How times per month does everyone target shoot?

I am retired so there is no time constraint. But that also means there is a money constraint. I shoot once or twice a month at an indoor range alternating 40 and 22. The range fee is $10 and the range/store sells the ammo requiring more than $5 of 22 and at least one box of 50 when I shoot 40. I'd like to shoot two sessions a month but it doesn't work out that way. That would total 150 rounds per month on two guns.

My only reason to practice is to maintain a home defense capability. I do enjoy it but not enough to try competition.

I try and pretty much succeed to shoot once a week, 100 rounds, rarely twice. Last year I shot 5,000 rounds so I'm pretty consistent on it. I've found if I shoot more than 100 rounds I'm just wasting the rounds because of fatigue.

I got back into shooting several years ago when I retired and I go to my local range 3 times a week. I usually shoot 100 rounds each time. My shooting has greatly improved with the regular range sessions as well as making a lot of new friends. I also shoot different guns on a regular basis. No matter what gun I take to the range, I just remind myself that trigger control and sight picture are key to good groups.

It was once a week until gas got so high. Now about once a month. Anti/greenies reading this are gloating, no doubt.

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Nah. Most seem unwilling to accept that people target shoot period. No joke - telling an anti that you go target shooting with a gun illicits the same reaction as telling someone you get Playboy to read the articles. They just think you're looking lying trying to justify some other use.

No lie, in arguing with one one time they said: "Sure you CAN use a gun for hunting or target shooting, but realistically, the VAST MAJORITY are used to kill people."

IF I miss a week I'll make it up & then some ; )
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I belong to a gun club but it's about 20 miles out of town. Although I'm retired and should have lots of free time, I'm only able to get there every couple of weeks.

I sometimes wonder how I ever managed to fit a 40-hour workweek into my schedule in the past.

I shoot about 5 days a week. Sometimes several times a day. (home ranges)
This morning I shot with a neighbor lady and this evening I shot by myself.

I think most people need to shoot at least once or twice a week to remain proficient and improve.

I and friends shoot many different guns. Shooting just one gun (to me) would get boring quick.

2 to 4 times a week. I also use to shoot at a indoor range down the street from my office. So I could run down there at lunch or after work, or before work. But there membership fee, range fee, and could only shoot there targets you have to buy. With no area to drill at. I fired them after a year. What a waste of money.

I now shoot on ave. 2 times a week at my local WMA area. A $25 hunting lic. is all that's required. I can setup my own drills. And shoot what I want with no cry babies or know it all's around me that can't hit the paper.

Once I'm fully recovered from being rear ended by a bubble head blond with a cell phone and SUV I will start shooting more.

Certainly not as much as I should and not nearly as much as I used to! There are a lot of things I don't do much of anymore just because of the higher cost of living.

Well, since my range (50yd) is in my back yard I normally shoot 5-6 times per week

I usually head to the range three times a month. The range I am a member of does not have open days except Sunday for handgun/rifle. Usually there is some family event that requires a Sunday. As for number of rounds, well, generally in the 400 to 500 range. I love reloading so I don't mind "wasting" any when I am tired. Its just a good excuse to practice in less than ideal situations.

3 or 4 times a month if I can afford it, just to hone my skills and know I still got it. I also try to recruit friends to join, bummer that our work schedules differ so. That's at the range though. My Gma has given me permission to use her land up in lower Bama, gonna bring some weedwackers and some of them up there tomorrow. An hour in gas or 30mins plus ridiculous $15 range fee. Don't understand why they charge so much if I bring my own ear/eye protection, targets, bullets, and collect my brass.

I try to shoot at least once a week, normally on the weekend.

As for the part about proficiency with one gun vs. multiple guns, I strongly disagree that shooting only one gun will make you better with the single gun. When you shoot a single gun you get good at doing some specific things with that particular weapon. When you shoot multiple guns, some will bring out errors in technique that other won't. By improving your general shooting, you will improve your shooting with each individual gun. For example, go shoot a DA revolver until you are proficient with it in DA. I promise that you will improve your shooting with the current crop of striker fired pistols as well as, to a lesser extent, your single action shooting.

Once or twice a week.
Rural area ~ "range" is an old stump in the back yard.

At least once a week. I've just started back shooting after a long hiatus, and I've got a lot of catching up to do.
To an extent, shooting anything will make you shoot everything better.
Sight picture and trigger control are the biggies. The better you get at those, the better you shoot, and it transfers to different weapons.

About twice a week. Paid my gun club annual membership, so the range is free to use for another year.

5-6, now that the weather is breaking her in Ohio.

I go about once every other week. I'm a member at a good outdoor range, but lately the weather has been horrible and I've been paying more to shoot indoors.

Sometimes, I only shoot about 30 rounds of centerfire and 50 of rimfire. Other times, a lot more. Sometimes, once a week, but not more.

I agree that (in general) the more guns one has, the less proficient he has with them. There are exceptions, for example if I have 10 guns, but they're all Glocks or all 1911s or all DA revolvers, practice with one transfers to the other. It is always interesting. For instance, who is the more dangerous criminal, the one who practices every week with his 22 or the one who practices once a year his 45? Probably the guy with the 22.

I think every other week is the minimum to show steady improvement. More is better.

I think your comment about once a month is enough to keep one familiar with the gun is probably overkill. Just to remain familiar and to maintain a given level of skill, it probably doesn't have to be that often. Maybe twice a year is enough for that.

I shoot just about every day at times, but I live out here in the good ole country side of West Ga.

1 if i am so lucky in this economy.

I think I average twice a week during the summer and once a month in the winter. I joined a sportsmans club close to the house just to shoot more.

I try to get out once a week at least. If I know I will get off work at a decent time I will take a gun or two with me and stop on the way home to shoot a little "extra". If all else fails I will normally go out on a Saturday morning or Sunday after noon.

When I'm healthy, every Friday or Saturday: 2 guns and 2 boxes....