An interview with Garry Costello. 2011 GB F Class Open League Champion
TS – Like many of us, you have done your share of travelling this year to shoot F Class but what is your favourite UK range?
GC - I love Blair Atholl, purely for the scenery and ease of use, however it’s a very hard range to master due to the usual ‘Blair effect’ conditions. I was pretty lucky there this year with two 3rd places. I also like Bisley, it’s sort of my home range but I very rarely get chance to practice there much.
TS – Is there anything you would like to see changed in the F Class rules – for example, some say rifles are too heavy at 22 lbs?
GC – I disagree, I think the weight is OK for the type of shooting we do, any lighter and we will see some lower scores due to the recoil etc.
TS – Finally, although it’s 18 months off the World Championships at Raton in 2013, you are obviously one of the favourites for the GB Team. Are you looking forward to it? Any reservations with the elevation and heat?
GC - I have not really had much time to think about the next Worlds, however after David Kent’s talk after the Europeans I do have my concerns at the length of time required to shoot it! Three weeks is an awful long time away from your business and also there is a considerable amount of shooting in the run-up.
I am of the opinion that less is more, I do not practice, I think that it is ‘on the day’ you either get the conditions quickly and identify with the flags or you do not. We will need to acclimatise to the range and heat and do some load development but I think a week prior would be fine, this is no disrespect to David’s itinerary, it is purely my personal opinion.
The heat does concern me but I think the amount of shooting beforehand concerns me more, we do need to be fresh at the start of the World Championship.
TS – Gary, many thanks for taking the trouble to do this interview and for sharing your information with us all. Good luck for 2012.
Garry Costello “bagging up” the winnings at the 2011 European Championships at Bisley...
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