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Not to mention it's great for breaking a flinch.

2500 9mm so far, 3000 45acp so far, 200 44 mag so far, 3000ish from the air rifle. Many hours of dry fire. Maybe 100 rifle and I haven't shot my shotguns in about 2 years.

Wow! I'm impressed......obviously a lot of really dedicated shooters on here. I like the dry fire scenario; i do it a lot myself because I handle a rifle (or two or three ) every single day and dry fire a great deal. I'm lucky in that for most of my shooting life I've had access to a range with facilities to 600 yards, which most of you would be surprised, exists within 10 miles of downtown Boston.(Yeah, I know, home of Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and a host of other anti gun, n'er-do-well characters). But acess to this range allows me the luxury of expending 3-4000 rounds a year through hunting rifles, which is pretty much all I own. I have no clue how many 22 rounds I go through but the number is considerable.

I did not ask, but I'll bet that the volume shooters are all handloaders, since, if you're burning 2,3,or 4000 rounds a year of factory stuff, it gets sorta....pricey. I'll bet that those who shoot a great deal have a "negative compulsion" to shoot a great deal, feeling that unless you shoot a lot, you will not maintain that "edge" so necessary to staying in sync with a rifle, or shotgun.

On many hunts, you can tell right away, the guys who shoot a lot, and those who are casual about their skill with a rifle...

it was in the hundreds for the last decade, more like thousands the last couple of years.

Spot

When I was actively shooting and getting fairly good, I shot highpower almost every weekend from Jan through August. That was usually at least 88 rounds a weekend. Practice 2 times a week during the weeks, 30 rounds generally. Dry fire every night at least 30 offhand and depending maybe 30 prone and some rapid fire.

Mix in with 22 practice at times, 20 shots every night during a few months.

Then to knock off the tension I'd shoot the other day on a weekend, bullseye or IDPA, 22 rifle silhouette or 3P smallbore. Broke up the monotony of highpower.

Then add in practice weekends where we shot 500 rounds about 3-4 times in the summer.

I was shooting a case of 22 each year, about 5-6K rounds of 45 every other year, and with coaching kids and the wife shooting I know I've loaded over 20K rounds of 223 in a year...

Dont' know what that adds up to....a bit anyway I suspect.

I shoot shotguns off an on.... generally not more than 500 rounds a yaer, though now that i've quit competition I'm shooting more pistol, more of my hunting guns, lots of 223 and 22 for practice and starting on more shotgun rounds a year. Gotta learn how to shoot a shotgun all over again...

Jeff

Jeff: ..what's a shotgun?................

Seriously, I used to do ton of grouse hunting here in NE; no time lately. it is hard to be a good shotgunner.

A box of 25 shotgun shells usually lasts at least two years for me.

I shoot Bullseye compition all year round so I expend about 300-400 rds a week on pistol. Spend quite abit of energy on varmints during the spring and summer in Montana. Usually shoot around 500-600 rds a trip and we try to go 4-6 times a season. Don't do much big game hunting anymore except to go when the grandsons need company. Getting too old to climb them mountains.

Boy do I feel bad I just figured it out and it around 800ish +

I need to get another job.

Three -- one at a moose, one at a deer, and one at a bear.

I used to shoot a lot more, when the skills were necessary to keep me and my partners alive, but now I likely don't exceed 6-800 in everything. Downright shame, really.

1000 to 1500

Jeff: I KNEW you were in the several-thousand round category....

About 10,000 in rimfire...

About 6 to 8K in 223 bolt actions

other centerfire rifles? about 2 to 3 K...

only semi autos I own are several 10/22s which I let the kids shoot mainly.. most of my shooting in 22 is with a CZ 452 and a Winchester 94/22....

I would say it's around... 2000 to 4000 from year to year. Closer to 2000, 2500 these days probably. That's centerfire stuff. Yeah, it's all handloaded, even the .223 blasting ammo as surplus is unobtainium or very expensive now...

It's why I was askin' if a Kimber works for a rebarrel... if I buy one, I'll be rebarreling in 5 years or so!

-jeff

Several thousand.

my wife says tooo many but I dont have time to shoot like i want to

I'll admit to MUCH less than you guys.

Probably a brick of 22's

Maybe 200 to 500 centerfire depending on load development chores. Another 10 "for keeps" depending on the number of doe tags that need filling.

Shotgun: 100 to 150 on clays, a box on geese over 2 or 3 mornings, another box or two on ducks and upland (multiply several times if attempting to pass shoot divers or trying to kill cripples from effin steel shot).

Hmm ... I guess I shoot more than I thought.

GE

GE

Ya need reloaded "swat" ammo for steel.... 3 inchers with 5 or 6 as fast as you can load it... soon as the cripple hits the water I'm swapping ammo and head shooting em.....

Jeff

Bob

Don't shoot as much these days.. Whats funny, once you learn to do it the right way, it doesn't take that much to brush up on it.... I"ve laid off for 6 months, came back and set a range record and got my 99% NRA badge in that first match, and it didn't even allow sighter shots....

Heck sometimes I shot so much that after laying off I was actually better, less sloppy...

NEed and want to shoot more these days, but find myself doing more farm chores, more fishing and more hunting(instead of shooting) and the wife, and nephews and the lab have much more fun... I do too. ITs not all bad.

Jeff

200-300 per year total out of 22-250, 308 Win, and 30-06 SPRG.