Biggest impediment to shooting?

[AnselHazen]

'Bought done with Mother Nature today. In order to get the mail I had to suit up in North Atlantic foul weather gear and bring a small kitchen trash bag with which to stash anything found in the box. Received my Alliant 2016 Reloaders Guide.

Seeing it reminded me I have test loads in containers and printed targets for same sitting on the bench a week now. Can't set up the Chrony to see how they do, it would likely go spinning away like Toto.

I can walk no more than 100 feet to a small home range from the reloading bench but it seems I fight the weather more than anything trying to get quality time putting holes in paper.

What's YOUR biggest impediment to getting some quality shooting time?

 

[Mousegun]

Sundays, Range is closed

 

[DAP90]

What's YOUR biggest impediment to getting some quality shooting time?

Don’t buy a fixer for a house. That’ll take all your time and money.

 

[jerkface11]

Work.

 

[OilyPablo]

Just plain time. Our range is on limited (read none) week DAY hours. Opens at 4PM. Then the weekends are crowded. Still, given that with my day job and running two other businesses, time, plain and simple.

 

[Panzerschwein]

I can survive the weather.

I'll be the only doggone one there. Me and a pissed off range officer, braving the below-freezing temperatures or heavy rain. The weather doesn't stop me from makin' smoke.

But money (aka "dat mula mula") can be an inconvenience. It's tough out there for a young brother, trying to shoot, but trying to save at the same time.

Ammo is too expensive. But I still shoot as much as I can afford.

 

[ACP]

three children ages 8-14, two of whom are very active in sports.

 

[plodder]

Gainful employment to support my habit.

 

[SwaneeSR]

Work. It involves some travel. Example - the trap range opened Wednesday night. The problem - duty called and a I needed to run to a work location in the afternoon about an hour out of town. Just returned home today with shotgun unfired.

It is not a job, it's an adventure. I should not complain, this Winter I could almost have joined the "Gun of the Month" club.


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[gbran]

I'm in central CA and have lots of close places to shoot and hunt. Also have a few inside and outside commercial ranges. Don't shoot in scorching summer heat (2+ months) and dense winter fog. Overall, I can hang outdoors 8-10 months per year. Biggest problem is rounding up friends, relatives and grandkids. Usually gotta feed them too. Sounds like the OP is in very cold climes.

 

[Swing]

I live on property in which I can, and do, shoot on, so the range factor isn't one. The biggest hurdle is business/work and crap weather.

 

[CWL]

Used to be time & money, nowadays I'd say that I'm getting too lazy to clean my guns afterwards.

 

[Twiki357]

Range fees.

 

[Bobson]

Time, primarily.

 

[mnrivrat]

No funds to purchase a wheel chair capable transport.

 

[cat_IT_guy]

Time, most of it consumed by work, then family obligations.

Weather isn't really an issue for me, I have cloths to make myself comfortable in all but the hottest of weather. In fact, I dread the beautiful weather weekends at the gun range.... Usually means I have to share!

 

[orpington]

When I read the title to this thread, I had already thought of my answer, but I read other folks' posts and I would agree with them as well. So, I have two answers.

Work. Yes, I cannot wait until the days in which I can go to the range whenever I want to, instead of having my schedule dictated by my job. 13 yrs and 3 mos to go...

My original answer was going to be actually going to the range. There are MANY times I would like to pop off a round out the back door, but I can't. 1/4 acre lot in a subdivision will do that to you! Jeepers! What this place cost, I could quite easily get a place with some land where I could hopefully do this. Except it would require buying a home, in my price range around here that (probably) needs (a lot) of work. My wife doesn't want to deal with that. I wouldn't mind, although then my answer to this question might instead be my biggest impediment to shooting might be that I am doing home renovations.

 

[bannockburn]

Mainly work as in lots of OT and working my off days, is probably the biggest obstacle to my having any sort of time (or energy), to go the range.

 

[Pushrod]

Chores and projects around the house and property and my five year old son. I still make time though, just not as much as I like.

 

[Bo]

I'm retired so, everyday is Saturday but, the weather sucks. Sure, I could go to an indoor range but, this time of year I should be able to shoot outside, it sucks!.

 

[chicharrones]

Work on work days. House or car repairs and chores on non-work days.

I have to have a slow work day which allows me to go shooting in the afternoon on that work day.

 

[BSA1]

For the past month WIND.

Kansas and Oklahoma are burning up. I mean burning up in huge grassfires fueled by drought and high winds. Wednesday we had 50+ mph and yesterday 37 mph winds.

I just checked out 7 day forecast. Today and next Tuesday are the only days without high winds. We do have windy, rainy weather forecasted for this weekend we need a lot of rain to stop the grassfires.

 

[Warp]

What's YOUR biggest impediment to getting some quality shooting time?

Kids.

 

[Krogen]

Having to work Friday afternoons.

My work schedule used to be 4 long days + half-day Fridays. Then our new company president decided to end that perk.

 

[doubleh]

Like Bo, I'm retired. I can go when I want to. It's not far to the local gun club's range and the fees aren't bad at all. Wind is the problem this time of year and I'm not going to waste ammo that way.