i mean, if you shoot a hundred rounds a person on a range day, and you bring 5 people with you, and you go once every 2 weeks, that's like 2700 rounds. and that's a conservative estimate. prices are like $1 per round now, so that's like $2700/year bare minimum. when we got into this, it would have been like $700 for the same supply, so we were able to shoot more and hang out most of the day on a weekend. now it's like a bourgeois holiday, and plus those guys i ran with were kind wack in retrospect.
idk i'm just bummed with how this worked out. I also notice less ppl posting here and generally the left community has shrank since biden became the nominee.
One aspect of it is that this place springs up whenever there's "actual news" going on, it was that way on the sub too.
I would agree with you that there's a larger trend, I just think that it's important to account for the usual short term effects of not very much happening as well.
I feel like there's so much happening right now, but people are checked out and in their lil quarantine bubbles feeling a paradoxical mixture of fear and apathy.
if you shoot a hundred rounds a person on a range day
I've found that longer range shooting (or just an enhanced focus on accuracy at even 100 yards) -- especially if you mix in a few dry fires between live shots to work on trigger control -- dramatically cuts back on my ammo usage. Might be worth trying to keep costs manageable.
sure, but i'm going to be starting over with novices, so they'll need time and opportunity to practice things at a closer distance etc. Thanks for the idea though.
You might still be able to focus on accuracy at 50 or even 25 yards and walk it out as necessary. This could help prevent ammo sticker shock and get them out to the range more often (good for building habits).
Cool as shit you're getting novices out there either way
i mean, if you shoot a hundred rounds a person on a range day, and you bring 5 people with you, and you go once every 2 weeks, that's like 2700 rounds. and that's a conservative estimate. prices are like $1 per round now, so that's like $2700/year bare minimum. when we got into this, it would have been like $700 for the same supply, so we were able to shoot more and hang out most of the day on a weekend. now it's like a bourgeois holiday, and plus those guys i ran with were kind wack in retrospect.
idk i'm just bummed with how this worked out. I also notice less ppl posting here and generally the left community has shrank since biden became the nominee.
One aspect of it is that this place springs up whenever there's "actual news" going on, it was that way on the sub too.
I would agree with you that there's a larger trend, I just think that it's important to account for the usual short term effects of not very much happening as well.
I feel like there's so much happening right now, but people are checked out and in their lil quarantine bubbles feeling a paradoxical mixture of fear and apathy.
I've found that longer range shooting (or just an enhanced focus on accuracy at even 100 yards) -- especially if you mix in a few dry fires between live shots to work on trigger control -- dramatically cuts back on my ammo usage. Might be worth trying to keep costs manageable.
sure, but i'm going to be starting over with novices, so they'll need time and opportunity to practice things at a closer distance etc. Thanks for the idea though.
You might still be able to focus on accuracy at 50 or even 25 yards and walk it out as necessary. This could help prevent ammo sticker shock and get them out to the range more often (good for building habits).
Cool as shit you're getting novices out there either way
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