"Women on Target" shooting classes

Galadriel

These people are running Women only shooting classes this month.

I did the riffle and pistol shooting course last month, I really enjoyed the day, I was abit nervous at first but they go through everything in the classroom first and the instructors where great (considering I'm a clumsy lefty!)

A different way to spend a Saturday!

coco_lola

Has anyone ever done this before? Would love to try it!

celtic-chick

Would love to try the pistol shooting too

krudler

firing a gun is awesome

celtic-chick

I have only ever fired a rifle,while in Canada a few years back.Must look into the pistol shooting though

Galadriel

celtic-chick wrote: »

I have only ever fired a rifle,while in Canada a few years back.Must look into the pistol shooting though

I liked the pistol shooting but the riffle was sooo much easier to shoot on target!

confuseddotcom

Wonder do they do anything like that down the Wild West .......

That sounds cool.

Wibbs

Galadriel wrote: »

I liked the pistol shooting but the riffle was sooo much easier to shoot on target!

Yea it's soooo not like the movies. Handguns are not easy at all. Shot a few in the states where the selection as you can imagine is a lot more than here. Fired a 357 magnum that damn near took my arm off. :D

I've done clay pigeon shooting here and it's great craic if there's a gang of you. I found that a lot easier. More instinctive, for me anyway. Get's you in the shoulder after a while, though I'm not exactly well padded.

hdowney

My brain is broke, I was reading the PDF thinking 'that date has passed'!!! Stupid Helen's brain. But I copped on quick enough

I would be well interested in this and €20 squids per class isn't too bad, I was expecting it to be way more costly

Snoopy1

Id love to do this. Ive shot a rifle before, but not a pistol.
Only thing is it asks for a cheque, where do you get them from?

Galadriel

Snoopy1 wrote: »

Id love to do this. Ive shot a rifle before, but not a pistol.
Only thing is it asks for a cheque, where do you get them from?

I was the same - don't have a cheque book, they took a bank draft no problem.

Snoopy1

i wouldnt get to bank till wednesday, would it get to the them on time?

hdowney

Do they not take cards? 21st century and all. I think my brain has forgotten what a cheque looks like. I have never owned a chequebook!

Stheno

A lot of clubs like this are quite small and can't afford the overhead that card processing fees incur (retailers have to pay to take cards)

I've been rifle shooting before and always wanted to get some instruction, will be signing up hopefully!

Snoopy1

I booked my place

confuseddotcom

I wanna go do this now. There is an odd time that I wished I lived in Dubland.

phasers

Oh this looks so cool! I'm broke this month though hope they run it again!

Fluorescence

Curiosity piqued. :eek:

foodaholic

Im booked in too, cant wait

Snoopy1

foodaholic wrote: »

Im booked in too, cant wait

see you there, im going in the afternoon

foodaholic

I'm actually doing both sessions. See you there Snoopy1

convert

For anyone who's in TCD or UCD, both of those colleges have rifle clubs which are open to students, staff and alumni. It costs very little to get involved (membership is between 4 and 10 euro) and all equipment and coaching is provided by the club. There are both guys and girls and the committees, and there are generally quite a few girls who are actively engaged in club activities, so for any students/staff/alumni who are interested, it's defnitely worth checking out.

Teyla Emmagan

I would love to do this. Saturday doesn't really suit though.

I've always had an unnatural desire to shoot a gun. A bit odd really as I'm totally anti violence.

Wibbs

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I've always had an unnatural desire to shoot a gun. A bit odd really as I'm totally anti violence.

Ditto T. I think, for me anyway, it's the mechanics and engineering of firearms that does it for me. That and the challenge of actually hitting anything with my Mr Magoo type eyesight. The sheer physical and precision mechanics of something like an automatic pistol in full flow is for me amazing to watch and feel.

This kinda thing.


I was lucky enough to shoot one of these in the states when I was barely a teenager;

Mauser C96. One of the first automatic pistols. Very "steampunk" looking in today's terms. A Victorian gun that still looks futuristic. Even cooler (as fellow nerds will know) because it was the pistol that Han Solo and Luke Skywalker used in Star Wars and it was only a few years after that film(early 80's). So as you can imagine I nearly wet myself at the prospect:o:D Another plus point in it's favour for me was that it was the only pistol I was able to actually hit the target with consistently. Weighed a bloody ton mind you, though I was only 14 so...

Snoopy1

Had a great day even If I was rubbish at the pistols.
Good to meet you foohaholic

busybee35

Where did you get to shoot that all the time Wibbs?

foodaholic

Have to say the women on target day was brilliant and great value. Eur40 for the entire day. Gave myself a headache from laughing so much.

It was great to meet up Snoopy1, and I dont think I was any better at aiming !!!

They said they will be running another day in a month or so for anyone who is intrested.

Wibbs

busybee35 wrote: »

Where did you get to shoot that all the time Wibbs?

In the US when I was a teen. One of those gun club places. Nice people who couldn't quite believe I'd never shot much of anything before, so let me try anything they had. The Mauser was my fave, the AK47 was good fun too.

foodaholic

Hi Ladies just to let you know that the Hilltop shooting club are running another women on target day. http://www.hilltopshootingsports.com/default.asp

Eur 20 for the rifle course and Eur 20 for the pistol course. I had such a ball at the last one I convinced another friend to do it with me

Galadriel

foodaholic wrote: »

Hi Ladies just to let you know that the Hilltop shooting club are running another women on target day. http://www.hilltopshootingsports.com/default.asp

Eur 20 for the rifle course and Eur 20 for the pistol course. I had such a ball at the last one I convinced another friend to do it with me

Have to sit this one out again but hopefully I'll catch the next one, would like to do the pistol one again as I was sooo bad last time!

Wibbs

Galadriel wrote: »

would like to do the pistol one again as I was sooo bad last time!

Pistols are sooooo hard G, a lot harder than the movies would have you believe. Well for me anyway. :) The first time I fired pistols in the US I was all over the place. Fired a Ruger(IIRC) 22 and couldnt hit a damn thing. Then they upped the ante to a 38 revolver whose name escapes and I was equally bad. The Colt auto 45 that followed was in a similar vein, though made me feel like a gangsta. If they had asked me to shoot the ground I'd have hit a cloud. The above ancient old Mauser for some reason suddenly made me look like wild Bill Hickcock with minimal effort. The joke was my da who was with me was hitting the targets with every pistol thrust into his hand, except for that one. Go figure. The upshot is that if I ever find myself in a gunfight, I'll be haunting the museums with a pry bar beforehand...

Semele

If anyone is ever in Las Vegas go to this place!

I fired an AK-47 here when I was on holiday and my friend had a 9mm Glock. It was, without a doubt and totally unexpectedly, one of the most amazing feelings in the world! Honestly, better than sex! I was like jelly walking out of there and had to go have a sit-down till my legs felt normal again! The actual sensation of how powerful the gun is can't really be described till you've held it.

They were really welcoming, even though we felt we'd be laughed at going in there- 2 skinny, nervous, very young looking girls with backpacks. All we had to do was sign a form saying we had no mental illnesses and they just gave us guns to play with!

There was a group of guys there at the same time as us and one of them came over afterwards to say that me firing the rifle was the coolest thing he had ever seen- I couldn't see from my perspective but apparently there were flames coming from the muzzle! Have never felt so much like a super-hero...and just to point out, I'm not some crazy warmonger type! I'd never even been interested before but, like I said, it was one of the bet experiences money has ever bought me!

foodaholic

I went there last time I was in Vegas too - its so scary, you can fire anything. I fired the Glock (watching too many FBI shows )