How much are you willing to pay for range fees?

[Eric F]

Here in south east Va there are very few options if you dont own property and want to shoot more than 100 yards. Recently a public range was sold to a private company. This company politely excluded the public for about 3 years now. Sudenly they have started advertising to the public. To use the 200-300 yard yange you must qualify at 100 yards to move on to the longer ranges. I can understand this as trajectory of bullets at 300 yards could hit the over head barriers and cause damage. However what I can not understand is $17.50 an hour to use the longer ranges. Seems a bit high to me. So what is the most you are willing to pay per hour to shoot?

 

[jnyork]

$17.95 an hour

:banghead:

I guess I am really spoiled. My club here in Wyoming has a wonderful outdoor range out to 1000 yards with setups for any discipline you might want, nice indoor range also, $50.00 a year if you dont work, $25.00 if you do work.

The range is Yuma is open to the public with no fees whatsoever.

 

[Roadwild17]

As far as I know, there arent any really nice ranges. The few I have experience with, one is like 13 an hour for an indoor, 25 yd max range and the other are $100 a year and you get the combo to the lock type.

 

[Eric F]

Ok aparently the fees changed since I last checked, or maybe I just misquoted them. Here are the fees.

Daily Rates by the Hour:
7 yard - 15 yard - 25 yard - 50 yard - 100 yard ranges: $12.50 per hour (1 hour minimum)
100 zero confirmation - 200 yard - 300 yard ranges: $17.50 per hour (1 hour minimum)

This is a far cry from what the range use to be but the facilities are really good and maybe it is worth it. http://www.thec2center.com/index.html

 

[jakemccoy]

I'd be willing to pay a hefty fee if I didn't have to deal with unsafe know-it-alls, anybody who's laughing hysterically, etc.

 

[flocker]

I do most of my shooting in the back yard or I can go to the gun club it is $40.00 per year.

 

[.38 Special]

If I had no other choice then I guess I would pay whatever I had to.

But given the choice -- and I am, where I live -- I won't go to any range that charges by the hour. Having the "meter running" is a distraction I can do without.

I have read that us city slickers often have more/better shooting opportunities than do our more rural compatriots, as odd as it sounds. There are a half dozen or so indoor ranges within an hour of my home, and several rifle ranges as well. Most of them charge around $15-$20 for a day of shooting, including one with steel targets out to 700 yards.

 

[rugerman07]

I'm a member of the Goshen Trail Longrifle gun club. We have a great outdoor range. My annual dues is $30.00 for unlimited range use.

 

[Frank4711]

Public Range $3.00 all day...County $11.95 all day

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

There's a decent range around here that charges $10 per gun, all day long.

The owner is kind of a weirdo, but he keeps the range safe.

It is in, however, less than ideal shape.


There's an indoor range at a gunshop in town called the Sharpshooter, but last time I was there, they charged $15 an hour for the first shooter, and for up to three additional shooters on that lane it's $7.50 each.


That place is kind of a rip off, and is always full of nincompoops and losers shooting their Glocks sideways.

 

[LoneStarWings]

My local range charges $20/yr membership then $10/DAY in range fees. This is for pistol, shotgun/trap, and rifle up to 300 yds. For that daily fee you can move freely between all ranges. This is a fair price to me.

 

[christcorp]

Yea, thank god for western states. Here in Wyoming, we have 3 private/public ranges. In my town/city. 1 of them is just an indoor range. Plus, all the public land you want to shoot on; and your own private land out of city limits. I said private/public because they are private, but anyone is allowed to be a member. And for those who only want to hunt, they allow certain days of the year where they charge non-members Per-Gun for sighting in rifles. But the normal price is $90 a YEAR if you aren't an NRA MEMBER; and $45 a year if you ARE AN NRA MEMBER. If I only went 1 time a month, that would be $7.50 a month. Non of this "Per-Hour" Crap.

 

[Flash!]

I shoot at a private club range..... membership is $50 per year.

 

[Tinpig]

...thank god for western states,

In this eastern state my club, Copicut Rifle Assoc., just went up from $35 to $50 a year, shooting 365 days a year, 8-5. 100, 200, 300 yd. rifle, and separate 50 yd. pistol. No other fees, but must belong to NRA and Mass GOAL.

And if they doubled the fee I'd still be happy.

Tinpig

 

[ar10]

I selected the 6.00 per hour because it doesn't give you the option for all day, and that's what it costs for members.
Forgot: My membership is 100.00 per yr. But I don't actually pay for it. I get to be the RSO on weekends and all the brass I can use.

 

[Rontherunner]

I pay $250/year for membership. Then no hourly charge.

 

[Claude Clay]

for all the years i have been a member, even with some rather large recent assesments, $1/hr is average for 100 yard outside and 25 inside.

 

[Bob_P]

I belong to the F.O.P. Range in Pleasant Grove, AL. Dues are $125 per year and I can shoot seven days per week, whenever the range is open, at no additional cost. We have a nice public range, in addition to the seven member ranges. If you're ever in Birmingham and want to shoot, come on out.

I voted "$16 and up per hour" because if I didn't have access to a range at a lower cost (or free), I'd be willing to pay more to shoot. If the only option I had was $16 per hour to shoot, then I'd pay it. I just wouldn't be able to go as often. Better to shoot an hour or two per month than not at all.

 

[BigGuy52]

Ranges are far and few around here. There are only two that are within a one hour drive. One charges $25.00 per 1 1/2 hours, the other charges $25.00 for all day. The maximum time I can shoot comfortably is 1 hour, so I usually go to the first choice, because it's closer to my home and a much better neighborhood.

There is one outdoor range I shoot at every once in awhile, but that's a two hour drive, one way.

 

[SuperMagnum]

Same thing I call my dog: Zippo. The woods are free.

 

[dakotasin]

i'll pay pretty well for a well-maintained range that goes in excess of 1000 yards. for a run of the mill 100 yard range, or less, i'm not paying.

 

[Niel4]

I have a public out door range with 15 rifle stations, 20 pistol stations, shot gun patterning station, and separate skeet and trap facilities with a charge of $3 per hour for each including targets and 25 clays for skeet or trap. No membership fee's. Pistol is up to 100 feet and rfle is 250 i think.

The local indoor range is 15.00/hr.

 

[41magsnub]

$55.00 per year for me... you hourly people make my wallet hurt.

 

[shibby]

The local ranges are gouging, plus you have to buy your ammo there (also gouged) so no thanks.

I either go to the mountains, or out to a little known but well maintained outdoor range that charges $5/day on the honor code.

 

[colorado_handgunner]

I pay $6 for shooting as long as I want at a local indoor range.