The New Year had started with a few bangs and some surprises. Clearly , many of our regular Rifle Shooters felt the need to get onto the range as quickly as possible in the New Year so we were busy on the range today. We had opened the range to members of other clubs and […]
ECSC Sporting Rifle Competition – 4th December 2022 December is upon us and that brings the last monthly rifle competition of the year. It kicked off in rather chilly conditions with dark, threatening clouds looming ominously beyond the range backstop. Christmas shopping no doubt had an influence on competition entries with 5 shooters taking […]
The Charity Christmas shoot will take place on our range next Sunday, the 11th of December. Entry fee is €20, all of which goes to local charities. It is a “bring a prize, win a prize” competition which usually generates lots of bottles as prizes for reasons which I do not understand. Start time is […]
The usual Monthly Sporting Rifle competition was held on a warm day with mild winds. Visibility was good with bright sunshine from time to time. The two disciplines on offer were SBR(with jacket and sling) or FSR(with front bag or bipod and rear bag). Both entailed getting sore elbows. Rifles used were mainly Anschutz, 2 […]
This competition started at 9:30 on Saturday morning, on a pleasant day with moderate wind conditions. It consists of two cards of 20 shots at 50 metres and two cards of 20 shots at 100 yards. This is to keep happy the people who like Imperial measurements and the people who like European measurements Turnout […]
Any Rimfire .22 rifle Sporting or Target. No high velocity ammunition .22 rimfire only. SIGHTS. Any sight iron sights open/ peep/Telescopic Disciplines. (1) Prone Jacket and sling. (2) Prone Rested. Rested (A)Bipod and rear bag. (B)Front and rear bag. No Full Length /Sled / Micro adjustable bench type rests. No joysticks Shooters will declare which […]
Prone Rifle any sight Shoot. Saturday 10th Sept 2022 ECSC. Any Rimfire .22 rifle Sporting or Target. No high velocity ammunition. .22 rimfire only. SIGHTS. Any sight iron sights open/ peep/Telescopic Disciplines. (1) Prone Jacket and sling. (2) Prone Rested. Rested (A)Bipod and rear bag. (B)Front and rear bag. No Full Length /Sled / Micro […]
August Sporting Rifle Monthly Competition Sunny, blue skies with a slight breeze greeted this month’s competitors for our monthly Sporting Rifle Competition. It was a quiet day at the range with holiday season upon us but still five entrants shot across three different disciplines – Sporting Rifle (prone with sling), Field Sporting Rifle (prone […]
Since our club was founded over 50 years ago, we have had two mainstream Rifle disciplines. The first is the Olympic ISSF style , using jackets and slings, shot in either the prone position or in the 3 position style(Prone, kneeling and standing). The second is the sporting rifle style, shot in many positions, rested […]
An Experiment on a new Cross over format ! Some of us are used to the rules for ISSF versus local Sporting Rifle which are getting increasingly blurred, so we thought we would try a crossover format allowing both types of rifles to be used in one competition. We are holding this competition on Saturday […]