VCRAI Shoot Castlemaine July 25

Sikamick

VCRAI open competition at An Riocht Castlemaine on the 25th July 2010, all are welcome.

Please bring firearms License and Insurance with you on the day.

Book in time from 9.30 am.

Accommodation Details below:

http://www.kerrytourist.com/directory/accommodation/bed_and_breakfast/ring_of_kerry/castlemaine/

Queries to secretary@vcrai.com

Michael O'Connor
Secretary to The Vintage Classic Rifle Association of Ireland.
aka Sikamick

bunny shooter

Another excellent day out

Numbers down a bit but then again it's holiday time.

Some excellent shooting & scores, not mine unfortunately

Few "new" faces to the VCRAI shoots............welcome and please come again

Banter was as usual "manly"

Range operators were as usual welcoming & helpful even supplied sand and helped fill the sandbags again

Thanks to all, especially Mick, who seems to be the driving force behind the admin side of the shoots.

Weather held up

Personally, I think the new format whereby there are two classifications is a much fairer system for scoring. Only thing is I reckon we need an "ISSF'y shooter" classification also :D

The course of fire was good except that 20 rounds in one go at 300 rather heats up my Enfield

Only critism I have is some lads seem very reluctant to do butt (and I mean the hole in the ground type ) duty once they have finished firing Looking for lads to do the butts delayed the event considerably at times IMO.

For the future, I suggest, that once a detail fires that they then become the butt party and vice versa the butt party become the firing party? NO shirking allowed !

gunhappy_ie

Ragin.... I was supposed to go down the sat nite ... Van trouble ... C**ts in dealership gave me the wrong part !!

Good to here it all went well though....

By chance ....any Semis ??

tac foley

gunhappy_ie wrote: »

Ragin.... I was supposed to go down the sat nite ... Van trouble ... C**ts in dealership gave me the wrong part !!

Good to here it all went well though....

By chance ....any Semis ??

Got an FN?

THAT's a service rifle as well as being 'vintage' and 'classic'.

Mind you, you'll be at a real disadvantage when the rest of the shooters go back to 600yds with their No4's.

tac
www.vcrai.com
Supporter of the Cape Meares Lighthouse Restoration Fund

dCorbus

Any scores on the ol' vintage doors?

gunhappy_ie

tac foley wrote: »

Got an FN?

THAT's a service rifle as well as being 'vintage' and 'classic'.

Mind you, you'll be at a real disadvantage when the rest of the shooters go back to 600yds with their No4's.

tac
www.vcrai.com
Supporter of the Cape Meares Lighthouse Restoration Fund

EN G3 :P

The biggest pronlem for it at 600 yards is that the standard sights on it only go to 400 meters :P

bunny shooter

dCorbus wrote: »

Any scores on the ol' vintage doors?

They will be available later in the day

tac foley

gunhappy_ie wrote: »

EN G3 :P

The biggest pronlem for it at 600 yards is that the standard sights on it only go to 400 meters :P

Y'see, that's what you get for buying the cheap ol' metric version. The Brits' version is sighted up to 600 yards.

You'd be truly amazed how easy it is to miss at that range...I used to have great lack of success with mine.

I wish with all my heart I could have similar lack of success these days with one - I surely do miss that gun, and the IMBEL versions are just not the same.

tac

Kryten

Results are as follows

VCRAI Shoot Castlemaine 25th July 2010


Open Vintage/Classic Club Service as Issued Club
100 yards 100 yards

1st J McKeown 185 DTSC 1st S Shelley 177 Mid-Lands

2nd C Ward 168 LRRAI 2nd P O'Mahony Jnr 152 An Riocht

3rd D Franklin 124 DURC 3rd A Kelly 139 Hill Top














Open Vintage/Classic Service as Issued
300 yards 300 yards

1st E Tynan 176 Fingal 1st S Shelley 152 Midlands

2nd C Ward 174 LRRAI 2nd A Kelly 146 Hilltop

3rd J McKeown 146 DTSC 3rd P O'Mahony Jnr 121 An Riocht

dCorbus

Well done to all!:cool: