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UCD Shooting Club
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22-06-2010 11:47pm#1
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Hantipants wrote: »If i were to get more interested in the sport after trying using the club gear, would it be allowed to bring my own rifle to the range, if i were to buy one?
When matches are held all those competing bring their own rifles to the competition, so there shouldn't be any problem if you wanted to bring down your own rifle to train there (assuming all the paperwork was in order!
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bunny shooter wrote: »And students reckon they're hard done by
This student just bought himself a new rifle. That's a big pinch to be feeling, so feck off. 0 -
Well, to be fair, it has taken years of work to build up the kit and range that both UCDRC and DURC have. It's a pretty nice story really - a group of people, usually in their late teens (a time generally regarded as being somewhat characterised by a degree of irresponsibility), and yet for 10 years in UCD and nearly 50 in TCD, successive generations of teenagers have successfully run rifle clubs with very high standards of training, equipment, participation levels and performance levels. They've trained literally thousands of shooters, won hundreds of medals in competition, produced dozens of national champions in just about every discipline, have represented their country internationally, and have had supplied trained committee members to several clubs and associations.
You'd nearly think that learning to shoot teaches people something... 0 -
It wasn't me! wrote: »This student just bought himself a new rifle. That's a big pinch to be feeling, so feck off.
As I was saying ye have it so hard 0 -
Well, to be fair, it has taken years of work to build up the kit and range that both UCDRC and DURC have. It's a pretty nice story really - a group of people, usually in their late teens (a time generally regarded as being somewhat characterised by a degree of irresponsibility), and yet for 10 years in UCD and nearly 50 in TCD, successive generations of teenagers have successfully run rifle clubs with very high standards of training, equipment, participation levels and performance levels. They've trained literally thousands of shooters, won hundreds of medals in competition, produced dozens of national champions in just about every discipline, have represented their country internationally, and have had supplied trained committee members to several clubs and associations.
You'd nearly think that learning to shoot teaches people something...
And all they do is whinge how hard life is for them
Like the link btw
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Pffft. I got my kit in college too. It's not so much a sign of largesse as it is a sign that you'll be paying off the credit union loan for the next five years...bunny shooter wrote: »As I was saying ye have it so hard0 -
*falls off chair*bunny shooter wrote: »And all they do is whinge how hard life is for them
An Irish target shooter who complains about how expensive stuff is?
No, it can't be. None of us do that. Ever. At all. Nope, not a single one of us would ever fail to be a stoic. We're famous for it. "Those Irish target shooters", they say from America to Finland, "they're so stoic, they never complain about anything no matter how difficult things get and they're never slow to pay even the most onerous fees. We wish we were more like them all the time"0 -
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So why doesn't your club provide all that for beginners then bunny?
Which club would that be
I'm in 2 x "game" clubs and a member of a range.
The game clubs wouldn't spend a cent on anything except pheasants :rolleyes:
The range provides me with a superb facility that allows me to use any of my firearms in a safe, secure and comfortable environment more or less whenever I want :cool:
However none of these do it for €10
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bunny shooter wrote: »Come on ............ €10 membership and look what you get :eek:
I'm going back to school :P
Come to Trinity. It's €4 and we have smallbore as well as air rifle. (I think choosing a university based on its rifle club is a properly solid decision) 0 -
It wasn't me! wrote: »Come to Trinity. It's €4 and we have smallbore as well as air rifle. (I think choosing a university based on its rifle club is a properly solid decision)
:eek: €4 :eek::eek:
Next whinging student I meet will get a shock 0 -
bunny shooter wrote: »:eek: €4 :eek::eek:
Next whinging student I meet will get a shock
Well, €304 for alumni
Besides, have you considered that it's not that the colleges are very cheap but that everyone else is very expensive?
(Plus, it's €4 for the year for DURC plus you buy ammunition from DURC when you shoot there, plus the alumni kick back a few euro to help the budget, so they do manage to stay in the black by ~€20-30 each year).0 -
bunny shooter wrote: »:eek: €4 :eek::eek:
Next whinging student I meet will get a shock
You should hear the whinging any time the club raises (or tries to raise) the price!
There was at least one 1st year last autumn who said "€4? So, does that cover me for all 4 years?". Cheeky fecker.
I wouldn't mind, but when I joined it cost 2 or 3 pints. Now it costs ~1 pint.0 -
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You should have signed him up on the spot, he sounds like he's been shooting for decades alreadyIt wasn't me! wrote: »I was nearly moved to motion over that guy. Bleedin' cheek! 0 -
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