A Shoot

civdef

On other shooting forums I visit occasionally, group shoots are popular events, where members get to meet up, chat and shoot cool guns. Being that I don't usually get to attend these, being on the wrong side of the Atlantic, the thought occurred to me that something similar might work here.

Couple of ideas.

1. No competitions. People tend to get all caught up in the competitive element, arguments over rules etc. etc. it's a fun shoot.

2. No club/organisation politics either.

3. As far as possible, the shooting venue should be as flexible as possible. Not much point in us all going to the UCD water tower range to shoot fullbores!

4. This isn't to be very formal at all. No big awkward group bookings/deposits etc. People just turn up - shoot - have a bit of craic.

5. Start small. Leave the schuetzenfest extravaganzas for later years - if the first run doesn't end in bloodshed!

Comments invited.


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Edited with list of provisionally interested posters (will be refreshed my myself or another mod if they jump aboard)

Civdef
Jaycee
Bullets
Clare Gunner
Vinniew
Rovi
E@gle
Vegeta
Rew
Sidneyreilly

jaycee

Yep ...sounds good !
Count me in...

Have gun...will travel ..:rolleyes:

bullets

I was thinking along the same lines just the other day.

for me at least I would love to do as suggested but lack
the transport (I dont drive at present) and I am a total
newbie at the moment.

As I will be starting out as a newbie for paper target shooting at .17HMR
it will mean there wont be many if any competitions that I can enter in the future as
(excluding full bore as I cant afford that yet) its nearly all .22LR
but I would love to meet up (once I have gained a little experiance)
with people for informal shoots or meetups where you can chat and
discuss and maybe even get the chance to fire off a few shots from
guns/rifles that you would normally not get the chance to.

~B

Clare gunner

Brilliant idea.Be really nice to put some faces to some names who post here.:D

Vinniew

Reckon ur on a winner there Civ. Where and when?

civdef

I only do the initial ideas, someone else can do the rest of the work!

Seriously though, it'll come down to a consensus on where/when is convenient for most of the interested people.

MNSCI is closest to me, but I don't mind travelling further if necessary, and timing is fairly flexible.

jaycee

Hmmm... :eek:

If one more agrees to attend , we'll only get one can from Civ's 6 pack each..
Oh well ...he can always buy more .

Can I suggest the title of the Annual Boards "crap shoot" , It would help me justify why I keep missing things ..:D

Dvs

Clare gunner wrote:

Brilliant idea.Be really nice to put some faces to some names who post here.:D

:eek: Or not! :eek:



Dvs.

Rovi

<jumps up and down>
Me too!
Me too!
Me too!

MNSCI would suit me best too, but I'll travel anywhere.

civdef

Jaycee,

I was thinking more along the lines of a 3l bottle of White Lightning for refreshments, with plastic cups.

(For the benefit of any humourless indivduals haunting this forum tonight, let me just point out this is intended as a flippant comment and not intended to promote drinking and shooting or to be offensive, therefore please don't bother asking for it to be removed, as to be quite honest, no one cares.)

This might also be a good chance for people to try other disciplines, we could see IPSC heads with Anschutz 2013s and ISSF heads with Sig 226s.

jaycee

civdef wrote:

Jaycee,

I was thinking more along the lines of a 3l bottle of White Lightning for refreshments, with plastic cups.

Oh fer Gawd sake ..."Plastic Cups " :mad:
Where were you raised son...?

You drink your moonshine from a fruit jar same as everyone else..:rolleyes:
Plastic cups my ass.. !
thats the trouble with hanging around with yuppies and students..

At least you were planning to share


Yeah a variety of different stuff would be good ..

E@gle.

what kind of shoot do you have in mind clay's or target shooting with a rifle??

Vegeta

would be nice to meet up alright.

As Civ says we'd have to organise a place and time though.

Rew

Im def up for it need to try out the new scope (also need mounts frist though!!)

Clare gunner

jaycee wrote:

Oh fer Gawd sake ..."Plastic Cups " :mad:
Where were you raised son...?

You drink your moonshine from a fruit jar same as everyone else..:rolleyes:
Plastic cups my ass.. !
thats the trouble with hanging around with yuppies and students..

At least you were planning to share


Yeah a variety of different stuff would be good ..

Hell boy,you some kind of fancy city slicker??With your fancy fruit jars??Y'all drink your moonshine from the jug,as the Lord inteded it to be.:rolleyes: Thats why there is that little ring next to the mouth piece.Put your index finger thu that and rest the jug on your forearm an drink away.:D .Some folks just aint got no etiquette. Fruit jars indeed[goes away muttering]:D

sidneyreilly

I'm game. Suggest a mixture of rifle,pistol and clays?

E@gle.

yeah count me in as well

Hezz700

Yep i'm game(maybe game is a bad choice of word):eek: It would be nice to put a faces to all the other gun toting honkies that post on these here boards.
And you city dwellers too:D

E@gle.

is MNSCI the midlands shooting range?

Vegeta

E@gle. wrote:

is MNSCI the midlands shooting range?

as far as i know yes it is

actually what's the dealio with us non members of the range???

maglite

humm

would love to but i see two problems ahead

1) leaving cert
2)transport
3) cant bring gun on train,, bus,, taxi etc....

but very interested

civdef

I've brought guns on buses and taxis..

Rew

maglite wrote:

humm

would love to but i see two problems ahead

1) leaving cert
2)transport
3) cant bring gun on train,, bus,, taxi etc....

but very interested

Car pooling should haelp as well.

maglite

civdef wrote:

I've brought guns on buses and taxis..

admission of law breaking:eek: :eek: :eek:

civdef

Which laws would those be?

flight93

Sounds great! Is there a dress code??

Rovi

flight93 wrote:

Sounds great! Is there a dress code??

Weather permitting, flip-flops and Speedos.

E@gle.

Vegeta wrote:

as far as i know yes it is

actually what's the dealio with us non members of the range???

i have shot there before but i think not 100% sure though that non-members can only shoot rimfire rifles and not the full bore centre fire rifles.

maglite

civdef wrote:

Which laws would those be?

i think it is covered under something like the dublin transport act not too sure:rolleyes:

Hezz700

Rovi wrote:

Weather permitting, flip-flops and Speedos.

More like, Straw hats and dungarees:D

civdef

i think it is covered under something like the dublin transport act not too sure

Come back to me when you have and try not to be accusing me of lawbreaking in the meantime.