Fermoy Rifle Club Ireland
Disciplines
Below is a list of the primary shooting disciplines we shoot at Fermoy Rifle Club:
Benchrest shooting is a sport in which very accurate rifles are shot at paper targets from a rest or bench from a sitting position. Benchrest shooters are notoriously detail-oriented and constantly trying to further the accuracy potential of the rifle through experimentation.
Nearly all benchrest rifles are custom made, and many shooters modify their own rifles to their personal desire.
Many Benchrest Shooters in European Countries hand load their own ammunition tuned to their rifle. This means that they purchase Cartridge components and make their own ammunition. This is a job for the experienced shooter and requires a vast knowledge of Ballistics.
Since benchrest is a sport requiring the highest possible precision, the highest precision equipment is required if a shooter is to be competitive. The rifle is the most obvious cost; top guns are custom built, and can cost hundreds of Euro.
Some shooters “batch” their ammunition to allow tuning the ammunition to the rifle.
For most rifles, rests are required to provide a stable shooting surface, and most shooters use some method of judging the direction and/or velocity of the wind on the range.
All shooting is performed in the seated position, hence it is ideally suited for the disabled person. Fermoy Rifle Club has 10 firing points which are wheelchair accessible.
Gallery rifle shooting is a popular sport worldwide, it commonly uses rifles chambered for 10/22 and 38sp/.357 calibres.
It's popularity increased dramatically in Great Britain after the ban on civilian use of handguns in 1997
as the rifles used often fire the same calibre of ammunition as the handguns they replaced.
Rifles may be fired with either iron sights or scopes usually at five ring targets commonly place at 25 yards from the firing point.
The targets may be fixed facing the shooters but are more commonly turning targets or on what is known as an advancing man. Turning targets start at 90 degrees to the shooters before rotating to face them and then returning to 90 degrees either at preset or random intervals for preset or random periods.
The advancing man is a rail mounted target which starts at 25 yards from the shooter and when the shooter is ready begins to advance toward them. At 5 yards from the shooter the target rotates through 90 degrees so it is edge on to the firing point.
Turning targets are generally engaged with 10 rounds all of which must be fired within a preset number of turns.
The advancing man is engaged with only 6 rounds which once again must all be fired before the target rotates.
Scoring is based on each rounds location in the 5 ring target with the centre being worth five and each consecutive ring diminishing in score by one. This gives a maximum score of 50 points.
Gallery shooting is a "count in" event which means a round that breaks a line between rings is counted as the higher value, i.e. a round which breaks the line between the three and four ring is counted as a four. If a shooter hits the target when it is either edge on to them or whilst the target is in transition between face on and edge on they lose all the points from the target they are presently shooting. This rule applies to both turning targets and the advancing man. Such a shot is usually quite obvious as the target will often have a long tear down it's face where the round has travelled along the surface of the target.
Another popular gallery competition is "action shooting" which is often carried out in tandem with a fellow shooter. A common variation of this is a set of eleven knock down targets arranged along a frame. The five targets either side of the centre are of one colour with the centre target being of another colour. The aim is to be the first of the two shooters to knock down all five of the targets on the shooters own side and the centre target before the opposing shooter does. This is not only a battle of speed but also of accuracy as the targets are often little larger than the centre ring of standard 25 yard five ring targets.
Gallery shooting is an excellent introduction to shooting for people of all abilities and ages, especially in the 10/22 calibre as the rifles are relatively light and the small calibre generates little recoil making the rifle easy to handle. It is also primarily shot whilst standing up and without the need for specialised shooting jackets that sports such as target rifle shooting require making it less restrictive and less daunting to a novice shooter.
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