[August 2] VCRAI Competition Mid-Lands Range

Sikamick

The Vintage Classic Rifle Association of Ireland are holding an open
competition on Sunday the 2nd of August 2009 at the Mid-Lands Range,
Tullamore.


(Telescopic Sights cannot be used in this competition)

Book in time 10 am.


All are welcome.



Michael O'Connor
Secretary to The Vintage Classic Rifle Association of Ireland
also Dublin Target Sports Club



Mod: The VCRAI match had to be pushed back because of a mixup in available dates. The new date is August 2nd.

Sparks

Sounds like a good day was had from what little I heard...

derek_g34

Can you let me know what the limitations are for this competition? Does the rifle have to be a certain age or calibre?

It wasn't me!

Well, largely they're old bolt-action service rifles: Swiss K31s, German K98s, Lee Enfields of all sorts, Swedish Mausers and so forth. What had you in mind?

bunny shooter

Good day, small turnout by usuals standards. Some excellent shooting from what I saw of the targets.

My first comp with my Enfield. Didn't do too bad. Need to tweak zero a small bit but overall very happy with it

It wasn't me!

bunny shooter wrote: »

Good day, small turnout by usuals standards. Some excellent shooting from what I saw of the targets.

My first comp with my Enfield. Didn't do too bad. Need to tweak zero a small bit but overall very happy with it

Saw your group bunny, very nice stuff.

Sikamick

A very special thanks to Jim and Mary Griffin, Cris, Tony, Brian and all the crew in the Mid-Lands. To the Ladies that put on the Barbecue, it was very tasty. Great to see the Americans there for the F Class competition.

Thanks to Bunny Shooter, Irlconor, It Wasnt Me and all others that took part in the Competition, it wouldn't happen if we didn't have people like you.

Bunny Shooter I like the new Lee Enfield you done very well, good scoring.

Thanks again to all.

Result will be on the vcrai.com website later.

Michael O'Connor
Secretary to The Vintage Classic Rifle Association of Ireland
Also Dublin Target Sports Club

TMC121

Excellent shooting Bunny shooter.
Very good grouping from a 1941 No4 Mk1 Enfield.
A great day was had,
nice collection of rifles, Enfields, Mosin Nagants, Schmidt Rublins and a Pedersoli Rolling Block rifle.
Well done to the winners.

TMC121

bunny shooter

As I said my first comp with the Enfield. I was happy with my performance, that hasn't hapened in a long time . There is room for improvement and as I get to know it better I hope to be collecting a prize

The Enfield needed a serious cleaning and as IWM noticed it kicked less than others he and I have fired previously :eek: IRLConnor didn't notice any difference :P

As Mick said above, thanks to all who organised this and the other shoots, especially Mick himself . Without him I reckon the whole thing would fall apart

Hopefully the new legislation won't stop the lads who don't own a classic rifle from taking part

Thanks to John, from Fingal Sports, who supplied mine and my brothers rifles.

My brother would have been there but his wife is in hospital awaiting the imminent delivery of their first child. He couldn't risk being on the range and not making it to the hospital in time if baby decided it was time to put in an appearance

Congrats to the winners........IWM there again

To anyone looking for a fullbore rifle shooting discipline I highly recommend classic shooting for value for money, comradarie and sheer fun :cool:

I will see you all on the range in the future

TMC121, you have me at a disadvantage

It wasn't me!

bunny shooter wrote: »

As I said my first comp with the Enfield. I was happy with my performance, that hasn't hapened in a long ti,e . There is room for improvement and as I get to know it better I hope to be collecting a prize

The Enfield needed a serious cleaning and as IWM noticed it kicked less than others he and I have fired previously :eek: IRLConnor didn't notice any difference :P

The difference was astonishing! It made what I would usually consider a rough enough calibre very easy to shoot.

As Mick said above, thanks to all who organised this and the other shoots, especially Mick himself . Without him I reckon the whole thing would fall apart

Hopefully the new legislation won't stop the lads who don't own a classic rifle from taking part

Thanks to John, from Fingal Sports, who supplied mine and my brothers rifles.

Agreed, major congratulations are due to the hard workers who make these shoots possible. They're fantastic fun.

Congrats to the winners........IWM there again

Bloody close run thing! All the medallists within a few points of one another. With what was a good and testing target, that's nice to see. As ever, the prizes are lovely, great feeling to get them. If I won half so many nice things shooting my main discipline I reckon I'd be better at it.

To anyone looking for a fullbore rifle shooting discipline I highly recommend classic shooting for value for money, comradarie and sheer fun :cool:

I will see you all on the range in the future

Absolutely agreed. As above, congratulations are due to those who do the hard work for these shoots. It's a very affordable way to shoot and gives great value for money.

TMC121

Totally agree
A great way to enjoy full bore rifle shooting at a very reasonable price and what a choice of rifles
Feeding them is not that expensive either!!