Air Rifle Club Membership - Mumbai

[Falcon7]

I have been following IFG for sometime now and finally decided to join the the forum. What prompted me was a total lack of clarity on good Air Rifle Clubs or sources of information regarding these.

The result being that you end up reaching out to all sorts of wrong, at times funny people claiming to do nothing less than train you for Olympics and enjoy your hard earned greens while they are at this noble purpose. At the other end are shoddy places with six months wait time for no better reason than that is how it is, or ad-hoc schedules of the management.

So the question simply stated - are there any well equiped Air Rifle clubs in Mumbai, with some amount of professionalism - in terms of shooting as well as dealing with their customer. Also, if some one could clarify if these do not exist.

Another obvious question I am repeatedly faced with - do you want membership to import an air rifle. The answer is NO. I want access to a decent shooting range (better than a bedroom) AND legally import an air rifle. And, I am a very law abiding citizen, who just happens to like shooting. As for alternatives - honestly its very easy to get an imported airgun the " easier" way if we are hellbent on creating one more bureaucracy and black market.

Hats off to people who pursue the sport despite all this. Cheers, and I look forward to some responses.

[brihacharan]

I have been following IFG for sometime now and finally decided to join the the forum. What prompted me was a total lack of clarity on good Air Rifle Clubs or sources of information regarding these.

Are there any well equiped Air Rifle clubs in Mumbai, with some amount of professionalism - in terms of shooting as well as dealing with their customer. Also, if some one could clarify if these do not exist.

Hats off to people who pursue the sport despite all this. Cheers, and I look forward to some responses.

Hi Falcon,
> Since this is your 1st post in this forum - Welcome to IFG
> Re: Your enquiry about Air Rifle Shooting Clubs in Mumbai - you can check out on these.

1. Swatantriya Veer Savarkar Air Rifle Club, Near Mayor's Bunglow, Shivaji Park, Mumbai.
Tel: 24455578 - Open from 7am to 9pm
Coach: Mr. Vishwajeet Shinde (National Champ & Record Holder) - e-mail: [email protected]
> I am a Life Member here. Ace shooters at National / International levels have trained here.

2. Lakshya Air Rifle Club - Plot 16, Rd. No: 4, Sector 1, New Panvel, Navi Mumbai 410206
Tel: 9820042952 - Contact: Siddharth Sirur - Coach: Ramesh Mahi (9870545122)
e-mail: [email protected]
This club is owned by Suma Sirur (National Champ & Record Holder)
> Good Luck
Brihacharan

[Falcon7]

Thanks Brihacharan, I am delighted to be a part of IFG. Thanks also for the information - Let me check these out and post my feedback....