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Ours is $1000 to buy in plus $2300 dues per year. We have benches for 100 yards and 300 yards.
Oh, we also get to hunt 3300 acres with 30+ food plots so I guess you could say that we’re really a hunting club with two ranges 😁
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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Where I live the local trap club has a yearly membership dues of $35. 12 trap fields, 2 skeet ranges and a 5 stand. Constantly improving the property ♿. Member and board members all contribute with work parties. I used to shoot some registered shoots but not anymore. The range and equipment are good enough to host a zone shoot and do. The road in isn't the best but any car can make it. They make the facility availible to the game fish and parks when hunter safety is taught . Cooperation with them is high Pittman / Robertson funds have been used multiple times for range improvement. You don't have to be a member to shoot trap or skeet but it is less money per round to be a member than not. 6 bucks a round non member, shells availible $11 a box (Rio fiocchi etc.) Whatever they can get, the least expensive, sign of the times. Like anywhere else the well healed buy by the pallet or multiple flats. Then there are guys like me who still enjoy reloading our own shells. They are open Sunday afternoon till 3:30 and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for practice and league shooting . Elitist and snobs would not get very far here we expect people to come have have fun , be sociable and above all conduct your self in a safe manner. Not from another planet but South Dakota...mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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Campfire Ranger
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I predict finances will stay level and membership will plummet.
Locally, $25 with targets to 1000. Our shotgunners put on some competitive shoots. Rifle folks don't organize anything.
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Our range membership fees are $95/year for my family of 6. We are in Ontario also which means we are affiliated with OFAH. The club purchases insurance for its members through OFAH. If you want discourage people/new members from getting into shooting, charge them $400+/year for range membership fees.
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Ours is $40 a year for the family. Clubs that do not continue their membership because of cost will not gain membership. That is the death of the sport, then there are no citizens willing to preserve firearms ownership.
Clubs should not become their own worst enemy.
Last edited by Gojoe; 05/01/23.
They will vote our way into socialism, We will have to shoot our way out.
Every major horror in the world was perpetrated in the name of altruism.
Just how big is Aroostook County you ask?
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$80 per year for a family membership. Outdoor rifle ranges to 300 yards, some of the wooden benches are weathered and I’d prefer concrete but are “good enough”, outdoor pistol ranges with steel plates, and indoor pistol range that can be accessed 24/7 with a key code but cost $5 per visit for the indoor range. Trap and 5 stand one night per week during the warmer months.
I’ve been a member for years and like it overall. It definitely doesn’t have the best ranges or tech but is laidback and apparently a lot cheaper than some.
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Our range fees are $250 per year. https://www.fmfg.ca/It seems expensive until you see what we have . we have archery , smallbore to 150 yards, centerfire from 25 to 1,000 meters, biathalon, 10 pistol bays for IPSC, a 3 gun bay, black powder trial walks, 4 trap layouts and one skeet, and an indoor range . Our centerfire range has shotmarker targets as well as T1000 strike indicators on our steel from 600 to 1K. We shoot in a heated tower from 600 to 1K electronic gate. Our indoor range has archery targets, and can handle up to 44 mag, or 12 gauge slugs. Club house is 250 capacity , full kitchen and batch facilities, with bunk houses for out of towners coming up for shoots. We have 6 riding mowers , a New Holland tractor, quad and a skid steer with several different attatchments for maintenance Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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Campfire Ranger
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Our range fees are $250 per year. https://www.fmfg.ca/It seems expensive until you see what we have . we have archery , smallbore to 150 yards, centerfire from 25 to 1,000 meters, biathalon, 10 pistol bays for IPSC, a 3 gun bay, black powder trial walks, 4 trap layouts and one skeet, and an indoor range . Our centerfire range has shotmarker targets as well as T1000 strike indicators on our steel from 600 to 1K. We shoot in a heated tower from 600 to 1K electronic gate. Our indoor range has archery targets, and can handle up to 44 mag, or 12 gauge slugs. Club house is 250 capacity , full kitchen and batch facilities, with bunk houses for out of towners coming up for shoots. We have 6 riding mowers , a New Holland tractor, quad and a skid steer with several different attatchments for maintenance Cat Looks like a fine range/club!
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Campfire Tracker
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What's that white stuff for ? Sounds like a great club.
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You can hunt longer with wind at your back
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What's that white stuff for ? Sounds like a great club. Well, it was taken a month ago, it's the downside of living in the GWN(great white north) LOL On the upside, even when it is -20c, we can still shoot long range from 600 to 1,000 :>) Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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What's that white stuff for ? Sounds like a great club. Well, it was taken a month ago, it's the downside of living in the GWN(great white north) LOL On the upside, even when it is -20c, we can still shoot long range from 600 to 1,000 :>) Cat And all this time I figured you were shooting outside freezing your ass off like we do here all winter.
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