Mad Minute: Swiss Martini Single-Shot (Not Martini-Henry)

[@tbppuglia]

RIP Paul Harrell.

[@jackbrown3689]

has he gone, thats so bad, really liked the guy, i started saying yabut and things after watching, rest easy PH

[@jamesbromstead4949]

Bloke back to his roots. Well shot sir.

[@Rupan-rx]

Pretty dang quick and accurate fire for the rifle you’re using. Thanks

[@M.M.83-U]

Nice video. This old style of shutzen rifles is soo interesting, they have so much character.

[@blueband8114]

You mentioned shooting the BSA .22 Martini whilst you were at school. I kind of did the similar, in that a friend and i would go down to Altrincham range after school( no idea if its still there) pay our money and shoot the same type of rifle. Great days, many many yrs ago now.

[@robertmansfield7656]

Aussie had the .310 cadets which float around for $400 AUD ($260 USD) in Australia. Would love to see bloke crack on with one.

[@M8Military]

Range is still there

[@Tallus_ap_Mordren]

My first rifle was a left-handed BSA Martini International Mk II. When I started shooting on my high school shooting team, I was limited to the team rifles. Due to my southpawness and sinister eye, only rifle I could shoot without breaking position was our only shortened Winchester 40x, which was in high demand by other shorter statured shooters. Another lefty shooter in our shooting league took pity on me, and sold me his lefty Martini for the princely sum of $400, complete with Parker-Hale diopter sights, a custom thumbhole stock, and adustable buttplate and arm hook. He gave me a good deal, which he put towards a lefty Anschutz free rifle. I used for three years of junior competition, and it will still outshoot me….

[@orianoangeli6400]

Great proof ! The Swiss Martini have a special charme…

[@TheOz91]

Achieving 13 rounds in a minute would have been plenty quick in the 1870s. This was perhaps the great advantage of the Martini-Henry during one of its early deployments, which was to quell a Malay rebellion against British rule in the state of Perak (now part of Malaysia) in 1875. Even then, it was not exactly a campaign won by sheer firepower alone since the rebels managed a few victories with muskets, swivel guns, bladed weapons of all types, and sheer determination. It might be a small war when it comes to other conflicts the Martini-Henry was used but being one of the first, many lessons were probably learned.

[@Stutzer51]

😅Superb quality Swiss rifles made by Haemerli & Hausch in Lensbourg in a range of styles, there should be an H&H mark somewhere. Retailed through small town gunshops who added their names to the action, mine is in 7.5x53.5mm by RYCHNER of AARAU near Lucerne. Grab one if you get the chance!

[@cheesenoodles8316]

Excellent... I remember GP11

[@jackbrown3689]

i grew up with those little BSA Martinis my grandad had three of the things if I remember rightly, one of the first things I shot, I remember they had the distressing tendency of pulling a chambered bullet if you had to unload a live round leaving the bullet in the leade which could have had fun consequences

[@zoiders]

Sounds as if the chamber was only cut to accommodate .22 Shorts.

[@jackbrown3689]

@@zoiders thats not impossible mate

[@jrstoelting]

That is a beautiful rifle.

[@Stuart-e6y]

Stunning rifle

[@Revener666]

The action seems nice and and smooth.

[@carlcarlton764]

I have an idea for a Martini Mad Minute: You start with a Martini - shaken not striired - and then shoot a Martini. Repeat process as fast as you can for 60 seconds. Yes, I know drinking and shooting is a bad idea but i never said i got a good idea.

[@marcusott2973]

Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.

[@oldesertguy9616]

What a beautiful stock.

[@Hosenfuhrer]

To make that title truly represent gunbroker, it should be "Mad Minute: Swiss Martini Single-Shot (Not Martini-Henry Not Martini-Enfield not M1 Garand not Kar 98k No lowballers I know what I've got)"

[@stevailo]

Trunk Monkey t-shirt for the win!

[@ZippydsmLee-freetube]

Audio is a bit high, but audio is a ppaaiinnnn to wrangle! Love the content, keep it up! Cheers!

[@zoiders]

Compared to the Martini all of the contemporary actions such as the Springfield Trapdoor or Remington Rolling Block all look positively exhausting to use in action. The Martini just flows a lot better ergonomically with greater economy of movement.

[@neilelsewhere9473]

Looks like a nice way to pass a minute.

[@peterconnan5631]

Nice job, nice rifle! Think this would handily beat a fixed-magazine scopes bolt-action hunting rifle.

[@BlokeontheRange]

Over a minute, possible. Over the rounds in the magazine, not though.

[@peterconnan5631]

@@BlokeontheRange of course.

[@mikethomas5510]

Wondering what size the target is. looks like about a 1 inch bull & 1/3" rings (only in metric of course)

[@BlokeontheRange]

It's an ISSF 10m air pistol target, so you can look the dimensions of that up online.

[@mwmwmwmwmmdw]

one time id be curious to see how fast these mad minutes can if theres a 2nd person off to the side running the action with the shooter never having to leave their shooting stance. like some weird machine gun crew but for a k31

[@polymathart]

Rare as it is, if you ever found one, could you do a video on the Norwegian Krag-Petersson?

[@thebotrchap]

Finding one of those would be quite something!

[@clangerbasher]

I need to hear Henry from 9H say, 'The taste of a shooter........' in his lounge voice.

[@muttomaki1]

GP11 still made in Der Schweiz? Availability? One would do well to import some to the U.S.

[@BlokeontheRange]

GP11 is being made again. I'm sure RUAG will import some to the US if they feel like it :)

[@dawsonschmidt3714]

We can't brag about the Swiss rifles without ammo.

[@BSJ-VT]

I'm curious about why you don't use a sling, on suitable rifles for your Mad Minutes. A M1917 sling is a wonderful tool, when used well...

[@BlokeontheRange]

Cos use of the sling to support the rifle was expressly forbidden in the 1909 Musketry Regulations which were the training materials in the era from which the Mad Minute myths derive

[@zoiders]

@@BlokeontheRange The British Army had a sad on when it came to slings for pretty much all the 20th century.

[@BlokeontheRange]

By the post-WW2 pams it was OK for use in competition, but not in training. I share the view that it has no place in training the battlefield shot or on the battlefield, and I grew up sling-dependent for many years. But I got better.

[@buncer]

Damn, the spam bots are in more languages than I thought.

[@JohnTBlock]

That WAS rather quick, for a single shot! Think you could have done 14 Inna minute, with a little practice...the grouping was good for the speed, as well. Shutzen had a hey-day here in America as well, those fat, hooked stocks designed for off-hand target shooting., mostly among our Gernan immigrant population in the 1890's through the to WW I. sadly the First war put an end to this "German" sport here, it fell out of favor rapidly, as those men put up their ornate single shots for a Springfield in a more deadly "competition ".... 😔

[@popattara]

Finnish Brutality 2024 What Rifle did you run this year ?

[@BlokeontheRange]

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