How much $ do you spend in one trip to the range? (ammo)

[Franco2shoot]

Troll the gun shows and pick up the best Mosin 91/30 you can find. Now you will have a high powered rifle that you can shoot at a fraction of the cost of a .308 since the Russkies still have warehouses of the stuff stacked to the ceiling. I usually shop for a spam can of 440 rounds, and keep a back up can for when the next Revolution starts.

KKKKFL

 

[Infidel4life11]

It does cost $$$ and if it's a hobby that cost may not be worth it. For some it's a way of life, guns are tools of the trade and all that jazz. I live somewhat in the sticks so I can go in my back yard and shoot so range fees aren't an issue. When I train I'll shoot 300-400rds (weekly) when I go to a course (every 6 months or so) Course $600-$1.8k plus 2500rds all depends on the course. Then there is weapons up keep, parts yada yada yada. I try to set back $800 a month for gun related stuff and I do a lot of trading buying and selling of guns to help fund.

 

[Pete D.]

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Hmmm. I reload every cartridge and shell that I shoot, excepting rimfires. I buy rimfire ammo by the case.
That being said, I shoot two or three times a week, though rarely longer than an hour or so per session. One of those sessions is 16 yard Trap...100 birds. Cost is $20 for the birds and $18 for shotshells. The other two sessions are usually 100 rounds of .22s (about $4) at one and then a box of .45ACP at the other ($3.50).
Of course, these sessions are not always the same. I shoot a good bit of black powder and those sessions are fairly inexpensive. During the summers, I shoot more rifle than during the winter. Even there, though, a session will be fifty rounds or less of .22rf, .223, .30-06, .45-70. Costs are very small as the components that I use were pretty much all given to me. The .223s cost the most as I use Sierra MatchKings at about 14 cents per, figure a quarter a round so forty would be $10. That is a session...maybe sixty rounds sometimes.
So it adds up to about fifty dollars a week...most of that is Trap.
Pete

 

[Manny]

The type of weapon you shoot can greatly influence the amount of money a trip to the range eats up as well. Doing mag dumps with a shorty AR or AK gets pricy fast, even with cheap ammo. Shooting precision rifle with a scoped match AR is nowhere near as expensive just due to lower volume even though the ammo itself costs a good deal more.

I'm a fan of aimed fire rather than blasting and shoot at a measured pace as well as buy in bulk so my ammo cost usually isn't too terrible. My primary shooting calibers were also picked with an eye towards shooting economy, .22lr, 9mm, .223 & 12ga. My guilty pleasure .45LC & .454 gets expensive fast, even with shooting at a measured pace as the cost per round is high. I really have to start reloading those.

If you're mainly looking for a range gun, might be worth looking at pistol caliber rifles rather than rifle caliber. 9mm AR's do great to 100 yards and are significantly cheaper to shoot than .223. Same thing with .357 or .38 in a lever gun.

 

[pmata814]

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If you're mainly looking for a range gun, might be worth looking at pistol caliber rifles rather than rifle caliber. 9mm AR's do great to 100 yards and are significantly cheaper to shoot than .223. Same thing with .357 or .38 in a lever gun.

Ive looked around on the internet hoping to find an AR that would shoot 9mm but couldnt find anything other than .223/5.56. Where could one find something like that?

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[Reloadron]

Ive looked around on the internet hoping to find an AR that would shoot 9mm but couldnt find anything other than .223/5.56. Where could one find something like that?

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Rock River Arms offers a 9mm AR platform. There are others but many who offered the rifle in 9mm have since stopped production.

Ron

 

[Dicktracey]

i put up 250 a year for membership, 2 dollars for lane rental and i buy bulk ammo so on average about 30 dollars including estimate of ammo cost