How often do you go to the range / practice shooting

[77346]

Recently, I have been going to the range at least once a week... I'm considering signing up for a yearly membership. How much is too much? How often do you go to the range or practice place to shoot?

[WildBill]

Recently, I have been going to the range at least once a week... I'm considering signing up for a yearly membership. How much is too much? How often do you go to the range or practice place to shoot?

Even though I have a yearly membership, I don't go as often as I should.

How much is too much?
It's probably too much if you go to Walmart and have to decide whether it's the ammunition or the beans.

[snatchel]

I'm not sure about your area....... the price will change dramatically between indoor/outdoor ranges, types of ranges... etc.

The range here offers annual membership for $75. It's an outdoor range, but it has pistol, rifle, and shotgun bays. It serves us well..

My buddy is the guy with the membership. I usually just tag along, and we have been going about monthly.

I also go to my grandfathers house at least once a month... sometimes twice. I have built a little pistol range out there and use it everytime I go out.

[C-dub]

I used to try and go once a month, but then other things started getting in the way. Now that I have started IDPA I am just about back to once a month. In one or two months I will probably be back to at least once, probably twice, a month. I am not a member of a club yet, but do have my name on a list, so I'm at the mercy of public ranges for the most part.

Also, ammo isn't cheap and I don't reload yet. I say yet, because I'm just starting to look into that.

[JustMe]

I try to go at least once a week---but if I am working with someone else, then I have to make the 2nd trip so I can shoot!

[Iunnrais]

I'd like to and do try to make it out once a week, but life often interferes. This week was very good as I got to go out on a Friday with my wife and expend quite a bit of 9mm

[G.A. Heath]

I had to choose 4-6 times a month, However one should be aware that I will go more often than that if my time permits.

[77346]

$75 sounds like a good deal for a membership...

The fee at my local range is $15 for one hour and includes one target; additional targets are $1.00 and you can't bring your own

A one year membership is $600. Other ranges nearby charge similar fees.

[CC Italian]

I was going 5-6 a month but it was just getting to expensive! It was costing over $300 a month with the cost of ammo and range use(which is horrid imo), so that only lasted a couple of months. Now I just go 2-3 month.

[Jim Beaux]

An LC9 demands a lot of practice. When in town I try and hit the range once every 3 weeks. The heck with the puppies, I need some extra clips.

[straybrit]

At least twice a week. Apart from 2 days travelling I've been on the range shooting every day for the last 3 weeks. 5 hours / day this week. Special circumstances. Lotsa fun though

[mommagamber]

Well, I have a shooting berm out back of my house. Do I count that time as gun range time?

[erick619]

down here in corpus i shoot for $144/yr. outdoor range open sunrise to sunset. we have pistol and rifle bays, 50,100,200yds rifle range, and trap and skeet. pretty good deal if you ask me. I go at least every weekend and sometimes twice a weekend.

[74novaman]

Honestly it varies a lot. Depends on the weather, how much free time I have, if I have a new gun to shoot/break in....

So anywhere between once a month to four or five times in a month.

[LikesShinyThings]

Not nearly often enough.
The sad truth is, when I lived in upstate New York, I shot two, four, and sometimes more times per week. It was almost guaranteed I would get to the range at least once a week. Here, the nearest range that's open evenings during the week and on Sundays is an hour away. There is a small range open on Saturdays that's closer. Unfortunately, I often let my Saturdays get filled up with home maintenance projects. I know, excuses. But also what I like to call factors.