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A background in self-defence and situational awareness is very important these days – both personally and in business. There are many situations currently in which you need to keep yourself and your family safe. Think carjacking, armed robbery, heists, home invasions....

Women are slowly but surely blazing a trail as highly competent shots. Marksman’s Nest Firearm Training Centre & Shooting Range offers programmes designed specifically for women wanting to learn gun ownership fundamentals in a safe, comfortable and non-judgmental...

Make no mistake, carrying a gun for self-defence is a huge responsibility. So, if this is your choice, it’s imperative to get the requisite licencing to make you legal. And this means learning, understanding and following the laws that govern the carrying of a weapon...

Yes, that’s right: close-quarter self-defence training is vitally important. From a young age, we’re taught everything - from reading, art, maths, biology to camping in the wild. Yet there’s no official requirement for children, men or women to learn situational...

There’s so much to love about being on the shooting range. Marksman’s Nest shooting range more specifically. There’s the atmosphere, the noise, the smell of smoke hanging in the air: all signalling that you’re having a good time. Plus, going to the shooting range...

by Geoffrey Coetzee ..Phwweewww…. we reflect a bit on a few things that happened at Marksman’s Nest over last few days. .. what a week! Every picture we uploaded today tells a beautiful story. In the midst of all the commotion that our beautiful province presents us...

Of all the products from the R&D industry that I was privileged to test and evaluate, none quite compared to the Mantis-X. The first item after my resignation from the military was a Kevlar bullet proof vest capable of stopping a 223/556 speeding bullet used by one of...

“Bang-bang-bang, reload, down,” a few of the calls that echoed at Marksman’s Nest Shooting Range on 17 November 2020, when team Yzerfontein Armed Response passed their annual security compliance shoot. By law, all security companies that deploy officers with firearms...

Not only has the gear changed over time, but also the defensive tactics we use. Precisely why it’s imperative to stay in the gun training game. And no better place for this than Marksman’s Nest. Today we know better ways to reload the pistol, better ways to draw the...

"With Precision Rifle Series, there is no set path to take in learning to shoot PRS style matches. For most people, the easiest and probably best way to get involved is to simply find a match near you, contact the match director and come along and join in the fun. The...