[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How Many Rounds? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/17/2012 10:19:58 AM EDT
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Curious, how many rounds do you use on average when you go to the range?
Out here it's a bit of a trip so we tend to go through quite a bit (over 50 easy). Just curious if where we are compared to everyone else. 
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Quoted: Curious, how many rounds do you use on average when you go to the range? Out here it's a bit of a trip so we tend to go through quite a bit (over 50 easy). Just curious if where we are compared to everyone else. Well I definitely run a lot more than 2 mags, I'll tell you that.  |
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Out here it's a bit of a trip so we tend to go through quite a bit (over 50 easy).  Depends, just casual shooting I'll go though 200 or 300 I re-load so when I work up loads for a new caliber/grain I can go throuh 50 rds per load...sometimes I work up 10 different loads. |
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This last year I was going to the range once a week during the nice weather.
I'd shoot: 7 magazines of .45 == 49 rnds. 6 magazines of 9mm == 102 rnds. 2 magazines of .223 == 60 rnds. (this was a minimum) That was just my regular "after work" range trip. If I went with friends on a weekend it was at least that and maybe 500 rnds or so of .22lr. ETA: And this winter I've been shooting a bullseye pistol league and that's been 120 rnds per trip. (2 courses of fire, 1 for score and 1 for practice.) |
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I pretty much never blast - so number depends. That said, most of the time it is either sighting in or practice for a specific event, none of which are speed events. Not unheard of to go out and shoot less than 20 shots. Most of the time practice is 50. Sometimes 200. That said, can practice less than 50' from my back door. Going to the range is not an event. |
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Back when ammo was cheap I'd put a lot of rounds downrange.
Lately I've pretty much only been doing zero and function checks on acquisitions and primaries. Always put a couple mags through my CCW. I need to hit the range this week, my M1a project is almost done and needs zeroed since it's been bedded. |
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50? Thats gotta be a typo. Thats a single box of pistol ammo. I shoot 2 boxes just to warm up if I have a match coming up. Most often Ill bring 100 rounds with some times a spare hundred to do some distinctly different shooting (weak hand, dominant hand, etc).
Rifle I will run at least 50 rounds, though the way they run the ranges here its not fun to just sit and shoot all of your ammo in 3 minutes while the muzzleloader and bolt rifle folk take 1 shot per 10 minutes. Cease fires last an eternity. Shotgun...anywhere from 25-200 rounds depending on how many clays we have. |
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And yet, every rifle for sale in the EE has a low round count. I have several rifles with less 200 rounds through them. 
I've always been more of a handgun guy. I've only had my Ruger 22/45 for a little over a year and I think it is getting close to 10,000 rounds through it. 
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Kinda guessed everyone would get a kick out of that. Thanks for all the replies!
Man, I wish I made more money so I could send hubby out to the range more often. Tried to get him bulk ammo for Christmas, but couldn't afford it. (Never tried reloading though, not sure I'd trust myself.... )
Least I know what to shoot for now....sorry about the pun.
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