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Range prices!
Boy did I get a rude awakening on range prices! Since moving to KY from MI it's like night & day I was paying $7.50 per hr. @ my favorite range in Taylor, MI, now that I'm down here in KY, the local range that is the closest has range prices of $25 per hr. I was checking out the membership fees & that seems to be the way to go (a weekday membership runs $199 per yr.) so I broke it down & the cost would be about $16.70 per month. So I think I'm going to gift myself with a membership for 2012
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12-27-2011, 09:47 PM
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That $25 /hr seems crazy to me .
The 3 closest ranges to me in the ATL area are :
1 $ 17 hr a really nice place but 40 minutes away
2 $ 15 hr
3 $ 5 for 1/2 hr , a dump , but it's cheap and passable .
I joined #2 , $300 yr , no restrictions , head of line rights if busy - like yesterday ! I had my 4 kids in town and they gave us the first 2 lanes available and there were prob 20 people waiting .
I go prob 5-6 times per mth .
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12-27-2011, 09:54 PM
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Where I am Jacksonville, FL there are two close ranges both are per day prices and you don't have to buy anything from them except range time. One is $17 the other is $12. The $12 one always has a long wait usually at least 45 minutes. Back in CT I was getting $10 for an hour with free guests. They both are pretty much same quality ranges.
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12-27-2011, 09:57 PM
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My club's outdoor range (100 yard, 16 ports) charges the public $5 for the first hour and $1/15 minutes thereafter. LE and military get the first hour free.
Club members ($50/yr) have the range all week, unlimited time, except Saturday and Sunday at no additional charge. No charge for guests of members.
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12-27-2011, 10:01 PM
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Up in my neck of the woods, I have three indoor ranges equidistant from my home.
The first one allows pistol calibers up to .44 Rem Mag. No .454 Casull, .500 S&W, .50 AE, etc. You can fire a long gun as long as it's pistol caliber following the same rules above. They have 24 lanes that show their age. $20/hr.
The second one has a total of 10 lanes. They allow pistol & rifles. Lanes were refurbished. $20/hr.
The third is run by a large retail chain. 5 pistol lanes & 1 rifle tube. They have the most modern equipped range, excellent lighting, and great range ventilation. $18.99/hr
I used to go to the range every week, but the range fee & ammo cost start to hurt over time. The range time alone cost me $1040/year
I'm not even going to figure out the ammo cost over a year or I'll really start crying.
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12-27-2011, 10:06 PM
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Larry's Pistol & Pawn in Huntsville, Alabama is $10/h.
Swan Creek shooting range in Decatur, Alabama is FREE! You just need a hunting license for $10.
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12-27-2011, 10:16 PM
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My local public range is $16/hr. Membership is $190 and then you still pay $9 an hour. I really need to find a private range.
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12-27-2011, 10:28 PM
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Two public indoor ranges close to me, both within a few miles of each other.
Range #1 charges $13 per hour for handguns ($11 if you purchase ammo from them) and $15 per hour for rifles ($13 if you purchase ammo from them). Their ammo prices are reasonable, but range fodder from Wal-Mart is much cheaper. They also have memberships. I purchased an annual Public Safety membership for $150 and with my twenty range visits so far it's more than paid for itself in the three months I've had it.
Range #2 has no membership fee, it's pay as you go. $10 per hour no matter what you shoot, however you must purchase / shoot ONLY their ammunition and it's expensive.
The indoor range at work is open to me free of charge anytime I want to go during daytime weekday business hours. Drawbacks are that it's almost thirty miles away, I can draw 150 rounds of free ammunition per month but I'm required to purchase anything above that and the required range ammo is VERY expensive frangible. Any of the free ammunition drawn must be shot then and there at the time of the draw; you can't take it with you.
My nearest outdoor range is about thirty miles away. Charge is $3 per person to shoot all day. Handgun range, rifle range and skeet range. Nice place but I only go there when I'm planning on shooting long range rifle.
All in all I feel pretty fortunate to have so many options available to me.
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12-27-2011, 10:30 PM
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Local range is $15 unlimited time, pistol and 22lr only
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12-27-2011, 10:45 PM
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The local indoor range 1/4 mile from my house is $16/hour with 10 lanes at 0-25m, quality setup but pistols/pistol caliber rifles only. I bought a $150 year membership several years ago and renew it each year for $125.
The Department of Natural Resources range 5 miles away is free, with 25m, 50m, and 100m ranges. Only restriction is no rapid fire when the RSO is there, which is about never.
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12-27-2011, 11:03 PM
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Here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast I pay $200.00 a year. Range is open Sunup-Sundown 365 days a year. Electronic gate. Several Skeet, Trap ranges. 3 rifle ranges with covered benches. Range #1 is 25 yard 22 only. Range #2 has 50 yard, 60 yard, 100 yard, 125 yard berms. Range #3 has 50, 100, 150, 200, 300 yard berms). 3 pistol ranges with covered benches with boards at different ranges from 7-50 yards. Shotgun pattern board. I can almost always have one of the ranges to myself on weekday evenings.
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Local indoor range is $17.00 for 30 minutes, $20 for 30 minutes on the rifle lane.
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12-27-2011, 11:33 PM
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there's a variety of places around here, there's the indoor place where i am a member: i pay $200 a year +$10 per visit for unlimited time. there is also a state range which is like $4 per hour per person outdoor up to 100yds. most other places around which are indoor/outdoor are about $30 per hour per person. some allow lane sharing some don't. some require you buy all ammo on site, and they inspect your mags. it varies wildly depending on where you go it seems.
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12-27-2011, 11:45 PM
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I frequent Owen County regularly and shoot for free at one of the state ranges located at one of the Wildlife Management Areas. Contact the Ky DNR or check online and see if there is a WMA near you that has a range facility. Of course, the range is only open during daylight hours and is limited to 100 yards.
The only time that it has ever been crowded is the couple of weeks before deer season when everbody was checking their rifles.
From Ky DNR:
Here is a list of shooting ranges on wildlife management areas:
1. Curtis Gates Lloyd WMA, Grant County: shooting range with tubes for single projectile firearms, self-serve public trap range, archery range, club-operated skeet, trap and rifle/pistol ranges.
2. Miller Welch-Central Kentucky WMA, Madison County: shooting range with tubes for single projectile firearms, self-serve public trap range, club-operated skeet and trap ranges.
3. Taylorsville Lake WMA, Spencer County: shooting range with tubes for single projectile firearms.
4. John A. Kleber WMA, Owen County: shooting range with tubes for single projectile firearms.
5. Peabody WMA, Muhlenberg County: shooting range with tubes for single projectile firearms.
6. Higginson-Henry WMA, Union County: shooting range with tubes for single projectile firearms.
7. Jones-Keeney WMA, Caldwell County: rifle-pistol range and archery range.
8. West Kentucky WMA, McCracken County: Club-operated skeet range and archery range.
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12-28-2011, 12:39 AM
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Im a huge fan of just finding a secluded spot in the woods (this is obv pending the state your in and what is allowed). they are hard to come across but I just cant bring myself to spend 16/hr at the local range.
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12-28-2011, 02:05 AM
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Outdoor ranges near me:
$20 all day
$30 for 2 hours(although if it's not busy you can stay longer)
$14 all day
Indoor:
$15 per hour
$15 for 2-hours
BLM land:
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12-28-2011, 04:02 AM
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That's crazy. One range here is 8 bucks for the day. Includes targets, eye and ear protection.
The other is 12 for the day but does not include eye, ear or targets.
I would never pay 25 an hour without a significant ammo discount.
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12-28-2011, 04:13 AM
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OKC, H&H range is $10.00 all day. $8.50 second shooter on same lane.
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12-28-2011, 04:21 AM
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I live 20 or so minutes from Alco Target company, I have 200 targets from them from my first visit, I'll be buying directly from them from now on for just about all of my paper targets. There's some $ savings there
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12-28-2011, 04:28 AM
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Now I'll never complain.
Our range charges $ 7.50 for the day even if you leave and come back later. Just keep your receipt with you.
You can use it on the Public Range or any of the other ranges like Silouette, Long Range High Power, Practical Pistol, Benchrest or Archery.
But if you don't sign in at the Main Range first for $ 7.50 and get caught using a range it's a $ 150 fine.
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boy i am glad to be a poor ol redneck that don't know no better to live here in the jungles of s.c. where i walk outside my house cross my dirt road and shoot on my 100yd+ range, and all i have to do is pay my crazy high priced land taxes every year on something that i paid for years ago and the gov. will let me keep it to enjoy...... for now
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Range prices!
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Boy did I get a rude awakening on range prices! Since moving to KY from MI it's like night & day I was paying $7.50 per hr. @ my favorite range in Taylor, MI, now that I'm down here in KY, the local range that is the closest has range prices of $25 per hr. I was checking out the membership fees & that seems to be the way to go (a weekday membership runs $199 per yr.) so I broke it down & the cost would be about $16.70 per month. So I think I'm going to gift myself with a membership for 2012
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Here is an addition to my orginal post.
Range Rates
1 hr.---$25
2nd. & 3rd. person ---- $12.50
1/2 hr. ---- $12.50
Reactive Steel Rates
1 hr. ---$35
2nd. & 3rd. person, 1/2 hr. ----$20
Only pistols allowed in Reactive Steel Range
Firearm Times
Pistols & Rimfire
Mon.-Fri. 9am - 8pm
Sat.- 9am - 6pm
Rifles
Mon. - Fri. - 7pm - 8pm
Tues. & Thurs. - 9am - 10am
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[QUOTE=riderrick65;136261026]Here is an addition to my orginal post.
Range Rates
1 hr.---$25
2nd. & 3rd. person ---- $12.50
1/2 hr. ---- $12.50
Reactive Steel Rates
1 hr. ---$35
2nd. & 3rd. person, 1/2 hr. ----$20
Only pistols allowed in Reactive Steel Range
Firearm Times
Pistols & Rimfire
They're raping you. In KY, those are CA prices. I'm a member of a FL gun club in a pretty populated area and it's $100/yr. unlimited shooting with about 10 types of ranges on 150 acres.
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12-28-2011, 11:13 AM
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Where I am Jacksonville, FL there are two close ranges both are per day prices and you don't have to buy anything from them except range time...
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I'm in Orange Park, just outside Jax.
On the Westside, there is "Gateway Rifle and Pistol Club"...$100 initiation fee, then $112/year.
Two 100yd rifle ranges, a 200yd rifle range, 5 pistol ranges with steel plates, a 7/15yd pistol range, a BIG (25 table?) silhouette range (.22lr only, has fixed steel targets, too)...a skeet/trap range, etc, etc...
I think it's a great value, and it's a well maintained facility. Nice clubhouse with indoor bathrooms, discounts on ammo for members...it's a great range.
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I pay $30 a year for my range. Nothing else after that. 25, 50, 100, 200 and 300 yard ranges. Trap range and archery course also. In the winter we have a heated building where you open windows and shoot 50/100 yards from benches. If I had to pay everytime out my wife would not let me go.
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12-28-2011, 11:57 AM
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Free Range in a state park 1 Hour outside of Charlotte NC. Awesome covered benches and while its only 100 yards you can never beat free. Gets busy though as you can imagine. I pay 225 for a 15 month membership for the family in Greensboro at Calibers indoor range.
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12-28-2011, 12:34 PM
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Wow, can't imagine paying hourly fees to go shoot. Here in Saskatoon (Western Canada) it's $200/year for 200 yard outdoor rifle range, 100 yard outdoor pistol range, 200 yard silhouette range, skeet thrower/shotgun area, and 2 25 yard heated indoor ranges. 24x7 access with magnetic key card.
Of course, the down side is that ARs (including my M&P15-22) are restricted to range use only here.
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12-28-2011, 12:47 PM
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Wow! we pay $40 per year, and that's it. It's an outdoor range, but kept up well. Room for about a dozen rifle shooters, three pistol ranges, a shotgun range, and a small bore range.(rimfires only). We get a membership card with a combination to the front gate lock. We can go, and come whenever we want to, day or night. Of course it's not much fun in the winter here in Montana.
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Of course it's not much fun in the winter here in Montana.
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I hear ya on that! Mind you, it's about 30F outside today. A genuine heat wave in Canada in late December!
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I hear ya on that! Mind you, it's about 30F outside today. A genuine heat wave in Canada in late December!
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Yea. It's actually up to 40F here today. Really unusual for us. We've had several days in a row of this kind of weather.
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12-28-2011, 02:21 PM
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$40 a year...that's crazy talk!
The $30 for 2 hours range I spoke about has an annual membership for $400! Their sporting clays/skeet shooting per round is more expensive then the other two places I would go to. They're pretty darn popular, though. A lot of events go down there. I told myself I would never go there because of the expensive range fee but I went over a month ago and I kind of like the layout. A lot of local outdoor ranges have restrictions on steel-core and I guess they do not so I went to check it out.
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$40 a year...that's crazy talk!
The $30 for 2 hours range I spoke about has an annual membership for $400! Their sporting clays/skeet shooting per round is more expensive then the other two places I would go to. They're pretty darn popular, though. A lot of events go down there. I told myself I would never go there because of the expensive range fee but I went over a month ago and I kind of like the layout. A lot of local outdoor ranges have restrictions on steel-core and I guess they do not so I went to check it out.
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We don't have any restrictions here, but there is one, or two days a week that the pistol ranges ae used for local police, Highway Patrol, or Park Rangers to shoot for quals.
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12-28-2011, 03:31 PM
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The ammo restriction there is common in my area as during the dry season, ranges really worry about the steel cores or bi-metal ammo causing sparks and having hill sides catch on fire. It isn't a problem more towards the coast here in CA but I am inland so I have to worry about that. I decided not to go with a particular rifle that is popular to shoot with cheap surplus ammo (mild steel core inside) so I won't have to go to that expensive range out of necessity
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Wow! Alot of you guy's are getting mugged on price of shooting! I belong to 3 different clubs and here's what I get for my $hooting pleasure.
Club #1 Outdoor range with 24/7 access,3 pistol bays one with plate racks, 100& 200 yd rifle range,500 yard rifle range and a 100yd rimfire range. $40.00 annually
Club#2 Outdoor& Indoor range,Indoor range open in the winter only and has 16 bays 37ft and all handguns and rimfire pistols and rifles.
Open on Wed&Fri to members and their guest, the other 3 nights have planned activities, 1 night for juniors/hunters ed etc.Tues is Bullseye league. cost $1.00 Guest$5.00 Outdoor range is open year round and we have our own keys 5 pistol bays 2 rifle ranges that you can shoot to 500 yds Mon.-Thur you basically have the range to yourself, we only shoot weekends if we are particpating in a match which there are tons of every weekend IDPA,Steel Challenge, USPSA, etc.Membership for all this is $90.00 Annually
Club#3 Trap Club only 2 fields shoot every other sunday and a few special club only shoots $25.00 annually. Members $4.00 Round Non-Members $5.00 Sunday Shoots are Custers, Prizes are your choice of Meat! Steaks,Prime Rib,etc. Usually a nice breakfast or Lunch too!
My buddies and I shoot at the indoor range almost every Wed. & Fri. evenings and weather permitting we are at the outdoor range every Tues. weather permitting!
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i got it good i guess i can go to "the pit" for free. its a big rock quarry about 15 minutes from home and i can shoot out to 100yd or i can go to club a) 5 bucks a day range only goes to 100 yards though or club b) for 3 bucks a day range goes to 300 meters both clubs take about 45 minutes to get to from my front door.
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Wow! Alot of you guy's are getting mugged on price of shooting! I belong to 3 different clubs and here's what I get for my $hooting pleasure.
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Haha no kidding! Me visiting a local indoor range I frequent would pay for 3 sessions at yours. Pretty much why I can't shoot as much as I want to lately. I have trouble paying for ammo let a lone the range fees too =/
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I guess bieng in commie nj does have its benefits. I shoot at range 14 1.5 miles from my house.It is on FT.Dix 22o meter rifle 25 meter pistol and skeet and trap ranges $60 ayr plus $3 dollars an hour!It is a great place to shoot.$25 DOLLARS AN HOUR OUCH!!! I used to shoot on range 15 a known distance range 600 yards. Old wwI range with pitts.That was fun until. I have to find a range in Severville Tenn or get 10 acres of land and set-up a range.
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Just south of Lexington is a place called Canoe creek. They have outdoor ranges and elk hunts. A place is going to open up in Brannon crossing around Feb. or March. Dont know what the prices will be yet. Then you could also look at the Bluegrass Sportsman league just out of Wilmore. If you need any other help just PM me when you can and I will help you out.
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If it was me, I would be saving like mad to buy some acreage. A nice mix of tillable ground and woods will pay the taxes and then some and give you a place to shoot and hunt. Few things are a better investment and more fun than ground, especially ground that pays for itself.
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At my local club in NY. $75 a year includes pistol range, 100 yard range, 2 trap ranges, walk in the woods blackpowder range and 26 bale walk in the woods archery range and clubhouse. Not a bad deal.
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When I retire, I'm going to open up my own outdoor/indoor range that costs $8 all day or something haha.
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I have 4-5 ranges within my reach. 1 being free. 2 very nice indoor ranges within 35 miles. I suppose the 2 indoor ranges are around $200 a year membership plus range fees. The free range is very scary and crowded if you know what I mean. I finally decided to join last year my best shooting experience ever. Green Valley Rifle & Pistol club in Columbia, MO. Home of the Bianchi Cup. What a energetic place. 2 ranges to choose from. $200 a year! Bargain.
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My range is 48 cents a day!!
I don't fuss with the indoor range as the "professionals" shoot there ALL THE TIME. I know absolutely nothing about the place. The local outdoor range is $20 per day, or $175 all year (365 days-7am to 10 pm) and the range is closed to the public Mondays and Tuesdays except for EPM's(Exclusive Park Members). I'm happy with this set-up. By the way, My Sweety bought me my 2012 membership for Christmas!! Woo-Hoo....
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12-29-2011, 07:41 AM
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Maybe my club is not so bad after all. $60 a year and 4 hours of service time, and attend at least one meeting. We have bowling pin bay and a steel target bay, a 16 bay 25 yd and 50 yd bullseye range with covered shooting positions, and a 16 position combined 50 yard PPC and metallic silhouette range. We have matches almost every week end day, its gated for member use from 9 to 9 every day and right next door is a 24 bay rifle/pistol range out to 100 yards that costs about $5/day and open on weekends to the public.
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12-29-2011, 10:38 AM
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The free range is very scary and crowded if you know what I mean.
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You mean the Rocky Fork Conservation Area public range? Yeah, I know what you mean. People being absent minded and sweeping the line with rifles/pistols, firing on a cold line, and wandering out in front of the 25m line to shoot closer with handguns.
Still, it's a lot cheaper than Green Valley, especially when I've already got a Targetmasters membership for shooting in the winter (no range fees, just yearly membership, $150 new/$125 renewal). If you visit Rocky Fork during a weekday or early on a Saturday/Sunday morning it's usually pretty empty.
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12-29-2011, 11:01 AM
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I pay $50 a year for wife and I at local gun club. Get 50-200 yd rifle, 2 pistol ranges, shotgun patterning range, skeet, trap, archery and fishing.
You're being robbed.
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12-29-2011, 11:20 AM
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Nice local range is $12.50 for unlimited time. On Mondays my lady shoots for free too. You are getting taken, but if it is the only game in town - oh well.
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12-29-2011, 11:22 AM
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Our local club, in Washington State, offers 100-200 Yd. rifle w/covered positions, a short range w/covered positions, five speed steel bays, pattern board, pin and trap ranges. All for $60. year. Membership has doubled in last three years.
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12-29-2011, 11:25 AM
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Our local club, in Washington State, offers 100-200 Yd. rifle w/covered positions, a short range w/covered positions, five speed steel bays, pattern board, pin and trap ranges. All for $60. year. Membership has doubled in last three years.
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hey anchor, where is that range, I live in the lacey, olympia area
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12-29-2011, 12:15 PM
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Wow....I feel pretty good about what I have available.
My two closest options are Sim-Trainer (indoor facility) and the Miamisburg Sportsmen's Club. Both run about $200ish per year, and there are few restrictions associated with the memberships. Sim-Trainer doesn't allow you to shoot above .223 indoors, and no shotguns. At the MSC, I think I can shoot about anything up to a .50 cal. The MSC also has an indoor range, but Sim-Trainer is far superior for indoor shooting.
My third option is another outdoor facility - Spring Valley Gun Range. It's a bit of a hike for me...about a 40 minute drive. But it only costs about $20.00 a year to shoot there - it's a state owned park (Ohio has several like this) which has shooting facilities mainly supported from hunting license revenue. On the minus side though....it only costs $20.00 which means anyone can go. It's an incredibly busy place on the weekends, and a great place to go to see people demonstrate what not to do with a firearm.
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