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 […]
A small but elite band took part in the East Coast Open target rifle shoot on Saturday 4th June .The Trophy was returned to the club having been previously won in 2019 by Ray K. DFTSC .So this marks our return to competition after a long absence due to C19 On this occasion the trophy […]
The first Sunday of the month can only mean one thing – our rifle competitions. In typical Irish summer fashion, it rained from dawn until dusk. Luckily, despite the wetness, near calm wind conditions prevailed for the seven competitors. Three disciplines were shot, 50m Precision shot from a standing position at 50 metres and two […]
The first day of May and also the first Sunday of the month and that can only mean one thing – the monthly rifle competition. Ten competitors slugged it out over the three disciplines that were shot, FSPR (shot from prone, rifle supported front and rear), SPR (shot prone, rifle supported on elbows with sling […]