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View Poll Results: how many rounds are you shooting a month

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  • truly sad , please I need help if your my friend I need a range intervention

    11 12.22%
  • 50-100

    12 13.33%
  • 101-200

    8 8.89%
  • 201-300

    13 14.44%
  • 301-400

    9 10.00%
  • 401-500

    14 15.56%
  • 501-750

    6 6.67%
  • 751-1K

    9 10.00%
  • Amateurs, easily more than 1K

    8 8.89%
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Thread: what is your monthly round count

  1. #21
    Boolit Master
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    I have been able to buy 22 at around 30 dollars a brick , but only twice in the last year did the store have any to buy
    Whatever you be , Be a good one

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    less in these Texas summers than late fall, winter and spring. Still at least 2 early mornings a week with more on weekend mornings and grand kids.
    "A gentleman will seldom, if ever, need a pistol. However, if he does,he needs it very badly!" Sir Winston Churchill

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    Quote Originally Posted by FISH4BUGS View Post
    Boy isn't that the truth! I was mulling the cost of my hobby over in my head the other day and came to the conclusion that i can shoot virtually all my pistol caliber guns ALMOST CHEAPER than I can shoot a .22 today.
    I use 231 powder and a LOT goes a long way. I just finished 1000 44 mag 250gr swc using 7, 8, and 9 grains of 231. Averaged out to 8 grains of 231 X 1000 = 8000 gr of powder....a pound and some change of 231. 3.3 cents per load for powder. Primers at about the same. Brass and lead is negligible cost (I got literally a ton of wheel weights for free once and brass is reusable). 6 cents per round is about $3 for a box of 50. $30 for 500 or $60 a thousand.
    But that does not count the cost of the equipment to do all this, but it has been amortized over many years of use. And my time? Not applicable because it is the relaxation and the hobby. As my sweetie says "...I am man knitting" when i cast and reload.
    When was the last time bricks of 500 .22's were $30?
    See that. The more you shoot the more you save. Pretty soon you'll be making money.
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    as far as hobbies go it isn't that expensive , air planes , boats and cars are much more expensive

    Most days it is no more expensive than quilting , and many days it is much less expensive.
    Whatever you be , Be a good one

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    Weekly
    200 rounds of shotshell
    150 rounds of pistol
    50 rounds of rifle

    400 a week so if 4 weeks in a month = 1600 monthly

    YES, I am RETIRED and have time to do this
    Last edited by skeettx; 07-19-2015 at 09:21 PM.
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    i would say 300 to 400 a in 30 days is about right
    We have enough gun control. What we need is idiot control.

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    If .22 lr comes back my round counts will double.

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    Well I burned off 200 at a shoot in Feb and that much more in June . This month I started working out loads for 2 AR s so about 200 there. Jan ,March, April ,May 0. August i have to shoot some ,in September I am hosting a BP thing plus dove season and cross training for the meat tag i expect to have a count over 500 . 3 weekends of ducks and geese October, November ,December and January at 75 rounds per weekend gets me to 150-200 month. I clocked at 50-100 because the last couple of yrs the birds just haven't been here and my heart just wasn't in it last yr. Seems to be a lot of that these days.
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    I wish I had time to do a monthly round count as high as some peoples monthly post count!

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