Bloke Does The 300m Feldschiessen 2023 With A Swiss K31 Kar.31 Karabiner 31 (Not A Schmidt-Rubin)

[@Schafbaron]

Sehr gut geschossen, tolles Video.

[@upscaleshack]

Great shooting, Bloke! I love the scenes of Swiss folks on bicycles with rifles slung on their backs. Also, that electronic target system is fantastic. I grew up firing a group, running down range to check and mark the target, firing another group, rinse and repeat.

[@domovie1]

If only we could ride to our range days on a bike, in shorts!

[@jeromezurich6346]

Very nice 66🎉

[@atcdoktor5536]

I appreciate you taking the time to video these types of shoots. I find it extremely interesting and informative.

[@roseybut]

Excellent. I love the way the Swiss do shooting stuff. You've also reignited my hankering for a K31.

[@radieschen79]

I have one of these K31 from my grandfather who was a radio operator (Funker) during WW2, wonder if the old dame is still functional.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

Those were tight groups shot on all the sets. Nice work.

[@login9175]

Bloody good shooting bloke, once again you stuffed my score(61)😂

[@mus1970]

Well done! Looks like an excellent competition. Hope you and Blokelette enjoyed lunch after your achievement (medal and all!), looking forward to the report of Finals Day!

[@petesheppard1709]

It never hurts to go back to fundamentals, and precision slow-fire also has its own challenges.

[@CasparMinning]

Mooi resultaat, gefeliciteerd

[@BlokeontheRange]

Dank je wel!

[@porterrockwell5287]

Great shooting!

[@genegerhiser6131]

I like shooting a 6 o'clock hold when shooting slow prone with irons. You just have to make sure your zero is solid, but seeing the top of the front sight touch the bottom of the aiming black, my eyes see that way better than shooting a center hold.

[@lwrii1912]

I enjoy watching your videos.

[@johnhaylett3643]

nice vid mike . got an idea for for another one for you ,how about you and chap doing a comparison between 7.5 swiss and 7.5 french , not the guns but the cartridges because i bet there are some people out there that dont realise they are different [ pos even get ian in on it to]

[@DireWolf28]

Cool stuff, in Ontario Canada there is a group of Swiss expats who have an arrangement with the Ontario Rifle Association to shoot the annual competitions at a Canadian military range. I’ve been meaning to check it out with my k31 but haven’t had the chance yet

[@nilsherloff-petersen249]

My K31 is also a 1947 as far as I could ascertain. I’ve added a slip-on butt pad and a Vortex 2-7 power “Scout” telescopic sight.. Sacrilege I know, but a more modern and cost effective alternative to a very pricey target sight. My local club range is indoors and “only” 100m, but outdoors and further is extremely scarce in Belgium. I’m inspired to give the old dame an outing again soon!

[@kit6580]

Sure it is nice, but it is not allowed for this type of Tir fédéral.

[@aries_9130]

Very cool!

[@guyplachy9688]

Love the people riding around on bicycles with slung rifles - so WW2😁- I wish that could happen anywhere without people freaking out.😕

[@emiu9544]

Next year you have to come to Rechthalten. It won't be on a normal range like in Aarberg but rather on the field. This year it was in Ueberstorf and it was great!

[@crono331]

Thats how a FS should be. In a field.

[@pmgn8444]

Nice shooting Bloke! And thank you Bloke-lette for the camera work and for putting up with your crazy dad!

[@Chlorate299]

Nice shooting, Bloke. It'll be interesting to see how you do in the final, I wonder what the proportion of wooden to metal and plastic rifles is.

[@REXOB9]

Love the Swiss love of shooting.

[@jamesharrison2374]

Great video, never got to go to a field shoot, I did get to attend multiple team shoots from 89-97, and moved to the US in 98. I have made it back to Solothurn a few years back and got to shoot an afternoon in the club. In the beginning I mainly shot the Stgw57, and started using only the stgw90 around 1995 for the Thun shoot. I also participated in the 50 meter pistol with my GSP, and did have for a while a 210-4. Would love to be able to show up with my K-31 for a shoot. I do use my champion glasses, but have not changed the lens since mid 90’s. I have slowly made it to 60’s so not what I use to be in shooting.

[@mikesmithg0rfd356]

thank you

[@Morgartenn]

What was the process to get your livret de tir or le livret de performances militaires for those who did their service outside CH but now reside in CH and participate in Le tir fédéral en campagne? Thank you.

[@BlokeontheRange]

If you do an official range officer course for the federal out of service shooting programme, you get a Militärischer Leistungsausweis issued to you.

[@BlokeontheRange]

But you don't need that to participate.

[@EddieBlueHalen]

Our club in the USA is affiliated with the SSV. I shot the 50m pistol feldschiessen on 6/3 with a P210 and scored a 66!

[@EddieBlueHalen]

Shot the 300m and qualified in my old age class 🎉 🏅

[@marcelhorisberger9256]

Great video. Äs het mir grad a chli heiweh gmacht.

[@onpsxmember]

All the best for the finals! Good shooting. It's really nice to see that they immediately tried to help you out with the 1 minute if it wasn't intentional. If you can film the final, we'll watch.

[@elbowomar2430]

Well done 👍

[@Blackstone9x19]

Nice shooting. I didn't do so well this time, 59 on the Stgw90. Still gets a Kranz though I think!

[@crono331]

Above 54 you do get the Kranz

[@radieschen79]

Wow, Bloke's shooting skills are as great as his Swiss German is! 😄 I have one of these K31 from my grandfather who was a radio operator (Funker) during WW2, wonder if the old dame is still functional.

[@CandidZulu]

Men on bicycles with rifles on their back is a nice sight I think, It's what Europe should be like!

[@Armored_Muskrat]

Indeed, it just seems to fit perfectly.

[@Slithermotion]

It should but I think it's only a swiss thing. When I was younger I also cycled with rifle on the back and took a break. Talked to a dutch group who was on vacation and they asked me why I had a rifle on the back. I think they were a bit scared because it's not something you see in a lot of places.

[@peterlovett5841]

Very nice shooting and must agree about bipods. Senseless things.

[@madd-mattmitchell917]

Damn, Bloke. That's some good shootin' guy!

[@user-zk8tg8ko1u]

Thank You for such nice video. I kinda envy that we dont have competition like that in Czech Republic, even we have also favour in guns. But anyway, congratulation to your succes and I wish you luck with final competition!

[@dawsonschmidt3714]

Keep up the good work. Good to see my brothers and sisters improving their skills. Long live freedom!

[@michaelwhite9199]

It awesome to see people riding bicycles with rifles slung on their backs.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Bloke, I agree with you!!! Prone unsupported needs to be a skill that shooters are required to compete in. There can be an additional class of prone supported. But both need to be tested. Additionally off hand and kneeling are both that should be required.

[@swingtheding3004]

Legend! That's my chappy chap🎉

[@muttomaki1]

Everytime I hear your opening song I think its a new great RHCP song.

[@treyriver5676]

My preferred style.of shooting., good job

[@KlLLER6]

you were better than me with my stgw 90. I only got 61. those groups are amazing, I'll definitely try out what you said about aiming at the bottom part I usually aim right at that shoulder line as reference.

[@g54b95]

I love it that people are just pedalling off on their bicycles with a rifle slung over their backs.

[@maxmoore9955]

How Rifles should be used on a shooting Range. I've never had anything to do with Shooting, but I can see the appeal of it ,Done correctly.

[@donallen8414]

Great shooting and interesting to watch for former members of the Swiss Army 👍 Having done the same many times, I have two suggestions: 1. Dress with less next time. High body temperature and good target shooting never go well together. 2. Get new glasses and they should be for long distance only. It really helps as I know from my own experience. We look forward to an even better result next time 😊

[@jackusmc2542]

Nice shooting, Mike.

[@gregoribucher5852]

Really well done. I actually shoot the Feldschiessen at the same shooting range (Aarberg Mühlau) 👍🏻

[@ralphwatten2426]

Nice shootin' Bloke. I was wondering if you were shooting with a front post but question answered. Good luck for tomorrow.

[@FBDuff]

I really enjoy these shooting videos!

[@SwitosVideo]

Very impressive! I only shot 62 this year and that using a stgw57.

[@crono331]

If unmodified a great score

[@henryganzer4685]

nice result 😎👍 congratulation for that. i was with the gewehr 96/11. in the training series before the match i get results in the sixties like 62...64 but in the match i totally failed

[@thebotrchap]

Sums up my performance this year with my IG11 too. I got the deaded limbo score of 56, just enough for a honorable mention and 1 point short of the medal. Got the pistol one though 🙂

[@henryganzer4685]

@@thebotrchap interesting, it seems this year is not the "year of the long guns"

[@thebotrchap]

@@henryganzer4685 I also made a forced error since I was only free to shoot very early in the morning so I had the sun fully on that dastaldy low res target. None of my colour filters significantly improved things either.

[@henryganzer4685]

@@thebotrchap i also was in the morning and i had the feeling the view conditions are bad for me. i have no other excuses 🙂. i have an old diopter sight without filters. maybe i will replace it if i can find one for a good price. over the time it turns out that i prefer this LG 96/11 over the K31.

[@simonjones6128]

I enjoyed it you enjoy a few beers

[@Braun30]

The panting noise from the microphone reminds me when we played the part of troops embarked on the Piranha prototype in 1979 in Chur. They took a bunch of us out to don various outfits and do the scenes of rushing out of the vomit wagon. One scene had us dressed in very threatening black outfits and bearing some fancy weaponry, all while talking to each other with radios activated by noise, that meant that after running out of the vehicle and rushing to the buildings we were supposed to secure, the panting noise made one believe there was some sort of orgy going on..

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Thank you Bloke and Blokelette. Well done for going hardcore and not shooting off a rest or bipod. I thought your rifle was very quiet until I realised you were taking some dry shots to warm up and settle in!!! Question - do you wear special glasses for shooting or just your everyday ones?

[@BlokeontheRange]

Everyday glasses

[@johnhansen1684]

Have you ever looked at landsskytterstevnet in norway? I think it looks a bit like the shooting in switzerland

[@jerichooo271]

I concur with the opinions on the newly allowed bypods for the karabiner. Although I was pleased to see more people using 31s, didn't see anyone else shooting sling supported besides me... I can't help but see it as a bit "cheaty" but alas ... Congrats on the 66, got a "mere" 62 on my end.

[@jadedengineer]

K31 standard stock setup isn’t as conducive to sling shooting. Curious how he set his up to minimize changes to barrel pressure and impact due to forces on the sling.

[@BlokeontheRange]

It's absolutely fine as an arrangement. There's no magic to it other than keeping the sling tension as well as everything else constant, which for me means having the sling as high up on my arm as possible, and if you watch how I settle into position with each shot, that's also having the same effect.

[@88porpoise]

I was wondering if the allowance of bipods may be due to aging demographics of those who use the bolt action rifles. I don't have any data, but I would assume that they are more popular among the older people who grew up with them while the younger people probably gravitate towards the newer rifles.

[@BlokeontheRange]

It is indeed due to the aging demographics, plus the fact that the other rifles you're allowed to use both have bipods. In my early 40's I'm unusually young in preferring a Karabiner to a Stgw 90.

[@crono331]

​@88porpoise veterans could already use support with the karabiner. For me was unfair that shooters could heavily mod the 57 to the point that just the receiver was original, but almost no mods for the k31. Even the 90 now can fit a ringkorn. Anyway, a bipod on a k31 wont make it much easier for the feldschiessen.

[@cheesenoodles8316]

Excellent. 300 meters is good test for a military rifle. A fun challenge. GP11?

[@BlokeontheRange]

Of course. Paid for by the feds.

[@crono331]

​@@BlokeontheRangethats over too unfortunately. Price of gp11 will go up a lot

[@thatsquidwardfeel5567]

Gratuliere! Good shooting!

[@snuups]

I got my medal to this year. Feldschiessen was great fun again.

[@Elianebrunner123]

Auch aus der Schweiz 🇨🇭 habe 2024 mein erstes feldschiessen gemacht generell das erste Jahr geschossen und einen Kranz gemacht.❤😅😊 bin stolz auf misch😅😊

[@dieHoelzer]

damn dude, now i really wished i would have taken my newly aquired stgw57 there, but i fear i missed it :( but while that's a shame, visiting my local 300m club on their training day is now definitely on my to do list for this summer.

[@myparceltape1169]

Enjoy being there and shoot well.

[@dieHoelzer]

​@@myparceltape1169 thanks, will do, maybe i'm a bit rusty. also, i never shot a stgw57 expect for one time full auto

[@thatsquidwardfeel5567]

You can still shoot the Feldschiessen until August 31st by the way.

[@celsoshimomura2669]

Well done! 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@973poupou]

Purée, mais il tir drôlement bien ce Bloke !

[@jonasbaeckman9833]

Feldschiessen Final? Is that somthing special in Canton Berne?

[@BlokeontheRange]

Something special at that club it seems!

[@RobinRobertsesq]

I gave my K31 to my godson. I miss it.

[@kamilpiekarczyk3566]

Have you been shoting in Bargen/Aarberg? This shotting range looks very familiar to me.

[@BlokeontheRange]

That's Aarberg indeed.

[@DanH34]

Swiss German sounds SO INCREDIBLY WEIRD!

[@BlokeontheRange]

Imagine lazy German with a bunch of standard changes to certain sounds, no genetive, no preterite (or anything derived therefrom), lots of Konjunktiv 2, and lots of local words and colour, and that's basically it!

[@DanH34]

@@BlokeontheRange No genitive or preterite? I can't even begin to imagine German without them. Okay, then; Swiss German is even more incredibly weird than it sounds!

[@BlokeontheRange]

Possessive dative only, with common use of a construction that's hardly, if ever, used in standard German (em Bueb sis Ding = Dem Junge sein Ding), and only the perfect form of the past tense, but sometimes Konjunktiv 2 is used as a quasi-preterite, sort of...

[@MrSam1er]

It is easier to learn than german, if you never tried to learn either of them.

[@BlokeontheRange]

Yup, agreed. There's less grammar going on and such variety in dialects that if you make a mistake it's probably OK in one of them (plus people are used to hearing a wide variety spoken so are flexible in understanding)

[@kevlarandchrome]

Nicely shot, especially with an out of date spectacles prescription.

[@JosipRadnik1]

Unfortunately I was abroad this year so I could not participate that time 😐

[@3of11]

similar spirit to the CMP Vintage rifle (mostly M1 garands) discipline in the states. Just wish we had that snazzy electric scoring system. Completely ridiculous how many ranges in the states are still paper and pits.

[@mati79zg]

impressive!

[@Nicolidas]

Nice ! I also had the medal with my fass 90 👌🏻 Do you shoot full center or at 6 oclock ?

[@BlokeontheRange]

As I said in the video, I aim at the bottom of the camo part of the target. Congrats on your medal!

[@wrxs1781]

Well done Bloke, and much enjoyed. I prefer this type of video to the action productions, for open sights and sling hold @ 300m, you did very well. Can you bring your own ammunition or is it issued, for shooter uniformity?

[@thebotrchap]

For Feldschiessen and Obligatorisch you must use the ammunition provided free of charge by the Feds.

[@rslover65]

I'd love to shoot a Swiss 300m match, although I might need someone to translate range commands.

[@Willindor]

14:37 Now I gotta pay attention to your glasses every video to see when you have replaced them

[@DRNewcomb]

I enjoy the mumbling. Are you not allowed a shooting mitt/glove in this type of competition?

[@BlokeontheRange]

You are, but I haven't been using one this year.

[@petercollingwood522]

I do in fact prefer this kind of shooting to the "action" stuff. I agree with you about tradition etc. A bipod? Why not just convert it to a space gun and clamp the damn thing in a benchrest? Bah humbug! Actually to keep it real I think it should be stock standard as issued, no mods whatever. Including the fancey stock extension thing. Well done though. That was an awesome result.

[@bassbyrdtx]

dang that's good shooting! I'm not sure I could see the target at 300m, much less hit it.

[@Schwarztee87]

Wow thats nice Bloke, i don`t know that you can speak swiss-german😀

[@quinnbremes621]

I was also surprised!

[@markpileggi643]

Awesome shooting! With my old eyes I cannot shoot Iron Sights that far anymore. Bipods? There is no bipods in Feldschiessen!!

[@zhint9355]

i will keep my sg90 but i would love to gave a k31. theres just something with rifles of that era. also i would love to shoot an m1 garand or lee enfield.

[@gabemando7823]

Throwback

[@chrisj683]

To the final point at 15:46 I think even the shooting jacket is too far for traditional shooting.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Gut geschossen.

[@3isr3g3n]

Guat gschossa!

[@BlokeontheRange]

Merci vieumau!

[@HeiniSauerkraut]

Glückwunsch, good shooting! A bipod is a little too much says the man with the shooting jacket. 😉

[@johnstacy7902]

Looking forward to seeing guys zapped by the electric fence

[@stesa39]

C est du T A R en Suisse,c est quelle marque le systeme ciblerie electronique?

[@BlokeontheRange]

SIUS Ascor je pense, mais je n'en suis pas sûr à ce stand-là.

[@brunovonallmen6722]

Gratuliere Alter, super gschosse...... 😅

[@gunsnslings]

Hi Bloke, do you think oiling the bullet makes a difference for GP11 accuracy?

[@BlokeontheRange]

I have never seen anyone oiling the bullet.

[@3of11]

how big is that "4" ring?

[@BlokeontheRange]

20cm = 2.3 MOA, I think I put that as text in the video

[@3of11]

@@BlokeontheRange jeez thats tight. 10-ring on a SR target is 7" at 200 yds (3.5 moa)

[@oldmanSturzl]

I'm curious about your bolt handle. I hadn't noticed it in any previous videos. Is it an allowed alteration? Must be. MY K31 is a '39 with a diopter from St. Marie's in Kalispell, MT. Not fancy but it can shoot better than I'm currently capable. Our club shot the field match on May 21st but I missed it. First missed match since joining in 2020. We're only allowed the old wooden rifles in the states due to import laws and such. Looking forward to the addendum! For now, 66 is the score I have to beat. I've been target shooting my whole life but this is the first formal competing I've ever done and I'm really enjoying it! Maybe I'll see you at Schützenfest in 2025. I'd gladly welcome you to our club if you're ever in the area. Our facility isn't the fanciest but we can boast that we have electronic targets on our 300m!

[@BlokeontheRange]

Yup, it's an allowed modification (otherwise it wouldn't be on there), made by Wyss.

[@Braun30]

Problem is that only the GP90 is subsidised, many of the 7.5mm weapons will slowly disappear from the Fäldschiesse. Sad about this choice and think I also will take my K31 out of the safe and try my hand on it, military standard as issued to my dad in 1951.

[@BlokeontheRange]

That decision has been overturned. GP11 price remains unchanged.

[@Braun30]

@@BlokeontheRange nice to hear. I had the habit of doing the FS and OS the same day. Usually using my Fass90 for the OS and either my old Fass57 or my dad's K31, alternatively my father in law's, for the FS.

[@80spodcastchannel]

german cracks me up... I was like why do they call it field sh*tting

[@eddx5758]

Do you have to live in Switzerland for 10 to 20 years before you can get your license?

[@BlokeontheRange]

No.

[@eddx5758]

@@BlokeontheRange sounds good 👍🏻

[@alexeywulph7389]

Bin selbst recht überrascht wie gut ich die Anweisungen von der Standaufsicht als nicht-Schweizer auditiv folgen konnte, auch wenn ich merke, dass wenn ich mich nicht genaustens darauf konzentriere, die Sätze für mich in einem Zug verschwimmen... und dabei ist der Bayrisch-angehauchte Dialekt hier nicht viel anders! Gibts von deiner Seite Schwierigkeiten, all jene unterschiedliche Dialekte der angrenzenden Kantons zu verstehen? Mir selbst fällt es als Oberösterreicher hier der Tiroler und besonders der Vorarlberger schon schwer...

[@BlokeontheRange]

Bei den Oberwalliser und alten Menschen aus den Bergen habe ich ja Schwierigkeiten...

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

Die schlechte Qualität über den Lautsprecher machen die Sache natürlich extra schwer. Aber als Schwabe mit Verwandten im alemannisch-schwäbischen Sprachraum kann ich den Schweizern meistens ganz gut folgen. Die Grammatik und der Satzbau sind fast gleich, nur die Aussprache ist anders.

[@myparceltape1169]

​@@BlokeontheRange I have had difficulty understanding farmers 50 miles south of here and highlanders 100 miles north of here but I know they are both speaking English.

[@zoiders]

If you get a really bad score do you get a kick up the arse?

[@BlokeontheRange]

From myself, yes indeed!

[@andiwinzi3853]

Es ist erst bei Regen und Wind schwer 🤣

[@crono331]

Re bipod. I find more sportmanshiplike a bipod than the fancy and expensive jackets with slings and stuff. In a war you will sure find a rock to rest the rifle on to shoot at the enemy. I sort of doubt you will be wearing jacket, special glasses and so on 😂 And btw i shot with the zweibeinstutze and it aint easier at all in schnellfeuer as you need to readjust the rifle after every shot. Tried sling alone, forgetaboutit

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

I hear Germans talking at 6:54 - is the Feldschiessen open to foreign competitors? Or do you have to have an address in Switzerland? Or a Swiss passport?

[@BlokeontheRange]

I think that non-residents can compete but have to pay their own ammo these days. They insist on your Swiss social security number now on the scoresheet.

[@armorer94]

"Feldschiessen" Careful how you pronounce that.😉

[@Tarquin21723]

Man, Swiss German sounds so freaking weird.