As is customary on the first Sunday of each month, two rifle competitions were held on our range today. The 50 Metre Field Sporter competition is shot in the prone position, over 2 cards with 20 shots to count and unlimited sighters. Maximum possible score is 400. The front and back of the rifle can […]
The ECSC Autumn T/R Open was held on Saturday 5th October. The usual small but elite band of competitors fired the traditional English Match – 60 shots smallbore prone at 50 metres. Conditions were overcast and damp, starting with drizzle which developed into rain as the day progressed. Wind was light to start […]
After all the rain last week, it was a pleasure to go to the range this morning on a bright and mild day. The wind was very gusty , from the North West, hence it was blowing directly down range into the faces of the competitors. No mind, these were hardy men, immune from all […]
Anthony Fagan showing his winners medal in the ‘Open’ field sporting rifle at 100mts in Bracken Shooting Club. EAST COAST MEMBER NOW HOLDS FIVE NATIONAL SHOOTING RECORDS. Members will be very familiar with Anthony Fagan from his enthusiastic conducting of the monthly pistol and gallery rifle competitions but Anthony’s heart has long been in […]
Monthly Prone Field sporting Rifle and 50 Metre Precision Competition. The monthly 50metre prone rifle and 50metre Precision rifle competitions were conducted today at the club. Weather conditions were benign and mild but a light to moderate wind swirled about the range from time to time. Regretfully only two competitors turned up to fire […]
The annual Keil trophy competition was staged by the NASRPC on the BRC range in Bohernabreena near Tallaght, Co. Dublin.Our club has worked well with BRC for nearly 40 years.We have often competed against them at National Level and on a club versus club basis and we have enjoyed all of this history. When we […]
The first Sunday of the month saw us running the usual two competitions, 50 Metre Field Sporting Rifle prone and 50 Metre Precision Rifle Standing. Many of the usual competitors were on holiday or competing in the NASRPC Nationa Open competition in the Bracken Club in Northern Ireland so the entry level was lower than […]
When the club was first formed, there was a wide variety of calibres in use, ranging from .22LR through .303 to more exotic guns primarily used for deer culling. The 1972 legislation reduced that variety to .22 calibres only, eventually allowing the 22/250 and it’s European equivalent the 5.6 x 57. Since that time, a […]
On the 17th June 1984 the first ever Three Positional International Target Rifle Postal Match against the USA was held on the Fassaroe range in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. The course of fire was three strings of 40 shots in three positions, prone, kneeling and standing, totalling 120 shots. The morning started bright with shooters arriving […]
ECSC TARGET RIFLE OPEN 2019 “F-50” – FASSAROE 50th ANNIVERSARY The club’s annual Open, on this occasion marking the 50th Anniversary of the Fassaroe Club, was held on Sunday 16th June. The day started wet, but with the wind apparently correspondingly damped down. Later in the morning the rain stopped […]