Are gasoline prices affecting your shooting?

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Yep, and we know how to plan/consolidate trips and use a little will power to keep from wasting gas. Old school is coming around again. Better be ready folks. I bet sm's mom taught him to use the last little scape of mayo/peanut butter/jam/whatever in the jar just like mine did. We know how to cut back and make do if needed. "Waste not want not" "A penny saved is a penny earned"

Heck yea gas prices influence my shooting. My range is around 22 miles form home, but slightly over half that from work. That means more leaving from work to go shoot, and less, if any, going from home. Leaving from work cuts the gas almost in half, as I was going to have to drive home from work anyway.
 
I haven't did any shooting in a couple weeks, been busy working where I am now. Used to have absolutely ZERO affect on going to the range when I worked at the range tho. To be honest tho we weren't getting as many far traveling shooters as we used to get and I do think some of it was due to fuel prices. It should be interesting to see how many make the long trips in RV's and such during the state trap shoot.

My local rifle and pistol range is only about 10 miles or less from my house so it wouldn't kill me gas wise to drive there getting about 27 mpg or so.

The only real way gas is affecting shooting is I have stopped any gun purchases and excessive quantities of ammo until I can save up for a motorcycle to ride to work and save on gas so i can afford to shoot more (void if I find an epic deal or something i realllyyyyy want)
 
The cost of fuel to operate my vehicle by itself hasn't influenced my frequency of trips to the range as much as everything that comes with rising fuel costs has. I am fortunate to live less than 10 miles to work and from the range. Unfortunately I can't consolidate that trip, but I do where I can.

I have noticed an increase in some ammo and/or reloading components. It's not enough to keep me from going to the range, but it is enough to slow it down a little or take the .22 lr.

Living less than 10 miles from work has zero effect on food prices, insurance, clothes, or anything else that is rising in conjunction with fuel. Not to be a doomsayer, but, I don't feel like we've felt the worst of this yet. The belt is getting cinched all the way around.
 
In about three weeks my wife and I are moving to a new home, which is only 11 miles from the family farm, which means that for the first time in as long as I can remember, gas prices and driving time will NOT be a factor in my shooting :D
 
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Luckily, I live a less than a 10 min drive to the club. The only impact is money available for ammo, targets etc. This is part of the CHANGE I guess.
 
I would say not. Ranges are not that far away, and I (am forced to) drive a little car that does at least gets good gas mileage. The cost of ammunition is more of a limitation than that of fuel.
 
No, but I'm lucky. I have three gun ranges withing 15 minutes of here so it's not a big deal. It has stopped me from other trips though. The elites just have no idea how this affects everyone, from the guy that puts gas in his car to the place he was going to spend money. As they say, <removed> rolls downhill. Everyone loses...
 
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Yep, and we know how to plan/consolidate trips and use a little will power to keep from wasting gas. Old school is coming around again. Better be ready folks. I bet sm's mom taught him to use the last little scape of mayo/peanut butter/jam/whatever in the jar just like mine did. We know how to cut back and make do if needed. "Waste not want not" "A penny saved is a penny earned"

Heck yea gas prices influence my shooting. My range is around 22 miles form home, but slightly over half that from work. That means more leaving from work to go shoot, and less, if any, going from home. Leaving from work cuts the gas almost in half, as I was going to have to drive home from work anyway.
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I agree with you here Walkalong. My family is by no mean consider poor but we have learned how to do things the "old school" way and finish off stuff before it gets throw away. A/C has been off and windows are opened. A bicycle has become a means of transportation. Not saying that we never did any of this stuff before but it just has become habit now with the way the economy is.

The gas cost is for sure limiting my range time. My favorite range is about ~25 miles from me and thats a hike with my old jeep. Granted she runs great but 25 miles is way out of the way unless I need to be down there for something else. My girlfriends work is only about 5 miles or so up the street so we have been bicycling up there. Great exercise too!
 
It will.

Round trip to the rifle range is 125 miles. About 5 gallons in the comfy car, about 10 gallons in the beater truck. But, my son bought a 48 mpg diesel Jetta...:D
 
Took my wife to an indoor range friday night, it is about a 40 mile round trip
Drive so gas was around $8.00 cost at the range was $24.00 so that date cost
Me around $32.00 plus we stopped and had dinner another $25.00. We have
Land out in the country and will be shooting here most of the time. But wanted my wife to shoot at an indoor range for the first time with her new S&W 637 . She had a great time after she got use to the other guns going off.
It was worth the money but won't be doing it very often.
DRILL BABY DRILL !!!!!
 
Gasoline and fuel costs affect EVERYTHING.

Honestly speaking, gasoline prices alone should not affect my range shooting since the range is about a 5-minute drive from my house. But this added "cost to do business" has a tremendous impact on my overall finances and I will cut back as I can where I can. My wife does not see going shooting as being very important (nor do I), but going fishing, hiking, and photography (and in the future-hunting related) outings have been cut back to the bone. Buying a new scope for a rifle will simply not happen as I won't be shooting it anyway. I simply stay home. At first you maintain all of the activities you previously did, and then after prices start sinking in, you gradually cut them out of your life for the forseeable future. I miss fishing and carefree woods activities (hikes and walks) much more than I miss shooting.

I have to buy gasoline to function in the world I live in. I started cutting months ago and there are only a few more places to cut. For example, I have been choosing to drive the more economical vehicle over the more comfortable in the last couple of months. Yeah, I know, a no brainer. That one vehicle had not been driven in months with the last fillup being in March of 2010 prior to a week or so ago. (Yes, 2010.) Now it is back in service. I would rather keep it parked with occasional usage to keep things working correctly.
 
it's was $4.60 a gallon when I bought gas 2 days ago, it affects my shooting just like it effects everything else. I'm spending so much on fuel that I have to cut back on pretty much everything else that is non-essential.
 
Since I do all my shooting at home, I do stay home more with gas prices so high so I actually shoot more here lately.But that may change too because of the affect on manufacturing will drive up the price on everything including loading componants...
 
...$4.60 a gallon when I bought gas 2 days ago,...
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Serious ouch!! Gas is still under $4/gallon here or at least it was Friday. Funny story.... went to fill up my van on friday and I head to one of the cheapest places.... closed. Next place about 1/2 mile away... closed (no electricity due to tornados and wind damage)... decide to head to Walmart and it was $3.75/gallon. Was planning on a walk through past sporting goods, thn changed my mind. I don't need any ammunition. Filled up then went to Burger King for lunch. Left BK and drove past Walmart and the price was $3.60/gallon. Strange.... that was in under 30 minutes elapsed time. I don't think this is a trend, but I wish it were so.

We have yet to see the real impact of the current rise in gas prices. But I fear that we are headed into another recession or from my point of view, a worsening of the current recession.

Shooting is the least of my concerns overall. Shooting is a hobby. It is something I choose to do and feel good that owning firearms is a 2A right.
 
Probably not. Being retired I don't have a need to use the car everyday, and I normally limit my range time to twice a month and 150 rounds per session. I realize how lucky I am, and I feel for everyone who has to try and take care of a family and everything else that needs to be taken care during these trying times.
 
My range is only about ten minutes away and I take the bus, ride my bike, or carpool to get to work. A tank of gas lasts me a month or so, depending on how many gun and pawn shops I visit looking for new toys.
 
I see that a lot of posters say that the high price of gas has not hurt them, so lets see how much higher it will go before it hurts I bet $8.00 a gallon will hurt, stand by.
 
I see that a lot of posters say that the high price of gas has not hurt them, so lets see how much higher it will go before it hurts I bet $8.00 a gallon will hurt, stand by.
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That would only effect which range I go to not how often. I would switch from my favorite range which is a 45 minute drive to the one that is only a 5 minute drive.
 
It's like boiling a frog. If you drop a frog into boiling water, he'll jump right out. Put him in cold water, then slowly turn up the temperature... He'll sit there.. and sit there... and sit there... and eventually boil to death. Wasn't all that long ago people said 2 dollars a gallon and they'd get a bike! 3 dollars a gallon and they'd get an electric car. 4 dollars? It got that high in 2009 no big deal.

We got "lucky" because the oil companies dropped prices last year because of the disaster in the gulf. This is just a taste of what's coming. They'll be posting record profits again soon :)
 
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