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Sporting rifle may 2011

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  • 06-05-2011 11:48am
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    Registered Users Posts: 480 ✭✭


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


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭patsat


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭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 :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭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 !


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  • Registered Users Posts: 930 ✭✭✭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


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • Registered Users Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,057 ✭✭✭clivej


    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? ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭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!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭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!:(:(


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭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?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    For those of you who have them Modern Ipad things!

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

    Hard or Soft Copies available


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Here we go lads.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭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!


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭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...


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭poulo6.5


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 571 ✭✭✭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 .


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 571 ✭✭✭stick shooter


    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 .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    ......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 ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 571 ✭✭✭stick shooter


    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 ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    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 :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


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

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


  • Registered Users Posts: 571 ✭✭✭stick shooter


    Of course he didn't :D

    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 ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    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 ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 571 ✭✭✭stick shooter


    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 ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    I think you are looking for the spoon back ;)

    :eek:

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


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