As a Lad I had a fascination with guns , I joined the local ACF and had a good intro into using them in a controlled environment.The Unit Officer had a friend who was a private gun collecter , and what a collection he had , we used to go to Holcombe Brook ranges at least twice a month and when he came there was always something different to fire , cap lock pistols and rifles , a blunderbuss , Winchester (cowboy style ) Magnum hand gun , Smith and Wesson pistols to name a few, When I joined the Army I was assigned to what was known then as an Assault Troop of an Armoured Regt , I fired all sorts of things whilst in that , i was in the Regimental Shooting Team at one point , that was an excellent time , spent weeks on the ranges around Tidworth , and used to teamup with the Ghurka Rifles Team , proper nice blokes this Lad here must have remembered me as I was the youngest in the Team , he contacts me on Facebook , he ended up a Captain as far as I know and he held some sort of boxing trophy , Thapa Nam Sing , Top Soldier ,
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