:52 in his video, and we have produced this video to add to the total sum of all (correct) human knowledge.
We also took the time to demonstrate flicking the charger out with the thumb, cos we just can't get enough of how slick that looks :)
Unlike Alex, the Bloke has no issues with the 6th round, since he can count his rounds on the fingers of one hand :p
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But that's unpossible! How can someone shoot straight with that great big ghost ring 0.2" / 5.1mm battle aperture on a Lee-Enfield No.4! Let alone at 300m! Inconceivable!
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While the British rapidly adopt a rifled musket for their infantry relatively quickly, it is a different story for most continental european militaries, notably France, who's massive conscript armies cannot be easily and economically equipped and effectively trained in marksmanship to make it worthwhile. This changes when Napoleon III decides to recreate the imperial guard and of course these magnificent shock infantry have to be armed with the best infantry rifle of the day.
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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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Le Chap se ronge les ongles depuis la fermeture des stands mais trouve malgré tout des moyens pour faire un peu de tir d'intérieur avec son nouveau revo. mle1873. Il suffit d'avoir des étuis, des amorces et des projectiles un peu spéciaux...ah oui, et une perceuse avec mêche de 4mm!
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Thanks to Robert of Gruenig and Elmiger (not allowed to link, sorry), I got to put one of these antediluvian Martinistutzer target rifles in front of the camera! This one was originally in 7.5x55 GP11 and was converted to .22 lr. Tipping block: what's not to like? Basically a Martin-actioned accuracy machine set up for standing shooting.
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Yet more Browning Hi-Power GP35 mechanical nerdery for you: this time it's what's simultaneously really clever but really dumb/awful/craptastic about the trigger mechanism.
The Browning Hi Power GP35 has possibly the worst magazine safety ever devised, and this vid explains why, with reference to two other systems (SIG P210 P49 and FN 1910) which aren't so terrible.
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Les tireurs de pistolet sur cibles sont habitués à leurs armes finement ajustées mais sont ils conscient que toutes les caractéristiques de leurs armes étaient déjà présentes sur les pistolets depuis plusieurs siècles? Chap nous montre les mécanismes astucieux utilisés sur les armes à chargement par la bouche pour les optimiser pour le tir de précision sur cible.
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