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It's BS. It's for the profit plan and simple. Palm Beach Shooting Center allows you to bring in your own ammo now. They decided to do the right thing. They charge a bit more for the range rental than if you buy the ammo from them:
$8.00 range fee with their ammo (no time limit)
$15.00/hr with your own ammo
No reloads or Russian stuff.
I find them the cheapest in the county even with their ammo. Once you get to know the staff they're pretty cool. Like most gun shop people they come across as jerks at first impression. They grow on you and are actually helpful and nice.
JT
The "bit more they charge for range rental than if you buy the ammo from them" comes to $7.00 for the first hour, $22.00 over a 2 hour period and $37.00 if you stay for 3 hours.
Considering the cost and availability of ammo these days, even when you buy it online and pay for shipping, I'd just as soon shoot the range's ammo at a few bucks more a box, pay a flat rate to shoot as long as I want, and keep my own ammo stash in my safe.
Palm Beach Shooting Center is obviously trying to attract those customers who are rabidly averse to being told that, for whatever reason, they must use ammunition purchased at the range they want to shoot at, but nothing is without cost; there is no free lunch.
All businesses are "run for the profit plain and simple", no "BS" is involved, and there is nothing wrong with that.
You pay your money and make your choice.
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