Shooting a rifle for the first time
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- The first of a series of videos shot in Switzerland. Witness my first attempt at shooting with a proper rifle, with Bloke on the Range.
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The rifle shown is a K31 Swiss service rifle of the type used in WW2.
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Life in Switzerland is great. The flag is a big plus.
Nice haha
i have heard this joke so many times i swear
putang ina
Still funny
Dunno man, With all the guns its kinda a red flag
Wankdorf is also a plus
Look out, Frenchmen. Lloyd knows how to shoot now.
That's hilarious. I was actually thinking to myself "I bet if he imagined that target was a Frenchman, he'd hit dead center every time."
Historians of 2050 will write thusly: "During the Great Brexit War, British Hero Sir Nikolas "Beige" Lloyd was the greatest sharpshooter who ever fought in any war, able to snipe the noses off Frenchmen from clear across the Channel, without ever leaving British shores."
DaaaahWhoosh, ... LindyBeige seems to be a man of peace, with a knowledge about ancient warfare. ... He doesn't see like a person that would want to shoot anyone. ... Though of course as a devotee of music, LindyBeige could enjoy shooting apart accordions, as they were being played by Frenchmen.
I can think of something much more appropriate but roughly the same size to shoot off French "men" than their noses.
He's English, they shoot french as a sport, and vice versa.
"Outstanding Private Pyle, I think we finally found something that you do well!"
Call of duty 3 right
@@sextuspompeius1266its from a movie
@@mr.ehellow1238 i was thinking of a much different thing
I'm a fucking idiot
@@sextuspompeius1266 Full Metal Jacket
@Giorgos Vasileiou yeah because your in the Balkans
Europes middle east
"Im pointing at that guys house now."
"Lets not do."
Lovely that
Best not to
You got it wrong and it makes no grammatical sense.
Correct your comment as suggested.
@@MuradBeybalaev How bout fuck no, grammar nazi
Ignorance is bliss, and i prefer bliss over you getting a hard-on over how you correct everyone else's comments.
@@matiashogden1240 Yeah, you fuckin tell em, damn grammar bois up in here
Murad Beybalaev Fuck off twinkle toes.
"Swiss service rifle used in World War II"... so this is the first time the rifle was fired then?
Lars Lars Pantsonfars um, they did practice with them...
Switzerland has conscription, like every proper country should have. Swiss military was active during the WWII even when they didn't participate in those events and as military tends to do, they shoot their service rifles in order to master them.
Jokes people, jokes....
no it was the 3rd
They did get bombed a few times in WW2 by those incompetent septics...
I love the idea of shooting a nearly 100 year old rifle at a space-age target that can tell how much you missed by and what you had for lunch that day
Those Sius Ascor measurement systems have been there for 45 years too
Current systems are a lot better. You see exactly where your shot went.
Lol before these you had trenches right in front of the target where people would sit who'd show you how you shot by holding up different shields :D
This is actually the rifle I'm getting when my license comes in.
@@felixtschapajew1740 the range I have shot at in Derindingen SO still has the trench, I have been able to visit it to assist with a technical issue during a training session.
Imagine trying to hire a gardener for that house.
@@aMolleTargate - I now imagine a garden of dead goats! Like a swiss satanist's meadow!
@@aMolleTargate I remember when comming to my parents summer house when a goat had come by and then got stuck in the potato cellar after moving the lawn.. I have never seen suck a perfect cut lawn.
I love this channel. It feels really honest and original. You can tell Lindybeige is passionate about education and not popularity.
It's also nice that he's amused by the name wankdorf, I'm not being sarcastic here as well
The alright tank historian any sane person should be amused by wankdorf.
It's what makes him so popular 😀
This should signal the start of a series. You've already ridden a tank, shot "a proper rifle" for the first time, what's next? Dogfights? Invading poland?
In all seriousness, this is great. More content similar to the aforementioned uploads would be terrific.
I can just imagine him grinning in the cockpit of a Spitfire, coming towards the camera.
Silly man, Brits don't invade Poland,
they conquer a quarter of the world
Coming to America to fire even bigger guns.
In the states, there's airshows where you can fly in old warplanes. I assume there's something similar in Europe, so that spitfire video might be on the table.
"Today I'm going to be hunting beavers in Eastern Canada, along with a couple buddies of mine.
Gotta keep an eye out for those Frenchmen in the area though"
- So now, I'm pointing at the guy's house now.
- Let's not to.
- Yeah, exactly.
Conversation of the day.
Edvardius He said *best* not to, but yeah it was pretty funny.
best*
Didn't he say "that's naughty"? That's what I heard
@Radical Patriotic Conservative. The hell I was thinking... they are generally pointing it at the guy's house. A richochet could make the difference otherwise.
@@unitariansavage8513 "Best not to."
Day 1) Lindybeige steals tank from museum
Day 2) Lindy trains a crew in tank warfare
Day 3) Lindy exercises in the use of a variety of firearms
um....Lindy my boy...are you preparing a coup ?!
Day 4) Lindy meets with revolutionary leaders
Day 5) Lindy conquers London and establishes Britain as a worldwide empire again
Day 6) Lindy stuffs the French
Day 7) Lindy abdicates the throne due to being bored and goes back to making youtube videos.
Bonus Day 8) Worldwide meeting of lizard people and media managers agree that this is too crazy and erase it from the history books.
Day 9) it has already happened and we just didn't realise it.
shhhh if they see you speaking about it they'll send you to what's left of France!
tyranid13 if he’s preparing a coup, it’s never gonna happen in Switzerland
1) Lindybeige welds up the back doors of his saloon car
Lindy, are you preparing for a coupe ?!
next episode: visiting northern Ireland with the IRA
They use AK-47s. You don't really aim with those - it's "pray and spray" even though it was made by Commies
@@IrishCarney ak 47's aren't too inaccurate like some people say... TFB TV have a exclusive video about this
@@IrishCarney i think the IRA are more likely to use car bombs than guns
Don't they use a fair amount of AR-18 or AR-180s? I remember that it was some armalite rifle that wasn't an AR-15
dELTA13579111315 there were plenty of AR variants supplied by American citizens
“I’m pointed at that guy’s house now...”
“Best not to.”
I love the English
Hes dutch
Dutch boy Which is Dutch?
I’m English and can confirm we don’t like shooting peoples houses
@@notaraider7115 Not Lloyd. That said, the English and the Dutch are much the same in many ways, but you wouldn't catch either of us admitting it.
"I'm mostly neck" - Lindybeige, 2017.
Jason Kane confirmed, Lloyd is actually an earthworm
Dagg 45% giraffe
"3/12cm at 330 yards, this is very accurate". Negative Lindybeige, you are very accurate, an accurate rifle is useless if the shooter doesn't aim it true! The fact that you're hitting the paper at 300m as a new shooter indicates that you have a natural talent and that you're on your way to being an excellent marksman!
First time I went rifle shooting It was at 800 yards and managed to hit the bulls eye with a K98, and was on target a few times too.
+Patty ... hmmm. Ok, here is the thing. There is this thing called MOA. For the K98, I would recommend you look that up before telling this story again. Lindy here really has found a gem in this rifle (and isn't such a bad shot).
I've only ever used cheap rifles and the maximum distance I've shot at is about 300 yards. Trust me, just hitting the target at that range is difficult.
TheOrthodoxAlbanian
Thing is that rifles tend to only be precise up to certain ranges, and K98 was actually a short carabine version of the Gewher 98 so it would have had a shorter range due to its shorter barrel it works for its main purpose which was a main infantry weapon for mostly medium range fighting, which is where a rifle without special optics or special ammo works best, to be perfectly honest I don't believe the I shot a target bull's-eye at 800 yards either, taking into account that it's effective range with ironsights clocks at around 550 yards
i won an award in boyscouts and earned my sharpshooting badge. i just bought my first gun 2 days ago. just a little 1911
Yeah quite often at that range the bullets will start to spin out in random directions.
You did very well for a first time shooter... well done!
You're a natural. Anyone that can consistently hit a Target at 300 meters or farther is anything but lucky. You sir, have skill. I know it when I see it. After 12 years experience handling firearms, 7 year in the US Army /combat veteran, 4 years federal law.
enforcement.
Glad I stumbled upon your channel.
"Anyone that can consistently hit a Target at 300 meters"
That statement is not true, it depends on target. He said 3.5cm off right and still 10 then it must be a big target. Still good shooting.
Erasus The inner ring has iirc a diameter of 10cm. The A target supports a max of 5, 10 or 100 points. If the 100 points system is used this would be 96ish. The diopter of the Stgw90 also can only adjust for 10cm per klick. The B target has two zones outside a figure, a figure hit 3 points and the center has a diameter of 20cm.
@@RC2225 Hey, Eidgenoss
An American that understands what a meter is? You sir have my respect.
And swiss quality firearms won't hurt either
As a firearm enthusiast and sportsman, I feel that the best reaction to this video is to simply say: "I hope he had fun."
8:01 Lindybeige understands a bad trigger on his first time using one.
N20Joe not a bad trigger just a military one. the K31 is pretty awesome all around. It had a very typical for the time 2 stage trigger, but once the slack is taken up the second stage generally breaks like glass.
I've always liked "crappy" two-stage triggers that you can feel a bit of grit in just because it reminds me of the cheap-o .22 I learned on. :)
The K-31 has an awesome two-stage trigger.
A k31 has a great service rifle trigger.
The moment you learned where the trigger breaks after the initial pull, brought a smile to my face.
Schliifpunkt ;)
And the tighter thumb grip
Oh the first half was call initial pull and the parting half itself is trigger break. Damm I only knew it just now
1:55 "I'm pointing at that guy's house now."
---"Best not to"
HAHA
SO British
@@IrishCarney *Br'ish
Very cool range.
Except for the house behind it.
Other than that, very cool range!
nope the houses behind, How is that allowed? sod that for a game of soldiers
@@rsa420 I'm pretty sure I've seen that range before on youtube, if it's the one I'm thinking of then there's a road that runs between the shooting positions and the targets. With all the equipment they have it might be a private range with some strict supervision and all that. Hell that house is probably owned by one of the guys shooting.
@@Ammothief41 Even still, I couldn't imagine finding a range like that in America. Granted, America is a lot bigger than Switzerland, but couldn't they have found a better angle or something?
The long lens made the house look closer. At that range the drop is over a meter. Would require a concerted effort to hit the house.
Would be so easy to have a negligent discharge hit those houses
my first reaction was
"how could he not have shot a rifle until now!?"
*sits and thinks about it*
"aw yes... England"
Basil II, The Bulgar Slayer would you mind explaining further?
I'm from the UK and I have shot plenty of rifles just not in our culture for most people
InfinityTemplar 你好 wtf i didnt either, at least we dont have people shooting each oter on daily bases in germany lol
Flashlight
*cough* terrorist attacks *cough*
InfinityTemplar 你好 yo if i was to cough twice the words inbetween woul add up to a too high number for youtube to handle lol
You sure picked a nice rifle to shoot for your first time
It's got just a bit of a kick there. Other than a single shot with an air rifle, my first was an M16 (not an AR15 -- M16A1), and it's got very nearly no recoil.
Yeah, they jam some, and they're less likely to kill.
K31 is beautiful.
The rifle in the video is pretty much a German Mauser, a cousin of the Kar98.
I am not sure which cartrige exactly it fires, but it would be one of the 7+ mm ones when one considers its 0.000215 MOA accuracy at 300 yards with a non-magnifying sight. And while yes, while you can stretch 5.56 to do under 0.5 MOA at 500, Well, not from THIS kind of rifle.
JSHADOWM its a domnestic swiss rifle. Mausers did not have a straight pull bolt.
It fire standart nato 7,62 but in switzerland its official called 7,5mm
On the new 550 we officialy use 5,6mm ammo when in fact it is .223 nato standart.
Same on sniper rifles official ammo is 8,6mm which is .338 lapua
Cold Clutch I got to shoot one for the first time about 3 years ago. I gotta say, it made me warm up to straight pull bolt actions.
"I'm pointing it at that guys house." - Instructor, "It's best not to." I just love the casualness.
I love the story telling format :D
Metatron funny your here
Metatron I can't believe I had to scroll down this far to find this comment.
Also same, he has a nice sense of humor
Metatron hey man huge fan.
Glad to hear ^^
Metatron Yeah, I love it when people do it, it adds a lot of depth and a hole new dimension.
"Best not to."
So British.
I went to Switzerland about 15 years ago and want to go back so fucking bad. It was the best holiday ever. Awesome people, awesome community, awesome culture, awesome country.
i went in 2001 i bught weed from a shop, do they still have semi legal cannabis shops ? when i went the entrie city stank of weed, it was good but so fucking expensive, this year im going to armenia and ex soviet georgia
Yup, it's legal again - with barely any THC, tho
Nah you have to go over the black markets now
or what city did you visit?
I went to Zurich, was great bribed a tramp to tell me which shop to go to, i just said " i cant find what im looking for" big fat bag of herb apeared on the table, job done, bunk the train to somewere in the countryside and smoke some, only think i regret is there was some teenage girls smoking in a field giggling looking at me (i was only 21 at this time) and i ignored them stupidly ¬! good times though, those giant chess sets were amazing on the top of a hill !
I was like, "wait, this guys does warfare videos and has never shot a rifle?" and then i remembered where he lives.
We do have rifles in the UK...
@@Zeamus634 only in what, .22? and you can only use them at a range, right?
@@big--man err...no, we can have any caliber rifle and we actually go hunting with them!
NoPainSomeGain_ there are no restrictions on caliber or magazine size as long is it is bolt action/straight pull (so you can own a fully functional tank and even drive it on the road) but it needs to be .22 rimfire or a shotgun to be semi automatic
@@callumhiggins8755 ah, thanks for clarifying
"I have escaped the clutches of the EU", I died
Sounds about right.
"Oh look, there's an Alp."
It's not exactly right, though. Being part of the Schengen Area, Switzerland is bound by some EU directives.
Not the one most retarded, though. like the one about how straight a banana can be. Or how curved a cucumber can be. Or the one most retarded. THE ONE ABOUT WEAPONS.
In many ways Switzerland is more in the EU than the UK, who's an actual member. UK was having its cake and eating it too, then it decided do Brexit, lol.
Imagine waking up to the noise of rifle gunshots while grandpa's visiting.
Wankdorf
Where's Lloyd?
He wank dorf
Düsseldorf
Fucking
Kissing, Wedding, Fucking
There is a *german* town that is called "Ficken". Ficken is literally, not just figuratively, the word for 'to fuck' in *german*.
I wish the US had more rifle ranges like this. The targets with the electronic readouts are so nice.
I wish the UK had shooting ranges. I will never understand why are government is so over protective
Gigantic Edward well considering the last mass shooting in the UK was 2010 I think were doing ok, compared to 2019 for the US with many many mass shootings each year!
@@zano4140 Not sure what that has to do with shooting ranges?
@@themoldycrow4890 it was more aimed at the "i will never understand why the government is so overprotective" part
Calm down guys. The internet is the literal worst place to talk about politics.
@Blasty they use tannerite or something where I am. Kinda works I guess?
I own a K-31 and I can vouch for its accuracy as a stock service rifle. I can, on a good day, get groups in the ten without a problem. The Swiss make fantastic rifles for their military.
Open mountainous terrain calls for marksmanship. Marksmanship calls for better rifles.
That is why you get more record sniping shots in places like Afghanistan than you do in places like Iraq or Syria - terrain.
In flat lands, you use cover, and being high enough to shoot over cover makes you a target. In uneven lands, cover is much more relative as there is, in essence, and third dimension to shoot through.
I say any terrain is good artillery terrain (I'm kidding, but if there is one thing about me that IS American, it is that big boom makes me happy. So long as no-one is hurt, of course)
Swiss never fight because everyone scare to go to war against them.
Actually they were regularly fired. The Swiss who are presently conscripted are required to visit a range once a week and fire at least 100rds per trip. They were also regularly used in the field. My K-31 has a rough stock thanks to this, but the bore is mirror because the Swiss pioneered the use of non-corrosive primers and cupro-nickel jacketing. Also the powder leaves almost no fowelling.
Swiss never fight because 99% percent of nations aren't stupid enough to attack the world's bank...
anytime I see a Swiss rifle the charging handle always makes me thirsty.
straight in, straight out, feelsgood.jpg
The name Beerkeg is purely anglosaxon, no reference to beer here in Switzerland except those we drink after shooting.
just imagine to use it with heavy winter gloves with frozen hands. is confortable... pulling handles and large rings. perfect for the alp enviroment
1:02 [intensity intensifies]
Interesting to see Lloyd fire his fire his first firearm! Most people start with .22 rifles, not WW2 combat rifles hahaha.
well swiss rifle and combat does not compute
He said "first rifle" didn't he? I bet he's fired shot guns before.
Don't know, most conscripts start with an army rifle. Don't know any army giving .22lr to their recruits for starting hahaha
@@Felyxorez armies gave recruits .22 trainers which are quite common. There are plenty of .22 k98s that the Israelis used.
@@Felyxorez our armys gun is in a .22 calibre so there is that...
I would love to see you visit Hickok45’s compound!
Tzeentch we’ll visit with permission of course
What is the problem with Hickok? He seems nice enough
@Rad Derry it was probably his son doing that. Hickok isn't tech savvy and his son runs his channel, last I heard, and his son has a reputation of being a dick.
what the legit fuck are you smoking?
@@rifleshooterchannel208 Anti-gun. Wtf are you talking about?
Taking people to shoot for their first time is so fun. As long as they pay attention and come at it with an open mind, by the end of the day the only downside is we're out of ammo and hungry.
Yep! I had so much fun shooting for my first time. I even got to shoot a mauser! The AR-15 I had fired earlier was nothing in comparison!
The key is open-mindedness, listen to what the guys who are letting you fire their guns are saying. If you listen well and heed their advice, you'll come home without a sore shoulder.
"British man prepares for war with the EU"
omgomgomgd- CNN editor?
Lol
Here's hoping. God save the Queen.
Are you a Daily Mail's associated by any chance?
+sakiel
Being a monarcuck unironically beyond 1789. Pls no.
This man is such an amazing learner. He always asks great questions and makes really humble comments on things hes noticing.
2% of comments coming from Americans talking politics
8% comments on the video
90% comments complaining about the 2% of Americans talking politics
..........
Ethan Finley Do you mean the alt-right/the /r/donald/right-winged SJW's/echo chamber enthusiasts? Haven't browsed that board in a while. Has it degraded further?
Well there are also some nice comments about switzerland :)
Thanks for the people from the US to take the heat
Paul Hoffman, Really? Why do the English have an unhealthy hatred for America?
D:
Panzer, you forgot to mention the 342,544,879,233 people who were killed by guns in the time it took you to post your comment. It's true! Just ask Benny Löfgren.
Some people call Americans crazy for having lots of guns, but at least we tend to not live behind the targets!
Don't worry Swiss people can shoot properly and they have common sense. We have on average 7 deaths per year which are caused by guns and the most people who get killed or injured by guns are criminals. We are totally fine. You should rather go and fix your crazy school shooters than judging Swiss people.
Only a person lacking in common sense would write a reply like that.
Jason Brocker We have the safest mass shootings. Like maybe 2-3 people actually die. I thought mass shootings were supposed en masse. Stricter gun control would cause a lot more problems anyways. For instance, it would lessen mass shootings but increase crime due to the fact that 2.5 million crimes a year are stopped by gun owners. The problem is a lot more complex than it appears to onlookers from other countries. Seriously, stay out of our business.
Are people in Switzerland immune to making mistakes? Putting shooting targets in front of someones house is so damn stupid, it is so easy to fire by mistake while you are pointing up, to the side, anywhere, it can happen to anyone. I am no american either.
Yeah I thought it was kinda weird there was a house downrange...
Wankdorf is 100% more hilarious when you know 'dorf' means village.
Ahh, but does wank mean what we're all hoping it means?
No it doesn't. But it is even more funny if you know the background. Wankdorf is a football stadium in the near of Bern. And the team is called "Young boys". So you could say "Young boys play with balls in Wankdorf". I am not kidding!
Here, follow the link:
www.bscyb.ch/stadion
The official languages of Switzerland are French, German, Romansh and Italian. And 'Dorf' means village in German. Many places across Europe are called something-dorf, because it means village.
"It's amazing that I can hit anything with the amount of jump as it went off." -- By the time the rifle "jumps" the bullet is already at the target, not in the rifle.
Your first shooting experience does not involve Spandaus?
*I am deeply disappoint*
they are to easly defeated by katanas!
Pyrphoros: a katana fixed as a bayonet on the Bren gun.
that shoots pommels
Absolutely Barbaric He never corrected himself so yes
*in an suspensful action voice* Firing a rifle for the first time....little did he know, within his Genes a WW2 Dough Boy lived on. *Epic suspensful music starts* THIS SUMMER! GET READY FOR THE ONCE IN LIFE TIME ADVENTURE, AS ONE MAN TAKES ON THE WORLD! from director Michael Bay comes a story unlike any before *LinkinPark What I've done plays* (WHAAAAAT I'VE DOOOONE) [EXPLOSION] starring LindyBeige *fires a rifle* [target explodes] Matt Damon "we only get one chance", [car explodes] Chris Tucker! "DAMN LINDY YOU SCARY" [house ecplodes] Jude Law, "You don't know where to stop lindy" Beige-"LIFE HAS NO STOP", Sean connery [he sits in a chair & it explodes] & Rachel Weisz IN [Erase myself for whaaaaat I've Doooone nanana na na na nana] *HUGE GIANT EXPOSION* "A MAN FIRES A GUN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SWITZERLAND"
this film has not yet been made nor rated
LindyBiege- "Oh disaster, distaster- I missed the center of his head the guy"
COMING SOON TO A UA-cam CHANNEL NEAR YOU
Demetri Petrenko most underrated comment on youtube.
Verily, I would love to see this parody.
+Demetri Petrenko
"DoughBoy"
Wrong nationality.
Also, wrong war.
Typical Hollywood historical accuracy...
ColonelSandersLite Exactly, that what makes it a Michael Bay Film 😂
ColonelSandersLite it's soooo an Oscar Film worth
I used to live in Switzerland, so it's nostalgic to see the Swiss mountains, snowy hills and large valleys with houses spread out over small and large distances again.
My goodness, you can HEAR the cowbells at 0:39
Nothing like hiking through the swiss mountains with nobody around and hearing cow bells.
That’s not just a rifle! That is a Swiss K31!!
next episode: Lloyd tries a cheeseburger for the first time
Jake R next episode
Lloyd tries to invade a middle east country for the first time
Pietro Giustiniani Holy shit something funny in this comments section.
Next Episode: Jake R tries Fish n' Chips for the first time (or Ramen, or Curry, or Borscht, Etc.)
Next episode: Karl & Ian try holding a hippie peace sign for the first time.
That is not an uncommon activity for Brits of the past
i'd like to point out to all the jokers who are spouting the "they never used the K31 in combat" nonsese, that switzerland took the term "armed neutrality" very literally during WW2. both allied and axis planes violating swiss airspace were either shot down or guided to the ground were the crews were interned. understandable, since the allies bombed swiss cities multiple times. also, there were skirmishes between the german army and the swiss armed forces along the border.
DeGRaTReX Yeah, though saying they used it _in_ ww2 is a bit... Grammatically incorrect.
Not sure of the history but I recall a Swiss reply to the German threat that went something like: "German commander: We have 5 times your number! Swiss commander: Good, my soldiers will fire 5 times each and be home before dinner" Maybe BS, but that rifle...tack driver.
how so? i mean, switzerland was neutral and not part of either axis or allies, true, but membership to either of those parties is not required to be involved in the war itself. are you basing your statement on the fact, that the swiss issued no declaration of war?
I wish I had a range that had those kinds of targets. That's damn cool!
Right? I've never seen anything like that before.
@@a.hollins8691 if you live in America the CMP in Alabama has a lot (hundred+?) of these things, both pistols and rifles out to 600 yards.
@@a.hollins8691 Every town (and I mean nearly every place with more than 100 inhabitants) in Switzerland has a shooting range exactly like this. I just looked up the number: It‘s roughly 4000 shooting ranges in the whole country. These ranges are normally public, i.e. built and maintained by the municipality with public funds. There‘s normally a local shooting club or association to take care of it.
Hey Lindy. Just as an FYI if you're not aware. The K31 is quite popular in America, able to nab one for $400 or so. The Swiss kept them in excellent condition so straight out of surplus they are ready to fire and very accurate. Surplus ammo is also available which is very good and consistent. That rifle should be about as good as they come, even Mauser's and 1903's aren''t quite as nice as that rifle, although the K31 was designed decades after them.
TheBanditBren well depends where the Mauser was made. An Obendorf Mauser is worth $$$. I have one myself, albeit in .22lr :)
How does the trigger compare to the K31?
TheBanditBren it is great for a service rifle
Lindybeige and the bloke on the range? what is this? CHRISTMAS!? :3
Only 7cm from bullseye at that distance - well done sir, you are a natural born sniper.
I remember my first time with a gun, i was so excited. But then I realized i'm in the army and the maintenance sucked after the millionth time so I had dreams I could just throw my rifle into a ditch and burn it.
Now imagine being a guerilla with an AK - hooray, little or no maintenance needed. Only problem: you don't hit what you aim at and the other guy kills you
@Joe Mama Which is what an illiterate guerrilla in flip-flops would provide, as opposed to a trained soldier in an East German mechanized infantry division.
@@IrishCarney Honestly the military cleaning is usually overkill. Most rifles only take 10 minutes or less to give a decent cleaning and a 30 minute deep clean every few shooting sessions
the house downrange is absolutely hilarious. I can't imagine living there.
There are a lot of 12 year olds in these comments who don't know how on earth gun laws and gun culture work outside of their own little bubble.
is gun culture related to school schootings?
Geordie Walker I don't know why there are so many anti gun comments on a shooting video. Europeans think shootings happen in the US all the time because of what they see on TV. The average annual mass shooting death rate in the US is about 70 a year which is very small in a country of over 300 million and there are many US States that have guns but no mass shootings and you can literally count the amount of murders in the state.
Geordie Walker That's a cool vadamir linnen profile pic
Oh yeah thanks for reminding me, need to change it, it's a bit of a stale meme now.
To all the triggered 12 year olds replying, I'm not saying that the accessibility of guns is the cause of the problem, not at all, it is the culture, a culture that Europe and Australia and New Zealand lack, and thus don't have a problem with gun violence. Taking away the guns may prove to help, but I don't know, it may not. What I am essentially cross about at the people in the comments is their calling of people who do not have a gun culture BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED ONE cucks, that's a really odd and rather harmful attitude.
It's the Bloke! Awesome that you got to go shooting Lindy!
Good going!
I've been shooting a long time, and it's always great to see someone new take to it like you have. Have fun, be safe!
Oh carp, this can´t be true!!!!!! Another cooperation with one of my favourite UA-camrs! Lindy, if you now do a coopartion with Forgotten Weapons, I dedicate my life to you!
"wankdorf"
Twinned with Littlehampton
It's where the Stande de Suisse stands, home stadium to to local football team "BSC Young Boys". So it is in Wankdorf that the young boys play with their balls...
Isn't dorf means town tho?
Wanktown
@J Thorsson my bad, wankvillage then
@J Thorsson aye aye captain!
"why should anyone go to Switzerland?"
"Dignitas" - Me
Space In A Space For the Nazi gold maybe ?
".....first ever shot with a proper rifle"
I love that feeling :3. Happy for you
In the next episode, Lindybeige takes to the Skies in a real two seat Spitfire where he will attempt to shoot down a Staffel of Seagulls on a deadly "bombing" mission!
What type of target system is that!? That's awesome that you get instant feedback of where your hits are.
Blank Reg It's actually quite old. Most ranges here have now monitors which show the target and where exactly you hit
I wish we had those in the States, I’ve been shooting for decades & never seen one.
Done With It there is one at the CMP range in Talledega, AL. Its super neat
I am a bit late, but for 300m, or big bore, we use SIUS or Polytronic systems... One system cost about 20'000 swiss francs... so like 20'100 dollars, if the delivery is as easy as in switzerland...
You should do more collaborations with Bloke On The Range. Have a competition to compare your britishness
Wow I’m really American because when I saw the title I jolted back in shock
For anyone dissing freedom and other things compared to america about right to bear arms I am just going to say in switzerland there is mandatory military service. After your service are you required by law to keep your service Rifle. I don't know about you but after leaving grade school to a Free place to live and having all my needs provided for where I get trained in combat and any other number of skills whilst being paid and then after I leave I can start my life and they let me keep the rifle they gave me sounds like a pretty good deal considering you have a VERY small chance of actually being put into a war. conscription sounds like the best thing ever for someone just getting out of high school(if you live in switzerland at least).
"After your service are you required by law to keep your service Rifle."
I'am swiss, i was in the swiss army and i can tell you one thing. This claim is bullshit. There is no such law. Never was.
It's possible to keep the service rifle at the end of the mandatory service, yes. But there isn't any requirement to do so. Actually if you want to keep it, you have to have a firearms permit which you have to pay for to get one and you have to do a more or less symbolic payment of about 100$ to the army and they will convert the service rifle to semi auto only. The other option is to simply give it back to the army with all the other equipment which about 75% of the retiring soldiers actually do.
you dont have to do service.... you can just pay 5% more taxes instead
also you neither keep your gun or any ammo
grimli16 You can keep your gun
Cliff S Switzerland does not have a professional army. Military service is mostly training and occasionally the support of civilian institutions. Often soldiers also guard embassies. Many people, also a lot of soldiers, doubt the necessity of having an army. But until now every votation ended in favour of the army
Why is there mandatory service if they're going to declare neutrality anyway
I wonder how many times the house at the top of the backstop has had rounds accidentally put into it.
AKlover probably too many
Knowing the Swiss and their safety thinking I would guess none.
hey, if anyone wants a cheap property in the foothills of the Swiss Alps, they know where to go.
I bet a couple of those rounds went through somebody's fridge in that house - and that's how the Swiss cheese came to existence....
Filip Skotnica this comment is brilliant!
So glad you brought this in to your channel. Visit Arizona and we'll take you shooting.
I've been shooting sense I was six years old and that's impressive for a first time shooter. Yes, I'm an American.
Well he does have some experience with the mechanics of aiming I think he said he used air rifles.
@@dannygjk That explains a lot then. Shooting air rifles (the professional match-grade type) will teach you a good trigger pull. Some people even go as far to say you should start with an air rifle or pistol before you ever shoot firearms because the airguns are very unforgiving of a bad trigger pull. And they also don't recoil, so it's like dry-fire training.
@@maximilianmustermann5763 Yeah my attitude is it's better than nothing.
Wow, Lindybeige drove a tank before he shot a rifle? Only in Europe.
Even worse, he can drive a tank in Britain. but had to go to Switzerland to shoot a full bore rifle!!
Probably didn't have to but it was Switzerland he was invited too.
You can own and fire full bore rifles in england, you just have to prove you're not mental and have a reason.
Yes, and it's only in the US that people would be surprised at the authorities rating a fully functioning bolt-action more dangerous than a tank that shoots bloody ping pong balls...
Does "entertain the masses" constitutes as a good reason? :D
Wankdorf. Lol. HE SAID DORF LOL
This reminds me of rwby chibi
Well he pronouced it right!!
Too often i heard "Derf"
lian hector woosh
I'm moving from the UK to Switzerland for a year as a placement from my university since I'm doing French as a part of my degree so I'm pretty excited! After watching this I want to shoot everything when I'm there.
Everything non-living.
And not other people's property.
Just targets then I guess. Yeah.
JamesTavRule go varmint hunting dude
Watching you learn all the ins and outs of shooting and trigger pressure brought me back to my young days of my dad teaching me. Love your videos!
outstanding shooting. now we need a video of you shooting a SMLE
Interesting, did you bring the rifle home as you did with the tank?
Most probable.
"...the standard Swiss service rifle used in WWII..."
Except they didn't really use it all that much did they? Being neutral and all...
Hiraghm They did mobilize and stood ready.
Its kinda impressive for them to improve this rifle from time to time..even if they didn't use them..
and of course, ww2..heh
They had half a million men armed, trained and just waiting for the signal to unleash hell on any invader.
Somebody had to protect all that nazi gold in the banks.
they did actually. switzerland in WW2 took the term "armed neutrality" very literally and was pretty agressive in response to any kind of intrusion of it's territory. for example, the swiss airforce shot down several planes violating it's airspace, both allied and axis, and there were several skirmishes between swiss and german troops on the border.
living in Switzerland and after 1 year of military service and its ridiculously strict laws when it comes to shooting, i can not believe a range like this with a house so near exists in Switzerland
Nice shot lindybeige.
As an American I am shocked that they put those targets in the direction of that house.
You don't have to be American for that. This seems very dangerous to me.
nah its fine
dont shoot the windows or granny comes down and handels your ass with a slipper
Yeah, back in Murcia it would be, let's say, non Americans
Difference is Europeans are not pussies
Nationality has nothing to do with common sense.
lol your first two shots I was saying, "move your thumb... move your *thumb*!"
Anyone who's fired a Garand learns quickly to move the thumb aside...
Hiraghm but M1 Gerand is semi he was fireimg was a bolt action
"straight-pull action"
zer0 It's a straight pull bolt but it's still bolt action
Call me old fashioned but I would NOT like to live in one of those properties beind the targets
What a lovely day nice view out the windo-
Bang person misses target your dead
Imagine sitting down for breakfast and a bullet ricochets off your toaster and hits your favourite mug
@@qualitycroissant9322 "Bugger, silly sods hit my best mug, and dented the toaster!"
Leans out of window "I'LL 'AVEE! Y'BLEDDY GATE BASTARD!"
@@jackpemberthy3948 lol!!
In Switzerland we hit our Targets.
HOLY SHIT! Baby-eating statues!
Bloody Hell they gave him a gun!!! When will they learn?!
The Nerdy Lad They had to get him out of that tank somehow, you know.
I imagine the airport customs who lost his luggage getting "I'll be back with my tank!" as Loyd left.
"Right now I'm aiming at a guy's house ..." - Imagine how many windows were broken like that ...
Probably not many. The fact that they don't need so much protection speaks volumes of how good the Swiss are at basic firearm safety - or how much they trust each other.
@@buckplug2423 And if they hit the house the house owner will come along and yodel them to death
By the time the gun kicks, the bullet is already 4-6 inches out of the barrel. So it isn't being affected by the barrel anymore. Nice shooting for your first time!
Has medieval arsenal in garage, never fired a rifle
Efe AKMAN He must have fired different kinds of "less proper" rifles many times before because on his second try, and the first try with the sights adjusted, he misses a target by only 3.5 cm at a very far distance.
Also he's using some amazing wights from a bench rest position
well most guns arent medieval...
Britain. *shrugs*
Lindybeige is turning into Simo Häyhä.
Yeah, the greatest Sniper of all time.
Need to train on a submachine gun for that.
Simo was definitely finnish
Give the man his stock SAKO Mosin Nagant M/28-30.
Right after his first shot, he started talking Finnish.
Is no one going to mention that there are buildings literally right behind the target line? I'm not sure if the regulations for target ranges are different there. Though that evokes nothing but abject terror in me.
It's quite simple. There are well-defined standards for the "cone of fire" (google for the British Army's JSP403, Range Construction Guidelines, available as a free PDF online). You decide what positions you want to certify the range for and have a cone coming out of your muzzle of a specified angle (larger if you want to shoot standing since more error is assumed, smaller for prone). You then extend that cone out to the appropriate distance and anything inside the circle needs to be clear.
The house is evidently outside the cone of fire. This is not surprising - target shooters are not expected to leave the target (Lloyd's first shot as a total novice was a 5 - so comfortably "on target"). One range I shoot on has fines for missing the target and marking the concrete safety wall. Only one person has hit the concrete in the last 5 years and that was a mechanical fault.
It's a hell of a lot safer than a lot of (not all) US shooting (shooting off into the desert, or the idea that you need to wear high-vis when hunting to avoid shooting other people - whatever happened to positively identifying your target before firing?)
That makes sense I suppose and I see your point, I shoot competitively here in the US and am familiar with cones of fire and range safety procedures, though when it comes to building target ranges I think a redundancy when it comes to safety makes sense. I don't think it would've been too complicated to construct a range without any structures immediately behind it and considering the mountains depicted all around you wouldn't have to put much effort into constructing a burm to catch any stray rounds. Regardless of the experience of the shooters and range safety officers, accidental discharges, ricochets and the occasional blunders of an idiot are a somewhat regular hazard of the sport and I think should be to a certain extend counterbalanced in the construction of the facility.
As for wearing bright orange clothing when hunting. I couldn't agree more, the hunter safety courses (at least in my area, Eastern North Carolina) are pathetic. Many people choose to pay a lump sum fee for their children's lifetime Hunting & Fishing licenses when they are very young (as it is significantly cheaper) and at that age the children are very probably uninterested in the already simplified course. After completion, there are often little to no requirements for renewal. It definitely needs work.
incoming fire and ricochets are always, random, and have the right of way.
If you have incoming fire on your shooting range you've got serious issues.
+R Hemmers Buddy, are you serious?
"a lot safer than a lot of US shooting"
I'm sorry but I'm going to be frank with you. Bullcrap. This sort of thing would never fly in the United States. "cone of fire" my ass. What about misfires? My grandfather always taught me when handling a rifle you should be aware of any and all structures within, at the very, very least, a mile away from the direction you are pointing, and have a large backstop. Every range I've been to has usually been into the side of a mountain, with certainly no buildings DIRECTLY above the range!
And what are you even on about with the high-vis clothing? Target identification is the whole dang point of it, you want to make it easier on everyone. You aren't going to see whitetail deer wearing bright orange are you?
I watched a video similar to this in hunter's safety course years ago. ua-cam.com/video/GIgJ9D5777s/v-deo.html
Some of the situations seem silly and obvious, however the situation at 3:12 may not be as obvious in real life as it is in this video. While totally camouflaged at a distance this hunter in the tree stand may go unobserved, even if the other hunter checks the background of his target. Wit ha single high-vis band it would become much easier.
Congrats. You now have done what every Texas kid does by age 7.
But in all seriousness very glad you have the experience. It’s a sand you’re not more free to do so in your own county.
So all Lindy's war wisdom has been grade A LARPing until this day.
Baron Von Grijffenbourg Nope, it isn't LARPing if you're ending the life of a live aper target with a real family and everything.
'war wisdom'. Implying that you need to shoot a gun to have 'war wisdom'. What a joke you are.
You can know a lot about history, tactics and warfare without touching a weapon you know... It's called reading. You should try it.
@Baron Von Grijffenbourg. Oh man... you're one of those people who think LARPING and HEMA are the same thing too, aren't you?
Baron Von Grijffenbourg its practice for shooting live targets ;)
Yay, Switzerland!
Lukas Schweizer Hallo us züri
Hoi vo Winti!
Lukas Schweizer nice countryside you got there 👀
Yeah, you know it's actually kinda weird, I feel uneasy if I don't see mountains on the horizon...
Lukas Schweizer that's ye olde Agoraohobia (before it was conflated with social anxiety); Unease in open spaces.
Wow, that's not bad for your first time shooting! Respect!
Fred Dummimhirn yeah at 300 yards he did damn good,
Fred Dummimhirn well those rifles are super sighted in to so
Beutiful rifle! Love the K31's straight pull action. I never had the chance to take one for a spin at the range, but I've been very intrigued.
Great video even more amazing view o.O !! Can't wait to see the rest of your adventure!
Why don't we have ranges like these in the USA? damn that's nice
yes we do...
Because I only shoot for free at my shooting spot deep in the woods
I been to one similar in Virginia that was a boy scout summer camp
But i bet there is no house above.
What exactly is nice about shooting towards a house? That is madness.
The target system is pretty awesome. The house directly behind and above the targets not so much.
GeoFry3 yes a mix of genius and stupidity, Switzerland in a nutshell.
Heimat Europa From personal expirience with the now standard issue sig 550 it is pretty much impossible to miss by that much unless extremly carless. Eg. release the seafty to early, putting a finger in the trigger before beeing on the target and ready.
Im more surprised that they just let him shoot like that. Bloke must be known there and a pretty expirienced shooter otherwise they would not have let him shoot with lindy.
Honestly if you can get the hang of shooting an air rifle accurately switching to a firearm is easier to learn.
Gun powder is more consistent than compressed air so the shots tend to be more predictable.
Switzerland is a good place to learn but I grew up in Texas so it's common place here.
"That's our target.. And if you miss a little bit... That's somebody's house." Best line ever