Actual Shootout against armed killers.

[SsevenN]

"The duel will be set for tomorrow afternoon"

"Well why wait, the guard collected a whole mess of pistols on the way in!"

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Mt Gunny: "Could it have been that your pistol Blew up, Because it was hit buy a Bullet?"

That was my hunch, as well. It's rare, but it happens.

Calling a story fake is not quite the same as calling a man out in public as a liar. On the other hand, I could offer a highly realistic and entertaining account of the aerial combat between Manfred von Richtofen and Lanoe Hawker, or for that matter the Battle of the Admiralties the night the Japanese attempted to cross the lagoon on barges and were greeted by leveled multiple-antiaircraft gunfire; doesn't mean I was the one actually there.

 

[TexasRedneck]

That was my thought - that either the cylinder was struck, or (however remote) perhaps a projectile/portion of struck and jammed into the barrel.

Either way, to go out of our way to challenge the veracity of the OP's account is rather low-brow, IMO.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

I agree. Odds are in favor of it being the guy, too. As Sean Connory's character said in "The Untouchables," "Who would claim to be that -- who was not?"

 

[Phydeaux642]

The name's Bond. James Bond.

 

[Sage Thrasher]

I used to live in Johannesburg. Very rough place. I'll never forget the Zulu and Afrikaans phrases for "Beware of Dog" because one or the other was written on almost every house compound wall. Many of my colleagues carried concealed handguns--and these were journalists! As I recall (Proud Boer may know), if you are entitled to own a firearm there, you are entitled to carry it whenever you please. That should be the rule everywhere, not just in the R.S.A. and VT--these kind of hijackings are more common some places than others, but this story could just as easily have happened in Phoenix or Seattle.

 

[TRGRHPY]

Am I the only one who noticed the part about the wife handing him the .45 and saying something to the effect of "Kill 'em all"?

THAT'S a cool wife.

Sorry to hear that you had to go through something like that.

Glad to hear that you and your family are ok.

Gee, whodathunk that a .22 could possibly be used as a self defense weapon? I thought that only .45s held that honor.

 

[phoglund]

Great job Boer. Decisive aggressive armed response trumps multiple opponents with superior arms but less resolve. Excellent outcome. Your wife must be very proud of her man.

 

[doc540]

I still want to know if and why that NAA "blew up".

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Proud Boer, I have a suggestion. I imagine you have some very good tailors in your metropolitan cities. If I were you, I'd have a good tailor craft my tuxedo so I could wear my Star .45 ACP, in a good concealment holster.

A while back, my wife grabbed me by the stacking swivel and dragged me into a men's store. While the gal was fitting the trousers, I shoved my right hand down inside the waistband and pushed a little out.

The gal fitting me said, "You wear a gun?"

 

[rogerjames]

I was "outclassed" but not "outgunned" that night.

I must disagree Boer. You were definitely "outgunned", but not "outclassed". Well... you did outgun the guys who had you outgunned.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Key here is that any gunfight you walk away from.....you won.

 

[Odd Job]

Aangename kennis, Boer.

I'm sure those okes are complaining about a bliksem with a rollie

Like we used to say in Joburg: "Vat hom, Fluffie!"

 

[Gelgoog]

well NAA should at least send you 1 free replacement. then another one for endangering your life and a free t-shirt. Then $10,000 to use your story to market their product.

 

[The Swede]

OP: Great story. Too bad If this happened in my neck of the woods I would be in a bit of trouble. Well I guess I could use a whistle. That is what the state of Illinois recommends you use to fend off an attacker, burglar, etc.



Yes some people have sure lost their minds.
What are we, a bunch of politically correct dimwits now?

Blacklabel, get a life.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Let's not presume the NAA failed out of hand - as others have noted, there may have been damage inflicted on it during the attack.

 

[qwert65]

Thats impressive shooting with a NAA

 

[Phydeaux642]

Well I guess I could use a whistle. That is what the state of Illinois recommends you use to fend off an attacker, burglar, etc.

Are you supposed to hit them with it or jam it in their eye?

 

[Big Daddy Grim]

Good job Boer thats it nuff said.

 

[4Freedom]

I have a Boer friend myself, and I can definately belive this story. This is everyday life ina country with the highest murder and robbery rates in the world. Wild West may be an understatement. The place is a warzone in a state of carnage. My friend who lives in Cape Town also had a shootout with some goblins and he wounded them and they ran for the hills. He is retired from the SA military and fought in the Angola war. He used his Glock 9mm and a 30-06 (on backup) in that battle. Unlike Proud Boer, he was prepared for them. These stories are not uncommon at all in this horrible place. Sadly, there is many stories with unhappy endings. Many Boers, as well as upper/middle calss South African blacks are massacred daily in this place. Look at the music star Lucky Dube who was gunned down in Johannesburg during a carjacking. I will say South African criminals get the award for bieng the most ruthless in the world. Proud Boer is lucky they didn';t just shoot him and his family and rob them. THat is also common in South Africa. The luckier ones are asked for their posessions, the unlucky ones are shot first and then just robbed.

 

[Proud Boer]

I have send Mal some "proof" that certain folks asked for and asked him to post those photographs.

On the issue around using the name Boer,I have this to say:

I love South Africa(and ALL its people) and I regard myself a Patriot.(I also love the U.S.A. and regard myself as an "undocumented" patriot)

The pioneers who blazed a trail and made South Africa what it is today in a disproportional way where indesputably the Boers.

Sure,like America,we lost our way now and again but,like America,our great country was invented by a bunch of wise,old,dead,white guys.As Africa's superpower, everybody has ultimately benefitted from Boer efforts.

I sure am proud of the things we have done well and glad we have fixed the things we made mistakes with,and we continue to do so today.

 

[CWL]

Welcome to THR Proud Boer!

I admire your fighting spirit! Glad you made it without any permanent injuries and that you took the initiative to defend yourself rather subject yourself to the whims of these goblins. I've not been to SA but I've read enough to know that you live in a dangerous land with merciless predators looking for a quick score.

My only question is that if your wife had time to get your .45ACP, why couldn't she have given you covering fire from the window? Just curious to know if your wife is included in your SD training regimen.

 

[Proud Boer]

CWL,
My wife ran to the safe to get the weapon in case I lost and these Goblins entered the house.The whole fight took maybe 20 seconds.By the time she arrived at the window,the Goblins had got into there getaway vehicle.Sadly,if I had lost,she would have had to face them inside my house.She does know how to shoot though and has the heart of a lion.You know the saying that the most dangerous piece of real estate on earth is the piece of land between a mother and her children!
P.B.

 

[scubadown]

Great story Proud Boer. You have a lot to be proud of!

 

[SaxonPig]

It's certainly a wild story but my policy is to believe what a man says until he proves to me that I should not. I accept the story as true with one small observation. The reference to the attackers as killers. Do you know for a fact that they had committed murder? If not, technically they are not killers.

I know from personal experience that the 22 Long Rifle is pathetic from a very short barrel. How about the 22 WMR? Has anyone chronograped this round from an NAA pistol?