Billmanweh
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just curious
what does it cost to shoot skeet?
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In my area it costs about $3.50-$4.50 a round of 25 birds to shoot. Trap targets are the same.
Dave McCracken
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About $3.20 for a round at PGC. Plus shells, of course.
Kingcreek
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$2.50 a round or 10 cents a bird at our municipal range.
Smoke
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Well it depends on how much a box of pigeons cost, and how cheaply I can convince to people to go along and run the traps. 
Our skeet range is not manned. You must furnish your own trap pullers.
2 Friends - a couple of boxes of birds - shells - and a six pack for the "tailgate analysis"
How much is all that?
Smoke
Our skeet range is not manned. You must furnish your own trap pullers.
2 Friends - a couple of boxes of birds - shells - and a six pack for the "tailgate analysis"
How much is all that?
Smoke
sm
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Varies from $3 - $4 depending if one is a member and which club ( Private or Public) .
Word is Smoke saves monies - he re- uses some of his targets...they don't always break the first, second, third...time thrown
How do you think he learned to Dove hunt like he does...
Word is Smoke saves monies - he re- uses some of his targets...they don't always break the first, second, third...time thrown
How do you think he learned to Dove hunt like he does...
plnkr1234
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Hi Guys,
Range Fee per Round................$3.00
Box of AA Shells...........................$5.00
Wear and Tear on your Gun........$0.0000000001
Hanging out with the Guys..........priceless
Range Fee per Round................$3.00
Box of AA Shells...........................$5.00
Wear and Tear on your Gun........$0.0000000001
Hanging out with the Guys..........priceless
TrapperReady
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It's like crack you see...
The first rounds are cheap. Someone might even pay for you. You think they're doing you a favor. Pretty soon, you find yourself plunking down the money for a new choke tube. After that, you move from cheap Value-Pack #8s to more expensive AA or STS #9s.
Before you know it, you decide that you've got to upgrade from your old pump-gun. You get an auto, maybe a slightly-used 1100. That works for a while, but you want more... you need more. You're within a couple targets of running a straight, but can't quite get there.
Maybe an O/U would help. You get that, and with a few thousand shells worth of practice, you can start to run 'em clean now and again. It might be fun to do some competitions. There are some nearby, and the entry fees aren't too high.
After a few, you decide that since you're already going to the competitions, you may as well shoot as much as possible. You order some sub-gauge tubes for your O/U. Darn, those small shells get expensive. You'd better start reloading. Pretty soon, you've put an addition on the house so you have somewhere to store your array of MEC machines.
Now that you've got that much money sunk into it, you better do a lot of shooting to justify yourself, so you travel far and wide to go to tournaments. You start to understand that the actual prize purses are only a small amount of the money that trades hands during the weekend. Pretty soon, a trip to Las Vegas seems almost anti-climactic.
At some point in there, you may have lost your day job, your wife, or both. Not that you'd notice or anything....
So, that's what it costs to shoot skeet. **
Unless you were asking how much a round costs, then it's anywhere from $3 to $5.
** BTW, it isn't only skeet. Some variation on this progression can be applied to virtually any competetive sport.
The first rounds are cheap. Someone might even pay for you. You think they're doing you a favor. Pretty soon, you find yourself plunking down the money for a new choke tube. After that, you move from cheap Value-Pack #8s to more expensive AA or STS #9s.
Before you know it, you decide that you've got to upgrade from your old pump-gun. You get an auto, maybe a slightly-used 1100. That works for a while, but you want more... you need more. You're within a couple targets of running a straight, but can't quite get there.
Maybe an O/U would help. You get that, and with a few thousand shells worth of practice, you can start to run 'em clean now and again. It might be fun to do some competitions. There are some nearby, and the entry fees aren't too high.
After a few, you decide that since you're already going to the competitions, you may as well shoot as much as possible. You order some sub-gauge tubes for your O/U. Darn, those small shells get expensive. You'd better start reloading. Pretty soon, you've put an addition on the house so you have somewhere to store your array of MEC machines.
Now that you've got that much money sunk into it, you better do a lot of shooting to justify yourself, so you travel far and wide to go to tournaments. You start to understand that the actual prize purses are only a small amount of the money that trades hands during the weekend. Pretty soon, a trip to Las Vegas seems almost anti-climactic.
At some point in there, you may have lost your day job, your wife, or both. Not that you'd notice or anything....
So, that's what it costs to shoot skeet. **
Unless you were asking how much a round costs, then it's anywhere from $3 to $5.
** BTW, it isn't only skeet. Some variation on this progression can be applied to virtually any competetive sport.
sm
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sniff...sniff
Trapper -
That was beautiful - Nobody had ever told my life story before and it made it sound so....so ....damn....sniff...sniff...beautiful.
" My how I like the sound of empty hulls skittering across the floor as I TRY to enter a room" - My ex
" Honey - which reloading area used to be the spare bedroom?" - My ex
" Honey - you seen the dog? - Oh there he is sitting on a pile of 28 ga hulls" - My ex
" Steve , you left with only a 3 bbl set - what is this "one followed you home"?" - My ex
" I realize math is not your strong point - explain to me again how you can shoot all 4 gauges with one gun - but you manage to have examples of all "these" in all gauges." - My ex
" Here is what you're married to and this is where you live". - My ex , whom sent a card, with her picture and a map to where we lived to the gun club where I was shooting in tourneys out of town for a week.
" To my better half , see you soon , have "one" more shoot to attend - last minute invite" - Me to my ex -via Western Union- with a pc of furniture I had delivered".
" Stay gone, shoot more , win more money - I found something "you" need to buy to match - what you just bought - " - PS - The dog misses you"- My ex - Western Union Reply
Trapper -
That was beautiful - Nobody had ever told my life story before and it made it sound so....so ....damn....sniff...sniff...beautiful.
" My how I like the sound of empty hulls skittering across the floor as I TRY to enter a room" - My ex
" Honey - which reloading area used to be the spare bedroom?" - My ex
" Honey - you seen the dog? - Oh there he is sitting on a pile of 28 ga hulls" - My ex
" Steve , you left with only a 3 bbl set - what is this "one followed you home"?" - My ex
" I realize math is not your strong point - explain to me again how you can shoot all 4 gauges with one gun - but you manage to have examples of all "these" in all gauges." - My ex
" Here is what you're married to and this is where you live". - My ex , whom sent a card, with her picture and a map to where we lived to the gun club where I was shooting in tourneys out of town for a week.
" To my better half , see you soon , have "one" more shoot to attend - last minute invite" - Me to my ex -via Western Union- with a pc of furniture I had delivered".
" Stay gone, shoot more , win more money - I found something "you" need to buy to match - what you just bought - " - PS - The dog misses you"- My ex - Western Union Reply
dickwholliday
Member
i've got you all beat so far.....our targets are $2.00 per round.....
http://www.buccaneergunclub.org/
D I C K
http://www.buccaneergunclub.org/
D I C K
Hawk
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Well, all righty then
Billmanweh,
I'm new to clays - still breaking in the father's day present. Anyhow, found a real nice place close to work:
ElmFork
I've only had a couple of lessons but I like it - hopefully, my instructor will be free to start up again now that the dove season distraction is over. I haven't tried skeet - the newbie gets to stand in the middle of a 5-stand deal and shoot floaters.
I'd be glad to meet you there and / or we could try getting THR/DFW there one of these times.
Like they said - don't really know how much it costs - first one's free kid. (They'll do anything to hook ya'
Billmanweh,
I'm new to clays - still breaking in the father's day present. Anyhow, found a real nice place close to work:
ElmFork
I've only had a couple of lessons but I like it - hopefully, my instructor will be free to start up again now that the dove season distraction is over. I haven't tried skeet - the newbie gets to stand in the middle of a 5-stand deal and shoot floaters.
I'd be glad to meet you there and / or we could try getting THR/DFW there one of these times.
Like they said - don't really know how much it costs - first one's free kid. (They'll do anything to hook ya'
Sistema1927
Member
The first round will cast about $5. The second one will cost $1,500.
Sven
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Wal-Mart Ammo: $5/25
Range Fee: $2.50/25 (members), $5/25 (public)
Total: $7.50-10 per 25
Range Fee: $2.50/25 (members), $5/25 (public)
Total: $7.50-10 per 25
Billmanweh
Member
Yeah, a shotgun THR/DFW meet might be fun. I don't have a shotgun at the moment, but I guess I rent one or pick up a used 870 relatively inexpensively.
sm
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-Sistema1927
Classic , pure classic. Would make a great sig line.
ysr_racer
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$5.50 a round at the public ranges here in So. Cal.
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