I consider myself fortunate that my schedule allows me the opportunity to go to our range on member only days. Our membership fees are $175 a year and it's closed to the public on Monday and Tuesday, the days I generally go. It costs the general public $20 a day to shoot so as much as I shoot it's worth the membership fee to me.

When I lived down in Washington our annual dues were $35 a year and you got a combination to the gate. It was a little club and there was a lot of abuse with guys giving out the combination to their buddies. I got to see lots of the aforementioned antics at that range. Still see a little of it at the range I use now. I suppose if I went more often on the GP days I'd see more of it.


Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.