One of the partners, Shane Green is a local boy who grew up on the plains of Julia Creek , but moved to Brisbane to take up a job in liquor sales and later as sales manager. However, he never forgot his country roots and has always been involved in shooting sports – competitive IPSC, clay target, and hunting, with annual trips to Cape York hunting boars and to New Zealand for Canada geese. He also has hunted big game in Africa .

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 - .25-20, .32-20 etc, and bolt action favourites, the .257 Roberts , and 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 huge 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 huge with retail showroom, indoor range, walk-in strong room, office, clubroom, and gunsmith shop, located on the premise. The six bays, 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, Armguard, and both Federal and State Police Departments.

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.

The wet season also sees an increase in the indoor range use when both humidity and monsoon rains combine to make outdoor shooting sports very uncomfortable.

Huge air 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 that buyers can shoot firearms on site before buying,” says Shane , “new shooters can test fire one of the range pistols to make up their mind what they really want, while second hand buyers have a real advantage to test rifles, or pistols before buying.”

At least two Firearm Training Courses per month are conducted on the premises for shooters requiring shooting licenses in all categories. “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.”

The store has three fulltime staff and three 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 more.”

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.

“There is still a lot of interest in these old rounds,” explains Shane, “theCRM Gunsports also stores firearms for people, and has an extensive selection of second hand guns in stock at all times.

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.”

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, Armguard, and both Federal and State Police Departments.

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.

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