Need a bit of help

Seachmall

I'm 16 soon so I decided to get into rifle sports. I'm pretty ignorant on the different rifle sports out there so maybe somone could help. I'm thinking of getting a .22lr as I have some expierence with that type of gun (not much though).

I'm looking for a cheap .22 thats pretty accurate but I don't want to be spending too much on my first gun. I've heard that rimfires are pretty good and I've been looking at a CZ 452 - 2E ZKM SILHOUETTE
Can somene reccomend another one?

Also, do I hava to keep it in my house? My uncle has a gun cabnet and I was thinking I could leave it with him (save my forking out 100+ euro on one of my own).
I might try to join the Fermoy rifle club as I hava relatives in Fermoy and I go there fairly often. Can anyone reccomend any good clubs/ranges in the munster area?

Thanks in Advance
S.

Progman

Why not try some different types of shooting first, just to get a feel for the different types of shooting that are out there. Its worth waiting a while before you invest to get the right one for the type of shooting that suits you. Don't forget that each discipline has different requirements from a rifle, which is why we have so many makes and models to choose from.:D

As for clubs in Munster, you mentioned Fermoy, a good club, nice people and an array of different disciplines to choose from. There's also a new club starting in Kerry, don't have any details about that and also one running in Mallow, again don't have any details about that one. There might be more, if so please let us all know!

As for the gun location / locker thing I'll have to leave that to people who know more about it.

Hope this helps.:)

Seachmall

Thanks for the reply.

What other types of gun sports are out there? I'm not big into hunting so I'd prefer a target sport. I'm not too sure about shotguns although I here clay pigeon shooting is great crack.

What rifle sports are there? I know of sillouette shooting, target shooting and air rifles but thats pretty much it.

My only expierence is with my uncles BRNO which is why I'm leening towards a rifle. I'm pretty good shot seens as I've oly used it 2 or 3 times (I can hit the center out of a 50c piece from 100 yrds).

As for clubs, would I be allowed to test out guns at a clubs range without joining one? I will join one but I'd like to see what firearm I'd like before picking one (e.g.If I get a shotgun I could join the Clare Gun Club as they specialise in clay pigeon shooting and hunting).

Also, what would the annual fee for a club be, roughly? I know they probably vary from club to club but what type of ballpark are we talking about?

Sorry for all they questions but I'm new to guns.

S.

Sparks

What other types of gun sports are out there?

In no particular order, and probably not including everyone, there's olympic or ISSF shooting (which comprises several different disciplines shot with air rifle, air pistol, smallbore rifle, smallbore pistol, fullbore rifle, fullbore pistol or shotgun), DTL clay pigeon, Sporting clay pigeon, metallic silhouette (which again has several different events shot with smallbore rifle, smallbore pistol, fullbore rifle or fullbore pistol), sporter rifle, gallery rifle (which seems to be mostly smallbore rifle, either bolt/lever/similar actions or semi-autos), fullbore target rifle, benchrest shooting (mostly in fullbore rifle), but with some smallbore rifle), and ordinary tin-can plinking (though I wouldn't recommend that one myself as you'd get bored of it pretty fast if you were shooting for any great amount of time).

Best advice I can give is to go to your local club and look around and ask questions and if you can, try stuff out. I wouldn't be spending any money for the first while, not until you find a discipline you like at the very least. Otherwise, you'd end up with a rifle that might not be suitable for what you want to do.

Club dues vary, but you're looking at the €100-300 range, probably a chunk less for a student like yourself.