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…
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…
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…