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…
Light MGs
Vektor Mini-SS: South Africa’s Answer to the FN Minimi
While under international embargo and at war in the late 1970s, South Africa needed a new 7.62mm GPMG. The answer was Vektor’s SS77, a design which would replace the FN MAG in South African service […]
General Purpose MGs
SS77: South Africa Builds a GPMG on the Shoulders of Giants
In the 1970s, South Africa began looking for a domestic-production GMPG to replace its inventory of FN MAG machine guns. The MAG was an excellent weapon, but the ones in South Africa were getting old […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Denel NTW 20: A Multi-Caliber Anti-Material Rifle
Created by noted South African gun designer Tony Neophytou, the NTW-20 is a bolt action anti-material rifle made in 20x82mm, 20x110mm, and 14.5x115mm. The weapon began as idea to use the large quantities of surplus […]
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.