How many rounds do you fire per year...for practice?

Per year;
25 000+ in Centrefire pistol (9mm, .38 super, .38 special, .357 Magnum, .357 sig etc)
10 000+ .22LR in pistols as well.

I usually visit the range twice a week and I reload

WOW at the numbers here! I thought I shot a lot! I have shot 3-5K a year of handgun for most of the last ten years but am probably doing more like 1000-1500 a year these days (prices being higher and my free time being less lately) Rifle high power maybe 300 rounds...I have loads for most things worked out...there will be some work-ups this year though (new toy). carbines probably 1000-2000 a year between the wife and I...but there where years it was ten times that just for me...lately it's been more just trying to stay familiar with my favorites when time and ammo allows. Mostly we've been shooting a LOT of rimfire...I couldn't even hazard a guess how much past match ammo...a LOT probably 10-20K a year or more. Most of the matches we shoot are rimfire and a lot of the fun shooting we do is rimfire or pistol mostly these days.

Pistol, about 3000 rounds a year. It varies. I'm going to shoot about 200 rounds or more today just for kicks.

Rifle, about 1500 rounds.

I should do more. I'm breaking in a new P220 now so I'll probably shoot that a lot more.

Probably less than 1000. I need to practice more.

About 14,000 rounds per year between my wife and I. .380, .38spl, .357 mag, 9mm, .40s&w, .45acp. a few .45 LC. Send them out to be reloaded. Average cost $9.00/50, incl shipping, tax, etc.

Unfortunately for my bank account 10,000+ reloads including 9mm, 45acp, .223 and .308. Shooying weekly you can plow through it quickly. If I had it to shoot I'd double that number. Of course shooting in the snow, rain, etc helps up the round count!

Last year, I went through around 8,000 rounds of 9mm.

This year, I'm on track to shoot less than that, probably a total yearly round count of around 6K for 9mm.

For .22, I'm not sure of the tally, but between Steel Challenge, the rimfire side matches we intend to run at the tactical rifle match, and general plinking around, it'll amount to probably 3,000-5,000 rounds.

5k-ish of centerfire ammo (9mm and .223), 200 or so shotgun rounds shooting clays, and about 1000 rounds of .22LR.

now that i started reloading again(first time since my teenage years)...roughly

9mm 13-14k 9mm

45acp 'bout 7k

7.62x39 6-10k don't keep very good track shooting steel case lol

22lr LOL alot considering i shoot thru 2 550 bulk packs a week so i guess over 13k yearly prbly up in the 20k range lol

12gauge 1-2k but hell clay shootings just social till i get another nice 12 gauge

.223 roughly the same as 7.62 at least till i get dies

.38special 8.5-9k

.357mag 10-12k

.30-30 less than 2k

.22mag less than 8k

.32acp about 4k

and that's just in my guns, (what i can think of off hand) but i have been going nuts with the reloading press since i got it last spring '09 lol also the back yard/home shooting range kicks ass , 10 feet out the front door and go nuts lol, i love living in Vermont

Usually 20-30,000rds of .22LR. Several thousand centerfire pistol, mostly .44Mag. Cast bullet handloads almost exclusively but I do play with a few jacketed bullets. I've just never kept an accurate round count.

I used to shoot a whole lot more than I do today. Part of it is due to time; I just don't have as much range time as I once did. Part of it is due to a lack of ammo; I can't find nearly enough .380 ACP these days, although 9mm has come back a bit. (Even the once-plentiful .22 caliber has been in short supply in my neck of the woods for the past year and a half or so.) My guess, as a result, is that I'm down to maybe 500 rounds of 9mm, about the same of .380, and a couple of thousand rounds of .22 during the past year or so. It's not nearly enough, but it's as good as I've got at the moment.

1,500 to 2,000 per year of centerfire. mostly 45's. I don't count the .22 rimfire.

Somewhere between 8 -10,000.


I count by primer boxes and bricks of .22's. It's tough to say for certain by caliber. Mostly .38 Specials, 9mm, some 38 Super from time to time.

inSight-NEO said:

800 to 1000 rounds per year average

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I've gone through that many in a weekend.


Unless you're rich, the only affordable way to do it is reload.


It takes a certain round count number to get proficient. It all depends on the goal. A professional competitive shooter would think 10,000 rounds is probably a bit low to stay competitive. It's not really all that much . . . 200/week average.

I will shoot about 20,000 rounds of .22 a year. This is my primary range caliber now since the ammo prices are so high. Around 5,000 9mm and a very low amount of .357 mag and rifle calibers. I don't think I have even shot my shotgun this year.

I ran close to 7K through my G23 (.40) last year plus another 1,200 in a few classes I took. This year I'm on pace to do the same this with my G23, however I recently got a AR (5.56/.223) so that number will go up naturally.

rounds

10-15k mostly my .45 ACP reloads and I fill in with .22 when I run out.

12-15,000, mostly shotgun at clays

No accurate counts but probably 20,000 a year through my 1919 BMG, 5,000 through the Thompson, 6,000 9mm, 5,000 .45 ACP, 10,000 in the M16, 3,000 in the M14, and maybe another 5,000 of various calibers. ALL is FMJ and I reload it all. I'm retired and have lots of time on my hands. So says the wife.

My wife and I went out today (Wednesday) and she shot about 300 thru a Mini 14 and I shot maybe 600 in my OOW BAR.

About 2,000 rounds of centerfire, mostly .45 and .38

And about 12,000 rounds of .22

The amount of discretionary/disposable income in relation to the economy/employment there are apparently individuals not affected. I only make this observation by the numbers/quantities of ammunition being consumed.

Normally in the area of 150 rds per week, less a few weeks during the year. Not smart enough to annualize the figure.

Proficiency is about a lot more than accuracy.