Hello from Ireland.

[Nekarsulm]

Hello everyone. Just joined this group from Ireland, and find it very interesting.
I am a farmer and Auctioneer, do a bit of rough shooting, vermin control and try and hit a few clays most Sunday mornings!
Currently have a Mossberg 500 and a Beretta 391 Urika, plus a Tikka .223 and a little Kriko in .22 Magnum rimfire.

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[Nekarsulm]

Not from Germany, Irish born and bred. Neckarsulm was where NSU built some of the most advanced 2stroke bikes of the 20th century. (Audi currently based in Ingolstadt, down in Bavaria)

 

[etrain16]

Greetings and welcome to the forum. Always interesting to have another perspective on guns from outside the US.

 

[Stomper]

I'll be hidin' me pot o' gold!!

 

[GOG]

Welcome from the great State of Jefferson.

 

[tac]

Hello everyone. Just joined this group from Ireland, and find it very interesting.
I am a farmer and Auctioneer, do a bit of rough shooting, vermin control and try and hit a few clays most Sunday mornings!
Currently have a Mossberg 500 and a Beretta 391 Urika, plus a Tikka .223 and a little Kriko in .22 Magnum rimfire.

'bout time you turned up here. You'll find it's a lot different to boards.ie, that's for sure.

Welcome!

tac
President VCRAI

 

[Nekarsulm]

Ha! Washed up on a foreign shore, Tac!

 

[DirectDrive]

Welcome aboard !
A good bunch here !
PNW based with a climate a lot like the Emerald Isle.
Didn't know there were any guns in Ireland.


DD
2nd generation and still 100% Mick
Clare and Mayo my family hails from.

Guns, BBQ and beer !
(beer after the shooting unless there's some ISIS around)

 

[tac]

Ha! Washed up on a foreign shore, Tac!

Not at all, Sir, I live here part of the year. You should try it.

Best

tac

 

[Nekarsulm]

Thanks for the welcome guys, appreciate it.
Lots of sporting guns in Ireland, majority of them shotguns, as a predominantly agricultural society until recently.
Most owners would typically have just a couple of guns, as each gun requires a licence.
Licence is renewed every 3 years and costs 80 Euro. That's about 90 to 100 dollars. So people generally keep a gun for decades.
Surprising number of farmers still have and shoot old H & R and Ivor Johnston single barrels from the 1920's and 30's. Originally bought by their grandfathers, and heirlooms now.

 

[tac]

Don't tell 'em that one of the finest long ranges in Europe is also in Ireland or they'll all want to visit...

tac

 

[Nekarsulm]

Oh yeah, there are an enthusiastic cadre of target shooters of all calibres, up to 308, the majority would shoot .22 in competitions.

No guns can be bought primarily for self defence, and pistols are only available for target competition purposes.

 

[Howard1955]

Welcome aboard.

 

[DirectDrive]

We're pretty wide open, with suppressors, full auto and short barrel rifles requiring special permits as you may know.
Concealed carry permits are easy to get for law abiding citizens.

 

[bbbass]

If there'd never been an Ireland
There would be no Wild Irish Rose
And the shamrock never would be growin
Where the river Shannon flows.
If there'd never been an Ireland
What a poor world it would be.

 

[DirectDrive]

I'm just in for the hot, Irish women.
Still lookin'



A dark-haired beauty with green eyes

 

[bbbass]

 

[DirectDrive]

Those are tourist people.
I'm lookin' for a real Irish lass.



Mebbe like this...

 

[308]

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Stomper's not gonna like you posting his pic

 

[rick49]

Failte! Been to Lisdoonvarna for the BBQ cook offs twice. '98 2000. The matchmakers festival was a hoot. Went the coast hi way to Galway and drove all over western Ireland...you have one of the most beautiful places on planet earth to live.