[yongxingfreesty]

i am not a member and have to pay 10 each time. i can also join and pay 250 monthly making me go to the range 25 times minimum to get my $$ worth.

the 10 bucks will cover 1 person/1 gun from open to close, shoot all you want. this is in houston tx by the way. how about you guys?

[4fingermick]

Most ranges here charge $5 range fees for non members. Our answer to the NRA, The SSAA Sporting Shooters Ass of Australia has an indoor rnage in Sydney. I'm a member and they charge $17 and hour, but once inside they let you stay as long as you like. I've pottered away all day sometimes. Mick.

[yongxingfreesty]

wow 5 bucks sure is nice. wish it was like that here. they only allow one shot per second so i can never practice rapid fire.

[10MMGary]

i am not a member and have to pay 10 each time. i can also join and pay 250 monthly making me go to the range 25 times minimum to get my $$ worth.


I will admit I am out of touch as far as ranges go. I am fortunate enough to own my own range, so I don't go to a pay range. But I got to tell you that $250.00 a month:what: is crazy. Heck you could dang near buy your own outdoor range in most counties for that amount.

[spankaveli]

$15 per day, you can come and leave as you go all day.
women shoot free all day every day

not sure on the membership, though.

[ETCss Phil McCrackin]

Sorry guys, membership at my local club is $50/year with unlimited usage. And even at those prices, my broke E-6 butt (married/single income) still dosen't shoot as much as I should.

[Nematocyst]

$5 per gun for non-members.

No rapid fire, but interesting, helpful folks. Down home feel.

Public range: 12 (3 lanes), 25 (5), 50 & 100 yds.

Membership: $100 + volunteer time. Some classes.
Free reloading equipment.

Membership gets you access to shotgun range & 200 yd rifle range.

Outdoors, in foothills of Cascades, across a nice creek.

Best outdoor deal in two towns.
(Indoor range is much closer in, but much smaller and loud.)

Will probably enroll this year.

[Magnuumpwr]

I live in Southeast Texas around Beaumont. At one point and time I was a member of the Golden Triangle Gun Club. To be a member you have to be a member of the NRA and the dues were $40 per year. They have a few pistol ranges, 100 yd, 200 yd, and 600 yd rifle ranges, and a skeet area. The reason I joined was to shoot my 50 on the 600 yd range. Nice place but was a pain for me traveling from Buna. Now I do all my shooting at my home, on 20 acres that is. Built my own 100 yd rifle range, with a covered shooting area. So now it cost me nothing but my time and ammo. Not sure what the URL is for GTGC, but you maybe able to goggle it and see if they have an affiliate in your area. Hope this helps.
Robert

[Warren]

249 per year.

That gets me unlimited use of the range and free use of the rental guns.

I pay for ammo and targets of course.

[thumper723]

Gateway Rifle-Pistol Club here in Jacksonville, FL

1st year, $214
after 1st, $107/year

Unlimited use 0800-Sunset. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Membership includes spouse, and children 18 & under.

For non-members:

Daily fees, $11 weekday, $16 weekend. Can't use 200 yd range or specialty ranges. 100yd rifle and pistol only.

[SalTx]

I usually had access to some open land and used that. Recently around here they charge about 8 bucks for the day, but too many rules and unfriendly people. They don't allow for practical excercises ( drawing from holster), so it's just for target shooting. Guess I have to buy a few loads of dirt for a new backstop.

[daysleeprx]

8 bucks since I'm a nonmember. I believe it's 140 for an annual membership, but my schedule is so unpredictable that I'm not sure I'd be able to get my money's worth or not.

[BullfrogKen]

$55 adult; $70 family - annual. That's it.

West Shore Sportsman Association.
Indoor range
2 shoothouses
8 outdoor pistol pits/ranges
Trap
200 + yd Rifle range
Archery area


On the proper ranges, a shooter can: draw from the holster; rapid fire; shoot on the move. . . There isn't much a shooter cannot do that we might want to, provided its safe.

And we can smoke our cigars, pipes, and of course cigarettes, inside the club house.

[outofbattery]

$100 yearly fee.Unlimited pistol/rimfire rifle at no charge,skeet and trap is $4/round if using own shells, $12/round for club ammo.

A whole bunch cheaper than smoking or drinking...not sure what it says that my gun and ammo budget ( ha !) would support a 2 pack a day habit and enough scotch to petrify my liver,but I'm great at rationalizing things:D

[deadin]

$25.00 per year. Unlimited use. Indoor 50 ft pistol, outdoor 25 and 50 yds pistol.(With covered line) Up to 300 yd rifle. Targets .10 each. Best part.. indoor range is open 24/7.

Dean

[yongxingfreesty]

sorry you guys prob misunderstood me but its 250+tax a year. you get 15% off ammunition and can bring 2-3 people certain days of the week. i usually go by myself so 250/year isnt worth it for me.

[denfoote]

Five dollars per day, unlimited use.

Ben Avery Shooting Facility.
It's run by the Arizona Game and Fish Dept.!!!!!
A government sponsored shooting range. What a concept!! :neener: :neener:
The Ben Avery Shooting Facility is a professionally managed and operated, safe, fun, family based, customer friendly, shooting sports recreational facility which provides a quality experience with a homelike atmosphere for a variety of shooting sports activities and events now and well into the future.

The facility covers 1650 acres, the largest public operated shooting facility in the country. It is owned by the citizens of Arizona and operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

The Ben Avery Shooting Facility is located at:

4044 W. Black Canyon Boulevard
Phoenix, Arizona 85086-7043

Telephone: 623-582-8313
Fax: 623-582-5317

Email: basfaz@basfaz.com

Hours of Operation

The main range is open to the public:
Summer: (May 1 - September 1)
Wednesday - Sunday 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Winter: (September 2 - April 30)
Wednesday - Sunday 7:00 am - until 20 minutes before Sunset

The Facility is CLOSED MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS

The BASF is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, & Christmas Day

If weather appears unstable, please call ahead, we frequently experience range closure due to high wind.

Range Fees

All day shooting for Adults $5.00
Youth (under 18) FREE

Safety Rules

ALWAYS treat firearms as loaded.

ALWAYS keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.

ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target.

ALWAYS be sure of your target, and beyond.

ALWAYS obey all posted safety rules.

As a shooter at BASF, you are personally responsible for safety!

The Ben Avery Shooting Facility does not sell or rent rifles or pistols, nor does the Ben Avery Shooting Facility sell rifle or pistol ammunition.

The Clay Target Center does rent shotguns and sell shotgun ammunition.

Return to the BASF Home Page

http://www.basfaz.com/

[S&W620]

15 bucks per hour, 2 people can share a lane, no restrictions on shooting speed.

Membership is around $250 for the year, unlimited range time with the ability to call ahead/reserve lanes.

[Axman]

My local range charges $6 per day to non-members, membership is $50 annually. Then if you don't supply your own target frame you can rent their's for $5. My buddy and I went and it cost us about $17. Next time I may have to make my own target frame to take.

[tulsamal]

"Buying a house on 90 acres in the country so that you can shoot whenever you want without paying for it......... priceless!"

I'm also a member of my range but I never have gotten around to sending myself my ID card. If I wasn't so lazy I would go down there and yell at the lazy SOB who is in charge!

Gregg

[knicks118]

Here in Richmond, VA

$8.00 entry fee (all day)
and you must buy their ammo (ridicously inflated) $12.95/50rds of .22

[oae]

In Little Falls, MN there are at least 3 ranges in the area. The one I belong to is pretty nice. It's called the Little Falls Rifle and Pistol Club. One must be an NRA member and then the membership fee is $25.00 per year. It is an outdoor range for rifle, handgun and shotgun and they have a nice clay bird thrower, too. Target stops are there, but bring your own targets, paper, plastic jugs, cans, etc. Just clean up your mess and brass when you are done. Bringing a guest costs an extra $2.00 which you leave in a slotted box, the honor system. The public can come to the range free for two weekends in mid-October to sight in their deer rifles before gun season opens.

All in all a very nice outdoor range very reasonably priced and open seven days a week. A great place to shoot.

OAE :)

[peteinct]

Here in CT prices are high. My club outdoor range pistol and rifle only is 135 a year plus work time. That is cheap. Most clubs with full facilities are 250/350 per year with the hartford club being almost 500 bucks. Blue Trail in Walllingford was 185 for an outdoor range plus a field for shotguns. Their prices were $16 a day during the week and 16 an hour on the weekends.

Also the ranges are under attack. Metacon gun club is being sued out of business and the members have had special assesments and fund raisers to pay for lawyers fees.

pete

[stevek]

Family membership at Cherry Ridge is $200 per year. But that also gets us a 10% discount on shooting supplies etc. at some of the local sporting good shops. The amount I've saved from this discount, has easily paid for the membership :)

[rono]

$25 a year here. Using the outdoor range is free as long as your a member. $6 to use the indoor, member or not. (Indoor is only open 1 night a week)

[Starter52]

Knicks, are you serious about your range charging $12.95 for 50 rounds of .22 ammo?

That's not inflation, friend. That's PIRACY. :fire:

[Sisco]

$50/year +NRA membership. No indoor facilities (yet) but they do have an excellent outdoor range.

[Glockfan.45]

For one hour $15.00 non-member, $10.00 member. Indoor range, no R.O :D , rapid fire is fine. About the only rule they have that gets enforced is "you shoot it you buy it". Their lack of rules makes a fun range, however due to that fact I only go during times I know I will be the only one there (had some guy bump firing an AK once while I was in the stall next to him, he blew my target clear off the T-Bar :uhoh: ).

[Peter M. Eick]

$225 for the family and unlimited use. I just renewed again for about the 7th year in a row.

[Wesker]

I envy you young. At my hole in the wall two stall shooting range we are charged $10 a half hour, and $5 for ever 100 rounds you shoot if you're not a member. The shooting stalls are in a 50x12' room with only two stalls, and the target retreval system is a bike wheel on the ceiling.

It isn't much, but it's all we have :/

[JimmyN]

The indoor range I use is $100 a year, unlimited use. You can use your own targets and ammo, and no charge to bring a guest. Handgun rentals are $5, but you have to use their ammo. They have pretty competitive prices on handguns, any handgun purchase and the yearly range fee is reduced to $50, in effect giving you another $50 off the guns purchase price.

[1911 guy]

I go to Grand River Wildlife Management Area. Just short of 3,000 acres of hunting land with a small bit set aside for a shooting range. 25, 50 and 100 yard lanes, half covered, the rest open to the sun on good days and the rain on bad days. Double taps allowed, but no sustained rapid fire, everything but .50BMG allowed. No centerfire rifle on the 25, though. Nice little range.

24 dollars per year, 5 bucks for a day pass. Closed January and February, closed to the public Mondays and Tuesdays due to police use.

The best part? 14.8 miles from my house.

[Abby]

$150/year for a husband/wife (and kids when they're around) membership at the indoor range. That gets me no fee shooting for as long as I want. It's an indoor pistol range that also has two (short) rifle lanes. Also a 10% discount on other assorted stuff (not including firearms).

Since I live in an excesively urban area, it's as good a setup as I'm likely to find convenient to me.

[SuperNaut]

$50 yearly dues and $2 per person per visit (rifle and pistol range). Each shooter gets a free target and tape each visit.

http://www.holladaygunclub.com/

[Jackal]

:what: Free:what:

I have my own 100 yard shooting range. Just open my back door, walk about 50 ft to my bench and start shooting. I hauled a 3ft thick x 10ft long log into the field for a backstop with logging equipment. Works good for me. However, I just turned 21, so I'm gonna need a pistol range now too.:)

[cedjunior]

$8 an hour at the Grapevine BassPro shop. Although they've never charged me more for staying over an hour.

[Snagglepuss]

Very nice indoor range. $35 per year and 8.50 for an unlimited session. Very clean and well kept.

[Odd Job]

Okay well I guess I get the prize for paying the most:

1) £140 per annum membership
2) £1 to hire a club gun (whether it is an air pistol or a .38 carbine)
3) £3.50 per 100 .22 rounds
4) £8.50 per 50 .38 rounds
5) Paper targets range from 10p to 50p each
5) £100 per annum if you rent a safe at the club

Of course this is in the UK, but still I reckon that is a lot. However, a visitor can come down to the club on the first Sunday of the month and pay only £2 to use the ranges. They then pay for ammo and targets only.

At the indoor range in South Africa, as long as I had bought ammo from him, I could shoot there. It wasn't a very busy range because it was in Hillbrow, Johannesburg ;)

[RyanM]

$20 a year (plus $5 initiation for your first year) for the one that's a 15 minute drive. Almost always empty, strangely. Most I've seen were 3 other people there, on a 70 degree Sunday.

100% free for one that's a half hour away, and always crowded.

[10-Ring]

I frequent an indoor range w/ 25, 25 yard lanes. Members pay $300/year - includes unlimited range time, unlimited rentals and discounted guest priveleges.
An old buddy manages the shop. I shoot free most of the time. I do help out (when the range is busy) from time to time (cleaning up, cleaning range guns) to compensate for the free range time.

[browningguy]

American Shooting Center in Houston is $225/year individual - $250/year family and you can bring two guests a month. Thats for pistol and rifle, ranges out to 600 yards but you have to qualify to shoot at 300 or longer. Sporting clays and skeet/trap are seperate memberships.

[M2 Carbine]

$60 a year. Very nice range.
100 and 300 yard rifle.
50 yard pistol.
Skeet and trap.
Range is locked amd members have a key.


I haven't been there yet this year. It's a 40 minute drive.
I have backyard ranges, so it's hard to push myself to drive.

[dragongoddess]

Well for a non retired veteran/civilian it runs $85 a year. Non members are $8 a day. The ranges are outside. There is a club house and small shop for targets, ammo and such. We have 4 trap and skeet ranges 3 dedicated rifle ranges several pistol/rifle ranges, one offical 25 yard range and several small pistol ranges for shooting at ranges less than 25 yards. No rifles capable of shooting over 4100 yards are allowed. No .50's either. We do have a plinking range for what ever you shoot. I'm taking some pumpkins(filled with water) there when they go on sale. Several of the ranges have roofs over the area where one shoots from allowing one to be protected from the sun or shoot while its raining.



some info is out of date in regards to opening hours. Also the club house now serves on Fridays.
http://www.blissmwr.com/Clubs/Rodngun.htm
http://www.blissmwr.com/Clubs/Range%20Rules.pdf

[Detritus]

What part of Houston are you in? (makes a difference, as to what ranges are in reasonable driving distance ya know..)

I live down here in brazoria county and am a member at Greenwood gun club just outside Brazoria. anual dues just went up to around $65 i think it was (new members also pay a one time $50-something "initiation fee" that goes into the land fund) no stated limit on guests but you're responsible for anything they do. Not gonna detail everything and be boring but, ranges out to 600, plenty of room and i've seen it crowded during a "regular" day (ie not "open house" etc) maybe twice in 5 years.

[Pumpkinheaver]

$75 a year at my club. $35 of that is NRA dues.

www.67gunclub.org

[The Lone Haranguer]

$29.95 a month, unlimited range use.
www.scottsdalegunclub.com

[MCgunner]

Bay Gun Club in Port Lavaca, Texas. We pay 30 dollars a year, just go by the police station and check out the key. The local LEOs and coasties qualify there, so there are days the range is closed, but not many. Nice outdoor range. We rent the land from the city for a dollar and upkeep it and in turn the police have a place to shoot as well as local armed citizens. Works out really well. It's a small town deal you're not likely to find in a big city, but I love it!:D

The club puts on shoots for members and we have ultra nice covered, paved shooting areas, electricity, fans on the pistol range, remote resetable steel pistol targets, bench rest quality shooting benches of 6" thick reinforced concrete set on 4" schedule 40 steel pipe legs bolted to the pavement with carpeted tops. 25, 50, 100, and 200 yard ranges. And, we have traps for our shotgunning, but nothing formal.

Anyone interested in membership should go to the First National Bank in Port Lavaca on the first Wednesday of each month, 1930 hours.

[Crosshair]

The one I belong to is $50 per year, members only. That membership has more than paid for itself in all the free brass I get.:D Go out after LEO training day and you have more brass than you know what to do with. You can prety much do whatever you want, but they have security cameras to make sure you aren't breaking the rules. Only thing I don't like is that the porta potty is often out of TP so I have to bring my own.

[COK]

$170 a year ,$250 to join for indoor / outdoor range , pistols, rifles and archery, plus clubhouse /bar and small park area where there are grills and such.

[RH822]

I have 3 places to shoot. All of them are free. 1 is my brother-in-laws 79 acer farm. It is 2 minutes from my house but is "closed" during Deer season. 2 is my sisters 45 acer property. but covered in corn part of the year and 3, my buddy's 2 acer place in the country, but not always home either. Hopefully sometime in the next 2 years I will have my own place in the country to shoot. Because it sucks to have a "new too me" Taurus 66 4" .357 mag that I have not shot yet because, 1 it is deer season. 2 it is covered in corn and 3, he wasn't home.

RH

[The Deer Hunter]

$0

[RNB65]

Private facility - $100/year membership fee. That's it.

It's an outdoor facility with covered shooting stations. 15yd pistol range. 25, 50, 100yd pistol/rifle ranges. An open range for shotgunning, cowboy action shooting, etc.

:)

[greener]

Knicks: Try the Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area range. Free, just have to drive about 60 miles one way to get there. Nice pistol and rifle range. Hours are a bit funky during hunting season.

Shooting club east of Richmond is $100/year, $15 for spouse and $5/guest. Facilities are pretty good.

My son laughs at my prices. He lives in SW Michigan. The range is 5 minutes away and costs $50/year. Pistol, rifle, shotgun.

[enfield]

$25/yr plus 4 hours labor. Guests are free. We have pistol, skeet, archery, and 50/100/150/200 yd rifle.

[bpisler]

I'am a member at a local indoor range,159.00
a year with unlimited range time.

[ChickenHawk]

Gosh, I pay so much more than you guys, it's sickening.

I belong to two ranges:

1. Red's Indoor Range in Pflugerville TX. $300.00/ year
Why? Well, it's indoors and they have long daytime hours, so good for any time of year (not that that's a big problem in Texas). But, it's also very convenient so I go there a lot and they know me.

2. Austin Rifle Club (ARC) outdoor range. $100.00/ year (I think)
Why? It's a beautiful outdoor range, and they permit draw-and-shoot. Problem: it's 35 miles from my house which is too far to drive every week (sometimes 2x a week).

Geesh,
ChickenHawk

[Brian Williams]

$35 per year, 100 + 50 yard rifle, 25 yard pistol, 50ft indoor, indoor open only Sun + Thur.

[SeanSw]

First year $75, renewal $25. It's an all outdoor "Sportsman's Club" with a single berm for shooting. One shooter allowed at a time, max range 85 yards. It's out of the way and you never know if it will be packed or deserted. Sometimes I have to wait weeks (or months) to head out with my car loaded and show up to find a 75 person family reunion and children playing frisbee in front of the berm.

The same place also has a fishing pond and a place to shoot trap, but it's all bring-your-own gear. The only place to shoot rifle is a 2 hour round trip and an expensive yearly membership, and the next nearest place is pistol only with a 25 yard max. All outdoors. During the fall I may as well not even try to go shooting because people are lined up trying to sight in their deer rifles, and there's no regulations on how long one could be waiting before your turn arrives. It's a crapshoot. You just never know what you'll find. 1 out of every 5 times I turn around and go home for one reason or another.

[Cowboybootnut]

Membership is $99.99: Individual per year with benefits (discounts)

Member fee for lane is $7.00 a day, all day.

[Standing Wolf]

I work at a range. It costs $350 to join, followed by $25 per month. Frankly, I think the membership fee ought to be $500, partly because using the range is worth the cost, partly because you don't enhance perceived value by offering discounts.

[silverlance]

Heck, I just go shoot in my basement at an old TV.

:neener:

$150 / yr Burro Canyon Azusa, 1 guest free, 15% off, long time member since 12yro.
$ 50 / yr, 9$ per visit, Angeles Range. Night shooting available.
$ 180 / yr, 25 yard, indoor. No RF, no RO. Free rental, buy ammo from them.

[Chuck R.]

Mill Creek Rifle Club, Desoto KS:

$200 initiation Fee
$80 per year

3 pistol ranges, a couple are lighted
100-300 yard rifle range
100 yard rifle range
75 yard LE range
Shotgun range

You get a key and an ID card, unlimited use for a very well maintained facility.

The only problem is the ranges get heavy use for competitions on the weekends and it’s 40 minutes from my house. They’ve also got some serious rules due to urban sprawl. So last year I bought 40 acres and built my own range. I have a 30-meter pistol range and shoot rifle at 50, 100, 200, and 300meters. Costs are:

Construction and gravel $3000
Steel Targets $300
Shooting table for the pistol range $200
Bench for the rifle range $250
Mortgage with double payments $1200

Doing whatever I want, when I want……….priceless. Mill Creek is still a very, very, good deal though.

Chuck

[EddieCoyle]

My club is $100 for the first year, $50 per year with 4 hours labor after that. That includes unlimited use of the ranges. Guests are free.

For anyone interested in joining, there's a link in my sig line. PM me for more info.

[Protein anchor]

$85/year_Holyoke, MA

Indoor range (open 24 hrs), electronically operated door.
Outdoor, pistol (covered), rifle

Meeting hall is quite nice as well. I like it because I can go late at night and shoot inside, (heated of course), at any time. :D

[MrAcheson]

My old range was $250/year with free rentals, clubhouse access, and unlimited range time. You also had to use their ammo, etc.

I currently shoot at the public range which is $5/hour of rifle/pistol. $2.50 per round of skeet/clays. I like it a lot better.

[Falconeer]

$175 a year for a club with trap, skeet, five stand, 100yrd rifle, 25ft pistol, 25 & 50yrd pistol. Anything involving clay pigeons is $3 a round over and above.

Not having to deal with the run of the mill idiots as well as too many people at the public range makes it well worth the price. :)

[ZeSpectre]

NRA Headquarters Range (I'm a life NRA member).
Range fees are $250/yr or $12 per visit for lifers. I don't shoot quite often enough to justifiy the yearly fee so I stick with the $12/visit.

I was looking for an outdoor range to use as well and all I could find locally were a couple of "hunt clubs" and they wanted to charge me $1,400/year for a membership! I laughed and walked away from that.

Found another nice outdoor range that would be happy for me to join for $150/year (unlimited use) but they are a 1.5 hour drive away. Still I'm tempted because it's a nice place and I do get over that way once in a while.

[cmidkiff]

Outdoor - Free. Unmanaged range owned by Missouri Corps of Engineers.
Indoor - $30/Year + $7/day.

Ammo is the expensive part!

[madmattmd]

My Local Public (County owned and operated) range cost $10/day or $40/year for in-County residents. Slightly higher for out-of-County residents. This range has on site RO's and added a separate pistol covered range a couple of years ago. They are fairly restrictive on types of firearms and firing (no rapid fire, drawing from a holster, etc.), but, considering it's open to all, I would rather be safe than sorry. Many experienced shooters don't like the restrictions.

Just this year, I joined a local (10 minute drive) club. It offers pistol and rifle up to 300 yards as well as a separate 75 yard pistol range. It's pretty basic but it's great to have something like this available. There are also other nice amenities. The initiation cost is $75 and $50/year dues. There is a 12 hour yearly work hour minimum too. I work as many hours as I can and have met some great folks there.

I moved to this County a few years ago and am very glad for the shooting opporunities offered. In my previous County, you basically had the choice of two commercial indoor ranges. That became so exepensive that I virtuall stopped shooting for 10 years. For me, it was virtually impossible to get an opportunity to join a local club in that jurisdiction. Now that I am shooting more (IDPA primarily) I have been asked if I would like to join several clubs. I guess it helps to show up early and leave late to setup & takedown. :)


Matt

[GeorgiaGlocker]

$10 a day to shoot all day. Can bring your own ammo. I think it is $250 per year, per person. I would not be able to get my moneys worth by paying per year since I live about 35 miles from the range. I can rent a pistol for $5.00 and shoot all day long, but must buy ammo from range. It's an indoor range.

[Harry Paget Flashman]

$50 a year at the Escambia River Muzzle Loaders range.

[Vern Humphrey]

Nuthin' a year in my back yard.:D

[the pistolero]

At one point and time I was a member of the Golden Triangle Gun Club. To be a member you have to be a member of the NRA and the dues were $40 per year.

They raised the dues to $50 last year, I think; I joined right before Hurricane Rita hit. Best shooting-related $50 I ever spent, too...Robert, I live down in Mid-County (Nederland/PA) and before I found out about the Golden Triangle Gun Club, I went to Leger's Range off Highway 90 just west of Beaumont -- about 50 miles round-trip! And I go to the range every week, too, so between range fees and gas, I was spending a good bit of money before I even loaded the first cartridge in the magazine. I figured it up one day, and not counting the gas money I spent every week, I am saving about $160 a year now. And the GTGC has some good people in it, too.

[Bruce333]

Indoor range: $15/day, or $10/day + $29 /year, or $200/year unlimited range time. Have to buy their targets.

Outdoor: $15/day, or $180/year unlimited range time.

Trap/Skeet Club, also has covered handgun range and 200yd rifle range, SASS on first Sat: $100/year + $3/day (limited to Fri Sat Sun, open 6 hours) Guest limited to twice a year per guest.

I only go to one of the first 2 if the club isn't open or taking a repeat guest.

[sm]

I am sorta like Vern, I do not pay as I shoot on private property.

Honest, I burned all sanctioned cards, and memberships when the Great Equipment Race Started in the early 80's.

I have been on a public range, I forget when it was, and I was paid to be there.
I have been on a high dollar private club property, with private Sporting Clays, 5 stand, Skeet and game. I guess been 10 yrs ago. Membership was $25/$50K/$100k up front and so much a year. (depended on what one wanted to do and how often and family members) I was flown in, to instruct, assist, and all my expenses covered. Then I hunted hard for 3 days felling quail and other birds for ME.

Nope, give me private property for now. I might change my mind someday...maybe.

[usmccpl]

Free range for 200 yard rifle and pistol range and skeet,trap and sporting clay range.





one shot one kill

[highlander 5]

$ 150 a year 25 yard pistol 100 yard rifle no range officers ex cept on Sundays 50 ft indoor unlimited 24/7 use and no one makes your life miserable very nice and friendly group

[slocum]

249 per year.

That gets me unlimited use of the range and free use of the rental guns.

I pay for ammo and targets of course.
Okay Warren, where in NorCal are you?

[vito]

Here in Rockford, IL we have a private indoor pistol range. There are actually 3 ranges in the building. Membership is $130 per year, but if you volunteer some hours you can get a reduction. You also have to maintain your NRA membership to be a club member. Once a member, you can use the range 24/7, 365 days a year. Its heated for the winter, but no A/C in the summer, but I still think its a great deal.

[CRAZY-G]

30 dollars a year.Pistol range 100-300 yrd rifle range with 12 benches

[Shear_stress]

$4/person a day, rifle and pistol, 25, 50 and 100 yards outdoor.

[mr.trooper]

Our local range charges $10 per session, or $87 for 10 sessions in advance. No such thing as membership.

No time limit, but ammunition, targets, eyes, and ears are extra; provided you dont bring your own.


OR, for $5 worth of gass, i can drive to the free outdoor range maintained by the DNR.

[Don Lu]

2 typse of memberships

memberships
1st 99.00 per yr and 3 bucks per visit unlimited time during day or 199 per year unlimited acess

non-members
10 per hour ....

[brett30030]

Don Lu,

What range is that?

Thanks

[yongxingfreesty]

these high prices here make me want to move out of state, lol. but i know it aint worth it just for that.

[prolanman]

Indoor Range. $150 a year, unlimited use.

[Oldnamvet]

$80/year for unlimited use of all facilities. Outdoor and indoor pistol. Rifle ranges to 600 yds. Trap and skeet, $2 a game unless you bring your own clays, then $0. Bring your own targets, guns, ammo. None are sold by the club.

[cmb3366]

Membership is $50 for the year, and they ask for a $2 donation to maintain the backstop each time you use the indoor range, which is 50', 10 lanes, usually deserted and open for use 24/7 (as a member you get the clubhouse combo, everything is self serve, no rangmaster bs). Also included in member fees is free use of 175yd rifle range, free use of the automated trap-range (supply your own bids and operate it yourself),free 50yd bowrange, and free use of the clubs stocked pond and 300 acres of hunting land. Seems like a pretty good deal seeing the prices some of you pay, but then again it is rural upstate ny.

[sevesteen]

$35/year individual (going up to $40 next year) $50/family (not going up) for the fish and game club. Used to ask but not enforce a 5 hour work assesment or $50, that's changing to a flat $10 fee for everyone to get a range badge. Includes 8 cowboy action lanes, 8 125 yard rifle lanes with covered benches, 2 pistol lanes (one has cover), a .22 lane with permanent spinner targets, trap, archery, campground, fishing pond, and a clubhouse with bar. Free target stands, free cardboard and usually targets. Guests can shoot once per year per guest. Cold range except for "known IDPA or Cowboy shooters". No full-auto, max 10 round rapid-fire strings. Open 9-7 (or dark) except Sunday 9-5.

About 2 days a month the cowboy shooters tie up the whole range, but other than that I've never seen a wait. Can't complain about the cowboys, since they are responsible for resurrecting the club.

[rashgunner]

Maury county gun club, Columbia Tennessee, 95.00 per year unlimited. 5.00 per visit for non-members up to 3 visits. 3 pistol berms 1 200 yard rifle range and 5 trap and skeet ranges.

[cloudedice]

I am currently a student in NY, so I've decided not to become a member of the range I frequent when I'm home.

I don't get an itemized receipt, but typical costs:

lane for an hour - $20
gun rental for an hour - $15 (until I move out I can't get my own gun.) :cuss:
targets - typically 5 @ $0.30ea - $1.5 (I could get cheaper targets, but I like this target and it wouldn't make that much difference)
3 boxes of 9mm (range gun, range ammo) i'll guess about $20 total

With tax that's about $60. If only I could put that extra $15+/visit towards a new gun...:banghead:

[_N4Z_]

50 bucks annual, private/locked outdoor rural facility.

unlimited range time.

guests, no charge with member.

25 yard pistol range.

two 50 yard lanes.

ten 100 / 200 yard tables.

one two sided 300 yard table.


i like it! :D

[knicks118]

Yes they charged me $12.95 for a box of .22 and I didn't realize it until they showed me the ticket.
I threw a fit and told them a box is $3.00 and they wouldnt budge.
They also tried to sell me a "silencer" so ....

[JD_LION]

$30.00 a year Private Outdoor Club, Locked Gate, NO RO!!!!!! Unlimited guests at no charge. 50, 150, 300 yard rifle, 5-50 yard pistol, Trap.
I can shoot for free at my place or many friends places but I like to go to the range. I have met some very good friends and have shot many guns I wouldn't have had the chance to shoot.

[yongxingfreesty]

to knicks above ^^^ hahah 13 bucks for .22, so how much is there .45 or 9mm? $20 for 50ct of 9mm fmj?

[TonyT]

Two local clubs in Kalamazoo County. The membership fees are $75 per year, no range fees to use the outdoor ranges. One club has 7, 10, 15, 25, 50 & 100 yard ranges as well as skeet, trap, and five stand shotgun ranges. The other club has an up to 15 yard range, a 25 & 50, and a 50 to 200 yard range plus a modest trap facility and sporting clays in the woods. Only the first club has a decent indoor range with proper ventilation which is only open with an RSO for specified events such as bullseye, practical pistol, smallbore rifle, with a range fee of $4 for members and $7 for non-members.

[22-rimfire]

Closest indoor range to me charges $150 per year with no range fees. I believe they have a family membership now for $250.

[Average Joe]

$ 30 per year, unlimited access. Private club, Eastern Pennsylvania.

[lamazza]

$65/year to join + $5/for all day-members $20/all day non-members
Heres the ugly....YOU ARE ALLOWED SINGLE LOADS ONLY.
You may not put more than 1 cartridge in your magazine at a time.
There are guys there that have never had more than 1 load in their AR since they bought it!

[slugcatcher]

www.psc-range.com

It's in Friendswood. Our longest rifle range is only 300yds though. That American Shooting Center 600 yard range sounds very tempting. I may have to check that out.

[SnWnMe]

$125 / yr + NRA. Membership is capped but LE and Mil can join anytime. This is a shooter's paradise right @ the border of San Diego and Riverside counties and in the midst of SoCal suburbia. It's amazing that it is still open.

Ranges:

10 yd 22s only
25 yd 33 rifles only
100 yd rifle
150 yd rifle
Skeet (or is it trap?) range
Anything goes range
2 handgun only steel ranges (one with falling targets)
1 50 yd handgun only range.
1 instruction range

[gwhall57]

$8 a day, all day. Must use range ammo, and a box of 9mm is $13.95. I usually shoot two boxes of 9mm, and the total runs around $35.00.

Membership is $300 per year, or $150 per year if you sign up after ThanKsgiving, and good until the next Thanksgiving. This gets you free range time, and $2,00 off per box of ammo.

Indoor range, 19 lanes, 20 yards.

Dominion Shooting Range in Richmond, VA.

I'm just waiting for Turkey Day...:)

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

In northwest Washington:

http://www.custersportsmensclub.com

Family Memberships ~ $120/year. $2 range fee any time you shoot. $6 range fee for non-member guests. NRA sanctioned but NRA membership is not required.

Tacticle competitions, IPSC, Fallling Plates, Bowling Pin, Varmint, Cowboy, Rimfire/Centerfire Bullseye Indoor, Rimfire rifle Indoor, Outdoor Bullseye and Duello, and other competitions every weekend. Also ongoing leagues competing with a local public owned range. There's always something going on. Three 25/50yd outdoor pistol ranges. Big pistols use the short out door rifle ranges of 50yds, 75yds, 100 yds, and 200 meter. 200 meter has pop-up targets. We share the rifle range with the Bow club for competitions once or twice a year. There's a rimfire youth shooting program. And we have a few AR's just for youth shooting.

Open 9am to dusk/9pm. Serve yourself card locked gates. Bring your own ammo. No rapid fire rule unless the shooting competition requires it. (dumping five bowling pins in less than 3.8 seconds sometimes requires some pretty fast shooting.)

We're pretty spoiled out west.

-Steve

[Flopsy]

Yes I'm a member, at a cost of $18 per year.

Range fees are about $8 per half hour.

They let you fire your own ammo, which is a big plus.

[Anna's Dad]

$8.50 / unlimited time as a non-member.

I'm joining a club that has an unlimited use (dawn to dusk) outdoor range for $170.00 for the first year and $120 (I think) thereafter.

[P0832177]

I have memberships at two private outdoor clubs in the metro. Both require work or you pay extra on top of a yearly fee. The commerical indoor range I frequent is 35 for a membership and then 9 bucks for unlimited shooting. It is the cleanest and best ventilated range in the metro, although only goes to 50ft.

[gopguy]

My club in Wilmington Ohio is one of the best kept secrets. situated within an hour of Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati we are only $40 a year, though it is going up to $50 in January. No range fees. I am a past President and am still on the board of directors, as well as director of legislative affairs. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to email me I will be willing to sign sponsorships to help get THR members in. gopguy63@yahoo.com. :cool:
Check it out here. Tim

http://www.ccfsa.com/

[mpmarty]

Yes, I'm a member. Family membership is $72.00 a year and we have 200yd rifle, ten point indoor pistol to 25 yards any non magnum pistol or 38spl in 357 mags etc, we have seven outdoor pistol ranges with up to 50 yard berms, we have a PITA trap range, sporting clays and skeet. For members it's $2.00 per person for all day. Non members are $10.00 a day. The club has meeting facilities, a 100 acre park for picnics and camping, as well as a full restaurant. The property abuts a nationally ranked salmon fishing river and we have duck and goose hunting in the fall and winter as well.

[Snowdiver]

No member fee, $2.00 per CARLOAD. We take the kids all the time. Gardnerville,NV. 50 yd pistol, 100 yd, 200 yd, 300 yd rifle. Covered with benches. Put your money in an envelope and press the button to open the gate.

[Lonestar]

In PA the average Indoor range is $12 to $15. The place I go is $12 with a one hour time limit, which is usually not enforced unless they are crowded. Some PA state game lands have small 25/50/100 yard ranges that are free.

I want to join Delaware County Field & Stream which has a huge facility less than 5 miles from my home and cost $150 for a years membership (unlimited use of all ranges). Problem is I need referrals from 2 members and I'm still new to the area. Shameless plea...any high roaders who are also member of DCFS, and are willing to OK me, please let me know. If I join, I'll probably finally get around to getting my hunting license:o . My friends BEG me every year.

[cbsbyte]

In Mass we have Sportsmans clubs. They are private orginzations that have full facilities, such as club house/s, clay sport fields, rifle ranges and indoor/outdoor pistol ranges, and the larger clubs own 100s of acres for hunting/conservation. To join one has to go through background checks, and formal interviews to weed out the undesirables. Membership is exclusive, so it can take a long time to be accept if you don't know someone who is a member. To pay for all their ammenties the annual fees are expensive. I know most of the clubs within a 30 mile radius from here are charging over $100+other useage fees. I know of others clubs in the eastern part of the state outside of Boston are $500+ a year. I don't belong to a club do to the high prices so I don't shoot very often except on some land my family owns.

[bratch]

$100/yr unlimited range time.

[Spieler]

The closest, so most convenient, range to me charges $10 per hour per person. That is normally enough time for me to get through the drills that I practice and I don't find the price too abhorrent.

[BoneDigger]

Here isn Tyler TX we have two options:

1) Indoor range: $20 for the day, no memberships available. No hourly rates. Up to 25 yards.

2) Outdoor range: $125 year. Only members can use it, but there is a period from October 15-Nov. 1, when they allow deer hunters to shoot in their rifles for $10 per gun. Anywhere from 5 yards to 150 yards is OK.

Todd

[TxPhantom]

Gotta love these people that post "it costs XX amount of $ around here" but don't give a location. That's useless info. At least narrow it down to a country or a state or maybe even a part of a state. :confused:
I live in Frisco, Tx just north of Dallas, and the good, local, outdoor ranges have either been shut down by the anti's or bought out by developers. This is a "family friendly" town which translates to " P. C. Dominated" town. The only local range is a indoor range that charges $18.50 per lane to shoot shoulder to shoulder with a little partition dividing shooters and casings bouncing off your head. Just good for punching holes in paper! My range bag is full of 45 casings even though I'm not shooting a 45 (yet) when I get home. :what:
We will be moving to East Texas soon where there are some good ranges at a reasonable prices. I'll probably buy a yearly membership there.:p

[TxPhantom]

I was pecking my latest rant when you posted. We will be moving close to Tyler, Longview or Gilmer. Which range to you shoot at out there? From what I've heard the ranges are pretty good in that area. Gotta be better than here or is that just the "green grass theory" making me think so?

[kymarkh]

I have 2 indoor ranges within 10 miles of the house. Both charge between 11-14 bucks per hour for a lane after purchasing a yearly 'range card' for 5 or 10 bucks. Lanes can be shared, and you can bring your own ammo. One is pistol caliber only, the other allows shooting rifle calibers up to 30-06 (which gets mighty loud indoors). Both run about 200 a year for a membership I believe - I'm not a yearly member yet at either location.

There is a WMA about 20 miles south of me that offers Trap/Skeet and outdoor Rifle/Pistol that I have been wanting to try but have not had the time. Not sure what the costs are to shoot there but I'd like to find out.

[MD_Willington]

Nothing... plenty of people I know have 10+ acres and the natural rolling hills make for perfect berms.

[atek3]

my local club is 60 dollars a year...i'm a member.

[ralpho1]

Here in the southern metro of Mpls. they charge $375 per year unlimited range time, can bring one friend per visit. A dozen indoor lanes available(25 yds.). Open 10 am till 8pm. Ammo and targets avail. No draw from holster, or rapid fire.

[atek3]

my club rules. since normally I'm the only one there I can draw from a holster, shoot steel, rapid fire, or whatever.

atek3

[Headless]

Free; public outdoor range. No membership (required or attained) - north florida.

[Bobo]

Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA), Lynchburg, VA
http://www.iwla.org/
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3006/

Yearly membership - $175 per year family membership to all park facilities except rifle and pistol range.
Includes: Skeet and trap range, archery range, swimming, camping, etc.

Rifle and Pistol range - additional $25 per year.
Must qualify by attending a free Range Procedures and Safety class and pass a simple test.
Range qualified member must also be an NRA member.
Target stands only are provided.
No targets, guns, ammo, etc. are available at the range.
Range officers present only during club events.
Ranges available during daylight hours Monday thru Saturday, and noon to dusk on Sunday

All ranges are outdoor.

No additional hourly or other charges.
No charge for family members or guests.

[kludge]

$85 first year/$60 renewal (unlimited family membership) $5/guest/day

outdoors, 15yd/25yd pistol lanes, .22LR sihouette, 50yd/100yd rifle.
no rapid fire, AP, or 50BMG

fishing lake (free, members only)
clubhouse ($40/day for members, not sure what nonmembers fee is)