How many rounds in an average range trip?

[Bazooka Joe71]

I voted 100-200 before I thought about it...its actually about 250-350 for me. I usually go through 3-4 mags through my AR, taking my time trying to get good groups, then a couple more rapid fire drills. Then I go through anywhere from 5-10 mags through various pistols, with a couple of rapid fire drill in there too.

My head would start spinning if we included all my .22's and how much they get shot.

I definately don't go out there trying to blow through as much ammo as I can. That stuff is expensive and just pulling the trigger to hear a bang is a waste of my time and money.

When I go, I usually go with a couple of friends and I try to enjoy the whole experience, taking breaks and watching my buddies shoot and "shooting the S***" with them as well.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

100-200, thereabouts. Usually 2 or 3 guns with about a box or better for each. When it runs over that is when the .22s come out or when it's an outdoor range, especially when the .22s come out.

 

[MD_Willington]

Last time I went out

~ 10 reloads with my 5906

That would be 46 rounds x10 reloads --> 460 rounds

Then got the .22LR's warmed up --> 1 Value pack of Remington Golden Bullets @ 525 rounds / pack...

Close to 1000 rounds...

Don't do that all the time though... would get kind of expensive.

 

[ravnew]

twice a week

I'll go thru about 300 rounds per trip to the range and tend to go twice a week. Thank God for reloading!

 

[bobbytm]

101-200

50rounds per week,357mgn or .40

 

[03Shadowbob]

I usually go twice a month and shoot 100 rounds of .40 and either 50 P3ATs or 9mm. Sometimes I go crazy and shoot a whole lot more though. It is getting pretty expensive to shoot down here since you have to buy range time and range ammo.

 

[Jkwas]

Unfortunately time and funds are in short supply these days. I try to make every range visit an "event". I squirrel away 100 rnds here and there, put aside money for range fees etc. Then I look for an opportunity to get away from the basic drudgery of everyday life. I try to get down to the range every 2-3 months or so and shoot about 200 rnds. If I go with my wife the count might be higher.
I know when I shoot my auto's, the round count is about 50% higher!

 

[CountGlockula]

I put in 101-200 for my daily range visit.

But for training, 300-600 rounds.

 

[nitesite]

I've been loaded up ready to shoot 200-400 combined handgun/rifle/shotgun (all reloaded by me).

Then I get to the outdoor range and there's not many people and ... Ooooohhhhhhhh... lots of nice fresh brass on the ground! An hour later I realize I am gonna have to forget either the trap shooting or the AR-15 or the .243 or something or another because time's running short and I was being a scrounger instead of shooting...

 

[P5 Guy]

201-300, if you are NOT counting .22LR.

 

[SoCalShooter]

Its not a trip to the range unless I burn through 500+ rounds.

 

[vis-à-vis]

Anywhere from 100-200 rounds of 9mm. 50 .380 and a bunch or .22lr

I like the .22

 

[gezzer]

I shoot MG's, under a thousand is like Kissin' your sister why bother.

 

[swingset]

If I'm shooting .22's, I shoot a couple bricks per session.

If I'm shooting big guns, I shoot between 100 and 500 rounds, depending on what kind of shooting I'm doing.

My days of blowing through a case of .223 are long gone. No day's entertainment is worth $300, unless it comes with a happy ending.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Ruger 22/45 = 100 rounds/week
Taurus Mil-Pro 40 = 50 rounds/week
XD-40 = 50 rounds/week
SKS = 30 rounds twice a month
Marlin 22 magnum = 30 rounds twice a month

200-260 rounds a week.

 

[Dienekes]

Even when I was instructing I almost never went through large quantities of the ammo provided. Most I can remember was about 150 rounds of .38 wadcutter once and that was unusual. The course of fire was 72 rounds of .357/125 or other duty load, and I usually ran some man-on-man or timed popper drills, or some other stress exercises in addition to that.

I can get out anytime I want and if using the wheelgun I do singles--timed draws in "ball & dummy" mode. That usually means 15 rounds fired and about 30 draws. Enough to stay in practice, a bit of a workout, and still fun.

If using a .22 pistol I might go through a whole box of 40.

With high power rifle I start back at 300 yards and work in ending up at 25 yards on a timer. That's 18 rounds in .30 cal. and 28 in 5.56.

As I recall the API 250 pistol course at Gunsite expended around 600 rounds over 5 1/2 days and that comes out to a little over 100 rounds per day.

 

[yhtomit]

100 .45ACP ropunds isn't cheap ...

at least to me.

So I tend to shoot that much or less each trip. (And since force breeds resistance, I *will so* count my .22 ammo, but in a separate pile -- usually 50-100 of those.)

timothy

EDIT: Sorry, spello in the title -- I'm dumb "rounds."

 

[10-Ring]

I usually bring 200 rounds of 9mm or 45 acp and a Wally World value pack of 22lr's...makes for a good time!

 

[chris in va]

Perhaps my answer is a little skewed. The range we have is more of a junkyard and you can shoot anything you want. I blow through quite a bit. It's getting to the point I'm taking donations for ammo costs whenever friends come with.

 

[heypete]

I finally had the time to start reloading again, so I'm slowly replenishing my stocks of .30-06 (I was finishing up all my old corrosive milsurp stuff so I could use the brass), but nowhere near enough for a good range day yet (hooray for single-stage presses).

I have a bunch of Wolf .223, but I loaned my AR to a cop buddy who needed it for his qualification and training, so I haven't been shooting that recently.

I'm down to 150 rounds of practice .45 ACP, maybe 50 rounds of 12ga birdshot (from the 100-round pack of Federal at Wal-Mart), 10 rounds of defensive 00 buck, and a few hundred rounds of 9mm (of course, I sold my 9mm pistols a while back, so I can't shoot that, though I feed it through my friend's FA Uzi). I'm totally out of .308 for the 1919 and no .30-30 for the Marlin. I sold my SKS a while back, so I have a boatload of 7.62x39 (maybe 800-1000 rounds) that I haven't been shooting.

On the other hand, I have about 5,000 rounds of .22LR, a silenced Ruger 10/22, and a Ruger Mark III (need to get it threaded for the can). The .22s have been getting almost all the attention recently. Thus, not counting .22s, I may shoot between 0-50 rounds of "actual" ammo in an average range trip. Counting .22s, probably 100-300 rounds for short trips to the local range, and a thousand or two when doing an all-day thing at the big range near here (or when shooting with friends). Sadly, I don't have any high-quality .22LR ammo (excepting CCI Standard Velocity, which is pretty good, and a bunch of high-velocity and subsonic non-match ammo), so I can't really practice for high accuracy, but it's still fun as hell.