Sporting rifle may 2011

ssl

Did ye see the page on Fergal White? Great review. Good to see Ireland on the map for custom rifle building

patsat

Is there any chance someone cud scan the pages and post it??

It wasn't me!

Have it at home. Was a very good article. If nobody beats me to it, will try find it and scan it when I get home.

johngalway

He's a good guy who does good work, fully deserves the publicity (haven't read the article yet) and hopefully the work that follows it

It wasn't me!

Yeah, in all my correspondence with him, I've gotten the impression that he's always buzzed about doing good work and it doesn't really seem like he thinks of it as a job. Really good vibe about the guy, will definitely be having him do some work on my hunting guns as and when I can.

tomcat220t

The workmanship and the manner in which he runs his bussiniess speaks volumes more than words when you see theses type of people crossing the pound for Fergal to build their rifles. Great to see custom rifle building to be such a high standard here in ireland !

robertpatterson

patsat wrote: »

Is there any chance someone cud scan the pages and post it??

Its on his website
http://www.irelandcustomrifle.com/press.html

It wasn't me!

That's actually an older article. He's been featured in it again this month. Pete Carr was so impressed he ordered a custom .300 win mag before he left. Good an endorsement as any!

Sparks

It's damn nice to see this kind of good publicity for an Irish setup.

clivej

It wasn't me! wrote: »

That's actually an older article. He's been featured in it again this month. Pete Carr was so impressed he ordered a custom .300 win mag before he left. Good an endorsement as any!

How did Carr stop Fergal talking for long enough to get out of his shop?

It wasn't me!

Sparks wrote: »

It's damn nice to see this kind of good publicity for an Irish setup.

Absolutely brilliant. I hope it gets him all the business he deserves. The UK's been a competitive market for a long time and if Fergal can start attracting business away from them, that's fantastic. He's a genuinely nice guy, too.

clivej wrote: »

How did Carr stop Fergal talking for long enough to get out of his shop?

Hard to say, really!

Tackleberrywho

Sparks wrote: »

It's damn nice to see this kind of good publicity for an Irish setup.

Do you have the Mag?

I have tried in 3 shops this week and I only could find Sporting Gun on the Shelves.I knew the article was coming out, mad to get a read of it.

I'm nowhere near a Decent Newsagent at the minute nor do I have the spare time to go searching.:o
God I am soooooooo sick Of College!:(:(

It wasn't me!

Tack, I'll stick it up when I get home.

Rovi

Can I respectfully suggest that as many people as possible buy an actual hard copy of the magazine if they can find it?
Sales figures are the lifeblood of these low-circulation specialist magazines, and they're the only tangible thing they can use to attract advertisers and keep them publishing.
By all means, share the particular article in this case around to all and sundry, it's terrific publicity and promotion for 'one of our own', but the magazine publishers need to know that this sort of article has a positive effect on their sales figures too.
Perhaps drop them a note thanking them for the coverage and hoping that they'll do more in the future?

Tackleberrywho

For those of you who have them Modern Ipad things!

http://www.sporting-rifle.com/subscribe/

Hard or Soft Copies available

It wasn't me!

Here we go lads.

dCorbus

Fair play to Mr. F. White for getting that coverage.
Due Credit where Credit's Due!

It's great to see good news about firms in Ireland. It's particularly good to see that Ireland Custom Rifles' work is being recognised overseas, as well as here, for what it is - top class.

Thanks to the OP for the heads-up on the article!

It wasn't me!

Yeah, he really seems to be making himself popular and well known, which is great to see. Just hope he doesn't get too busy. I may have work for him before too long, funding model depending...

ormondprop

He deserves all the publicity, god knows he worked hard enough for it, i think i handled that rifle aswell, or else one the exact same in a differant calibre, the defiance actions are lovely, the spiral fluting in the bolt is cool, hefty enough rifle though

poulo6.5

Great exposure for Fergal he deserves it. I hope to have my own White lightening soon enough.

stick shooter

Very good and in depth write up , Not to mention its his second time in such an informed magazine . The 6.5x56 is an unusual calibre choice . But they must have being very impressed to order a custom build off him .

It wasn't me!

I think he meant 6.5x47 Lapua, as that's been gaining ground as a target round. 6.5x57 is a rather more esoteric hunting round (a good one, but you'll be hard pressed to get ammo!). And yeah, Pete Carr knows his hunting rifles, so if he's happy, it's hard to see it being a bad call.

stick shooter

It wasn't me! wrote: »

I think he meant 6.5x47 Lapua, as that's been gaining ground as a target round. 6.5x57 is a rather more esoteric hunting round (a good one, but you'll be hard pressed to get ammo!). And yeah, Pete Carr knows his hunting rifles, so if he's happy, it's hard to see it being a bad call.

Ok, Taught the 6.5x57 would be an odd choice for a target round .

bunny shooter

It wasn't me! wrote: »

......Pete Carr was so impressed he ordered a custom .300 win mag before he left. Good an endorsement as any!

Or he gets a cheap rifle in exchange for doing article ?

stick shooter

bunny shooter wrote: »

Or he gets a cheap rifle in exchange for doing article ?

With a magazine like that, i would say he has the pick of any rifle builder both here and the uk but yet he picks mr white , I really do not think he done the article for a cheap rifle

bunny shooter

stick shooter wrote: »

With a magazine like that, i would say he has the pick of any rifle builder both here and the uk but yet he picks mr white , I really do not think he done the article for a cheap rifle

Of course he didn't

It wasn't me!

bunny shooter wrote: »

Or he gets a cheap rifle in exchange for doing article ?

I've got a biro handy if that's the answer.

stick shooter

bunny shooter wrote: »

Of course he didn't

From what i have read of the man, He has basically any rifle at his disposal and to say he would like to add a fergal white rifle to his collection speaks a lot of mr white and his work

bunny shooter

stick shooter wrote: »

From what i have read of the man, He has basically any rifle at his disposal and to say he would like to add a fergal white rifle to his collection speaks a lot of mr white and his work

I'd have a "Fergal White" rifle in my collection too ................ if I could get it at the right price

stick shooter

bunny shooter wrote: »

I'd have a "Fergal White" rifle in my collection too ................ if I could get it at the right price

I think you are looking for the spoon back

bunny shooter

stick shooter wrote: »

I think you are looking for the spoon back

:eek:

No I would have one for the "right" price..............where's me biro :P

badshot

great article
good luck to him
british mag can do a good piece on an irish gunsmith
our own irish shooters digest does it know
he even exists?

fish slapped

stick shooter wrote: »

I think you are looking for the spoon back

Well you'd be doing well to get the spoon offa Fergal after he stirs the tea for 20 minutes :D

Fair play to him and well deserved. Mad as a brush but aren't we all...

Cass

Managed to pry the mag out of the Father's hands. Seriously. Ever see a man take 5 hours to "flick" through a mag.

Anyway. Good write up for Fergal, and well deserved. As has been said numerous times in this thread its good to see some home grown builders getting the attention they have worked hard for.:cool:

Tackleberrywho

It's only the tip of the Ice-Berg for IrelandCustomRifle.

I look Forward to see the business growing and evolving into a recognised Brand name in the International Shooting Community.

I always said we have some of the Best skills in the world in this country.
We as a people just need to get behind our home grown Industries.

I have had several Rifle Jobs done by Fergal and all done in a timely fashion and to a very high standard.

Watch this Space

Tackleberrywho

ssl wrote: »

Did ye see the page on Fergal White? Great review. Good to see Ireland on the map for custom rifle building

http://www.irelandcustomrifle.com/images/sportingriflesummer2011.pdf
Now since May is over it's up on website for all to see.