A Shoot

civdef · 08-01-2007 8:57pm #1

On other shooting forums I visit occasionally, group shoots are popular events, where members get to meet up, chat and shoot cool guns. Being that I don't usually get to attend these, being on the wrong side of the Atlantic, the thought occurred to me that something similar might work here.

Couple of ideas.

1. No competitions. People tend to get all caught up in the competitive element, arguments over rules etc. etc. it's a fun shoot.

2. No club/organisation politics either.

3. As far as possible, the shooting venue should be as flexible as possible. Not much point in us all going to the UCD water tower range to shoot fullbores!

4. This isn't to be very formal at all. No big awkward group bookings/deposits etc. People just turn up - shoot - have a bit of craic.

5. Start small. Leave the schuetzenfest extravaganzas for later years - if the first run doesn't end in bloodshed!

Comments invited.

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Edited with list of provisionally interested posters (will be refreshed my myself or another mod if they jump aboard)

Civdef
Jaycee
Bullets
Clare Gunner
Vinniew
Rovi
E@gle
Vegeta
Rew
Sidneyreilly

jaycee · 08-01-2007 9:05pm

Yep ...sounds good !
Count me in...

Have gun...will travel ..:rolleyes:

bullets · 08-01-2007 10:56pm

I was thinking along the same lines just the other day.

for me at least I would love to do as suggested but lack
the transport (I dont drive at present) and I am a total
newbie at the moment.

As I will be starting out as a newbie for paper target shooting at .17HMR
it will mean there wont be many if any competitions that I can enter in the future as
(excluding full bore as I cant afford that yet) its nearly all .22LR
but I would love to meet up (once I have gained a little experiance)
with people for informal shoots or meetups where you can chat and
discuss and maybe even get the chance to fire off a few shots from
guns/rifles that you would normally not get the chance to.

~B

Clare gunner · 08-01-2007 11:09pm

Brilliant idea.Be really nice to put some faces to some names who post here.:D

Vinniew · 08-01-2007 11:11pm

Reckon ur on a winner there Civ. Where and when?

civdef · 08-01-2007 11:27pm

I only do the initial ideas, someone else can do the rest of the work!

Seriously though, it'll come down to a consensus on where/when is convenient for most of the interested people.

MNSCI is closest to me, but I don't mind travelling further if necessary, and timing is fairly flexible.

jaycee · 08-01-2007 11:27pm

Hmmm... :eek:

If one more agrees to attend , we'll only get one can from Civ's 6 pack each..
Oh well ...he can always buy more .

Can I suggest the title of the Annual Boards "crap shoot" , It would help me justify why I keep missing things ..:D

Dvs · 08-01-2007 11:30pm

Clare gunner wrote:

Brilliant idea.Be really nice to put some faces to some names who post here.:D

:eek: Or not! :eek:

Dvs.

Rovi · 09-01-2007 12:04am

<jumps up and down>
Me too!
Me too!
Me too!

MNSCI would suit me best too, but I'll travel anywhere.

civdef · 09-01-2007 12:09am

Jaycee,

I was thinking more along the lines of a 3l bottle of White Lightning for refreshments, with plastic cups.

(For the benefit of any humourless indivduals haunting this forum tonight, let me just point out this is intended as a flippant comment and not intended to promote drinking and shooting or to be offensive, therefore please don't bother asking for it to be removed, as to be quite honest, no one cares.)

This might also be a good chance for people to try other disciplines, we could see IPSC heads with Anschutz 2013s and ISSF heads with Sig 226s.

jaycee · 09-01-2007 1:12am

civdef wrote:

Jaycee,

I was thinking more along the lines of a 3l bottle of White Lightning for refreshments, with plastic cups.

Oh fer Gawd sake ..."Plastic Cups " :mad:
Where were you raised son...?

You drink your moonshine from a fruit jar same as everyone else..:rolleyes:
Plastic cups my ass.. !
thats the trouble with hanging around with yuppies and students..

At least you were planning to share

Yeah a variety of different stuff would be good ..

E@gle. · 09-01-2007 1:21am

what kind of shoot do you have in mind clay's or target shooting with a rifle??

Vegeta · 09-01-2007 9:29am

would be nice to meet up alright.

As Civ says we'd have to organise a place and time though.

Rew · 09-01-2007 9:58am

Im def up for it need to try out the new scope (also need mounts frist though!!)

Clare gunner · 09-01-2007 11:53am

jaycee wrote:

Oh fer Gawd sake ..."Plastic Cups " :mad:
Where were you raised son...?

You drink your moonshine from a fruit jar same as everyone else..:rolleyes:
Plastic cups my ass.. !
thats the trouble with hanging around with yuppies and students..

At least you were planning to share

Yeah a variety of different stuff would be good ..

Hell boy,you some kind of fancy city slicker??With your fancy fruit jars??Y'all drink your moonshine from the jug,as the Lord inteded it to be.:rolleyes: Thats why there is that little ring next to the mouth piece.Put your index finger thu that and rest the jug on your forearm an drink away.:D .Some folks just aint got no etiquette. Fruit jars indeed[goes away muttering]:D

sidneyreilly · 09-01-2007 12:32pm

I'm game. Suggest a mixture of rifle,pistol and clays?

E@gle. · 09-01-2007 12:39pm

yeah count me in as well

Hezz700 · 09-01-2007 1:55pm

Yep i'm game(maybe game is a bad choice of word):eek: It would be nice to put a faces to all the other gun toting honkies that post on these here boards.
And you city dwellers too:D

E@gle. · 09-01-2007 2:49pm

is MNSCI the midlands shooting range?

Vegeta · 09-01-2007 3:05pm

E@gle. wrote:

is MNSCI the midlands shooting range?

as far as i know yes it is

actually what's the dealio with us non members of the range???

maglite · 09-01-2007 5:18pm

humm

would love to but i see two problems ahead

1) leaving cert
2)transport
3) cant bring gun on train,, bus,, taxi etc....

but very interested

civdef · 09-01-2007 5:23pm

I've brought guns on buses and taxis..

Rew · 09-01-2007 5:41pm

maglite wrote:

humm

would love to but i see two problems ahead

1) leaving cert
2)transport
3) cant bring gun on train,, bus,, taxi etc....

but very interested

Car pooling should haelp as well.

maglite · 09-01-2007 5:49pm

civdef wrote:

I've brought guns on buses and taxis..

admission of law breaking:eek: :eek: :eek:

civdef · 09-01-2007 6:28pm

Which laws would those be?

flight93 · 09-01-2007 7:45pm

Sounds great! Is there a dress code??

Rovi · 09-01-2007 7:50pm

flight93 wrote:

Sounds great! Is there a dress code??

Weather permitting, flip-flops and Speedos.

E@gle. · 09-01-2007 8:29pm

Vegeta wrote:

as far as i know yes it is

actually what's the dealio with us non members of the range???

i have shot there before but i think not 100% sure though that non-members can only shoot rimfire rifles and not the full bore centre fire rifles.

maglite · 09-01-2007 9:12pm

civdef wrote:

Which laws would those be?

i think it is covered under something like the dublin transport act not too sure:rolleyes:

Hezz700 · 09-01-2007 9:47pm

Rovi wrote:

Weather permitting, flip-flops and Speedos.

More like, Straw hats and dungarees:D

civdef · 09-01-2007 10:54pm

i think it is covered under something like the dublin transport act not too sure

Come back to me when you have and try not to be accusing me of lawbreaking in the meantime.

Gerri · 10-01-2007 7:12am

E@gle. wrote:

i have shot there before but i think not 100% sure though that non-members can only shoot rimfire rifles and not the full bore centre fire rifles.

That needs to be clarified.
I hear that non members can only use club .22 rimfire, non members cannot use the pistol or centrefire range. Don't know about the clay range. Can Civ or Rovi check as they are both members. I think Hilltop allow non members use the pistol, rimfire but no centrefire rifles, and clay range so it might be a better option, unless Courtlough will allow pistol, rimfire and clay.

Chopperdog · 10-01-2007 8:11am

Gerri wrote:

I think Hilltop allow non members use the pistol, rimfire but no centrefire rifles, and clay range so it might be a better option, unless Courtlough will allow pistol, rimfire and clay.

We at Courtlough would normally love to oblige in a situation like this but we dont have a pistol range. .22 and clays only so no joy from our side.

civdef · 10-01-2007 8:50am

Can Civ or Rovi check as they are both members.

That is the situation allright- wouldn't really suit so.

Any Hilltop member able to find out if that location would be better?

sidneyreilly · 10-01-2007 9:58am

At Hilltop.You can shoot .22lr bench 50m, .22-.357 indoor gallery, small-bore and fullbore pistol and full clay layout.

Rovi · 10-01-2007 10:12am

Is there any range out there that 'officially' allows non-members fire fullbore rifles?
The two I know pretty well don't/can't (Midland and Hilltop, respectively).

Rew · 10-01-2007 10:28am

Rovi wrote:

Is there any range out there that 'officially' allows non-members fire fullbore rifles?
The two I know pretty well don't/can't (Midland and Hilltop, respectively).

Iv heard of midlands letting groups shoot fullbore for a fee, maybe they would do a deal?

bullets · 10-01-2007 2:18pm

There seems to be a Push on generating interest in Full Bore
so Teams can compete internationally.

So I dont know why Clubs cant get a dedicated Full Bore rifle specifically
for introducing or giving people a taste of what its like to fire.
Same goes for Pistol.

Surely your not expected to spend about 1500-3000 for a rifle thats barrell
may burn out after 1000 rounds another wad on a scope, hell for a licence,
getting House alarms put in etc Before!! you get a taste or feel for shooting
at longer distances and with larger more expensive rounds.

I would LOVE to be able to fire full bore but cannot afford it
and I am only starting out so maybe long term in the distant
future.

Midlands looks as thought its going to have a lovely voice activated
clay shooting set up but again when I asked about it they said that
you need to have your own shot gun to shoot clays there for now.
Same goes for anything ther than .22LR. :-(

~B

Sparks · 10-01-2007 2:36pm

I dont know why Clubs cant get a dedicated Full Bore rifle specifically
for introducing or giving people a taste of what its like to fire.

Not all clubs have the ranges to fire fullbore stuff on. Plus, training ROs for new disciplines and the wierd mistakes newbies make is not trivial and is vital for safety. Plus, there are a lot of new disciplines being pushed right now - Class F, Target Rifle, Service Rifle, IPSC, at least six ISSF pistol disciplines, and so on. That's not to say it won't happen - ideally, every club should have at least one firearm owned by the club to expose every discipline they shoot to new shooters (and old shooters looking to try something new!). But it will take some time.