Shooting Ranges

OLDYELLAR

New to this forum , Im not sure has this been asked before but Ill fire ahead anyway.
Is there anywhere in the country that would have a shooting range where they supply the guns and you can go there and try it out so to speak , or would you have to join a club and bring yer own stuff?

Like I said Im new to here and maybe its just a really silly question and Ive been watching a bit too much Dirty Harry but Id love a go at shooting so thats why Im asking.

Thanks all

Chopperdog

Check out Courtlough Shooting Grounds, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

Non Members can try rifle and shotgun shooting, all equipment is supplied.

Phone 01 8413096

www.courtlough.ie

OLDYELLAR

Thats Brilliant , Thanks a million

stevoman

jim grifen has a range in offaly you can google it. he is also a gun dealer. you can just go on the range anfd hire a .22 for the day. check it out

OLDYELLAR

Thanks for that!

Im getting excited just looking at those rifles

Now to tell the fella to F the cinema that Im taking him shooting :L

bullets

Have PM'd you Jims Number.

One tip if your going to the range.
Rather than spend 3-4 euro on target faces with only 6 targets
and replacing them each time there is a cease fire.

You may be better off taking a permanent marker with you and
drawing a few cross'es on your targets. to give you a few more points
to aim at while practicing.

my first time at the range I had shot the 6 target faces I was given in about
5 minutes and was waiting about a half hour for a cease fire to be called.
I only wanted 5 rounds in each target so I ended up shooting a hole in some
spare white space and using that point of impact as a reference for the other
shots.

~B

sidneyreilly

Hilltop in Newtownmounkennedy as well.

OLDYELLAR

Brilliant thanks for the places and hints everybody

Really cant wait to go now

the hunter

Really cant wait to go now [/QUOTE]

when are you going oldyellar ??

OLDYELLAR

See what weekend myself and the fella can do over the next 2 or 3 weeks , like to go weekend of the 14th of April , if not then the following one hopefully

OLDYELLAR

Well thanks to Sidney Reilly Ive booked rifle shooting in Newtown Mount Kennedy on Saturday the 14th. Cant Wait.

Thanks everybody for the suggestions and help

jozi

Is this target shooting?

My father used to be a member of a club when we lived in holland, always taught it was one of the things he missed living over here.

With his birthday coming up this month might be a nice present

Jozi

Vegeta

yes there are a few target shooting ranges in Ireland

BrianD3

I'm interested in this too. If you go to one of those ranges and hire a gun are you automatically supervised and instructed or do you have to ask/book someone to do this. And do the ranges run organised beginners' courses?

edit: I am interested in rifle target shooting rather than clay pigeons

jozi

I was interested because i think my father would like to do it and his birthday is coming up this month.

Is the target shooting standing or kneeling? He used to do kneeled shoot for about 25yrs, he'll hardly be supervised with that sort of experience?

Jozi

Dvs

jozi wrote:

I was interested because i think my father would like to do it and his birthday is coming up this month.

Is the target shooting standing or kneeling? He used to do kneeled shoot for about 25yrs, he'll hardly be supervised with that sort of experience?

Jozi

No offense to you or your Father,
But no range will allow any person,
regardless of claims of experience,
to shoot unsupervised, until such time
as, their level of ability and safe firearms handling,
has been assessed by the Chief Range Officer.

Dvs.

bullets

Dvs wrote:

No offense to you or your Father,
But no range will allow any person,
regardless of claims of experience,
to shoot unsupervised, until such time
as, their level of ability and safe firearms handling,
has been assessed by the Chief Range Officer.

Dvs.

In Theory only.........

A few weeks back I was shooting and some brand new guy decided he
wanted to change his target. Never bothered his arse to call a cease
fire and after putting on a yellow dayglow jacket decided to walk down
the 100m range while the people at the 50m range were shooting!!!!!

He was perfectly safe at the time as nobody was fireing on the 100m range
so unless someone at the 50 actually pointed a rifle at him he was ok.

It was a stupid thing for him to do and because it was so quite that
day and there were only 3-4 people at the range
nobody noticed until he was actually out walking towards the targets.
If he did not have the dayglow on him we would not have seen him.

After the Lights and Sirens went off had got taken into a corner and got
a right old bollocking.

2-3 weeks later the same bloke was at the range and a cease fire was called
and he never bothered to rack his rifle and left it pointing down the range.

Its these type of people that worry me.
Even after a safety briefing they dont listen.
Also everyone cant be watched 100% of the time and it only
takes a minute for something to go wrong.

~B

Dvs

bullets wrote:

In Theory only.........

A few weeks back I was shooting and some brand new guy decided he
wanted to change his target. Never bothered his arse to call a cease
fire and after putting on a yellow dayglow jacket decided to walk down
the 100m range while the people at the 50m range were shooting!!!!!

He was perfectly safe at the time as nobody was fireing on the 100m range
so unless someone at the 50 actually pointed a rifle at him he was ok.

It was a stupid thing for him to do and because it was so quite that
day and there were only 3-4 people at the range
nobody noticed until he was actually out walking towards the targets.
If he did not have the dayglow on him we would not have seen him.

After the Lights and Sirens went off had got taken into a corner and got
a right old bollocking.

2-3 weeks later the same bloke was at the range and a cease fire was called
and he never bothered to rack his rifle and left it pointing down the range.

Its these type of people that worry me.
Even after a safety briefing they dont listen.
Also everyone cant be watched 100% of the time and it only
takes a minute for something to go wrong.

~B

Have you voiced your concerns to those in charge at the range?

Running a range safely is reasonably straight forward,
Have rules and procedures in place,
make sure everybody is made fully aware of them,
reiterate them at every opportunity,
apply whatever sanctions are necessary,
to anyone that breaches them,
enforce them without exception at all times.


Try to preempt possible safety issues that may arise,
before they become a problem,
deal with any infractions on the spot!

Dvs.

flight93

Dvs wrote:

No offense to you or your Father,
But no range will allow any person,
regardless of claims of experience,
to shoot unsupervised, until such time
as, their level of ability and safe firearms handling,
has been assessed by the Chief Range Officer.

Dvs.

I dont think it was suggested that he shoot unsupervised.

bullets

Dvs wrote:

Have you voiced your concerns to those in charge at the range?
Running a range safely is reasonably straight forward,
Have rules and procedures in place,

Yep and the bloke was taken aside and talked to.

~B

Dvs

flight93 wrote:

I dont think it was suggested that he shoot unsupervised.

Hello flight93,
I think it was......

jozi wrote:

I was interested because i think my father would like to do it and his birthday is coming up this month.

Is the target shooting standing or kneeling? He used to do kneeled shoot for about 25yrs, he'll hardly be supervised with that sort of experience?Jozi

Dvs.

flight93

I see what you mean! Point taken!

jozi

I don't know how ranges are run here, i'm quite confident he wouldnt need supervision but if it's club rules then nothing can be done about it. He has been shouting for 25 years, he even carved the colar for a gun before because he couldnt find one that suite him so im pretty sure he's a ware of the safetyt side of things. But as i said if he needs to be supervised then thats it, im sure he wont mind (i wouldnt).

And in fairness to you DVS you could have writen your reply differently, perhaps with a more friendly approach?

Jozi

rrpc

Jozi

Check out Rathdrum or Wilkinstown, don't know what area you live in but those two clubs are target rifle clubs. Wilkinstown is air rifle and Rathdrum is smallbore (.22).

Wilkinstown: www.wilkinstowntargetshootingclub.org

Rathdrum: www.rathdrumrpc.org or http://homepage.eircom.net/~rrpc

Hope that helps.

Umiq88

Its not so much that he would need to be supervised its just that the people running the range can't really know how safe he handles firearms a range officer will probably just tell him how things are down and look over his shoulder while he's there.

OLDYELLAR

So we went shooting Saturday. Absolutely loved it , Ill defo go again , Id highly recommend it

Thanks again to Sidney Reilly

bullets

OLDYELLAR wrote:

So we went shooting Saturday. Absolutely loved it , Ill defo go again , Id highly recommend it

Who Liked it more yourself or yer fella ?

What did ya end up doing.
ie where did ya go, what did you fire, range distance etc ?


~B

OLDYELLAR

We went to newtown mount kennedy Hilltop adventure centre , the fella has a few pics , ah we both ;loved it , we did .22 rifles, think thats what there called at targets , not sure how far away they were.

I was brutal got 141 out of 250 ....not bad for a 1st attempt maybe.

Cant wait to go again though.

Had a dream last night my apartment was being burgled but I couldnt get the bullets in the rifle fast enough for the intruder....so I thnik tis a sign MORE PRACTICE!!

Sparks

I think it's a sign that you need to eat less cheese before bed.

OLDYELLAR

peanuts and cheese aint a great combo alright.

But yea saturday was a great day for it anyway , georgous weather so it made for a nice drive too Great day all round.

Dvs

jozi wrote:

I don't know how ranges are run here, i'm quite confident he wouldnt need supervision but if it's club rules then nothing can be done about it. He has been shouting for 25 years, he even carved the colar for a gun before because he couldnt find one that suite him so im pretty sure he's a ware of the safetyt side of things. But as i said if he needs to be supervised then thats it, im sure he wont mind (i wouldnt).

And in fairness to you DVS you could have writen your reply differently, perhaps with a more friendly approach?

Jozi

Hello Jozi,
sorry for the delay in response,
I did not notice this thread was still active.

I stated in my post at the outset,
that I meant no offense to you or your father.

I only stated what should be and is practiced at any range worth attending.

Dvs.