[July 27] Summer Standard Pistol Open

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Rathdrum Rifle & Pistol Club will be holding a Standard Pistol Championships on 27th July 2008. The format will be ISSF standard pistol (.22 cal only). First detail at 10:00am. Bookings are now open. NTSA membership is not a requirement for this competition

Summer Standard Pistol Open

To be held at the Indoor Range: Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club,
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow.

Sunday 27th July 2008
Championship: 60 shots at 25 metres
To be shot using .22lr calibre semi-automatic target pistol with five shot magazine or .22lr calibre revolver with five shot capacity (larger magazine or revolver capacities must be loaded with five shots only before each series).

Entry Fee: €15

Prizes for 1st to 3rd in Championship



Course of fire:

• 5 sighters in 150 secs,
• 4 series of 5 shots in 150 seconds each,
• 4 series of 5 shots in 20 seconds each,
• 4 series of 5 shots in 10 seconds each.
• There will be a 60 second loading period and 7 second attention period before each series.
• There weill be a two (2) minute preparation time before each detail.
• Details will last approximately 30 minutes each.

Targets used will be ISSF Precision 25m (200mm aiming mark, 50mm 10 ring) on the Megalink electronic target system. ISSF rules where appropriate will apply, equipment control for trigger weight and pistol size will be enforced.

Ties (from 4th place) to be broken by countback, highest number of 10's, 9's, 8's etc. or the highest number of inner tens, in that order. Ties from 1st to 3rd place to be broken by shoot-off in one 10 second series with a 150 second sighter series.

Sunday 27th July


Range Opens at 09:30

• Detail A - 10:00 (course of fire as above)
• Detail B - 10:45
• Detail C - 11:30
• Detail D - 12:15

20 Shot Final for top seven shooters – 13:00 (4 series of 10 seconds each) with a 150 second sighter series.
(A final will only be held if there is a possibility of a change in the finishing order should such a final be held)

To book a detail, go to www.rathdrumrpc.org and choose 'Book Detail' from the menu on the left. Follow the steps to book date, firing point/detail. A confirmation email will be sent to you to confirm your booking. Only available firing points/details will be displayed.

Please bring your licence/authorisation and evidence of insurance. Failure may result in your entry being refused.

Sparks

From the RRPC website:

Summer Standard Pistol Results
Written by Kealan Symes
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Paul Flanagan of Rathdrum Rifle & Pistol Club won the summer standard pistol competition today with a PB of 486 closely followed by Jeff Keogh of Hilltop. Unfortunately for Jeff, he fired his fifth shot in the second last 10 second series, .24 of a second after the time had elapsed losing himself a 9 and the competition in the process! In third place was Alan Kelly of Hilltop with a PB of 458.

Summer 25m Standard Pistol - 27th July 2008
Shooter|Club|150s||20s||10s||Total
||1|2|1|2|1|2
Paul Flanagan|RRPC|90|82|81|80|76|77|486
Jeff Keogh|HSC|87|82|82|83|81|67|482
Alan Kelly|HSC|90|83|74|72|64|75|458
Caroline O'Brien|RRPC|77|75|81|78|67|70|448
Oisin Reid|RRPC|81|73|73|62|67|65|421
Sandy Wilson|ECSC|75|73|74|79|66|48|415
PJ Harding|DRC|85|75|53|74|53|64|404
Kealan Symes|RRPC|65|70|46|63|72|67|383
Joe Kinane|RRPC|65|69|64|59|54|37|348
John O'Brien|RRPC|78|74|70|56|48|15|341
Brian Kelly|DTSC|71|66|46|40|34|36|293
Antho Gallagher|DTSC|30|34|36|27|25|35|187

Mistiming his shot apart, Jeff did extremely well on his first attempt at this competition as did Caroline O'Brien of Rathdrum who came fourth after only starting pistol shooting in February. PB's were also scored by Oisin Reid, Sandy Wilson and Kealan Symes.