I’m an older fella in my upper seventies and this channel has given me the will to live even with a terminal illness. I look forward to every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and those days I am blessed with extra content. I wish I could support this hero in other ways but I just barely make it anyway. I wish to express my gratitude to Mr Ian for doing what he does and giving me a reason to wake up in the mornings. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible. I wish the very best of health and happiness to you all and also to your families!!!
Well said! I'm facing a similar situation and while I don't have the mobility I had two years ago, my escape is through videos like these (and oddly, Maine real estate videos!) which give a little more color to a bland day.
While I definitely love the content as well there's absolutely nothing that compares with the Good News (Gospel) that God has given us all a way to The Kingdom through Jesus's work on the cross.
@@kfeltenberger Anything that can lift the weight of reality is a good thing, even if it’s just for a little while. If you ever need someone to lend you an ear I am here. I wish you all the very best!
16:25 Ziga is a beast, not just physically but mentally. I remember the videos from a couple years ago of not only him enthusiastically doing the challenges, but cheering others on to push themselves. Great guy.
From watching videos from Finnish Brutality for a few years now, it's awesome to see its evolution each new year. These are always really fun to watch, and I can't imagine how much fun they are.
The balloon RC idea is super cool. The puzzle with interrupted activity is also brilliant. No doubt it becomes a challenge to have your brain go in and out the specific task successfully. I can imagine being into the puzzle and you hear "wall" and do a pushup instead because you're not really focusing, just auto-piloting that you need to do something different. Happy to see 49 people wanted to go for Breacher, that was definitely the cherry on the top for the shooting challenges.
how do you not knew this before? a finnish lesbian invented moomins, finns also invented the flight recorder,the first internet chat (IRC) and many patents you find in your iphone today are actual nokia patents. Welcome to "the world is bigger than your own village" Finland edition 🙂
@@zoolkhan Maybe because Tove Jansson is a Swedish name? Also why highlight that she was gay, why not just say the Moomins were invented by a Finnish writer/artist? One of the greatest and most renowned artist for that matter, her birthday (9.8.) is nowadays celebrated as an unofficial flag flying day, as "the day of the Finnish arts".
As someone who sometimes puts on competition events, what amazes me is how complex the stages are and the number of participants: what an operation!. And of course your performance is incredible as well.
Ian Thanks again for staying in good enough condition to be able to go to these Brutality events and actually be capable of being able to compete in the competition and you and Bloke on the Range are the only two gun tubers that I know of that could do this. Thanks again for going to this to see what it is so that we don’t have to.
@@PalleRasmussen Yes But I have never seen anything of his separate from this competition on UA-cam, I have been watching Ian’s videos on UA-cam for about 15 years now and I actually met Ian at a Gun Show in Phoenix, Arizona- USA 🇺🇸 once. I only know of Ziga and Bloke on the Range though Ian. What I should have said is that I don’t know of anyone else on Ian’s UA-cam videos level of knowledge and content in the USA 🇺🇸 that is in good enough shape, conditioning willing to step up to the plate and take on a challenge like this. There are many others out there on UA-cam that do Gun stuff like Mike Jones / Garand Thumb, Administrative Results with perhaps some others that could pull off doing this competition, but Ian is the only one who has gotten to go to this competition, done well and returned to do it again, both for our entertainment and for his own benefit/ satisfaction of having done it so many years in a row. With my comments to Ian and everyone involved with this competition, I didn’t mean anything negative or disrespectful to anyone, I was only trying to be respectful and supportive. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and that was involved, I greatly appreciate their hard work and sacrifices to make this happen. Any real competitor needs to know their limitations due to their age, injuries, and physical fitness and that is why I myself and many others make no effort whatsoever to try to compete in this competition, along with the main reason for a lot of people, we just can’t afford it. So thanks again to Ian and everyone else involved in making this happen.
@@storytimedavidcollins2897 what a load of... very well elaborated and reasoned reply. Thank you. And you are right. But I think you underestimate the social aspect and great fun this is and which surrounds it. I am Danish, so no shooting competitions for me, but I do Viking Reenactment Fighting, which is also insanely hard, and which has given me chronic injuries and pains. Yet I keep doing it. Because of the adrenaline kick (a battle has the same boost as jumping out of a plane with a parachute on your back), the social aspect, the wish to excell, the outdoor-life experience, the friendships, the competition, the mead-drinking, etc. I suspect FB is similar. I want to see Henry, Josh and Mike Jones try participate. I was glad to see Crawford, and I am happy to see Nick Moran this year.
Karl and Russell from inrangeTV (whatever you may think of them), PSR, Calvin from Firepower United. There’s plenty of guntubers who have and continue to do brutality style matches. It probably says more about what channels you watch than about how exceptionally good/healthy Ian is.
Never think the "one day" - just get in the middle of it all and so what ya are able to, no matter if it's inches or meters. That's the mindset need to have to have f... err freaking fun with mates between stages and feel the friendship among all gang.- (including judges who just flagged you out off all stages, lol)..
Huge congrats on those placings!Looks like it was a fantastic competition and you definitely looked as though thoroughly enjoying it. Thanks for videoing it, as always.
i think the rk was one of the best overpowered rifles on the range. It looked like it had autoaim haha Try running the course with an m16 or g3 - sure the targets would be one-time use , but your arms would hurt :)
I feel like despite being able to score max points in a firefighter school fitness test, I'd suck in most of these things. That is to say, if you are a massive dude, you will do well in these, but if you are a lighter dude you'll struggle no matter how fit you are.
Being big and strong helps in a lot of places, but there are some stages where smaller people have an advantage. When you have to crawl through tight confines like tunnels and vehicle hatches, bulk is a real hindrance.
Makes me wonder if Jari has considered a sniper shot course before: physical + maybe a few pistol targets until you only get a single shot from your rifle to do a 500m shot. You know, to really test the focus aspect.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us again, Ian! Do you know who makes those lights from Stage 6? They seem like a useful training tool, and I was curious if they are available to the wider public.
Wait, those Moomin puzzles are upside down!. That's brutal... I can only assume the substance at 11:34 is doping, aka, salmiakki. Perhaps tar. It's always nice to watch these, as one hears the words, "Jari is a Beast". Hey, that's my name.... Should get into shape. :| There's this thing about a stage. When Ian finishes one, and it's been, absolutely ass, sucks so much, brutal as F, yet, he smiles.
Mr. Ian, was that a borrowed RK62M from the Finnish guys, or is that and actual Valmet M62/S that you modernized? I was hoping to hear more about your rifle and other competitors firearms.
I noticed Ian usually does best with his good old Arex Delta. I don't know if he is cursed but when he uses something much fancier he often experiences bad luck or user error.
So last year they had a spinner in the match, so everyone brought their .308 rifles because of the spinner threat. It is almost like one target dictates the gear needed.
Well done! Congratulations on a brilliant match. 🥳 Question: For your pistol when you say the ammo you were provided does that mean you can take your weapons with you but not your own ammo? If so was it not possible to obtain other ammo that worked well with your pistol?
There is no need to bring own ammo when all the ammunition in the world is available for you in Finland. Clearly he just didn't know in advance the ammo he was provided would cause malfunctions. Also it's not about winning the competition in brutality. If you have malfunctioning ammunition with the gun, it's not that big of a deal.
It's not a Brutality rule, but due to the Finnish firearm import/export laws bringing your own gun is fairly straightforward. Importing ammunition is more complicated. And the organizers take this into account, so asking them to supply ammo is much simpler than bringing your own.
I’ve got an idea for a new optional challenge, between day 1 and 2 everyone sleeps in a on site Barracks, and at all times there needs to be two people on guard (the contestants get to pick who and set the schedule) those guards are armed with paintball guns, and they have to guard against a few people armed with flashbangs (like the tagin ones for airsoft) who try and sneak upto the barracks and throw them inside with the (soon to be not) sleeping contestants. If the invaders get shot they have to go back to their start area and maybe wait an hour or something before trying again. I feel like the point is super self explanatory, if the guards that are tired from a long day of “fighting” nod off, everyone’s night gets screwed up. I feel that would be pretty interesting anyways.
Saw someone on tiktok do the 14:25 challenge by simply grabbing them by the top handles (almost like Ian tried) and beat the record they had by a few seconds (Think he did it in less than a minute). So yeah, "most" did it more or less the way you did XD
As a Finn, I hope during these years u have learned few nonEnglish curse words, that are rather effective sounding no matter in whatever country and situations u use them...
The intent was to call it the Jääkäri/Jaeger/Infantry challenge, but the name Breacher stuck, so that is what they/we went with. But yeah, "A Grunt Challenge " would have made a bit more point ;)
How often do you visit the UK Ian? I'm pretty sure you could hire a small to medium sized venue, and sell tickets for "An evening with xxxxx" kinda deal, with a Q&A and some interesting anecdotes. I'd certainly buy a ticket (and I'm only 50 miles south of Leeds, so pick somewhere close if you do).
Did the match rules prohibit you from changing your handgun ammo, or was there no 9x19 ball ammo available for you to use? Also, did you know before leaving for Finland what local ammo you’d be using? Over the years I have heard you and other Brutality participants stress minimizing changes from your practice gear/consumables and your on-the-clock stuff.
It needs to be longer, bud The requirements are like 7 words, I believe, but it's whatever But we can't be sure about the way our God works so, the very least we can do, is our best, just to be extra sure that he is pleased
8th in Breacher? Hells yeah! Congrats Ian!
I’m an older fella in my upper seventies and this channel has given me the will to live even with a terminal illness. I look forward to every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and those days I am blessed with extra content. I wish I could support this hero in other ways but I just barely make it anyway. I wish to express my gratitude to Mr Ian for doing what he does and giving me a reason to wake up in the mornings. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible. I wish the very best of health and happiness to you all and also to your families!!!
Well said! I'm facing a similar situation and while I don't have the mobility I had two years ago, my escape is through videos like these (and oddly, Maine real estate videos!) which give a little more color to a bland day.
While I definitely love the content as well there's absolutely nothing that compares with the Good News (Gospel) that God has given us all a way to The Kingdom through Jesus's work on the cross.
@@kfeltenberger Anything that can lift the weight of reality is a good thing, even if it’s just for a little while. If you ever need someone to lend you an ear I am here. I wish you all the very best!
@@wesleytownsend8214 Thanks! The same from me to you!
Hope you are ok.
Playing "Spot the Chieftain" in these videos has been a good time.
Spotting Bloke on the range? Where's Waldo edition.
I like seeing The Chieftain in the background of the various breacher challenges
He's the commanding officer
@@randoljr23 Yep. You can tell, because he has the biggest hat.
@@bentilbury2002that tradition is as old as soldiering itself
16:25 Ziga is a beast, not just physically but mentally.
I remember the videos from a couple years ago of not only him enthusiastically doing the challenges, but cheering others on to push themselves. Great guy.
'And THIS, boys and girls, is called 'fun'!'
In the shadow of Ziga by Ian McCollum
This year Ian beat me in armored and breacher - what's ironic is that he was running an AK and i was running a WWSD 😆
@@PolenarTactical AK stronk?
@@PolenarTacticalI'm sure, your next Lynx Brutality match design will give you a chance to even up again. 😉👍
@@IamOutOfNames very
From watching videos from Finnish Brutality for a few years now, it's awesome to see its evolution each new year. These are always really fun to watch, and I can't imagine how much fun they are.
It seems more brutal every year
@@petrilaakso7927 Thats exactly the plan, to make it harder that even the most talented & toughest get a good push out of this. :)
The balloon RC idea is super cool. The puzzle with interrupted activity is also brilliant. No doubt it becomes a challenge to have your brain go in and out the specific task successfully. I can imagine being into the puzzle and you hear "wall" and do a pushup instead because you're not really focusing, just auto-piloting that you need to do something different. Happy to see 49 people wanted to go for Breacher, that was definitely the cherry on the top for the shooting challenges.
And today I learned that the Moomins are Finnish. Thanks Ian!
how do you not knew this before? a finnish lesbian invented moomins, finns also invented the flight recorder,the first internet chat (IRC)
and many patents you find in your iphone today are actual nokia patents.
Welcome to "the world is bigger than your own village" Finland edition 🙂
@@zoolkhan Maybe because Tove Jansson is a Swedish name? Also why highlight that she was gay, why not just say the Moomins were invented by a Finnish writer/artist? One of the greatest and most renowned artist for that matter, her birthday (9.8.) is nowadays celebrated as an unofficial flag flying day, as "the day of the Finnish arts".
As someone who sometimes puts on competition events, what amazes me is how complex the stages are and the number of participants: what an operation!. And of course your performance is incredible as well.
Ian
Thanks again for staying in good enough condition to be able to go to these Brutality events and actually be capable of being able to compete in the competition and you and Bloke on the Range are the only two gun tubers that I know of that could do this.
Thanks again for going to this to see what it is so that we don’t have to.
Ever heard of Ziga? Won last year.
@@PalleRasmussen
Yes
But I have never seen anything of his separate from this competition on UA-cam, I have been watching Ian’s videos on UA-cam for about 15 years now and I actually met Ian at a Gun Show in Phoenix, Arizona- USA 🇺🇸 once.
I only know of Ziga and Bloke on the Range though Ian.
What I should have said is that I don’t know of anyone else on Ian’s UA-cam videos level of knowledge and content in the USA 🇺🇸 that is in good enough shape, conditioning willing to step up to the plate and take on a challenge like this.
There are many others out there on UA-cam that do Gun stuff like Mike Jones / Garand Thumb, Administrative Results with perhaps some others that could pull off doing this competition, but Ian is the only one who has gotten to go to this competition, done well and returned to do it again, both for our entertainment and for his own benefit/ satisfaction of having done it so many years in a row.
With my comments to Ian and everyone involved with this competition, I didn’t mean anything negative or disrespectful to anyone, I was only trying to be respectful and supportive.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and that was involved, I greatly appreciate their hard work and sacrifices to make this happen.
Any real competitor needs to know their limitations due to their age, injuries, and physical fitness and that is why I myself and many others make no effort whatsoever to try to compete in this competition, along with the main reason for a lot of people, we just can’t afford it.
So thanks again to Ian and everyone else involved in making this happen.
@@storytimedavidcollins2897 what a load of... very well elaborated and reasoned reply. Thank you.
And you are right. But I think you underestimate the social aspect and great fun this is and which surrounds it. I am Danish, so no shooting competitions for me, but I do Viking Reenactment Fighting, which is also insanely hard, and which has given me chronic injuries and pains. Yet I keep doing it. Because of the adrenaline kick (a battle has the same boost as jumping out of a plane with a parachute on your back), the social aspect, the wish to excell, the outdoor-life experience, the friendships, the competition, the mead-drinking, etc.
I suspect FB is similar. I want to see Henry, Josh and Mike Jones try participate. I was glad to see Crawford, and I am happy to see Nick Moran this year.
Karl and Russell from inrangeTV (whatever you may think of them), PSR, Calvin from Firepower United. There’s plenty of guntubers who have and continue to do brutality style matches.
It probably says more about what channels you watch than about how exceptionally good/healthy Ian is.
So Finnish Brutality 2025 will have some 1km shooting!... Jari making the "Longest Kasandra Drill Ever"
😂
i'm afraid Jari wont use that 1km range for shooting but instead for running 😑
*Sees the wrestling guy in blue padding* Wait a moment! This is just Takeshis Castle, but with Guns!!!
One day I'll again be in shape enough to run one of these. You rocked Ian, super cool to see
Never think the "one day" - just get in the middle of it all and so what ya are able to, no matter if it's inches or meters.
That's the mindset need to have to have f... err freaking fun with mates between stages and feel the friendship among all gang.- (including judges who just flagged you out off all stages, lol)..
Hi Ian! Thank you for the cool video, you have made a perfect review again.
Ian , your a Beast !
I got winded just watching you !
The Disco Stu stage!!
I love it!!
Huge congrats on those placings!Looks like it was a fantastic competition and you definitely looked as though thoroughly enjoying it.
Thanks for videoing it, as always.
The flat nose issue for the Alien sounds a lot like what Larry Vickers encountered with hollow points in his video on it.
I really don't understand flat nose bullets in competition shooting where reliability equals final result.
The Gun Jesus is too humble to say he is Gun Jesus. Even more proof he is Gun Jesus!
He is the messiah!
“I’m not the messiah!”
He is the messiah!!!
Sisu is strong with you! It's like fighting while simultaneously carrying a wounded buddy.
Paired with those two guys for the breacher challenges makes it sound like there was an extra psychological element to the match, great job.
It was just epic match! Was happy to see you real 🤙
Thank you for making
Congrats! This was a blast to watch!
Breacher looked fun this year more than other times. Very good balance of physical stuff, actual military things and some brain stuff.
Thank you so much. I get the chance to see things out of my reach. Thank you once more!
Wow, that is a pretty great score!
Shooting with an RK 62 M3 clone and a Laugo Alien in that kind of competition must have been both challenging and rewarding.
i think the rk was one of the best overpowered rifles on the range. It looked like it had autoaim haha
Try running the course with an m16 or g3 - sure the targets would be one-time use , but your arms would hurt :)
Epic match! It's gonna be insane next year I'd bet with expanding of the range.
20:48 they put you on a poster, haha
Oh yeah - you can see it at 20:17 as well. It has Ian doing his war face.
there's an Ian poster at 9:00 aswell
Varusteleka have a close relationship with Ian. Ian's merch is sold through them.
No, that's Jesus!
It may not have the same ring to it, but sometimes I wonder if the match should be renamed to "Finnish Kettlebell".
Absolutely fantastic overall scores mate.
I feel like despite being able to score max points in a firefighter school fitness test, I'd suck in most of these things.
That is to say, if you are a massive dude, you will do well in these, but if you are a lighter dude you'll struggle no matter how fit you are.
Being big and strong helps in a lot of places, but there are some stages where smaller people have an advantage. When you have to crawl through tight confines like tunnels and vehicle hatches, bulk is a real hindrance.
You held your own... 💪🤠
Darn impressive performance !
Ian, I had no idea you were such a monster!
This is sick
Makes me wonder if Jari has considered a sniper shot course before: physical + maybe a few pistol targets until you only get a single shot from your rifle to do a 500m shot. You know, to really test the focus aspect.
I feel like they did that at desert brutality a while back
love your work, Ian! 🤘
As someone who loves puzzles that puzzle challenge sounds really fun.
Did you visit Kyrö Distillery again? ;) They have storages empty now?
Phenomenal result. Happy you competed fairly and didn't use your jesus-powers to skip the water obstacles by walking on the surface.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us again, Ian! Do you know who makes those lights from Stage 6? They seem like a useful training tool, and I was curious if they are available to the wider public.
That wresting stage was great
Terava knives are awesome
Underhooks, Ian, underhooks!
I was trying!
I did not expect the moomins to make an appearance here.
Wait, those Moomin puzzles are upside down!. That's brutal... I can only assume the substance at 11:34 is doping, aka, salmiakki. Perhaps tar.
It's always nice to watch these, as one hears the words, "Jari is a Beast". Hey, that's my name.... Should get into shape. :|
There's this thing about a stage. When Ian finishes one, and it's been, absolutely ass, sucks so much, brutal as F, yet, he smiles.
Love Ian’s man crush on Jari.
Did you manage to beat Jari and Ziga in the Moomin stage and how much your Finnish vocabulary expanded during this trip?
Mr. Ian, was that a borrowed RK62M from the Finnish guys, or is that and actual Valmet M62/S that you modernized? I was hoping to hear more about your rifle and other competitors firearms.
I watched the whole video on Playeur because of UA-cam's restrictions on firearms content
I noticed Ian usually does best with his good old Arex Delta. I don't know if he is cursed but when he uses something much fancier he often experiences bad luck or user error.
I like that ak chest rig. Where can I get one? Awesome video as always!!
Those are actual Struggle Bus tires you are dragging.
3:33 that looks like a real drag, and everyone was tired
Woot!
LOL disco stu, nice Simpson character!
Ian's french legs come in handy at 18:14
Hes scottish
It’s a joke from a previous brutality
Here with the bots,im so early!
19:32 Just like Ace Ventura 2.
Those 154gr gecos are running in my shadow 2 like a charm.
Willing to bet that never before has Saab been used for shooting platform.
Nice tactical plaited loaf!
I'm not sure my dictionary would agree with your definiton of 'fun', but I am incredibly impressed by both the organisers and the participants.
Tbf if a $5000+ gun wasn’t picky about ammo you probably got ripped off.
Breacher, uninventing the wheel ...😂😂😂
nice track
I checked the website for the rankings. There's actually a cosplay category?!🤣 edit: Chieftain has a video on this which explains this category.
👍👍
We are the moomins.
Is that Moran?
Yes, and he recorded his match too :)
19:34 it's a rare video of a Jesus being born
So last year they had a spinner in the match, so everyone brought their .308 rifles because of the spinner threat. It is almost like one target dictates the gear needed.
the choice of 308s last year was a theme, nothing to do with the targets
The design of stages is unknown to the competitors. We decide the theme without knowing about any of the challenges
Well done! Congratulations on a brilliant match. 🥳
Question: For your pistol when you say the ammo you were provided does that mean you can take your weapons with you but not your own ammo?
If so was it not possible to obtain other ammo that worked well with your pistol?
There is no need to bring own ammo when all the ammunition in the world is available for you in Finland. Clearly he just didn't know in advance the ammo he was provided would cause malfunctions. Also it's not about winning the competition in brutality. If you have malfunctioning ammunition with the gun, it's not that big of a deal.
It's not a Brutality rule, but due to the Finnish firearm import/export laws bringing your own gun is fairly straightforward. Importing ammunition is more complicated. And the organizers take this into account, so asking them to supply ammo is much simpler than bringing your own.
There's two days of this?
Children’s puzzles are no match for Ian’s massive brain
I’ve got an idea for a new optional challenge, between day 1 and 2 everyone sleeps in a on site Barracks, and at all times there needs to be two people on guard (the contestants get to pick who and set the schedule) those guards are armed with paintball guns, and they have to guard against a few people armed with flashbangs (like the tagin ones for airsoft) who try and sneak upto the barracks and throw them inside with the (soon to be not) sleeping contestants. If the invaders get shot they have to go back to their start area and maybe wait an hour or something before trying again.
I feel like the point is super self explanatory, if the guards that are tired from a long day of “fighting” nod off, everyone’s night gets screwed up. I feel that would be pretty interesting anyways.
please dont give Jari any ideas...
11:33 Poppers at Finnish Brutality
Yeah whats that stuff?
What is the camo pattern Ian is wearing?
Finnish M05
Next year you have to make The Chieftain do Armored and Breacher 🤣 but maybe he should get on a PT program first.
Armored I might do. I have no need to do Breacher
Number 7
Saw someone on tiktok do the 14:25 challenge by simply grabbing them by the top handles (almost like Ian tried) and beat the record they had by a few seconds (Think he did it in less than a minute). So yeah, "most" did it more or less the way you did XD
Interesting
how did the 2m tall light colonel do?
Abysmally
@@TheChieftainsHatch I watched your video after. Still better than I would do…
Tyreing.
11:34 smelling salts?
As a Finn, I hope during these years u have learned few nonEnglish curse words, that are rather effective sounding no matter in whatever country and situations u use them...
Finns are not normal, man. They're built different. A little scary ngl
Who is that suspicious character in the stetson in the crowd at about 13:00 onwards, particularly visible at far right of frame at 13:51?
Stud
💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥👍👍👍👍👍
I'm surprised there was nothing relating to BreachING in "Breacher".
The intent was to call it the Jääkäri/Jaeger/Infantry challenge, but the name Breacher stuck, so that is what they/we went with. But yeah, "A Grunt Challenge " would have made a bit more point ;)
Last year they had to break boards with a mallet simulating breaching. But it's basically just the name for the "physical challenge" category.
How often do you visit the UK Ian? I'm pretty sure you could hire a small to medium sized venue, and sell tickets for "An evening with xxxxx" kinda deal, with a Q&A and some interesting anecdotes. I'd certainly buy a ticket (and I'm only 50 miles south of Leeds, so pick somewhere close if you do).
Damn im early!
Did the match rules prohibit you from changing your handgun ammo, or was there no 9x19 ball ammo available for you to use? Also, did you know before leaving for Finland what local ammo you’d be using? Over the years I have heard you and other Brutality participants stress minimizing changes from your practice gear/consumables and your on-the-clock stuff.
obligatory comment for the algorithm
It needs to be longer, bud
The requirements are like 7 words, I believe, but it's whatever
But we can't be sure about the way our God works so, the very least we can do, is our best, just to be extra sure that he is pleased
Moomin mentioned! Torille!