Gun shops on dublin

poulo6.5

Well lads.
I am working up in the big smoke for a few weeks and I am wondering is there any shops worth a look while I am here.
I am working and staying in the D2 area.

Cheers lads.

Traumadoc

not really.

endasmail

make sure your tooled up:D

J.R.

poulo6.5 wrote: »

Well lads.
I am working up in the big smoke for a few weeks and I am wondering is there any shops worth a look while I am here.
I am working and staying in the D2 area.

Cheers lads.

I live in Dublin - no great selection considering the population based here.

Here are ones I know of:


TALLAGHT ROD & GUN
http://www.tallaghtrodandgun.com/

My local gun shop. Steve is okay & obliging.
Gun room is in the back & you don't get in to see it ....he brings out a gun you may be interested in.
2 storey shop but not much upstairs really...stores decoys, waders, etc. up there.
Plenty of free parking outside shop.



COURTLOUGH SHOOTING GROUNDS
http://www.courtlough.ie/

Shooting ground with variety of clays...sporting, DTL, Skeet, sub sonic cartridges range etc. , archery, .22LR range etc. and gun shop.

Guns can be hired if you didn't bring your own up...either o/u or .22LR if you just want to get in a bit of practice.

Very good gun room where everything is on display & priced. You can pick up any gun you want & try it for fit etc. If interested in a gun they'll let you fire a few shots at clay to see what it's like.

Front of the shop is an accessories section...clothing is the top end of the market mostly......quality but expensive!!!

Well worth a visit but it's in Balbriggan...about 30 minutes drive from where you are.



FINGAL SPORTS
Christopher Lindsay
Fingal Sports,
Baldaragh,
Naul,
Co. Dublin
086 2620243
http://www.fingalsports.com

never been here!


LUCAN GUN SHOP
Angling & Sporting Centre
Ballydowd,
Lucan,
Co. Dublin

No website ........Pat Clinton can be hard to catch in the shop at times.....shooting /fishing shop with gun room in the back. He'll bring out any gun you're interested in.


MONKSTOWN
Crescent Sports
10A The Crescent,
Monkstown,
Co. Dublin
Phone: (01)2808988

no website.......haven't been over here yet...always meaning to, but friends were impressed and said it's well worth the visit.....seeemily has a good selection & variety of guns in stock.


CITY CENTRE
http://www.rorys.ie/content.php?ID=1

not really a shooting shop...mostly fishing, archery etc. but you may spot bits & pieces of accessories you like. In the city cente...Temple Bar...so if wandering around town you could drop in for a look.

http://www.greatoutdoors.ie/

not really shooting either.....but outdoor gear in general. Based in Dublin 2.....off Henry Street. They do quality outdoor gear...rucksacks, boots, handwarmers, insulated socks & gear, etc. so you may spot something to keep you warm while out hunting.

Millets Camping
Outdoor Equipment
61-62 Mary Street,
Dublin 1

also do outdoor gear, in general.



There are also 2 Army Surplus shops on Capel Street, Dublin 2. Worth a browse around for handy shooting accessories.

http://armybargains.com/about-us.php

clivej

MONKSTOWN
Crescent Sports
10A The Crescent,
Monkstown,
Co. Dublin
Phone: (01)2808988 (01)2808988
no website.......haven't been over here yet...always meaning to, but friends were impressed and said it's well worth the visit.....seeemily has a good selection & variety of guns in stock.


Gentleman to deal with. All guns are in the gun room and no entry allowed. Across from the big church set back from the footpath.
Parking across the road 'pay and Park'

kildare.17hmr

id stay away from the lucan gun shop, took a lad i no around a few shops lookin for a shotie and the guy in lucan couldnt have been less helpful or accomidating, wouldnt even tell the guy what he had in stock let alone show him!!

CG hobbies in celbridge, iv never bought anything there BUT i went in a couple of weeks ago to look at what they had in 223 and they have a nice selection of guns and the shop is also there trophy room from various hunting trips so some nice deer heads and some nice skins from different animals. I only stopped in for a quick look but ended up stayin for about an hourchattin to the lads. id recomend a trip there, not far outside town off the M4

BELOWaverageIQ

clivej wrote: »

MONKSTOWN
Crescent Sports
10A The Crescent,
Monkstown,
Co. Dublin
Phone: (01)2808988 (01)2808988
no website.......haven't been over here yet...always meaning to, but friends were impressed and said it's well worth the visit.....seeemily has a good selection & variety of guns in stock.


Gentleman to deal with. All guns are in the gun room and no entry allowed. Across from the big church set back from the footpath.
Parking across the road 'pay and Park'

I was in with Neal last week looking at a SSG69 P1, not a massive selection but a lovely man to deal with. , he had an interesting M14 clone in 308.

rowa

the only shop doing anything in shooting in the city centre is rorys in temple bar and they only really do ammunition , but is worth a visit if your are interested in fishing.
there used to be a good few gun dealers shops around the city , they are all gone now.

poulo6.5

Thanks very much lads I will check some of them out during the week

It wasn't me!

Didn't realise Rory's did ammo. May have to stick my head in now...

IRLConor

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Didn't realise Rory's did ammo. May have to stick my head in now...

Me neither. I'll definitely stick my head in now though, since it's very near to me.

Sparks

Be interesting if they did - we got told years back when looking for a nearby source for the odd tin of pellets if DURC ran short that they hadn't carried ammunition for some time.

poulo6.5

Sparks wrote: »

Be interesting if they did - we got told years back when looking for a nearby source for the odd tin of pellets if DURC ran short that they hadn't carried ammunition for some time.

That's cool the way ye call that stuff ammo like they are real bullets.

Tackleberrywho

Why Dublin, Our Nations Capital, the Centre of the world......................

Have no decent Gunshops?

Yet Dublin has a huge % of licences received country wide thread?

I have to go to Dublin for almost everything EXCEPT ammo

Sparks

poulo6.5 wrote: »

That's cool the way ye call that stuff ammo like they are real bullets.

Well, we figure if the jail sentence is in a real jail, we ought to call them like they're real bullets

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Why Dublin, Our Nations Capital, the Centre of the world......................
Have no decent Gunshops?

Because you can make more money doing almost anything else than you can being an RFD.

Yet Dublin has a huge % of licences received country wide thread?

Because Dublin has a higher population density than any other part of the country.

Tackleberrywho

Now Sparks.
There is money to be made as a RFD if you are a good sales person.

I know of one RFD who has expanded in the past 12 months in a RECESSION

Ironic that the Importer of Hornady & Nightforce is in Galway

Sparks

Tack, that's crap. Ask any RFD. Our markets are too small, our sales times too long. Intershoot has already stated it here before - you're talking about single digit percentage profit margins at best. That won't pay the rent in Dublin.

Tackleberrywho

Sparks wrote: »

Tack, that's crap. Ask any RFD. Our markets are too small, our sales times too long. Intershoot has already stated it here before - you're talking about single digit percentage profit margins at best. That won't pay the rent in Dublin.

Were you ever inside Gowan & Bradshaw?

Sparks

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Were you ever inside Gowan & Bradshaw?

Nope, just smaller RFDs in Meath and Dublin and Wicklow and Kilkenny.
But I'm going to take Intershoot's word and the financials I've seen over your guess based on being in someone else's showroom, thanks.

Drake66

Just a quick aside from a non-shooter. How long has Watts on Ormond Quay been closed for? I remember my Dad taking me in there years ago.

Sparks

Got to be over twenty years ago Drake, it was closed when I started shooting in '94 and had been for some time at that point.

Drake66

Sparks wrote: »

Got to be over twenty years ago Drake, it was closed when I started shooting in '94 and had been for some time at that point.

That long ago! I remember my Dad telling me he bought his first shotgun there. I saw the old sign hanging out of the building when I was down that way a while ago and it jogged the memory.

rowa

pat clinton in bedford row in temple bar went a few years ago too , he was more into fly fishing tackle with the odd gun in stock and ammo too .
rorys still do ammo, or did until very recently (within the past 2 years) .

Cass

Drake66 wrote: »

. How long has Watts on Ormond Quay been closed for? .

Sparks wrote: »

Got to be over twenty years ago Drake,.............

Must be 1989 or 1990. My Father used to use them all the time, but it was around then that he started using a dealer in Lucan (cannot remember the name) and eventually using Griffin and Hawes in Athy as it was on the way back from visiting family down country.

Drake66 wrote: »

That long ago! I remember my Dad telling me he bought his first shotgun there. I saw the old sign hanging out of the building when I was down that way a while ago and it jogged the memory.

They are still listed in some directories. Do a google search and they will come up under sports shops, etc. You would be waiting some time for a call back there.

.243

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Were you ever inside Gowan & Bradshaw?

are they now dealing in the retail ????,

Chopperdog 2

rowa wrote: »

pat clinton in bedford row in temple bar went a few years ago too , he was more into fly fishing tackle with the odd gun in stock and ammo too .
rorys still do ammo, or did until very recently (within the past 2 years) .

I think that you might mean Pat Cleere...

Tackleberrywho

.243 wrote: »

are they now dealing in the retail ????,

I meant they are making money.

Sole Importers of Hornady ammo and Nightforce scopes

Go into Dave Mullvihills in Ballymahon and you will be brought into a huge gunroom.

There is money, if you know how to do business

Sparks

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I meant they are making money.
Sole Importers of Hornady ammo and Nightforce scopes
Go into Dave Mullvihills in Ballymahon and you will be brought into a huge gunroom.
There is money, if you know how to do business

Due respect to them Tack, but I don't believe that for a moment.

Tackleberrywho

Sparks wrote: »

Due respect to them Tack, but I don't believe that for a moment.

Sparks

Do you not think I would have tried to cut out the Middle man?

Hornady would not send me a baseball cap nor Nightforce a T-Shirt unless it went through G&B

Sewn up!

There is a decent mark up on a NF scope and they do not take up as much shelf space as clothing and us Irish only require 2-3 models of them

And Dave Mullivhill has a Large Selection of Peashooters a long with a nice selection of affordable rifles!

Embrace the Dark side sparks
Head West of the Pale!

marksman9999

GOWEN AND BRADSHAW are a whole sale compamy based in galway backed a guy in the states with a massive wallet, margins on firearms and ammo are generally around 30%, but most of that is eaten up buy dealers overdrafts waiting on licences to come through from AGS, which as we all know can take forevever, if ever they regulate the time it takes to process a firearms licence, dealers can allow for this in there pricing, until then we can pay through the nose for our hobby, ammo sales dont have the volume for bulk buyin that cant be obtained in the uk or europe.

Cass

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I meant they are making money.
......................There is money, if you know how to do business

Not from me and they don't.

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Sparks

Do you not think I would have tried to cut out the Middle man?
!

Not hard enough.


A while ago i wanted a BR model NF scope and 2 sets of rings. Was told it would take 2 months minimum or i could pay a massive shipping fee to have it shipped in directly.

Cut out them and made a few calls. 4 days later had the 2 sets of rings and 6 days after that had the scope. Thats not looking after your customer base or good business in any sense of the word.


Most dealers i have spoken to tell me there is not a huge mark up on ammo especially cartridges. Whatever money can be made on guns is killed with the time it takes to get a firearm.

Tackleberrywho

Sorry I should have split the quote

G&B have the Irish Market cornered because nobody else took the place 4-5 years ago with all t5he Celtic Tiger Cubs being born by the minute at the time.








Dave Mullivhill sold a mate of mine, a Rifle Bipod,Moderator and ammo in part payment/Trade and credit card deductions of a set fee for a few months off the guys creditcard.
Now that was good Business sense as all parties got what they wanted

Cass

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Dave Mullivhill sold a mate of mine, a Rifle Bipod,Moderator and ammo in part payment/Trade and credit card deductions of a set fee for a few months off the guys creditcard.

What??????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Tackleberrywho

Ezridax wrote: »

What??????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Yep, a bit like the way you pay your sky Via credit card etc

Rig was €1000
€600 up front and 10 repayments of €40

That's Business sense in my Humble opinion.

Market a product to a cost base that is facilitating to the guy on a low income as there are more of them guys out there than the rich guys holding on to their dosh.

rowa

Chopperdog 2 wrote: »

I think that you might mean Pat Cleere...

You're Right , I think he's still in business somewhere up in Meath or north Dublin doing fishing tackle.

emptyshed

To get back on target...pardon the pun.
Quick answer to question is no there are no great gun shops in the Dublin area.
I buy as much ammo etc. in the West, prices are better, service etc.

Can only speak from experience of 4 Dublin stores

Tallaght Rod and Gun, (Got 2 firearms from Stephen), can be a bit grumpy...but he does have a lot of tyre kicking ejits wrecking his head.
Bluff him on prices, he always seems to drop a few euro.

Lucan.... every time I go in he's talking fishing with clients, wont interupt the chat to see if he can help ya.... I've often visited, waited, waited, then driven to tallaght to buy ammo!!

Place smells ridiculously damp and unhealthy....
.....however, when ya do get him he's great service and decent enough on price.

Clebridge Hobby Shop.....
I'm told the father is a gentleman (George I think), however I've only had dealings with the son, who reminds you of that one son in every family business around the world...no interest, hasn't a breeze and amazed their still in business...bought one firearm there, wouldnt go back ever.

Didn't know Rorys was still selling ammo, can anyone confirm they are?
Always decent service, last ammo I got there was about 2 years back, and it still had Irish punt prices, so I'd wonder about the turnover there!!

I do understand the business aint an easy one, all us shooters are tight feckers! but I recon the ins and outs of a business are another thread.... but then again its the shootin forum, we'll be anywhere but on target:rolleyes:

Grizzly 45

Drake66 wrote: »

Just a quick aside from a non-shooter. How long has Watts on Ormond Quay been closed for? I remember my Dad taking me in there years ago.

1990 they closed.After a serious bit of stupidity with a pistol that ended up in a murder I belive, or so the story goes.
Or was that Johhnie Watts in Glasnevin??As they went soon after as well??


Sparks

Do you not think I would have tried to cut out the Middle man?

Hornady would not send me a baseball cap nor Nightforce a T-Shirt unless it went through G&B

Sewn up!

Not to mind Remington as well!They have the import franchise for Remington ,and trying to get a price from them is like trying to get the launch codes form US SAC for the missiles!Wont even go there to tell you how much bother I had trying to get a price for the R25 and them stating that it ONLY came in .223!:o

rowa

I happened to be walking past rorys's in temple bar today and he has a sign in the window saying that he does stock both rifle and shotgun ammunition. Just if anyone is interested and he is the last shop in dublin city centre stocking anything to do with shooting.

meathshooter1

rowa wrote: »

You're Right , I think he's still in business somewhere up in Meath or north Dublin doing fishing tackle.

Pat Cleere is in clane in the industrial estate on the kilcock road.its been a few year since Ive been there, don't know if he is still in business.Pat worked in Garnett and Keegan once upon a time before opening in beford row, if my memory Sevres me well

meathshooter1

emptyshed wrote: »

Celbridge Hobby Shop.....
I'm told the father is a gentleman (George I think), however I've only had dealings with the son, who reminds you of that one son in every family business around the world...no interest, hasn't a breeze and amazed their still in business...bought one firearm there, wouldnt go back ever.

they are back in businness different premises,the son is long gone.its now being run by Georges brother who is a keen deer stalker and a nice fella,George is taken a back seat but does be there the odd time and is a proper gent.

mrbrianj

As others said on page 1, Neil McVeigh in Monkstown, Crescent Sports.
Good guy to deal with.

Seems to have a good cross section of guns, gun room is behind the counter but he will show you whatever you are interested in, so no problem there. Plenty of scopes and other bits and bobs.

H.O.T.A.S.

Can anyone confirm that Rory's are still selling ammo? Would be great having somewhere in the city centre to stock up on .22LR Hunting Rounds. Also anybody have any idea what range they stock Subs/FMJ/JHP?

H.O.T.A.S.

Decided to check out Rory's today.

He does indeed still stock ammo. Mostly Eley shells as well as Lapua Subs .22LR, Remington Yellow Jackets .22LR and CCI Stingers .22LR. Didn't have a look at any other calibres unfortunately.

It wasn't me!

Cheers for that. I think I'll get off my arse tomorrow at lunch time and stroll over for a look. Could do with a box of .25-06 ammo if there's any there, just to be safe for sunday.

rowa

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Cheers for that. I think I'll get off my arse tomorrow at lunch time and stroll over for a look. Could do with a box of .25-06 ammo if there's any there, just to be safe for sunday.

I doubt if he does centre fire ammo , think it's just shotgun shells and rimfire hunting stuff .

It wasn't me!

Yeah, just chancing my arm, but I'll never know otherwise. A dealer so close to college would be very handy too.

Mauser 308

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Sparks

Do you not think I would have tried to cut out the Middle man?

Hornady would not send me a baseball cap nor Nightforce a T-Shirt unless it went through G&B

Sewn up!

There is a decent mark up on a NF scope and they do not take up as much shelf space as clothing and us Irish only require 2-3 models of them

And Dave Mullivhill has a Large Selection of Peashooters a long with a nice selection of affordable rifles!

Embrace the Dark side sparks
Head West of the Pale!

Tack what is he charging for the sst supers in 308?