by James Downey | Sep 4, 2020 | 6.5 Swedish, 6.5x55 Swedish, 7.5x55 Swiss, ballistics, Discussion., Forgotten Weapons, historic rifles, reviews, Schmidt-Rubin Model 1911, Swedish Ag m/42B, Swedish Automatgevär m/42B, technology, testing, YouTube
Two last battle rifles today: the Swedish Ag m/42B in 6.5×55 and the Swiss Schmidt-Rubin Model 1911 rifle. Swedish Ag m/42B in 6.5×55 Swedish Automatgevär m/42 We should have done our homework on this. Why? Because we had no idea about how to operate it....
by James Downey | Aug 31, 2020 | .30-06, .303, ballistics, Discussion., historic rifles, Krag-Jørgensen Rifle, Lee-Enfield, M1903 Springfield, Martini-Henry, reviews, SMLE, technology, testing, YouTube
You can probably guess which ones I mean. Yeah, that’s how big of an impact they had on history. The M1903 Springfield and the Lee-Enfield (specifically, the SMLE No.1 Mk III). Both bolt-action guns (actually, both derived from the G98 Mauser design). Both...
by James Downey | Aug 30, 2020 | ballistics, Discussion., historic rifles, Krag-Jørgensen Rifle, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
Man, I’m happy that I took a lot of images last weekend when we shot these rifles. OK, as I’ve noted, I’m not really a “rifle guy”. And especially not a “historic rifle guy”. Oh, I can generally ID most of the major designs in...
by James Downey | Aug 29, 2020 | .45 Colt, Discussion., historic rifles, Remington Rolling Block Rifle, reviews, Spencer Repeating Rifle, Springfield Model 1873, technology, testing, Trapdoor Springfield, Winchester Model 1885, YouTube
As part of our historical rifle weekend, we shot 4 different reproduction rifles all dating to the latter part of the 19th century. In rough chronological order, these were the Spencer Repeating Rifle, the Remington Rolling Block Rifle, the Springfield Model 1873, and...
by James Downey | Aug 27, 2020 | .577 Snider-Enfield, black powder, Discussion., historic rifles, Martini-Henry, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
“OK, the Snider was fun. Let’s shoot that Martini-Rossi.” “Martini & Rossi is a booze brand, dumbass. The rifle is a Martini-Henry.” “Er … right.” * * * OK, I’m not saying that actually happened. But I will...
by James Downey | Aug 26, 2020 | .577 Snider-Enfield, black powder, Discussion., historic rifles, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
Recently the BBTI crew got together to shoot some historic rifles. I’m not going to go into a lot of the details about each rifle, since there is plenty of information available about each online. But I thought I would share a few pics, some video, and my...
