Quinton Sportsmans Club?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Quinton Sportsmans Club?

Posted: 7/24/2014 6:15:26 AM EDT

Anyone here a member? I'm moving down to NJ in a few weeks and am looking for a range to call home. This one is super close to where I'll be living but shit is it expensive especially that "initiation fee" whatever the hell that means. I'm coming from Vermont where ranges are like $30 a year if you don't feel like shooting in your backyard. This is $100 a year plus the one time $300 "fee".

Just wanna know if it's worth it?

Posted: 7/24/2014 7:37:34 AM EDT

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I've never been there but the membership cost is actually fairly inexpensive compared to other private clubs throughout the state.

Posted: 7/24/2014 8:18:58 AM EDT

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I've never been there but the membership cost is actually fairly inexpensive compared to other private clubs throughout the state.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This

Welcome to the "fair" state of NJstan, where guns are unwelcome, taxes are high and the FSA voting block runneth the show.

Yeah that $300 initiation fee is not that steep, like I said NJStan is not an inexpensive place to live.

Posted: 7/24/2014 8:54:17 AM EDT

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I'm born and raised in NJ so I'm aware of how expensive living is, it's almost as much as Vermont since it's more liberal here.

I didn't realize gun clubs would try and stiff members too though. Oh well

Posted: 7/24/2014 9:24:01 AM EDT

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They are taxed and experience maintenance services, etc..... their cost goes up, the newbies pickup a bit of the slack.

edit: A new try at Engrish....

Posted: 7/25/2014 2:28:42 AM EDT

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I'm a member there, IMO it's worth the fees. It's well maintained clean safe place to shoot. I don't get out there as much as I would like. People there are friendly and safe, ranges are covered concrete, plenty of tables.
It's open membership so my best guess is the initiation fee might be to try and keep some riff raff out.

Posted: 7/25/2014 2:55:05 AM EDT

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I'm born and raised in NJ so I'm aware of how expensive living is, it's almost as much as Vermont since it's more liberal here.

I didn't realize gun clubs would try and stiff members too though. Oh well

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Gun clubs are not trying to "stiff" anyone. I'm the VP of one of them.
It's all about the costs to have such a thing as a range and club house on 5 acres and mainly its the "TAXES" that suck the life blood from it.

We have a private range & private club with a membership of just under 20.
We each pay $600.00 a year.

It used to be $300 a year till the tax man cometh to assess his "fair share".

RW3

Posted: 7/25/2014 3:27:40 AM EDT

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tax man cometh

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Yeah and usually on our backs... but only after BOHICA.

Posted: 7/25/2014 4:27:35 AM EDT

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Quinton is a nice range.

I'm a member at south jersey shooting club and that's $350/yr for family.

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