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30 Minutes on Tradecraft, for free

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For the past decade, I have been on the staff of Eye Spy Magazine in England and we have some pretty good articles on old-school covert spycraft. However, the below 30-minute piece from Wired is outstanding.

It’s by Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise and the wife of the somewhat famous late Tony Mendez (Argo), and well worth your time if you are curious about how realistic some of the stuff you see in spy films is.

Ah those long range shooting positons

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The crack shots in position dollymount creedmoor wimbledon 1870The crack shots, in position: Dollymount, Creedmoor and Wimbledon. Currier & Ives, 1875

I dig the Highland Fling, personally.

Photo by MCNY
LOC has a bigger, though B&W version

Of course, they weren’t too far off from the real thing:

major henry fulton shooting position

And we are really in no position today (get the pun) to cast shade on the old Creedmoor shooters compared to what we practice in 3-Gun and practical/tactical shooting today.

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