Irish Shooting Competitions and Disciplines

Breachloader

List of Irish Target shooting competitons and the firearms needed for them.

I was just looking for a central source of information on all the competitions available to the Irish shooter and was coming up short so starting this thread to inform others and hopefully learn some new competitions myself.


What you can compete in with:

Rimfire .22 Pistol or Revolver
GP40
Timed and Precision 1 & 2
Multi target
50 meter free pistol
25 meter rapid fire
25 meter standard pistol (men)
25 meter sport pistol (women)
Club fun shoots, skittles, steels, balloons. Timed and person v person target matches.
???

Centrefire Pistol or Revolver
WA1500 main match
WA1500 60 shot
WA1500 48 shot
GP40
Timed and Precision 1 & 2
Multi Target
50 meter precision
PP1 & PP2
Club fun shoots, skittles, steels, balloons. Timed and person v person target matches.
???

Rimfire .22 Rifle

Gallery
GRSB1500
GRSB1020
Timed and Precision 1
Multi Target
???

Benchrest/Bolt action
International Sporter
Light Varmint
Heavy Varmint
Silhouette
50 meter rifle (Olympic prone and 3 position)
25 yard prone rifle
100 yard prone rifle
Biathalon (Shoot and Ski)
???


Centrefire Gallery Rifle .30/.38/.357/.44
GRCF1500
GRCF1020
GRMC60
Timed and Precision 1
Multi Target
???

Centrefire Target/Hunting Rifle
F Class
Target Rifle
Match Rifle
Midlands STAG target shoot
Midlands Fox target shoot
Classic/Service Rifle
300 meter prone
Blackpowder Rifle ?
???


Shotgun

Clays
Trap (DTL, ABT, OT, UT etc.)
Sporting (Sporting, FITASC etc.)
Skeet (National, Olympic & American)

Target
Target shotgun

Air Rifle
Tetrathlon (Irish Pony Club)
Pentathlon (combined shoot and run)
10 meter standing (men 60 shot, women 40 shot)
???

Air Pistol
10 meter standing
Tetrathlon


The following organisations run competitions and on there websites you will find some helpful information regarding disciplines and events.

Nasrpc
http://www.nasrpc.ie/home

NRAI
http://www.nrai.ie/

Silouette association of Ireland
http://sites.google.com/site/irishsilhouetteshooter/

ICPSA
http://www.icpsa.ie/
Target Shooting Ireland
http://www.targetshooting.ie/

Gallery Rifle website
http://www.galleryrifle.com/

MPAI
http://www.mpaireland.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=104

NSRA
http://www.nsra.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=59

ISSF
http://www.issf-sports.org/


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Well now, What am I missing?
Who shoots some or all of these competitions?
What other competitions are there for the Irish target shooter.

BR

Sparks

Breachloader wrote: »

Well now, What am I missing?

Almost all of the non-shotgun ISSF competitions (which use all of the above rifles and pistols - you only mentioned the 50m stuff), several of the NSRA matches we shoot in Ireland (25yd and 100yd prone smallbore rifle) as well as the Pony Club and MPAI competitions, which use airguns (air rifle and air pistol).

Bananaman

There is no such thing as a definitive list of target shooting disciplines or indeed a subset of that which describes the Irish Target Shooting landscape.

If you shoot at it, it is a scoring target and it is not hunting :-: It is target shooting.

If there are at least two of you and you are scoring it :-: it is a target shooting competition.

There will be novelty disciplines shot in clubs the length and breadth of the country - which you may not see anywhere else.

There are myriad associations (and an awful tendency to try to split into ever smaller ones so everyone gets to be on a committee somewhere) which may give you the impression that the aggregate of all of them covers the sports competed in, but that is not the case.

There are many, many disciplines/competitions for which there is no governing body in Ireland, nor a need for one.

The existing governing bodies administer broad strokes e.g.

NTSA administer non-shotgun ISSF disciplines - this covers a lot more than there are competitions for.

ITS cover IPSC handgun, rifle and shotgun, for which there are no competitions in Ireland.

NASRPC covers benchrest rifle, gallery rifle, sporting rifle and precision pistol shooting, among others. Again - this covers a lot more than there are actual competitions held in - as you can see from last weekends competition where they ran 18 separate disciplines, in which there were ~180 entries - there is a limit to what you can do in any one given event. The disciplines on offer at any one time is determined by the requests of the clubs and their members.

and there are many more.

So where as you may get a rogues gallery of sports which people on boards have competed in, i do not think you will get an overview of the sports that are on offer - or could be on offer, should there be sufficient manpower to run them.

B'Man

Sparks

If there are at least two of you and you are scoring it :-: it is a target shooting competition.

I think you could safely make a list of matches which had a slightly higher subscription rate than that though.
Leaving aside novelty matches, club charity shoots and the like, and only listing matches that are regularly shot, you wouldn't have an unmanageable list.
It definitely wouldn't be a complete list of what qualifies as target shooting, to be sure, but it'd be a rough guide to what we regularly shoot, which would be handy for beginners.

Breachloader

A guide for begginers is kinda what I had in mind.

I am by no means a beginner myself, but I am not aware of all the competition in Ireland (far from it) and learn about new ones all the time.

I would like to keep it to the more popular, widespread and available competitions, so people can have a look here and get an idea of what knida matchs they can shoot with the firearms they already own or what would be needed to shoot something else.

Opinions???

BR

Bananaman

Well - there are some of the NASRPC ones listed here but I know that their site is not 100% up to date and is always being added to by the elves.

http://www.nasrpc.ie/disciplines

B'Man

Sparks

There's also http://www.vcrai.com for vintage and classic rifle shooting, and the boards wiki pages for Shooting Administrative Bodies and Shooting Clubs and Ranges.

If you get a workable list from this, it might be an idea to add it to that wiki and we'll link to it from the Important Threads and Useful Information thread.

Breachloader

List seems ok now.

I have shot most of the events listed above myself and know the Nasrpc event have a good following as do the Clay shoots, especially the sporting in my experience.

I'm afraid I have only shot competitions in the midlands a few times and never any long range stuff, so if someone can advise on their events I would appreciate it.

Cheers.

BR

Cass

Breachloader wrote: »

.............. so if someone can advise on their events I would appreciate it.

Its on the NRAI website.

Breachloader

Had a look through the NRAI website already, I can see regular events scheduled.

But what I want to know is how popular it is?
Do the same dozen guys shoot every week or is it more varied?
5-15, 20-30, 40-60 or maybe 100+ compeditors shooting these competitons.

I'd like to get involved myself too and would have done so long ago if I didnt live so far away.

Cheers.

BR

Cass

Its pretty much the same 20-30 lads at every event. On occassion on such big events as the Nationals, etc there may be over 50 lads shooting.

This year is a tricky one. With the Irish Open, Creedmoor, and worlds all this year every spare moment for the lads to be practising is being eaten up leaving little room for such things as the F-Class open days that were a regular feature or the Open F-Class league, etc.

Once the Irish Open/Creedmoor is over the "pressure" is off and you should see alot more regular events coming back.

Breachloader

Cheers for the info.

Out of interest though, Are all the places filled for those big events?
And is there a qualification process, or can anyone sign up to compete?

Cheers.

BR

dc99

Hi,

Is there a resource online where the actual targets can be seen or dowlnloaded (particularly the Rimfire timed and precision 1 &2, the GP40 and the 25m rapid fire)?

For practice purposes etc?

Rgs.

IRLConor

dc99 wrote: »

Hi,

Is there a resource online where the actual targets can be seen or dowlnloaded (particularly the Rimfire timed and precision 1 &2, the GP40 and the 25m rapid fire)?

For practice purposes etc?

Rgs.

For the 25m rapid fire, do you mean the ISSF rapid fire?

If so, there's a diagram in the rule book (section 6.3.4.4 on page 193). It also includes all the dimensions if you want to make it up in higher resolution.

dc99

Thanks for the info!

badaj0z

.22 Rim fire

You can add the following to the .22 list. All of these were shot at national level, organised by the NASRPC. All have National trophies which have been sitting on shelves, somewhere in the country, waiting to be shot for again.

Sporting Rifle----50 M open sight---(blade front, notch rear)
Sporting Rifle----100 M open sight

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Sporting Rifle----50 M 3 position any sight.
Sporting Rifle----25M prone any sight

Sealink Trophy--sponsored by the predecessor to STENA, awarded to the .22RF sporting rifle shooter who amassed the most winning results across the variety of NRPAI competitions run in the particular year.

Center Fire.

The National Center Fire Competition. Organised by the NASRPC.

Last run in the MNSCI, in conjunction with the Deer Society Annual shoot. 3 magnificent trophies made from marble and 40mm and 20mm cannon shells. Presented by Ian Preston of Kendal Monson(Firearms dealers).
This was last run, when the only center fire shooters were deer shooters Now that things have changed, would it not be wonderful to resurrect these trophies and organise competitions which deserved such items as prizes?

badaj0z

Bananaman wrote: »

NASRPC covers benchrest rifle, gallery rifle, sporting rifle and precision pistol shooting, among others. Again - this covers a lot more than there are actual competitions held in - as you can see from last weekends competition where they ran 18 separate disciplines, in which there were ~180 entries - there is a limit to what you can do in any one given event. The disciplines on offer at any one time is determined by the requests of the clubs and their members.



B'Man

You are largely correct B'Man but there are many members of clubs,who are bolt action .22RF shooters who were brought up on prone and 3 position disciplines(a cross over from ISSF) who would like to see such competitions run again. These shooters feel that the current emphasis on Gallery and Bench rest competitions, does not cater for many of them. The typical hunter, with his bolt action, who's main interest is in improving his skills in the field, where tricked out semi autos are too expensive, does not relate to this type of shooting.

clivej

dc99 wrote: »

Hi,

Is there a resource online where the actual targets can be seen or dowlnloaded (particularly the Rimfire timed and precision 1 &2, the GP40 and the 25m rapid fire)?

For practice purposes etc?

Rgs.

You can download the 'Gallery Rifle and Pistol' handbook from the link below. It has all the targets used in the competitions.

http://galleryrifle.com/data/2013/03/GRPPhoenix-book-final-2013.pdf

rsole1

Breachloader wrote: »

List of Irish Target shooting competitons and the firearms needed for them.

I was just looking for a central source of information on all the competitions available to the Irish shooter and was coming up short so starting this thread to inform others and hopefully learn some new competitions myself.


What you can compete in with:

Rimfire .22 Pistol or Revolver
GP40
Timed and Precision 1 & 2
Multi target
50 meter free pistol
25 meter rapid fire
25 meter standard pistol (men)
25 meter sport pistol (women)
Club fun shoots, skittles, steels, balloons. Timed and person v person target matches.
???

Centrefire Pistol or Revolver
WA1500 main match
WA1500 60 shot
WA1500 48 shot
GP40
Timed and Precision 1 & 2
Multi Target
50 meter precision
PP1 & PP2
Club fun shoots, skittles, steels, balloons. Timed and person v person target matches.
???

Rimfire .22 Rifle

Gallery
GRSB1500
GRSB1020
Timed and Precision 1
Multi Target
???

Benchrest/Bolt action
International Sporter
Light Varmint
Heavy Varmint
Silhouette
50 meter rifle (Olympic prone and 3 position)
25 yard prone rifle
100 yard prone rifle
Biathalon (Shoot and Ski)
???


Centrefire Gallery Rifle .30/.38/.357/.44
GRCF1500
GRCF1020
GRMC60
Timed and Precision 1
Multi Target
???

Centrefire Target/Hunting Rifle
F Class
Target Rifle
Match Rifle
Midlands STAG target shoot
Midlands Fox target shoot
Classic/Service Rifle
300 meter prone
Blackpowder Rifle ?
???


Shotgun

Clays
Trap (DTL, ABT, OT, UT etc.)
Sporting (Sporting, FITASC etc.)
Skeet (National, Olympic & American)

Target
Target shotgun

Air Rifle
Tetrathlon (Irish Pony Club)
Pentathlon (combined shoot and run)
10 meter standing (men 60 shot, women 40 shot)
???

Air Pistol
10 meter standing
Tetrathlon


The following organisations run competitions and on there websites you will find some helpful information regarding disciplines and events.

Nasrpc
http://www.nasrpc.ie/home

NRAI
http://www.nrai.ie/

Silouette association of Ireland
http://sites.google.com/site/irishsilhouetteshooter/

ICPSA
http://www.icpsa.ie/
Target Shooting Ireland
http://www.targetshooting.ie/

Gallery Rifle website
http://www.galleryrifle.com/

MPAI
http://www.mpaireland.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=104

NSRA
http://www.nsra.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=59

ISSF
http://www.issf-sports.org/


________________________________________________

Well now, What am I missing?
Who shoots some or all of these competitions?
What other competitions are there for the Irish target shooter.

BR

Hi, good list.


What is "shotgun target" shooting and where do they do it? I don't much like clays, this might suit me better.

LB6

.22 rimfire pistol/revolver category

there is a 25m precision pistol. but it's not gender specific. Both men/women shoot at same time and classed the same.