Range Hire charges

[Triffid]

Following on the 'Target Club fees' thread, for those clubs that hire ranges from other clubs, how much do you pay?

The reason I ask is that my club, which hires another club's gallery range every Friday evening, has just been told that the hire is going up from £900 per year to £2200. We are a small club and even the £900 accounts for a large proportion of our members' annual subs'; £2200 is untenable for us. It would be very useful to have some examples of what other clubs pay for range hire.

Thanks in advance

Triffid

[mag41uk]

that's a hell of a hike!

[Alpha1]

They are taking the P find another club to shoot with or start your own.

[M99]

Yes it is a huge hike, but it is still only £44 / week now, which is far cheaper than any MOD range.

How many lanes does the range have and at what distance?

Mike

[Tony-c]

that looks like they dont want you shooting there and are just trying to price you out of it.

[hitchphil]

The range we use one night a week costs about 3 grand pa to lease from the council & the range owners rent a night to us for a 5er a head up to 40 quid (after that we keep the excess & it pays for targets etc). we can shoot from 5-6 till 9 ish.

The range is 100yds long & 45 firing points wide! That's a good deal in my view.

[Mike357]

We hire out ours at £50 a day.

[Mattnall]

.... just been told that the hire is going up from £900 per year to £2200. We are a small club and even the £900 accounts for a large proportion of our members' annual subs'; £2200 is untenable for us. It would be very useful to have some examples of what other clubs pay for range hire.

Thanks in advance

Triffid

I hate to say this Triffid, but the £2200 is only just over £42 per week.
I guess the membership is getting 'free' range hire on the night, by that I mean the cost is covered in the annual membership fee.
If you charge each shooter £3.00 for the night's shooting then you only need 13 members turn up to clear the range fee (charge £5.00 per night and less people will be needed to turn up to cover costs - actual fee would depend upon usual regular turn-out).
Your annual membership could, maybe, be reduced to cover the cost of insurance, affiliations, etc. and the range hire paid for by individuals on the night.

[Triffid]

Thanks for the replies all.
I don't really want to get involved in the detail or our options, but like I said we're a small club and the rent hike is a shock.

What I really need are some real-life examples of what the going-rate is that clubs are paying for range hire, to help in our negotiations.

Triffid

[M99]

10 lanes on an MOD gallery range is just short of £500/day.
Plus your annual range licence.