Basic gun ownership in South Africa – what does it involve and how does it work? Dedicated collectors, sportsmen, and hunters? Self-dense and concealed carry? Well, when I was in South Africa I figured I’d get the scoop from a local…
Shotgun
Shooting the Techno Arms MAG-7 (properly!)
A while back I filmed some shooting with a Techno Arms MAG-7 shotgun in the US. It had been set up in the American non-NFA configuration, with a terrible wooden stock and long barrel, and […]
Grenade Launcher
Milkor M32 and M32A1 40mm Grenade Launchers
The USMC adopted the Milkor USA M32A1 rotary multiple grenade launcher (MGL) in 2012. The history of this weapon goes back to South Africa, where designer Andries Piek was inspired to create it after building […]
Book review
Book Review: Carvings From the Veldt (3 Volumes)
Over the past 15 year, Dave C. George has compiled three volumes of his book “Carvings From the Veldt”, documenting nearly a thousand carved rifles from the Boer War. This is feature almost unique to […]
The experiences of the British forces in the Boer War so impressed military tacticians that they were used for many years to teach ground unit tactics. We even studied the “Battle of Borkums Rift” at the 107th Armored Cavalry a century later.R
I thought the site was about forgotten weapons…
It is.
Topics like that are strictly correlated.
“I thought the site was about forgotten weapons”
Indeed it is, however related laws can not be ignored. If you wish so how you would explain that U.S. shooter prefer closed-bolt sub-machinegun-look-a-like self-loading guns rather than open-bolt submachinegun-look-a-like self-loading guns?
I am American citizen living in Thailand. I had a home gun shop in Alaska.The Thai gun laws are very restrictive.I think overly restrictive gun laws, Create outlaws just my opinion.
‘Self-dense’…what usually happens when people arm themselves with firearms before arming themselves with knowledge.
12-JULY-2018 GOOD MORNING MR. MC. COLLUM I AM FERNÁN A. FEBRESFROM LATIN AMERICA AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THE US CITIZEN PHIL WHRESTRICTIVE LAWSO LIVES IN THAILAND AND POSTED ACOMMENT WITH WHICH I AGREE 100% AS THE RESTRICTIVE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOOSED IN VENEZUELA BY THE SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT, DISARMED THE ENTIRE POPULATION AND BEEFED UP CRIMINAL ARMING, WHICH HAVE CAUSED 500.000 MURDERS IN LESS THAT 10 YEAR TIME. i HOPE YOU CAN INFORM PHILS EMAIL OR MINE TO HIM. BEST REGARDS AND MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE. FERNÁN A. FEBRES (VENEZUELA).
Term “self-defence” thru use of firearm is natural everywhere, but absolute no-no in Canada. You say you want gun license for self-defence and you can as well forget applying.
As there are so few things we can do about laws in so many countries, why we don’t discuss it in a forum ? I’m afraid that instead of talking about FW and their mechanics here, we will end up organizing excursions and other events!
Tomatoes and cherries are both red but not the same …
Charles de Gaulle was a great man for his country.There is a book “treates d’ esprit”, about his unique sense of humor in politics. It’s worth searching it in English if you don’t speak French.
What is interesting in SA, is that the barrel is considered the firearm, not the receiver.
So if I threatened a bank teller with an exposed rifle barrel without a receiver or stock or even ammo included, does that mean I threatened with a gun or with a clumsy bludgeon?
I, for one, love these firearms laws overviews. They are interesting in and of themselves for curiousity’s sake, but also can give insights into why certain things are available/popular/developed in certain jurisdictions. Please keep doing one of these when you go to different countries. For that matter, I am really hoping you have one coming from your trips to France and Finland!
Wow, he really looks taller in the movies!
My understanding is that there are no “Antique” firearms in South Africa- a gun is a gun, a brand new CZ or three hundred year old matchlock are legally the same and require identical permissions.