Mad Minute Series: Swiss Schmidt-Rubin IG 1911, 7.5x55 GP11

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After a long break, here we are back with a BotR Mad Minute! This time it's an Eidgenossisches Repetiergewehr Modell 1911 (G11 / IG11) in 7.5mm GP11 (7.5x55). Often referred to as "Schmidt-Rubin M1911".
How fast can it go? Can it beat the K31 and Lee-Enfields?
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[@VosperCDN]

That old rifle ran like a champ, and those reloads were pretty slick (even with the two that tried to escape).

[@jamesbromstead4949]

Thanks Bloke for bringing back the Mad Minute. Cheers.

[@borkwoof696]

Can‘t make enough of them

[@chadwickbossman8803]

3:01 the bloke remembers he is not shooting a k-31 lol. i do like the magazines position on the 1911, nice video as always

[@trentgander5834]

Glad to see a return of the Schmidt-Rubins. They have a special place in my heart as my dad's old hunting rifle was a sporterized 1911 now in .308. He passed it on to me and I still wonder how it got to the US Midwest in 70s or 80s.

[@Emdee5632]

Actually I CAN hear the beep at the 60 second mark of the first mad minute. It's just that THE BLOKE can't hear it! The first beep can be heard a couple of seconds after 3:24 and not long after 4:24 the second beep can be heard. After loading the fifth clip and right after firing its first round, you can hear the beep.

[@Mortablunt]

Your bolt action skills are amazing! I thought I was good at using bolt action rifle, but you are much better than me. You are my inspiration to pick up my Mosin and keep practicing with it to perfection. You are the finest rifleman I have ever seen.

[@lwrii1912]

Love those straight pulls.

[@Thunderous117]

Real shame the first run didn’t count beca you were really flying. In any case a phenomenal run! Very well done bloke and co!

[@oscarfloyd2678]

Absolutely Love my 1896/11. Easily the smoothest opperating rifle I own, only slightly beating out my 1901 Krag-Jorgenson Carbine. Was fortunate to find someone selling a whole original case of GP11 at the shop

[@Chlorate299]

The casing that struck you on the top-mounted intercooler amused me. Lovely slick action on that rifle.

[@henrynelson11]

BOTR caught using the PRS grip technique, scandalous! Aha, in all seriousness, nicely done!

[@BlokeontheRange]

It's not hanging off in the air though - applying downwards thumb pressure to the wrist of the stock with the thumb to the right of the cocking piece is actually a technique from the 1903 Springfield training materials.

[@PendragonDaGreat]

Straight Pull is always so much fun

[@CAPNMAC82]

Much as Marvin the Martian appreciated a "big boom" I had forgotten how visceral fun these videos are, and with a most satisfactory Boom.

[@daskrokodil4584]

Love my K11. Have diopter sights on it, it's the sharpshooter's version. Beautiful condition. Kicks like a mule with GP11. Perfect rifle ;-) It is more than 100 years old, so it's still in its best years.

[@johnberinger1]

Great mad minute again. Remarkable how you manged to fire at around 1.60 most of the time 👍

[@M.M.83-U]

Amazing. I'm glad the mad minute is back. Carcano, please.

[@mohammedcohen]

...that was IMPRESSIVE!!!

[@neilcook4686]

Cheers, Bloke & assistant of Bloke. I hope your firing problems were not due to the presence of cack 😐 I'm old enough to know better, but your videos have reintroduced this word into my vocabulary 👍🏻

[@erespl5830]

I love my Schmidt-Rubin IG1911 shot it recently at a 100m precision competition and did pretty good. Guys where surprised seeing something else then a Swedish m96, K31, or m39. That look on their faces when i told them i bought it for 144 euros 😅

[@markvondach3617]

Nice another Mad Minute 😍

[@custardthepipecat6584]

Absolutely smashing old bean!! 🍻😸

[@MillenniumStoryteller]

I have a 1892 manufactured Schdmit Rubin they run great and are pretty neat to work.

[@rslover65]

Just won a vintage match with one of those the other day.

[@PolenarTactical]

What's the mad minute challenge, 25 meters and how big of a target?

[@BlokeontheRange]

I've done most of them at 25m on a 10m air pistol target, prone unsupported. A few (the original 4) I had to do a little closer cos of the range I had access to

[@PolenarTactical]

@@BlokeontheRange what's the size of the 10m air pistol target? Im thinking of trying this with CZ 600 trail

[@BlokeontheRange]

I just buy them, but the aiming mark is 59.5mm I think, you can look it up in the ISSF rules (or go liberate some from the air range upstairs 🤭) I filmed a "modern" vid with Tikka T3x Arctic, Schmeisser SP-15 and my modified Trail, I'll send you the link when it's edited 😎

[@VTPSTTU]

Thanks for the video. I wish they would make a modern version of this rifle.

[@khartog01]

Weird I was hoping to see another one of these, and here it is.

[@timblack6422]

Cheers, Sir!

[@AdamPerkinsPhD]

Superb shooting technique.

[@gtd-sq2pj]

Good show!

[@mikethomas5510]

Classic Botr ❤

[@simonjones6128]

Good job Bloke

[@Mortablunt]

112 views in 51 seconds, bro is on target!

[@marcusott2973]

you had to change the sensitivity? What was it set on 6 inch naval guns.😂😂

[@76horsepower]

This was perfect timing as I just had my 96/11 at the range last weekend for the first time in quite a while. I was happy to see your results, but I’m also intrigued about your point of aim. In my experience at 100 yards, the hold-under is (as best as I can tell) near 18 inches (46 cm), but at 25 meters, your 6 o’clock hold worked well. Are you aware of a chart that shows the hold-under at various distances? I’m curious as to the peak distance before it returns to center aim again at 300 meters. It can’t be as simple as half the distance, can it? Great work, as always, and thank you!

[@BlokeontheRange]

There's a table of drops indeed, but you need to remember that your rifle may either be sighted to shoot to the sights at the indicated range, or to hit 30cm high at 300, 40cm high at 400 etc. the published table of drops has data for both.

[@76horsepower]

@@BlokeontheRange I was unaware of the different ways the rifles may be sighted. Thank you! Do you know where I might find the table of drops?

[@BlokeontheRange]

it's somewhere on the swissriflesdotcom boards. It comes out of a WW2-era book by Karl Zimmermann that I have a copy of.

[@finaloption...]

I find it surprisingly faster running that rifle as a southpaw.

[@oldesertguy9616]

I can imagine you would be able to get a few more rounds off if you practiced extensively with that.

[@cheesenoodles8316]

IG 1911 ...great rifle... GP11 great ammo.... does the made minute smartly.

[@ditzydoo4378]

Mad Minute... How long it takes for a bloody timer to make one Mad as a Hatter.

[@roscoegadsdenshighcapacity7218]

Good show Bloke! Is there any historical info about 1911's or K31's being fired in anger? I mean as long as this design has been around, it seems like there would be something. It doesn't seem to have been exported much if at all, I think it's been a Swiss tradition to not sell guns to "just anyone." One or more misfires in the first string was caused by it not being all the way in battery (from what I think I saw). Also-- I thought 1911's were not to be fed GP11, did I misunderstand that? Like it's just tad hotter that its predecessor?

[@BlokeontheRange]

They were fired in border / prisoner escape incidents, and some 31's went to Nicaragua and Israel. 1911's were exclusively fed on GP11, it's no coincidence that the date is the same ;) The earlier ammunition doesn't even chamber (an early video of mine on the topic looked at what chambers in what rifle).

[@felixtheswiss]

My Gramps during ww2, fired at the border once. It was a cat sneaking around though. He was a Grenadier, assigned LMG gunner.

[@danielroesner2342]

More of those..Do a full run-through 100m Mad minute of all straight pulls,beginning with the 1889 GP90 up to the k31 and Then compare them❤

[@john6100]

Where are you aiming on the target when you say at the bottom? Is it the black or the last ring in the white on the target? I know this is due to the minimum 300m on the sight adjustment, but I wanted to know where I should hold when I attempt.

[@BlokeontheRange]

I was taking a classic 6 o'clock hold just under the black. I point this out in the video with the rifle muzzle (it's actually in the thumbnail even)

[@gabemando7823]

New certified banger

[@TheOz91]

With that sort of group with that speed, a platoon in a fortified position would definitely able to repel a battalion maybe. So if this sort of thing is coming back, we can expect Mad Minute videos on the modern guns?

[@BlokeontheRange]

I've done Tikka T3x Arctic, CZ 600 Trail and Schmeisser SP-15 (straight-pull AR-15) for a single grouped vid, I'll be editing that soon. I'm going twice as fast as Swiss doctrine here, but I'm sure that if the blood got up, the rate of fire would go up too.

[@TheOz91]

@@BlokeontheRange Can't wait for that! Swiss doctrine is 6 rounds in a minute, if I recall. And I think you can also expect that the reloads would be fumbled under that kind of stress as we see, so probably not all six rounds would be loaded half the time unless they drill reloads, too.

[@BlokeontheRange]

It's 12 in rapid.

[@TheOz91]

@@BlokeontheRange Definitely at a rate to repel an invasio

[@christopherreed4723]

I definitely wouldn't want to be in the company that came marching confidently down some picturesque alpine road and straight into a squad of Swiss reserves doing that from a well-concealed position.

[@LeFeuauxpoudres]

Shoot twice and go home right?

[@mohammedcohen]

....I was gifted a 1911 a number of years ago...that red bolt grip is the distinguishing identifier of that series...mine is boogered...

[@stewbacca117]

Still a lot of holes touching to say you were going a bit hell for leather and it was the second attempt... 🤔🤙🍻

[@cedhome7945]

Wonder if you can do this at bisley ?.....bet the ammo suppliers will love this challenge 🤔

[@BlokeontheRange]

They limited Mad Minutes to 15 rounds a number of years ago :(

[@EldritchMadness]

We are so back.

[@Myriarchy]

I don't know if you'd recall now, but how did it rank in terms of physical exertion? You were still huffing a bit during the review

[@BlokeontheRange]

About the same as the K31. They're all quite physical to work that hard!

[@andrewfrancis3591]

Great work. Do you need to print some new chargers, You could do them in a fetching brown PLA plus. I'm total self taught, I could knock that up in a week including f up's. And I'm pretty crap.

[@BlokeontheRange]

I'm good for chargers, thanks.

[@andrewfrancis3591]

@@BlokeontheRange No problem, they just seem to be spitting rounds.

[@fabpoltronieri]

Fantastic. #fondue

[@jpkalishek4586]

I'd never be able to get that rate. I'm left handed. But, I have an old 1889, and it is great fun shooting, though I limit it for now as I can't get the powder I was using for loads. (WARNING: 1889 will chamber the GP11 and will blow up! Do Not Use GP11/7.65x55 loads in the Model 1889!!!!) Everything best suited seems to not be in production. Trail Boss (mine is getting low) was my go to, Tin Star (never used, but supposedly almost as easy as TB) also seems AWOL, and I've seen some claims that 30-40 Krag loads, reduced 10% would work but haven't gotten to testing that.

[@BlokeontheRange]

It won't blow up, it was allowed by the Swiss in case of emergency. And we know that 1889's will handle a CIP 7.5x55 proof just fine

[@jpkalishek4586]

@@BlokeontheRange I've seen the bolts compressed if GP11 is used too much. I have some lighter bullets to try for when I need to change powders. I'm fine with not running hot stuff through a 135 year old bit of Swiss clockwork (~_^)

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Ross rifle next ?

[@yuriys.6352]

What's the distance?

[@mmz77]

How is pace compared to enfield? 🤔

[@BlokeontheRange]

Answered in text in the video

[@Gunsbeerfreedom87]

>Mad Minute >12 minutes long Scam alert!

[@myparceltape1169]

There must be a reason for not using the video as the timer track, but I don't know what it is.

[@honkabooly]

you could have gone back over the video and counted them

[@hawknives]

Maybe need 2 devices recording shots, in case 1 fails.

[@mikethomas5510]

He should have recorded it on video as well!🤔

[@phonebone69]

Hey Bloke great mad minute ! Question any idea if GP11 will ever be imported into the United states again ??

[@BlokeontheRange]

I dunno, sorry...