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After reading recent posts it has been implied that people here spend more time on the internet reading about shooting rather than actually doing it.

So to find out if there is any substance to that accusation I have set up a wee poll to see if the charge stands up or not.

There are 20 boxes to click for the most usual number of range visits you make a month.

To flesh these numbers out you can post in the thread with more specifics like range, type of shooting etc.

This by no means meant to be scientific but I am sure that most of here are at least as much trigger pullers as keyboard bashers.



Me.

I shoot on average 5 times a week at 25 to 100yrds and twice a month out to 600 with the odd bit of clay missing, vermin shooting, winged game and bambi bashing along the way. Shooting muzzle loading, full bore and small bore. I don't compete and shoot for groups, gathering load and bullet development data along with firearms testing.

When home in Scotland I will shoot every day.

Out every Sunday year round, the occasional Saturday for a competition, most Fridays and Wednesdays in the summer light evenings. Said 6 times a month, but it can easily be double that. Shooting mostly, PSG, mini-rifle, multigun type stuff. CSR a couple times a year, MOD ranges for full bore couple times a year. 3-Gun in the USA twice in the last 2 years.

Every Wednesday I'm shooting smallbore target rifle. Those weekends I can (which isn't often) I'll be shooting fullbore.

occassionally smallbore on a Monday or Friday too...

I put 5

Most sundays and the odd friday, used to shoot 3 times a week before life got in the way.

Monday evenings (or more if I can manage) at Durham (indoor 25m)

Alternate Sundays for Clay Pigeon

1 or 2 times a month Full Bore Rifle (MOD range)

All dependent on whether I can get out of the house that day so some times no shooting for weeks

Weekly small bore indoor
Monthly outdoor full bore barrack range
Ad-hoc visits to 'bigger' ranges usually four or five a year.

The important thing, for me, is that I'm happy with that I'm doing which is all that matters.

Clays every fortnight
PSG practice once a month
PSG level 1 comp once a month
PSG level 2-3 every other month
Mini-rifle every other month
Full-bore once per month when dates do not clash

Pistol twice a week in the summer. IPSC competitions once a month, man v man when organised.

Used to be around 4-5 times a week with clays, smallbore, fullbore etc. but that dropped off when I got married, after that it was whenever family life let me, I try for at least once monthly but once the divorce is settled I anticipate the frequency will increase...

Every month..

Smallbore Sporting 4 Visits 200 Rnds £12
Gallery 4 Visits 500 Rnds £35 (Cast reloads)
Clays 2 Visits 250 Rnds £50 (Cost subsidized by works team)
Fullbore 1 Visit 100 Rnds £45 (100 303 Reloads)
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11 Visits 1150 Rnds Per Month Cost approx. £142.
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Total weight of lead fired approx - 30Lbs.