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by Sparks
Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:52 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: The WVU rifle team has been reinstated!
Replies: 6
Views: 4257

The team members worked very hard at keeping the issue in the news, attending gun shows, and generally being a real burr in WVU president Hardesty's butt. Many of the team members this year are seniors and will not benefit personally from this reinstatement. The team, being the only WV team that ha...
by Sparks
Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:48 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: The WVU rifle team has been reinstated!
Replies: 6
Views: 4257

Nice to read some good news for a change :)
And $100,000! Good god! Building a whole new range with Suis Ascor shooting frames and buying all new alu-stock rifles for the squad? :D
by Sparks
Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:47 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Hello...from Mexico...What about standard pistol?
Replies: 23
Views: 4961

It could be worse - here in Ireland, all pistols are effectively banned. (Technically, they're perfectly legal if you have a licence - but the Gardai will not issue licences for anything but air rifles, cartidge rifles up to .270 calibre, and shotguns). No standard, free, service or air pistols. Eve...
by Sparks
Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:30 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Air rifle Accessories question
Replies: 7
Views: 4962

Re: Accessories

Get one with just the iris, no colors, if you only shoot indoor air rifle. If you shoot outdoot smallbore, then the colors and polarization are worth it. But indoor, you will not need colors. True - though I do use the yellow filter a lot indoors. Seems to help my head seperate out the two images f...
by Sparks
Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:26 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Irish Marksman
Replies: 0
Views: 2354

Irish Marksman

I might have posted this before on the old list, but I figured I'd stick it up here again just for fits and giggles.

Irish Marksman, July 2001 edition

Irish Marksman, December 2001 edition
by Sparks
Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:23 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Ideas for a To-Do List?
Replies: 1
Views: 2041

Ideas for a To-Do List?

Scott, I've got a suggestion or two: Perhaps in the rifle/pistol forums, we could have one subforum in each for announcements of competition results or notices of upcoming competitions? Related to that one, perhaps a calendar function could be added to the bulletin board so that we could put togethe...