HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL

I J Larivers OK, this is one where I get to combine my recreation – shooting - with the storyline. The Branch never did have what could be called an awe-inspiring collection of firearms to issue its details. This seemed to be a fairly…

THE CHIEF

I J Larivers “Nott, Graham Morley (6506) Attested: 09 October1961. Last Rank: Section Officer   Died: 16 July 2002   Place Unknown, Zimbabwe.” Is the rather overly concise entry on the In Memoriam page on the website…

EARLY DAYS IN ZIMBABWE

It was a dark and stormy night.  Well, it was.  Really.  I was sitting in a government vehicle with civilian registration plates, parked by the side of the road a few kilometres outside of the small town of Chinhoyi in the…

THE ALMOST FORGOTTEN STORY OF MARTIN AND OSA JOHNSON

I J Larivers Unique to the 21st century, with the phenomenon of social media, is that a person can acquire an army of “followers” pretty much without having done much of anything at all. I’m not putting this down, because it usually…
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THE HUNTING HANDGUN COMES INTO ITS OWN

I J LARIVERS In the hunting world, the handgun will always be a “grey area”. It can be a primary hunting tool, or it can be a backup for professional hunters or guides. In Africa, in the case of canoe guides, it is often…
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CLASSIC SNUB-NOSED REVOLVERS

I J Larivers A little Astra .36 Special issued by National Parks Investigations in the '80s When I first started shooting, we didn’t have much choice in handguns. The only self-loaders that my friends and I would look at were the…

MORE 21st CENTURY PRACTICAL RANGE TRAINING DRILLS

By I J Larivers In 1976, at the Colombia Conference held in the USA, the International Practical Shooting Confederation was born. Born, in the case of some delegate nations, by real-world bush wars, and urban terrorist incursions. It…

THE "TEXAN" AND THE BEAR

I’ve come across Texans in some interesting places in my life – building railroads in outback Australia and doing interesting things in Iraq that probably don’t require elaborating on, but I’d never expected to come across one in…