Kirk Emmerich http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk - Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en LEEDS Arms Fair 12th October 2008 http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/2008/04/london-antique-arms-fair/ http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/2008/04/london-antique-arms-fair/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:38:02 +0000 admin http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/?p=236 The London Antique Arms Fair was a great success, with lots of customers all keen to scoop up the best pieces. It was great to see everybody who made it. The close observer will notice a few nice pieces have moved to the “Past Sales” and its no good complaining that you didn’t get a chance to see them for youselves, remember its the early bird that catches the worm! Still there will plenty more interesting things appearing on the scene in the next few months.

Our next apperance will be at the LEEDS ARMS FAIR on the 12th of October, Hope to see you there.

]]> http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/2008/04/london-antique-arms-fair/feed/ What was it like to Shoot a Bolt Action Service Rifle in the War http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/2008/03/what-was-it-like-to-shoot-a-bolt-action-service-rifle-in-the-war/ http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/2008/03/what-was-it-like-to-shoot-a-bolt-action-service-rifle-in-the-war/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:52:28 +0000 kirk http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/?p=208 As time passes by it becomes more and more difficult to find the kind of brave fellows who stood up to be counted in conflicts from days gone by and did that exact thing. What was it like to actually pick up a rifle and point it at a fellow human being and pull the trigger in the full knowledge that the direct result of your actions would be the immediate or even painful end to a life filled with promise and expectation. Today we can if we wish, and thats an important point, “if we wish” join a club for recreational purposes and posses and old service rifle for the purposes of target shooting. Then, before too long we can find ourselves handling the very same weapon that some brave or scared witless soul has had to that same thing, but, when “we have a go” the most damgerous thing we have to contimplate is the actual gun in OUR hands, Not the one in the other fellows hands, pointing at us at the same time. Skill? Sheer guts? Determination? Fear? Which acts first? At the target range we have all the time in the world to pull the trigger, this would have not been so in the past, split second decisions from very ordinary people plucked from the ranks of Joe Public and put in an extrodinary situation where they experience life, death, elation, sadness & releif all packed into a few moments or days all behind the sights of an Enfield or a Mauser for example. I have nothing but respect for these fellows on both sides of the field of battle. I’ve tried it - its not easy - even when nobody is shooting back! You may not beleive in the whole activity and wonder why anyone should dabble in such things, I say because it has given us ALL the choice to have an opinion and take a stand one way or another. Many old chaps that were there will not talk about it, that gives us a clue as to what it was like and probably says more than many words. Respect.

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