Average time spent at the range per visit

[timboy]

My question to my fellow enthusiasts is how long do you spend on average per range trip?
I usually go for 3-4 hours because I drive about 45 minutes to get there and I go once month or so when it is nice out.

 

[Darth]

~4 hours. Depends on what I am doing and where it is. If I shoot on my private land sometimes it takes me much longer. I bring a lunch and stuff.

If I just need a quick gun check it might only be an hour our so.

 

[dsdmmat]

3-6 hours on the range every weekend. I also drive 30 minutes each way. Shoot anywhere between 100-300 rounds sometimes more depending on if I brought rimfires or not.

 

[UltraT]

Like Darth, depends on what I'm trying to accomplish. Usually average about 2-3 hours.

 

[Doc8404]

1.5. Hours.
20 minute drive one way.

 

[WileyX585]

I went two days ago and was there for about 4 hours. Shot a handgun and sighted in my AR. 20 min from the house, would have spent some more time but had to be home for a cook out.

I usually spend 3-6 or so hours. Depends what I'm doing and what I bring

 

[Glenn B]

Well, when I can get to a range that has a flat fee, I probably spend at least 2.5 hours to 4 hours their. my local range charges by the hour so when I am there it is rarely for more than an hour.

 

[LMS]

Indoor range: 3 hours - half hour drive each way, two hours at the range
Outdoor: only a 5 minute drive and two hours there.

Weird thing is I always wish I brought more ammo. You'd think I'd learn.

 

[Criticalt]

It depends,
If I walk out to my range maybe a couole hours.
If im just shooting off the back porch, just a couple mags to wake up our livestock.
Ive got the only goats in the county that dont flinch from gun fire.

 

[HighlandLofts]

Depending where I go to shoot it takes me about 45 minutes to over an hour in drive time to where I go shooting.

I take my 5 year old grandson with me and we take two 22lr rifles, a couple of 22lr handguns, and a couple of 38/357 revolvers. Occasionally I'll take a 45 semi, or my 10mm semi.

We spend at least three hours, some times we'll stay and shoot over a five hour span.

I take coke on ice, a pizza, sandwiches or something else to eat and snacks.

We'll stop by a couple of other gravel pits on the way home to look for brass that others left behind and get a little extra shooting time in as well.


The weekend before last we went to one of my favorite shooting spots way up in the Cascade Mountains.It's six miles back in the woods and you are climbing all the way in, it is way up on the top of one of the mountains, we got about 1/2 a mile to the top and we ran in to snow and had to back down about 1/2 a mile to get turned around.

I'll try going there again in a couple of weeks, hopefully the snow will be gone.

Mason shooting my Ruger 77/357 rifle.


Mason shooting a full size Mossberg 22lr Rifle
on another shooting trip.

 

[timboy]

To add a little background to my question my "other half"says that I spend too much time per visit,I told her that it was pretty normal among enthusiasts,most of you guys have confiremed my stance,she still insists that"no one goes to the gun club for that long"....
She was not around firearms before we met and does not understand that this is one of my few hobbies,plus that it is something that me and my 14 year old son son can do together that he likes.

 

[GOPerfect]

This all depends on the mood, the place and the company that I am with.

If I go to my property with my family, I will be out there all day long. I will shoot throughout the day as I see fit. If I go to a local range with guys from work, we shoot about 2-3 hours.

If I drive out alone to my land, I will shoot until I run out of ammo. Sometimes I bring a lot, other times, not as much.

 

[Eddie Gunks]

Depends on what i do. One ramge is 2 min away. The second is less than 10. The third is about 15.

Last year I was at the range 2-3 time per week for real shooting. This year i have been a slack cunt and that number has been per month.

Function Test fire. 2-5 min depending on number if guns.

Sight in. 10-20 min

Quick box or two (50-100 rounds) of ammo vs steel. 10-30 min

Monday night pistol league. 2 hours

3 gun matches 6-9 hours.

 

[togmaster]

In the summer 2 to 3 times a week and I usually stay anywhere from 2 to 4 hours. In the winter it's usually 2 to 3 times a month.

 

[4excal]

few times a week 3 or 4 hours a day. 500+ 22lr and 200-300 in 9mm consistently. And yea, you get poor fast.

 

[FLA45fan]

45 - 1 hr shooting, half an hour yakking. 20 mins away handguns only.

 

[MoMan]

My range trips are usually 2 cigars long.
In my world, there is nothing more relaxing than to smoke a couple of nice stogies while shooting!!

 

[Airborneguy]

My club is between work and home, so there are times I go after work and only stay 30 minor so to test out a new load. My friend recently joined, so when we go together it tends to be for 2 hours give or take. If I'm off coming from home, I'll usually stay about 2 hours, maybe a little more if I don't have anything else to do or if there's a competition.

 

[Exonautic]

I usually go about 4 hours or so. There have besn times ive been at my range from open to close though. Thats usually when i havent gone in a while and i have plenty of ammo to burn through.

 

[STS556]

A 30 minute drive to the outdoor range and I stay for 2 hours. I usually bring a scoped bolt action and AR to the outdoor. I'll do 100 rounds through the AR and 40 rounds through the bolt.

A 20 minute drive to the indoor range and I stay an hour. I bring an AR with irons and do 100 rounds.

I try to go every couple of weeks on a Friday morning after work.

 

[MikeyCNY]

Depends on what I bring and how much time I've budgeted. I don't do many "all day" range trips. Shortest trip was probably 10 minutes as I forgot most of my ammo and only had a few extra rounds in my range bag. I also left an extra handgun sitting outside my safe while I was gone, so I wasn't working on all cylinders that day. (no one else home so there was no question of safety)

 

[Cooolone]

Travel time doesn't count, lol...

Usually 1.5 hours, Tact training 4-6 hours (depends).

200-300 rounds avg., each trip.
: )

Never get to it as much as I'd like, but is what it is...

 

[Podmonkey]

6-8 hours and it takes me 1.25 hours to get to my range. I'm thinking of moving closer. I shoot anything between about 500-1000 rounds of ammo per trip. I go approx. once a month. Unless I am taking my time off away from home.

 

[Bob]

When I go to the indoor range, if I'm there for anything less than an hour, it's either a really good day or a really bad day. An average for me at the indoor range is 90 min to 2hrs.

At the outdoor range, it's usually 2-3 hours. Now that I've started shooting longer distances (for me, anyway) my trips have been getting longer longer.

 

[Retired MSG]

3 to 4 hours typically

 

[Phazer]

1-2 hours.
20 min drive to range.

 

[Criticalt]

My range trips are usually 2 cigars long.
In my world, there is nothing more relaxing than to smoke a couple of nice stogies while shooting!!

When Im shooting off the back porch, I usually have a cigar or pipe hanging in my mouth.

 

[timboy]

Made it out shooting today with my son,stayed for 3 hours we only brought.22's,he got to shoot his new 10/22 for the first time,I think he is better with open sights than his oldman..lol.

 

[Acer-m14]

Gun Club open Range here outside 5 mins away .. sun up to sun set , first come so get along and share , camp out if you want to for the next day unless north n south is going on , but you can stay and watch .. if your there shooting and someone shows up .. yeah set up and join in .. we end shoot each others guns here ..

when i first called about shooting there and for skeet .. come on up and shoot .. its open , but we would like you to become a member if you can ..

 

[spat]

Lately an hour or 2, but i have finally been getting to go fairly often (once a week or so).

In the past, a few hours, occasionally an all day trip.