CRM GUNSPORTS – 293 DRAPER ST

                             CNR VICTORIA ST - LOOK FOR ZEBRAS

                               PHONE 07 40 31 4440
                               FAX     07 40 31 4418

SERVICE WITH EXPERIENCE.

CRM Gunsports in Cairns can offer advice on firearms based upon several lifetimes of shooting experience. Located at 293 Draper Street, the store has been looking after Cairns , the Atherton Tablelands, Gulf country, and Cape York shooters, since 1993 along with interstate customers as well. Specialists in customising Remington Model 7600 rifles especially 10 shot conversions.

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Special package - rifle + 10 shot + standard 4 shot mag + trigger improvement + Ext mag release + Crown 30mm red dot mounted and zeroed $2149 cash price.

Shane Green heads the operation since 2006 and is a local chap who grew up on the Julia Creek plains, subsequently moved to Brisbane. A transfer to Cairns in 1989 was a chance to escape the city.Shane has always been involved in shooting sports – competitive IPSC, clay target, F class long range and hunting, with annual trips to Cape York hunting boars and to New Zealand for Canada geese. He also has hunted big game in Zimbabwe and RSA.

CRM has a full range of shooting products – new and second hand firearms in Categories - A:B:C:D and H, and backed by an impressive range of ammunition, and reloading proponents, cleaning gear, rifle, pistol, safes, rifle, pistol and spotting scopes, and all other allied gear one expects to find in a first class gun shop.

The range of reloading components is huge, ranging from hand loading tools through single stage presses and including fully automatic multi-stage volume tools. Hard to get ammunition and components - like the old WCF rounds - .32-20 and bolt action favourites such as the 7 mm Mauser rounds are in stock.

“There is still a lot of interest in these old rounds,” explains Shane, “the WCF lever action rounds are favourites with Cowboy Action shooters, and a few 1892 model Winchesters are alive and well on local cane farms and outback cattle stations who use them for pest destruction, and saddle guns.”

One talking point is the massive 4-bore punt gun that adorns the shop wall. Just image firing one of those old relics using today’s modern powers. The kick would probably put a .460 WM to shame.

The facility is large with retail showroom, indoor range, walk-in strong room, office, clubroom, and gunsmith shop, located on the premise. The six bay 25 m indoor range allows on-site testing of firearms, zeroing of handguns on all bays and all calibre rifles on two bays, both fitted with extreme armour plating that stops even large solid game bullets from African calibers in their tracks.

Combined with a ballistic computer program that has an adjusting point at 25 m, CRM Gunsports can set up any firearm that are very close to zero at a nominated range., i.e. 50 mm high at 100 m for a .270W rifle firing 130 grain projectiles.

The indoor range is open to visitors and sees extensive use not only by several hundred CRM Gunsports Pistol Club members, but also by Navy, Customs, Armaguard and Queensland State Police.

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“One of our most popular pig and general hunting rifle is the Remington 7600 in .308W,.

Unlicensed visitors are also welcome and can sample the experience of firing handguns such as the .44 Magnum and 9mm Tanfoglio as well as rifles and shotguns at CRM Gunsports, Many tourists take advantage of the facility to try shooting firearms which may be unavailable to them at home.

High volume air pump/extractors change the air inside the range every few minutes to extract the lead fumes and for cooling. Nowhere else in the tropics is there a cool shooting complex like this.

“We are unique in having the onsite range facility” says Shane ," all second hand firearms are test fired for function and accuracy before being offered for sale". second hand buyers have a real advantage to test rifles, or pistols before buying with a cleaning fee applied if the sale does not occur.

Effectively all new sales where we fit optics and zero with live ammo are test fired prior to leaving our shop.In this way we uncover and address any initial problems where a firearm may have slipped through the factory quality comtrol.

Firearm Training Courses are conducted on the premises for shooters requiring shooting licenses in all categories including M or crossbows.. “Out of town visitors can book in for the course while visiting Cairns on business or shopping, “explains Shane. “ It is very popular with Cape York and Gulf country residents who don’t have access to training courses in their areas. They can also look at what they want to buy and we can send it out to them when their license has been approved.” There is also the facility to offer one on one training sessions mid week if required.

The store has three fulltime staff and four casuals. All are highly trained experienced shooters, hunters, competitors, and hand loaders, with a genuine friendly attitude to help new and old shooters for their hunting and shooting needs.

All the staff “escape” to the Cape or Gulf as often as possible to fish for barramundi, or hunt for boar, while weekend fishing trips on the nearby Great Barrier Reef is always on the cards.

“One of our most popular pig and general hunting rifle is the Remington 7600 in .308W,” informs Shane . “We offer lots of gunsmith support for it like trigger improvement, bolt polishing, magazine release extensions, and 10 shot magazine conversions which are utterly reliable.

A fulltime resident armourer, Peter Knowlton (PK to his mates) manages the gunsmith work. The gunsmith shop is well set up to provide most gunsmith service and customer needs, be it repairs or a custom-built firearm.

CRM Gunsports also stores firearms for people, and has an extensive selection of second hand guns in stock at all times.