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Hello folks, A few months ago I promised what I hoped would be a very interesting blog. Well here it finally is, please do give me your feedback and I hope it was worth the wait for you! Some of you who know me may well know I have...
Today we have a guest post from Keith Schmidt, who works and trains with U.S law enforcement. He is going to give us an introduction to some of the competitions done in IDPA shooting and how some of the skills and situational awareness it teaches may still be relevant...
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The .357 magnum is something of a cultural icon. It was developed pre-World War II to offer a service revolver with superior stopping power. During prohibition, the criminal operations that supplied the States with booze had access to better weaponry than the police forces trying to contend with them....
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I finished my eighteen months of national service towards the end of October 1977. I now found myself in a quandary. Apart from a few months working in a bank before disappearing on my work-around-the world tour, I had not worked at all in my homeland and the thought...
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This week’s blog is an excerpt from Hannes Wessel’s book “A handful of hard men” which is dedicated to Darrell Watt, an SAS operator in the Rhodesian bush war. I have received special permission from Hannes to scan, copy and paste the following pages, which make a fascinating read,...
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Dear Firearms UK community, due to my wife going into hospital in the next day or so, I am changing my plan for the blog this week as the past two blogs have taken me eleven hours each. I was going to talk about repelling a battalion-sized incursion into Rhodesia,...
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Blog No. 4 – Taking command of my platoon and the cross-border contact with Zambia. Last week I described my training. This week I discuss taking command of my platoon and a punch-up with the Zambian army. After a few days rest at home I was sent packing to...
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Before We get into Tony’s latest fantastic instalment I’d just like to make people aware there is some adult language so you may want to read it first before letting the kids at it. It is however a tremendous read, with plenty of rare photographs, I recommend you make...
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It was about ten pm. I was dozing in my girlfriend’s bed while on R&R (rest and recuperation), listening to my favourite South African radio station, 702. It was time for ‘spin out’, a programme that played all the best hits of the day. The light was off in...
I would like to start this week’s blog by saying that all of my contributions on this subject come from my memory and as many of the events I am to describe happened over 40 years ago, some items may be a bit vague to say the least. I...
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