How many rounds do you shoot per range session?

Im fortunate in that I only need to walk out back to my range so I dont feel the need to shoot more than 100-150 rnds of my carry and mabe 50 rnds of what ever else I shoot that day.
If Im feeling lazy I have hanging plates at 10,15,25,and 60 yards I can just step out on the deck and run a few mags at.

100-150/week.

I only own two guns, at the moment. About 50 rounds each month go through my PF-9. The rest go through my PPQ.

At least 50 rounds per range session, trying for at least two range sessions per month. That's for the .357 mag.
In my Ruger Mark I, at least 200 per month.
Who knows what the future may bring.

I shoot until I catch myself getting fatigued, tired, or sloppy, until I run out of time, or (rarely) until I run out of ammo, whichever comes first. Usually that's in the neighborhood of 100-200 rounds. More if I'm shooting rimfire that day.

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When I was competing in PPC, it was normal for me to shoot 3 or 4 practice matches a day, spread out over 8 hours. Being the ARO for the dept helped. Also lots of dryfiring. That was then

Now, when I get out to the property, I carry maybe 18 or 24 rounds of revolver ammo and maybe 10 rifle cartridges. If I shoot them all, it is a lot of shooting.

Normally, I will shoot off at least a box full of practice ammo (50 rounds) per gun. If I'm just concentrating on one gun, it may be more. One gun or several, I usually end up shooting 100-200 rounds in a visit to the range.

Last week I shot 50 .357MAG, 21 45ACP, 50 9mm and 180 .223 REM. This is pretty typical for my weekly range trip. It gets too expensive if I shoot more!

Which reminds me, I have to do some reloading this week!

200-400 rounds. Rarely fewer than 200.

100 rounds of 45 or 9mm depending on which weapon I bring, or about 150 rounds if I bring both weapons. Somewhere from 50 to 100 22 lr rounds.

needmorecowbell said:

Usually about 200 rounds of non-22lr and then about 100 rounds of 22lr. I go 1-2x/month.

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This would what I do on most days. Although occasionaly I will skip out on the .22lr and shoot closer to 300 centerfire. Sometimes I shoot less than 100 centerfire and closer to 300 .22lr.

Since I shoot primarly on private family land, there are days when I spend quite a bit of time shooting and it can easly go upward of 500+

I bring a large container of handloads and shoot for a half hour. I don't actually count how many rounds I shoot per session to tell you the truth.

100 45acp, 100 22lr, sometimes 100 9mm. Almost always once a week if not more.

Usually 1 shot, sometimes 2 or 3 with the .40.

.22 can go into the 100's. Possibly a bulk pack in one day if some restraint isn't applied.

Generally 100 rounds of .22LR, followed by 50-100 rounds of whichever centerfire I am carrying (usually a 1911 in .45acp).

I try to go once a week but have been slacking lately--time to get back on schedule. Just loaded 700 rounds of .45acp so no excuses.

A couple of hundred..................

On a "normal" range day, ~100/handgun. If practicing with a particular handgun, 2-300. If breaking in or trying to make grip or stance adjustments to a new handgun - 200+ until I'm satisfied or tired...

.22LR - 3-500/day.

A typical range trip would be 30 -50 45acp in my G-36. Then if I feel like chasing more brass 50-100 9mm. Then move to the revolvers 50-100 45 swc in S&W M22. Then 200 or more 158gr swc in my 38 spls. It just depends on how may 38's I take with me. So I guess 300 to 500 when all said and done.

I carry a thermos of coffee and take plenty of breaks always someone around to talk shooting with. While taking a coffee break I enjoy just watching some of the others shoot. It varies from people who can free hand shoot the bullseye out of the target at 25 yards to people who can't hit paper at 25 yards. I find I'm somewhere inbetween.

Depends on what I brought out to shoot, but seldom less than 50-60. More with a .22, less with a .357 or .44 Mag.

Typically between 100-200. I go probably twice per month, hopefully I will get up to about once per week sometime soon. That's my goal.

Typically I shoot about 50 centerfire and a few hundred 22LR. Some days, I will shoot a lot more. But on average, 50/200 is about typical in about 1.5 hrs.

I try to shoot my department's qual course whenever I hit the range ... so I'll usually fire at least 80 rounds of .45 ACP, 100 rounds of 9mm, 60 rounds of .223 and then I'll play -- run a few cylinders of .38 through my BUG, a few cylinders through one or two of my .357s ... Typically at least 400 rounds a month. (It's good to get some free ammo and also be able to write off more on my taxes as an occupational requirement).

So you fellows who burn hundreds of rounds per seesion, are you actually trying for accuracy or merely making noise? I ask because I find when I would go to public ranges, it seemed accuracy was the last thing on the minds of most of the shooters on the line.

StrawHat, I have certain drills I run and they are deliberate exercises and require 100-200+ rounds. If I have time, I will run other drills.

For general plinkin/practice sessions around 50 to 100 center fire along with a hundred to two hundred rimfire. I always take a rimfire or two to my general fun sessions.

During matches or practice sessions for matches where we set up and run stages or shoot Speed Steel the round counts go up. For our Speed Steel matches a perfect no miss shoot is still 150 rounds. And realistically the round count is up around 200. And we shoot TWO such matches in a day. To keep the cost down I shoot rimfire in the morning and center in the afternoon.

I can't say that I feel any serious gun handling fatigue from these days. But then the 400+rounds are spaced out over a good 6 hours or so. For those that find you're becoming inaccurate after X rounds of shooting perhaps you simply need to put the guns down and walk around for 5 minutes to let your arms recover.

Usually between 100 and 300 rounds, but that includes a .22 or 3, as I always finish a trip off with .22s.

A rare occasion is spending 3 or 4 hours with just my .22 bolt action and not expending more than 50 rounds. I've done that a few times and nothing is more relaxing.