Finnish Brutality 2021: The Winter War, Bloke & Chap's Stages

[@Gordons1888]

Bloke looked straight out of Dads army, I loved it, 100% out of his element

[@tommihommi1]

You make the Lee Enfield look and sound like it's a straight pull

[@CrazyChemistPL]

That's Bloke for you. Depending solely on his mood he is able to make Lee Enfield look and sound like anything between single shot and full auto rifle.

[@Swarm509]

@@CrazyChemistPL A true fully semi automatic bolt action rifle!

[@walkingcontradiction223]

What's with the orange chair? Just an obstacle?

[@slaughterround643]

for them to go around, clearly.

[@geezerp1982]

more like a semi auto !

[@kasperv967]

There's jumping into the deep end, then there's Chap starting out at Winter Brutality. Good show guys!

[@WhitzWolf92]

Nothing like learning to swim above the Mariana Trench.

[@TheEdmond30]

the Chaps kettle bell technique is on fire

[@thebotrchap]

Thanks! Looks better than it felt 😅

[@88porpoise]

@@thebotrchap I suspect the worse it felt the better it looked, after all, no pain no gain.

[@509Gman]

27:18 Jari popping a Ghostbusters reference

[@657449]

I'm 74 and I will leave it to you young studs to have fun.

[@18robsmith]

There should be an extra bonus for hitting the cameraman with the kettle bell....

[@509Gman]

I would have tried to, if they choose to get in my way.

[@88porpoise]

They are there on a business trip which people have paid good money for them to take and the cameraman is doing his job to get good shots. In that circumstance you aren’t going to try to hit the cameraman (or if you would do so you probably would never be invited to such a thing). It also may be one of the guys they spent the trip hanging out with. But they are there to do a job and they equally aren’t going to put effort into not hitting him, if he gets in the way that is his own fault.

[@peregrinatus]

Oh man, this looks like just about the most fun I can imagine,

[@onpsxmember]

Being able to quickly turn around on skis would save you a lot of time as well as leaving the ski stick loops around your wrists. Huge respect doing all that in that clothing. My fingers fall off just looking at it. I'm glad this smaller brutality version could still be held. I hope you both take part in the next one in October too. Looking forward to the other footage.

[@thebotrchap]

The deep snow was not ideal for keeping the poles looped. They are quite long and would stick randomly in the snow.

[@matisseenzer2383]

One can see how important it is to learn to handle all the non-gun parts of the process - slings, skiing, managing poles, etc. take a lot of time.

[@rogerwennstrom6677]

Agreed! But it still shines through Bloke really knows how to shoot! Quick acquisition, and quick loading/reloading.

[@rickchapman3707]

Nice one Chap great fun to watch

[@SSgtCalebP]

On the one hand, bloke on the range is hilariously inept at skiing, but such a beast at the SMLE that he still looks badass!

[@petrusinvictus3603]

Every man is an Ace! I was in the Navy. Spoiled me, good food and white linens to sleep....

[@709badwolf]

this was fun and interesting to watch! special thanks to varusteleka for sponsoring this event! 👍

[@nathanh3688]

The Chap showing zero flinch with the pistol failure to fire. Thanks for the video. Great job Bloke and Chap. I would have accidentally impaled myself on a ski pole about 5 yards into the stage.

[@thebotrchap]

Thanks! I seem to have pressed the mag release when drawing. The mag lowered just enough not to feed when I racked the slide. I blame the gloves 😅

[@stewbacca117]

awww that sucks for Chappie with the just overtime last bonus shot :(, that was an epic effort, good drills sir Nice work powering through despite the injury too bloke :)

[@dave_h_8742]

Well said Sir.

[@AmateurCaptain]

This is my dream to do. I’ve always been fond of the history of the military patrol which debuted at the chamonix winter Olympic in 1924.

[@HauptgefreiterB]

Also known nowadays as Biathlon?

[@OnTheScout]

@@HauptgefreiterB Biathlon needs go back to its roots, or military patrol should be revived. Centerfire, high power, non groomed ski tracks.

[@AmateurCaptain]

@@HauptgefreiterB it developed into biathlon, but they are not the same

[@soldatdemarine4801]

Hello. Thanks for this vidéo. Merci beaucoup 👍 Cordialement.

[@thomassymonds6308]

great content Bloke and Chap! Was really eager to see your performance after watching Ian and Yari.

[@clangerbasher]

I had to have lie down half way through as it looked like so much hard work. :)

[@18robsmith]

I lasted about 30 seconds before I had to lie down - then there was the kettle bell and I just lay down

[@LittleRabbit1138]

This looks like an unreasonable amount of fun!!!

[@slaughterround643]

33:55 love to hear the word "baltic" I love you've never lost the british lingo

[@thatrebeltrooper7306]

The Chap is my spirit animal.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Great job bloke and chap! This looks like a lot of fun. It would be really cool to try this out. That kettle bell one looked brutal but fun.

[@hanktorrance6855]

Mike and Chappie, thank you so much for doing this for us. And doubly so for doing it in period garb and equipment. Seeing what it was like as close as we can, and without the added pressure of someone shooting back....this is such a lesson!

[@jamesbromstead4949]

Cheers... to you Both. As usual, your pain and frustration is our entertainment. Good luck on the next video. Thanks.

[@jasonyama333]

Being from Hawaii, shooting in the snow is very fascinating.

[@sotkahistory4920]

Good job guys! This kind of videos are really nice.

[@frankfisher99]

This looks like bloody hard work.

[@andreritter3828]

Future reference, put the handle of one ski through the wrist loop on the other...

[@ptonpc]

That was great fun to watch, from a nice warm house, with a hot chocolate in hand... Well done to you all :)

[@peternicol3439]

Hopefully there is a video of Chap following Ian around asking if he has any 32 French longue

[@thebotrchap]

Ha, that would have been a funny sketch. I’ll have to keep it in mind another time

[@harrykane3840]

9:13 "Yes, some sort of clever hat camouflage might be in order."

[@primeflux1]

Missed opportunity to have a classic snow tunnelling assault stage.... Good work and welcome to the snow

[@wrxs1781]

Great effort lads, unless you you do these drills on a regular basis it must be challenging.

[@keanur6541]

This looks like so much fun( brutal fun) haha.

[@ThaStrum]

Love how Jari pointed out the muzzle in the beginning but he didint stop the contest since he knew it wasent loaded yet and didint pose a danger for the ppl behind but he reminded the shooter to controll the muzzle towards the right direction. But yeah if you havent skied alot IRL and then suddenly having to pull a gun out i can see how its hard to do it in a "right" way.

[@BlokeontheRange]

He called it out of habit - the 180° doesn't apply in that condition. But a rifle across your back like that isn't easy to manipulate!

[@alun7006]

Well done both! That snow makes everything so much harder.

[@Mikkemeister]

I was cheering for Chappy on that last run, his skiing looked good, but too many snags unfortunately.

[@thebotrchap]

Yeah, ear def fail and accidentally pushing the mag release on the pistol cost me. Dunno why the first target was such a biatch, when the second one I got first time and was actually harder to see 😆 I still reckon I wouldn’t have made a second complete run even if it had all worked out.

[@helveticarms]

Fabulous!

[@peterconnan5631]

Well done gentlemen!

[@herknorth8691]

27:00 Turned into The Ministry of Silly Walks for a minute there.

[@Vivacious_Lenin]

"you can't stop"

[@steamengineshooray]

*Rare footage of British troops invading Norway, 1940 colourised*

[@anthonyross9276]

All that brass lost...nooooo! Lol! Well done gents.

[@petesheppard1709]

It will be there when the snow melts. :p

[@VosperCDN]

This certainly was the deep end for jumping (back) into competitive shooting.

[@GIR9595]

How kind of Finland to provide you a "white screen" to make the thumbnail with!

[@beefcakes27]

I do say old boy, brutality is watching you manage the ski poles...

[@rednecksniper4715]

Nice job I ran my Remote Brutality with my Garand and SVT40 ran it twice have a partially torn rotator cuff fell down a couple times while going prone good job

[@kowalski363]

Loved it

[@hukama6911]

A bloke, a french chap, and a desert-snow man

[@CAPNMAC82]

And, of course, kudos to Msr. le Chap for having to bound through the 45cm snow to record much of this.

[@hermatred572]

The finns have such a great spirit

[@dave_h_8742]

And I'm shure a lot of it was consumed at that lunch they mentioned 😁

[@davidsquall351]

I would probably have a heart attack if I attempted this. Good job guys,looks like fun!!

[@allyreneepenny9447]

Great Video 👌💯

[@MattCellaneous]

The Chap should start a Pickup Artist KZbin channel called "Chap on the Strange". You're welcome.

[@slaughterround643]

manosphere Chap is a nightmarish thought and you're going to hell for it.

[@MorbidMind123]

Fingerless gloves seems like a bold choice to have made.

[@Zorglub1966]

i though yelling was mandatory when throwing the kettlebell

[@not-a-theist8251]

love chaps rifle

[@JDR1971]

Smooth reloads!

[@s-man5647]

20:50 you could see Chap trying to process not working the bolt right after shooting

[@GeorgeousOP]

20:56

[@s-man5647]

@@GeorgeousOP thanks!

[@thebotrchap]

The problem of having no safety 😅

[@criffermaclennan]

That Mas 36 rear sight has a lot to answer for

[@Chasmodius]

It's been probably 20 years since the last time I was on cross-country skis.

[@britishgamer666]

Could you possibly do a video on how to acquire a full-auto firearm in Switzerland? Watching videos like ones about the Bren and MAT-49 got me really interested.

[@thebotrchap]

It depends on where you are in Switzerland. For us in Bern we just apply for a specific exemption permit (exemption because FA guns are forbidden by law, except when you ask nicely). We must also prove that we are able to store the FA gun according the regulations (bolt and gun locked up in separate rooms). That’s it. The caveat is that you need another expensive license every time you want to shoot.

[@britishgamer666]

@@thebotrchap By god, you'd expect to be able to use the gun at you leisure if you've been given permission to own it! Well, it's very interesting either way and very cool. Cheers for the info.

[@Blastmaster1972]

Well done!

[@TheEdmond30]

Perfect timing Gentlemen

[@CrazyChemistPL]

15:01 Slight correction Ian. Never seen again until next spring. Which in Finland may be quite a long time, I presume.

[@youtubeisfacist7673]

The only bore obstruction that will blow up a barrel is a squib load, aka another stuck bullet. Ive seen concrete shot out even low caliber 9mm

[@robertwood8118]

Chappy. Where did you buy that hat.

[@ABCantonese]

I've watched Ian's video already, why am I only thinking about Henry and Josh from 9Hole now??? Referencing the Winter War scenario video they did.

[@bojanmilankovic]

Ian isn't wrong at 29:37 actually. I did a particularly shitty two week arctic exercise with the Canadian Army a number of years ago (Obama was President) and we didn't wear our helmets either and ran around in the arctic white bank robber balaclava we got issued, which was much better. Temperatures were between -45 and -60c. Awful.

[@hscrfc11]

Any info on the skis, did you have to use the same ones? They almost look like asnes mt65 w/ nato 120 bindings. How did the Finns handle the skiing shooting combo (a bit better or a lot better)?

[@BlokeontheRange]

A lot better, cos they'd trained it.

[@hscrfc11]

@@BlokeontheRange A wise man once said practice is tantamount to cheating.

[@88porpoise]

Is there any video of the Finns running this? In particular would love to see people that are experienced at cross country skiing with guns.

[@thebotrchap]

They posted it on the Varusteleka channel.

[@Xerdoz]

There's really not that much skiing involved, tbh. They could've included a bit longer section where you'd ski a longer loop, take some shots then ski again etc...

[@thebotrchap]

@@Xerdoz I agree but the 3 minute par time precluded that kind of stage.

[@Xerdoz]

@@thebotrchap So every stage is limited to 3 minutes max? I guess It would be biathlon then if you'd have a long skiing section and then shooting...

[@88porpoise]

@@Xerdoz The amount of skiing is irrelevant, just an energy sink. More interesting is transition and handling the equipment over the course.

[@rednecksniper4715]

You talking about converting the Lee Enfield to shoot 7.62 nato got me thinking I wonder how easy or difficult it would be to convert it to shoot 54r

[@BlokeontheRange]

Not very difficult. Might even feed out of the original magazine, at least for a few rounds.

[@rednecksniper4715]

@@BlokeontheRange awesome I ran my Garand and SVT40 ran it twice had fun good exercise

[@Bearsmith23]

Nice guys.

[@paulandsueroberts4121]

Look at the Brits ski......natural 😂😂

[@nathanboulton2066]

Why do you think we only invaded the warm countries !!!

[@jic1]

@@nathanboulton2066 I could have sworn you guys used to own Canada.

[@nathanboulton2066]

@@jic1 that one aside!!! Personally, if it wasn't connected to the U.S. i don't think we'd have bothered !

[@SkarnDeBrax]

I'm damn curious, what did you lunch after that wonderfull day ?

[@3of11]

I will never ever complain again about shooting matches in 95F 95% humidity Florida summers again

[@samirantanen707]

I could've been in Paris before intro ended.

[@JACKBLACKTOSE]

Question for Bloke and the crowd. Is there any reason, aside from breaking the 180 in this case, why you wouldn't want to do a 1-arm kettlebell swing during the kasarda drill? Are you required to place your firearm on the ground prior to doing the swing? There's really no mechanical advantage to using two arms if your technique is sound. Most of the force is generated by the hip-hinge so you could theoretically toss the thing just as far while saving yourself a few seconds by not putting your rifle down.

[@jic1]

As I recall, it's banned from brutality matches because it tends to carry an excessive risk of injury.

[@JACKBLACKTOSE]

@@jic1 Alright, under the clock I'd imagine some folks would injure themselves by manhandling the thing. Thanks for the reply! Can't say I'm 100% on board, there's a good risk of injury doing a two-handed swing improperly (à la CrossFit Games) but I understand the point.

[@thebotrchap]

As has been said, thems the rules! There have been too many serious injuries of people trying out interesting and creative throwing techniques.

[@JACKBLACKTOSE]

@@thebotrchap Oh, I can imagine! Many a person have injured themselves using kettlebells outside of matches doing whacky things. It was not my intention to cast doubt on the rule.

[@lptomtom]

For the first stage: why didn't you check your guns' zeros first? It was amazing to see more of Chap's MAS 36 though!

[@BlokeontheRange]

Cos there wasn't an opportunity. And it's not normal at such a match that there would be an opportunity.

[@thebotrchap]

I was expecting FNM to be underpowered but not THAT underpowered.

[@panzerabwerkanone]

I wondered why Bloke did not just use the 300yd ghost aperture on the No.4. I use it almost exclusively in my No.4 shooting and I'm not fighting snow!

[@BlokeontheRange]

On stage 1 the target's hard to see so I used the smaller one as a crutch... The rest of the time I used the ghost ring.

[@randyadams03]

So cool, your other American Pops.

[@StPaul76]

The Kasarda drill in snowy conditions has an element built into it that snow will get into sights eventually. In the Finnish military pretty much nothing taking two hands is done without the weapon strapped or taking a "German knee" and placing the muzzle of the rifle on top of your supporting leg's boots heel. A standard procedure. Throwing something with both arms is not in any military training as far as I know. I've been proven wrong though. Good sport however.

[@pe003]

this is awesome what do you call these events? we should do this in alaska

[@danspragens4935]

They're "Brutality" matches. It's sort of a spin-off, I think, of the 2-gun Action Challenge matches that Karl of InRangeTV originated (Desert Brutality). Varusteleka got involved and they started Finnish Brutality, and this is the first winter iteration. InRange has some more video from this and previous iterations on their channel. I forget if they explain it at the beginning of this video here, but the premise is relatively low round counts plus heavy physical exertion.

[@mr.factoid105]

for the longest time I wondered if snow deflected or stopped bullets, now I know.

[@markuskoivisto]

Enough snow will stop a bullet.

[@mr.factoid105]

@@markuskoivisto the only question now is how much is needed?

[@markuskoivisto]

@@mr.factoid105 had to dig up my Finnish army handbook to check: 150 cm for packed snow, 300cm for loose snow. 150cm sounds like a lot until you realize snow is in abundant supply.

[@mr.factoid105]

@@markuskoivisto ya lol

[@Mike-vn8sn]

I might have to make a brutality course in the states to deal with the jealous admiration i have for this shooting event!

[@dave_h_8742]

Could try it in the desert too, should be fun with the skis in sand

[@Jay-ln1co]

A baquette, a buttered crumpet, and an Arizona burger.

[@jic1]

Shouldn't Ian be a taco?

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

What'd, they forget to calibrate that No4's sights for 7.62 when they converted it?

[@KriLL325783]

Any particular reason you didn't or weren't allowed to zero the guns before the match by the way? seems both of you could have done a lot better if you knew how your guns would work with that ammo at that temperature and not have to find out on the clock.

[@thebotrchap]

Would indeed have been ideal but there was a tight shooting schedule and imposed time windows due to range regulations. We just had to get on with it.

[@timblack6422]

Nice surprise!

[@caturix4541]

Video: uploadet 35 minutes ago Your comment: 42 minutes ago Me: "what??"

[@davidgcalderone]

Would really love to know the actual temperature and wind conditions.

[@thebotrchap]

-6°C, no wind to speak of at the ranges are boxed in quite deep.

[@davidgcalderone]

@@thebotrchap So 21°F and calm, actually a very nice day for being outside in the winter

[@ABCantonese]

Who's the 6th person on the match?

[@thebotrchap]

Les Winner of Polaris Logistics.

[@eunni]

Will there be or has there been a jungle brutality?

[@michelguevara151]

will you lot be attempting the belt-fed brutality callenge? #VickersMG

[@slaughterround643]

MG08 brutality when?

[@zzzyyyzz]

17:16 niin on.. haha!

[@geoffreyrussell660]

Starting @ 5:05 - I can hear all the Finn's in the audience laughing. Out. Loud.

[@youtubeisfacist7673]

If snow is going to obstruct the barrel there is no point in even being out there

[@Chilly_Billy]

Chap = Fab? Fabien? Fabrice?

[@youtubeisfacist7673]

"watch the muzzle" watch the muzzle " snow will cause it to blow up, cause it will stop a 165 grain bullet moving at 2500 plus feet per second

[@youtubeisfacist7673]

Sarcasm lads sarcasm