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...
So I have just been made aware via several Facebook groups of a situation arising in Lancashire Constabulary regarding shooters posting pictures on social media. It seems that investigations took place after complaints by a member of the public, and it was passed to a serious crimes crimes unit,...
I’m having a little difficulty on how to start this blog as I know many of you will already be familiar with practical shooting and indeed take part in it competitively however I will try and write it for the benefit of people not familiar or indeed people completely...
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Weapons laws can be a strange thing in the UK. The UK government heavily restricts what guns and in what capacity those guns can be obtained by their citizens, but they also are one of the leading weapons exporters in the world. While all governments have militaries and deal...
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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....
Hi Folks, I’ve recently seen people discussing some good books on the subjects of firearms ownership, especially relating to legislation and effects on crime etc. I have read a few books on the subject myself and thought it would be a good idea to do a post with a...
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This week’s blog is from Hannes Wessel’s ‘A few hard men’, describing an SAS attack on a central and very important communications centre in the middle of Mozambique, on the ‘Russian Front’. Destruction of the facility would hamper fluid enemy movements and slow down their ability to mobilize against...
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Part 2 – Paradise Plundered. This is a small series of excerpts from a book of the same name and is written by Jim Barker who took over a piece of bush with nothing on it and turned it into a viable and valuable tobacco farm (Rhodesia produced some...
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The first half of this week’s blog is comprised of one more excerpt from Hannes Wessel’s book ‘A few hard men’, which is about the dreadful atrocity of a civilian Viscount aircraft belonging to Rhodesia Airways being shot out of the air by Joshua Nkomo’s ZIPRA terrorists, killing all...
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