As mentioned here before (and in several other places and discussed extensively over on boards.ie), the Minister for Justice announced last November that all handgu… Read the rest
Money matters
Today saw the Irish Sports Council announce its funding for the High Performance Awards and the Carding Grants Scheme. These two grant schemes go to the governing body … Read the rest
Olympic Reports and the Irish Sports Monitor
February saw a flurry of reports into sport in Ireland, starting on Feb 9 with the Irish Sports Council review of the Beijing Games, followed on Feb 18 by the ISC-commiss… Read the rest
Pistol case
Finally got round to buying a proper case for the Izzy. I had been thinking about a Storm or a Peli case, but the idea of a €150 case for a €250 pistol was a bit, well, off-putt… Read the rest
British Government scuppers British Shooting for the Olympics
Flip. I mean, you’d think the whole lets-build-a-range-and-then-tear-it-down approach for the 2012 Olympics was a bad idea, and the whole lets-guard-the-p… Read the rest
Firearms Consultation Panel conference – Range guidelines&standards
As I mentioned the last time, only about 2% of the people in the sport seem to do any admin work, so that same 2% keeps getting called on for stuff like this. In this case, bec… Read the rest
Nominated!
Nominated for Best Sports Blog…
… More Glock airgunning…
… Practical joking
Are you an ISSF air pistol shooter?
Are you tired of being belittled by folks who need their pistols to be so loud that shooting without ear protection will damage their h… Read the rest
Engaged!
See, you stay away from the range long enough, you wind up proposing to girls and then one of them says yes…
Meet the long-suffering other half who’s the new … Read the rest