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Ellen Ebsary
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24 Apr 2017,
A specialty shipping container shooting range could be the key to cementing endurance trainer Alamdar Dastani’s chances at bringing Olympic gold home to the Riverina.
The Gerogery endurance horse trainer has been competing in air pistol for only 14 months, but has two of Australia’s best in the sport mentoring him.
To meet his daily training requirement of four hours, he floated the idea with Greater Hume Council of setting up his own world-class shooting range in a shipping container.
Dastani, now with council’s blessing, will seek approval from the NSW Police Firearms Registry to construct the 10-metre range.
“My first state-level competition was at the Victoria state titles, held last March, and I won the gold medal in my division,” he said.
“My closest club is the Hume Pistol Club, and the other two clubs are Wagga or Yackandandah.
“I’m a professional horse trainer, so after training 130 horses, travelling to those clubs takes up a lot of my time.
“Hence the reason why I’ve put forward the idea of a completely legal indoor shooting range in a shipping container.”
Plywood 1.5 inches think will be installed at the back of the container with a pellet catcher, a sound-absorbing system preventing pellets from falling on the floor...
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http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/4615705/olympics-hopeful-has-podium-in-his-sights/
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