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by ian hodgson
Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: On the horns of a dilemma...
Replies: 25
Views: 5299

Re: On the horns of a dilemma...

Hi Alexander, not in the parts of the Uk that I live in! not that easy to get to the channel islands for half a day of practice! (edit - or Manx) Best Gunter Simples daily flights from Gatwick via EasyJet and London City via BA. LCY is a bit of a pain at weekends due to the airport closing on Satur...
by ian hodgson
Fri May 11, 2018 4:08 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: rapid fire air pistol
Replies: 27
Views: 6268

Re: rapid fire air pistol

I have shot Rapid Fire Air Pistol in France at the A.T.C.P.A Club and from my talks with the club members it appears to be shot in the French Championships. They shoot Pistolet standard 10m (5 shots in 10 seconds for a total of 40shots) and Pistolets vitesse 10m a hit/no hit target (a total of 40 sh...
by ian hodgson
Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:21 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Shooting removed from 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Replies: 53
Views: 19864

Re: Shooting removed from 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Hello Ian. - Firstly, welcome on board. :-) - Secondly, thank you for augmenting my lacunous knowledge: I actually was aware (somehow, somewhere), of the existence of the Island Games, but apparently I did not parse the presumable consequence that foreign competitors in pistol disciplines would hav...
by ian hodgson
Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:16 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Shooting removed from 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Replies: 53
Views: 19864

Re: Shooting removed from 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Unfortunately the UK firearms laws preclude this as only officially sanctioned competitions can be held especially pistol. Import licences would be impossible to obtain. Well. Until today, only Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games did give reason to the Home Office (or in theory: to the Scottish Mi...