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…

US RANGE OFFICER KILLED

This very sad incident is one of only two I have ever heard of where a person was shot and killed on a Practical Pistol range; there was an occurrence in 2017 in Canada where an IPSC competitor accidentally shot himself and died. Unlike USPSA,…

BUSH ART

ORIGINAL DAVE CHRISTENSEN PHOTOGRAPHS There are many to choose from, all striking glimpses of the African bush! Backed 36cm x 54cm, ready for framing. ORIGINAL IAN HENDERSON BAOBAB PAINTING From Ian's 50th birthday on top of Ngomakurira.…