How often do you go to the range?

[MedWheeler]

Like Spartan Gladiator, not more than a handful of times each year. This is largely due to distance between me and suitable ranges. This will likely change, as one is to open in my county this year, and another just south of me likely early next year.

 

[orionengnr]

Once a week.

 

[monet61]

Two or three times a week. The one great thing about living where I do is that there are acres and acres and miles and miles of public land. I have two or three places I go depending on the guns I'm using and the distances I want to shoot. It's a hot sob though!

 

[StrutStopper]

Not often enough. I get to the range to shoot my bow once a week, my guns probably once a month.

 

[JW2]

I haven't been since May. I don't like to do much of anything when it's this hot. When it is cooler I go 2-3x/month.

 

[jim243]

2 times a month, in winter once a month indoors.

Jim

 

[justinpar]

Not as much as I would like.... Usually twice a month

 

[Win1892]

Weekly, during cooler months. During the heat of summer I go very little.

 

[acmax95]

Luckily there is a free public range that is open during daylight hours on my way home from work. My shooting buddy and I both work nights so we hit the range up about once a week during the fall and winter when we get off work in the mornings. There is rarely anyone out there when we get there so we have the range to ourselves for a few hours.

 

[thedrewcifur]

the range i go to is just 10 miles away so i go every other day.

 

[valnar]

Once a month, if that.

I don't hunt and shooting guns is just a hobby for me. But I have lots of hobbies, so I spread my money thin between several things.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

A couple times a month usually.
I shoot the crossbow in the yard a couple times a week.

 

[woad_yurt]

At the very least, every three weeks. Usually, though, it's once every week or two.

 

[Patrick R]

My gun club is 4 miles away.

I go shoot 2-3 times a week summers.

1-2 times a week indoors in the winter months.

 

[ms6852]

I go twice a week.

 

[Smokey in PHX]

Depending on what I'm doing two to three times a month.

 

[RichBMW]

Once or twice a week. Retirement has not provided me with enough time for all my hobbies.

 

[sansone]

not often enough..
got a single-lane 125yd range on my property but don't shoot all summer 'cause of the heat and sweat

 

[Warners]

Have a range on my property so anytime rain, snow or shine. If I need more then 200 yards I go to the farm next door.

You guys with your own range are KILLING me. I have to drive an hour and a half (on a good day) to shoot any of my rifles. That is the closest public range to me. It REALLY cuts down on how often I can go shooting. That's 3 hours of driving before factoring in anything else. And then it's $25 per shooter.....add in the ammo and gas costs, and it starts to be real money. Because of this I only go shooting maybe 4 times a year...not nearly enough. Hangun shooting I can do just minutes from my house (but not for free!)...but not the rifles. I envy you guys.

Warner


PS - If anyone here has a place near the Northwest suburbs of Chicago (meaning within an hour of Elgin, IL) that would allow or invite me to shoot (safely!) with them, I'd love to be invited!

 

[sugarmaker]

35 yards and under - whenever I want behind my house

200 yards a couple times daily when vacationing at the farm

200-300-600 yd 80 shot match once a month

 

[Furncliff]

Often, my daughter and I have gone when there's a foot of snow on the ground. Had to shoo the elk off our range in order to shoot.

 

[browneu]

Not enough to keep up my skills but too much to keep me poor.

 

[ForumSurfer]

I have a 150 yard lane on my property, depending on what crop is planted and what time of year it is. I try to go once a week. When it gets hot like this, I do get a little lazy and only shoot stuff that I have a bunch of mags for. That why I'm not in the heat as long. I also tend to shoot more reactive targets when it is hot since they don't require me to run out and change targets.

 

[searcher451]

Not nearly enough, and certainly not nearly as often as I should. The fact that it's 99-plus in the shade around here this summer hasn't helped matters much, though it's a poor excuse. But this thread serves as a good reminder to get me out of house and away from the computer (right after I type this, of course) and out to the range.

 

[LongTimeGone]

I have been 2-3 time a week since about May. I joined an indoor range (2 mi.) and an nice outdoor gun club (10 mi).
Before that many months.