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I shoot at a private outdoor range in Faribault. It costs me $50 per year for the gate code. The best part about it is most of the time I'm the only person there, and can do whatever the hell I want.
I'd like to get into more competitive shooting but I just don't seem to have the time. Instead I just head out there once in a while and blast at steel targets.
goodhart: you must primarily be a hunter to have so little ammo laying around. I have a rack of ammo in my basement that's pretty much stocked floor to ceiling. Even I was starting to think it was strange to keep that much ammo on hand until prices more than tripled.
mlomker
09-23-2009, 09:33 AM
Even I was starting to think it was strange to keep that much ammo on hand until prices more than tripled.
Yeah, just a few years ago a case of 9mm was $325 or so for the decent stuff. Throw in range fees 2x per week and you can see why I only kept that up for a year or so. It was clear I wasn't the next Wyatt Earp and I was burning way to much money on it (I still own the car when I spend money on it...ammo is just gone).
Aviation was the same reasoning for me...easy to drop $5-10k/yr and you don't have anything to show for it other than memories. That's okay for a while...
asshanson
11-28-2009, 06:10 PM
Went shooting today with PolishMafia and A////Guy, it was pretty fun. I brought my xd40 and Pete brought his 9mm, not sure what kind, maybe he'll chime in. Anyway, the three of us went though about 200 rounds in about an hour. Almost $20/box for the brass .40s&w, I forgot how expensive it was.
I'm sort of bad since I only go about twice a year, but I took a picture of my target. One 10 round magazine at 7yds (haha) and one at 15yds. You can sort of see the labels next to the holes in the white. I did better than I expected I guess, only one in the white at 7yds, and 50% in the white at 15yds.
The other pic is just a pose when we were finished, we're not actually retarded.
Oh yea, my dad just picked up an M1A, that will be fun to shoot on Christmas vacation out west. I can't imagine shooting things at 500 yards away, blows my mind. Of course I probably won't be accurate over 100 yards, lol.
polishmafia
11-30-2009, 02:00 PM
Mine is a Ruger P95 9mm, and I LOL'd @ "we're not actually retarded." Nice pic! :)
cman3000
11-30-2009, 03:43 PM
I have an M&P AR-15 with a Bushnell holosight, a Beretta 391 12 gauge, a Smith and Wesson 1006 10mm, a Ruger 10/22, a Hi-Point .380, and a Tikka 7mm-08. Ammo is so expensive I cant afford to shoot any of them lol.
asshanson
12-13-2009, 04:57 PM
Went again today with Pete, it's so fun but unfortunately too expensive to go every weekend.
Captian James F. Awesome
12-22-2009, 04:51 PM
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1QUICK4
01-08-2010, 12:23 PM
Two new toys to add to the collection.
Taurus Tracker 17 (.17HMR)
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k312/WhiskeyMinion/100_1533.jpg
Romanian AK47 pistol (Soon to be upgraded to a Class III SBR)
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k312/WhiskeyMinion/100_1528.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k312/WhiskeyMinion/100_1530.jpg
The AK is still covered in cosmoline. Tonight I'll clean it up and add some nicer Russian furniture
goodhart
01-08-2010, 12:52 PM
Nice AK!
I guess I'll have to post up a picture of the Cooper .223 I've had for a while now...
1QUICK4
03-23-2010, 09:21 PM
Nice AK!
I guess I'll have to post up a picture of the Cooper .223 I've had for a while now...
Post it!
My ol' lady got me a descreet carry case for my birthday at the gun show this weekend
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k312/WhiskeyMinion/100_1549.jpg?t=1269397271
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