It'll depend what I'm shooting that day. I will usually always have 2-3 with me and how I'm feeling that day. I have a pretty messed up back and some days I can't shoot a lot. Other days I can shoot for a good long while. I try to take my time and make a day of it. I'm pretty lucky and am able to shoot here at home. I have stuff set up anywhere from 10 yards to 200 yards. I will shoot here at least twice a week. I go to a range where a lot of L.E.O. people shoot about 1-2 times a week. Heh - It gets a little more competitive there. and we can throw a lot of lead down range on those days:mrgreen:
When I go to the range (1x week) I usually shoot two or more guns, and 80-100 rounds per gun. I shoot a variety of distances, lighting conditions, and scenarios. It can be expensive, but well worth the $$
Not very much. I have 15 handguns, so I limit my number for each one.....don't want to go broke......lol. Just think, I could have just bought 1 or 2 and lots of ammo, but you know how the addiction is...:smt022
If I bring the Walther P22...lordy. More than my feeble mind can grasp.
We have a free outdoor shooting range about 20 miles from my house and the drive there is absolutely breathtaking. All in all it's such a relaxing experience and I'm very pleased I bought a gun.
I quit calculating and counting my ammo a long time ago, but it is a fact that I reload about 400 rounds a week, so I guess I shoot about 400 each week.
Dang I'm glad I reload
God bless all you wally world shoppers, I used to be one.:smt082
Take the cost of shooting 100 rounds, and multiply by two. Did you know that there's a hundred websites out there that sell ammo, and have the prices right on the site? Did you know that if you go back to where you got your ammo in the first place, you can find out the cost quite easily? You couldn't figure this out by yourself?
When I was younger and active in shooting, and handloading, I spent about 400 to 500 rounds a week from three different guns each week, plus often another 20 or so from one of my rifles. That is what seemed to be required to maintain an edge. Now, I spend 50 rounds at a time on two handguns. That seems to be enough for maintenance of basic skills, and does not make my damaged hands hurt too much later.
I'll easily run through 200 rounds of .22 when shooting my P22. I can shoot it all day long, really. I try to put as many rounds through that as possible, since it's cheaper to shoot and less stressful on my hand. I really enjoy shooting, and I enjoy being more accurate...especially since my dad likes to talk shit about how well he shoots :mrgreen:
When I get my XD I'll probably put a box through it when I'm at the range. No real need to do anymore.
Right now it can be anywhere from 200-400 rounds per trip (just in the pistols), but ammo is free. (well, someone is paying the bill... so thanks!) As I type this, I can hear people shooting on the range we have here on our compound and I'm thinking I'll probably do a little "zero verification" fire this evening.
When I'm home, I'd guess somewhere around 100-200 rds per session for most of my handguns. I have a 6-stage reloading press that cranks out a couple hundred rounds an hour if I am bored enough to sit there and pull the handle that many times. I have dies for .45acp, .40s&w, and 9mm, so I fire those most of the time. I need to get one for .357mag as well, since I am shooting one of those frequently as well. The "trip" to the range for me is about 25 steps out my back door, so we shoot quite often. (2-3 times per week) Ammo isn't as cheap as it used to be (nothing is I guess), even when ordered in bulk. I keep my "plinking" loads to a fairly low velocity (equivalent to what I'd buy at the store for FMJ, so I can get 2-3 reloads out of the brass. Buy IMR and Hog. powder in bulk as well as FMJ bullets, so I can keep the cost per round pretty low. I am stuck ordering .22lr for my rimfires those, since that is non-reloadable... and I can't even guess how many (thousands) of those I go through a month.
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