[telewinz]

Just paid $300 for a life membership at a range that offers an indoor and outdoor pistol range. trap range, and a 100 meter rifle range. Unlimited use. Annual fee is $35. Lower middle class area in northern panhandle of WV.

[Bacchus]

Wow! That's an excellent price, as long as they stay in business.

I assume that they have been in business for a while, right?

[telewinz]

The club has been in business since before WW2, old timers use to tell about how some of our members donated firearms to the British. None were ever returned after the War ended. I've been an annual member since '79, life membership was $300 back then! Maybe since I have mine, I'll suggest we raise it to $500.:D

[C.R.Sam]

Sounds like a super price.

Sam

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

Getting into one in PA. I think it's $250 initiation fee, $75/yr, plus 12 hours of work around the club per year.

So you got yourself a deal. :)

- pdmoderator

[FPrice]

I learned many years ago that if you were going to join an organization that you intended to belong to for a long time, buy the life membership BEFORE it goes up again. I think you got a good bargain.

[Ala Dan]

I think $500 smacks would be about right in
my neck of the woods. I can't see paying any more
at this time, given the range conditions in this area
of the country.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[Spieler]

That is a GREAT price for a life membership. The nearest range in my area that I have found charges $300 annual membership, plus a $75 initiation fee the first year! :banghead:

[Dave P]

Spieler, thats gotta be a record. $300/yr???

Anybody pay more than that? I pay something like $125/yr for 120 acres of various shooting disiplines.

[Aleko]

Wow, that is a killer of a deal. I wish there were more places like this one. I'm paying $450/year for indoors only, and don't get my money worth.

[Ringer]

I pay $275 a year for unlimited time at Indoor Range. That's for handguns only unless you want to shoot a .22 at 25 yards. In addition I pay a lot more than that in Sporting Clays fees, but I guess that really doesn't count as a range.

[FJC]

$275 a year for me as well - I'm guessing it's the same range as Ringer, by his location. :)

[keyhole]

Man, we're cheap! Our dues are just 50.00 per year, unlimited time, except during deer season, when it's closed. Thats about a week in Dec., and another in Jan.

No life ,membership though.

[MacPelto]

My club just went up to $75 a year, outdoors, with several ranges. You cannot buy a life membership - if you are a member in good standing for 20 years then you can become a life member, and no longer have to pay dues.

[4v50 Gary]

Paid $200 for associated life. It supports the club and gives me 50% off every time I go to the range. Before that, I was paying $50 annually as a member.

[Jeeper]

I think that life memberships in general should be about 7-10 years worth of dues.

[foghornl]

I'd say about $250-$350, or maybe around 5X a 1-year deal.

[TearsOfRage]

I'd pay more than that per year if it meant I didn't have to attend meetings and do "volunteer" work. Its not doing the work that's a problem, its scheduling it - I can't join most of the ranges around here because my work schedule is so busy and unpredictable. What we need around here is an outdoor range that, like McLoud's indoor range, is a commercial business rather than a social club.

Oh well, at least I can always (except hunting season) just go shoot in the woods.

[JSolie]

The club I shoot at doesn't have lifetime memberships. Of course, I may have not found anything about it... :D

The range I shoot at charges $100 for the first year for membership, and $15 for each additional family member. Renewals are $75 per year + $15 for the additional badges. NRA membership is required. It's an outdoor range, two rifle, several pistol and a shotgun range. Current waiting list is 100+ names long. :what:

Glad I got in a couple of years ago... :neener:

-- John

[Mikul]

Life memberships seem to be in the range of 10-12x the cost of an annual membership.

[DigMe]

I stopped by Champion Firearms in College Station, TX the other day and their 15 yard indoor, 9 lane indoor pistol range was 300 bucks a year! It's strange because they have pretty good prices on their firearms despite the outrageous range price.

brad cook

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

I paid $50. for a 'lifetime' membership at one local range; I still have to pay $10 per visit each time I go.

Of course, if I go to the family farm it's free, sort of. Except for property taxes, and it's not mown. Snakes can be a problem sometimes.

Regards,
Rabbit.

[DWS1117]

Just paid $300 for a life membership at a range that offers an indoor and outdoor pistol range :what: :what: :what:

The range I use is $250 per year and that is just an indoor 25yd. range. Although, they do allow full auto. The $10 per use range fee comes out cheaper. Especially when we have to elsewhere to shoot rifle.

[10-Ring]

$300 for a lifetime membership is CHEAP! Last time I renewed for a year, I paid $250 :scrutiny: Really does depend on the lifetime of the range you joined if it will pan out as a really hot deal or not! ;)

[telewinz]

FYI I am saving your opinions to present to the club membership. Maybe at some future date we will want to raise the life membership to at least $500. Since we are located in the middle of the rust belt maybe we can offer an easy payment plan. Around here $30 grand a year is BIG bucks while many families average $21,000. Even the poorly should have a chance at shooting if for no other reason than that they vote too!

The club is nice (1930's design), one of the nicest I've seen in 30 years. Nothing fancy just covered outdoor shooting positions (6, rifle) with concrete pads and a 40 foot covered concrete runway and table that can handle 15-20 handgun shooters at a time with a range from 0 to 75 yards. Plenty of benches to sit and watch and some even come out to have picnics on the grass. We have a mobile home that is the op center for our shotgun range with the trap house and all plus a ten position combat pistol range thats set-up for the police/combat type shoots. We have a stream running behind us and often times crazy deer will be seen "grazing in the grass".

Never realized how lucky I am till I started typing this. Our indoor range and clubhouse is heated/vented and has 10 stalls for shooting at 50 feet. We have 400 members and we may be closing our membership soon. About 50% of the time when I go, I'll have the range to myself. Seldom is their more than one other person there. There is no attendant, we get the combination to the club house when we pay our dues. Here, let me give you the combination :neener: .