How long since you went to a range vs how long between range visits last year?

TXAZ · May 10, 2020, 08:59 AM

Simple question: *ASSUMING YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY*, how long has it been since you went to a range this year vs How long between typical range visits last year?

I haven’t been this year, typically once a month last year.

44caliberkid · May 10, 2020, 03:19 PM

I belong to Issac Walton and we have an outdoor range. It has never been closed. I go 2 or 3 days a week. I use two indoor ranges during the winter, Daryl's Gunshop in State Center and Crossroads Shooting Sports in Des Moines, and both have been open the whole time. I went there once a week before the weather warmed up. Except for the movies and restaurants, everyplace I went before the shutdown has still been open, so it hasn't impacted me at all.

David R · May 10, 2020, 04:50 PM

At least twice a week. last year was 2 matches a week plus one practice

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Gary Gill · May 10, 2020, 05:02 PM

I am retired. I often shoot once a week in doors year around and once a week outdoors about nine months of the year. Due to the covid19, I went about four weeks without shooting while the indoor range got back to limited business. Nearly drove me nuts missing trigger time.

mikejonestkd · May 10, 2020, 05:37 PM

Just got back from the local range.

I have been working from home these past 8 weeks, so my range trips have become much more frequent. I am going at least twice a week lately.

tlm225 · May 10, 2020, 07:54 PM

I haven't had access to a range for over two months due to Covid closures. Last year I went every once every 2-3 weeks.

jmr40 · May 10, 2020, 07:57 PM

I go about 2-3 times a month on average. I'm retired and am pretty flexible with my schedule. The private range where I shoot has modified their hours due to the CV19 issue. But since I can't go much anywhere else I've been going more often since mid-March. At least once/week since this stuff started just to get out of the house

Normal hours for the rifle range are sun-up until sun-down Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Monday. But they only let shooters come Tuesday through Saturday now, and 10AM until 4 PM. Which is counter productive to me. They limit it to 10 shooters at a time.

But under normal times I'm there at sun-up and gone by 11AM. I usually have the range to myself. I haven't seen more than 4-5 at a time on the days I go. NEVER on Saturday even in normal times. They have had to turn people away or wait until someone left to keep numbers to 10 or less on a few Saturdays since this started.

Mike38 · May 10, 2020, 09:21 PM

Last time I was at the range I'm a member of, two days ago. I try to go every Friday evening. For the past month during this pandemic scare, I've been going at least twice a week. Layed off of work, so I need something to do.

Cirdan · May 10, 2020, 10:33 PM

Usually went once a week. I have a membership and an indoor range in a nearby small city. Local potentate decided firing ranges weren't essential. Haven't been in two months. Hope they survive - they were barely getting by before all of this.

jonnyc · May 11, 2020, 09:14 AM

Just went yesterday, and every Sunday before that. Last year every Sunday, this year every Sunday, next year every Sunday. I plan to continue 'til my wheels fall off.

RickB · May 12, 2020, 09:23 AM

I've been shooting two or three times a month, for the last few years, having cut way down from the two or even three times a week that I managed for over ten years.
My last range trip in 2020 was February 8, and the range closed three or four days later.

TailGator · May 12, 2020, 02:18 PM

I usually shoot once a month, but the virus issues have kept me off the range since early February.

RETG · May 12, 2020, 03:00 PM

Shoot whenever I feel like it. However, not at a range; just a drive to gov't land

Onward Allusion · May 12, 2020, 06:52 PM

Yeah, I WISH I could shoot on my property...My club closed at the end of March. My indoor membership had its hours whittled down to 2 open hours per day. I used to shoot every week. More than once on some weeks.

TheGunGeek · May 12, 2020, 07:13 PM

I've been able to maintain a training schedule of twice a week, even with this craziness.

I wish I had enough property for a home range.

mr bolo · May 12, 2020, 08:56 PM

I usually shoot once a month, because of the virus, I havent been back since Feb 20th

almost 3 months ago , they havent opened the travel orders yet, not supposed to be traveling, the range is 42 miles away.

May 10, 2020, 08:59 AM	#1
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	How long since you went to a range vs how long between range visits last year? Simple question: ASSUMING YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY, how long has it been since you went to a range this year vs How long between typical range visits last year? I haven’t been this year, typically once a month last year. __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

May 10, 2020, 05:02 PM	#4
Gary Gill Member Join Date: October 22, 2006 Location: Indy Posts: 61	I am retired. I often shoot once a week in doors year around and once a week outdoors about nine months of the year. Due to the covid19, I went about four weeks without shooting while the indoor range got back to limited business. Nearly drove me nuts missing trigger time. __________________ Gary

May 10, 2020, 05:37 PM	#5
mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,716	Just got back from the local range. I have been working from home these past 8 weeks, so my range trips have become much more frequent. I am going at least twice a week lately. __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

May 10, 2020, 07:54 PM	#6
tlm225 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 962	I haven't had access to a range for over two months due to Covid closures. Last year I went every once every 2-3 weeks. __________________ All that is neccessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

May 10, 2020, 07:57 PM	#7
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	I go about 2-3 times a month on average. I'm retired and am pretty flexible with my schedule. The private range where I shoot has modified their hours due to the CV19 issue. But since I can't go much anywhere else I've been going more often since mid-March. At least once/week since this stuff started just to get out of the house Normal hours for the rifle range are sun-up until sun-down Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Monday. But they only let shooters come Tuesday through Saturday now, and 10AM until 4 PM. Which is counter productive to me. They limit it to 10 shooters at a time. But under normal times I'm there at sun-up and gone by 11AM. I usually have the range to myself. I haven't seen more than 4-5 at a time on the days I go. NEVER on Saturday even in normal times. They have had to turn people away or wait until someone left to keep numbers to 10 or less on a few Saturdays since this started. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

May 10, 2020, 03:19 PM	#2
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,098	I belong to Issac Walton and we have an outdoor range. It has never been closed. I go 2 or 3 days a week. I use two indoor ranges during the winter, Daryl's Gunshop in State Center and Crossroads Shooting Sports in Des Moines, and both have been open the whole time. I went there once a week before the weather warmed up. Except for the movies and restaurants, everyplace I went before the shutdown has still been open, so it hasn't impacted me at all.

May 10, 2020, 04:50 PM	#3
David R Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2015 Location: The swamps of WNY Posts: 753	At least twice a week. last year was 2 matches a week plus one practice David Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

May 10, 2020, 09:21 PM	#8
Mike38 Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2009 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 2,710	Last time I was at the range I'm a member of, two days ago. I try to go every Friday evening. For the past month during this pandemic scare, I've been going at least twice a week. Layed off of work, so I need something to do.

May 10, 2020, 10:33 PM	#9
Cirdan Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2013 Location: Tahoe Posts: 363	Usually went once a week. I have a membership and an indoor range in a nearby small city. Local potentate decided firing ranges weren't essential. Haven't been in two months. Hope they survive - they were barely getting by before all of this.

May 11, 2020, 09:14 AM	#10
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	Just went yesterday, and every Sunday before that. Last year every Sunday, this year every Sunday, next year every Sunday. I plan to continue 'til my wheels fall off. __________________ 2024 PA Cartridge Collector Show; Aug. 16-17, 2024!!! Buy...Sell...Trade All Types of Ammunition & Ordnance PM or email me for 2024 show details.

May 12, 2020, 09:23 AM	#11
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	I've been shooting two or three times a month, for the last few years, having cut way down from the two or even three times a week that I managed for over ten years. My last range trip in 2020 was February 8, and the range closed three or four days later. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

May 12, 2020, 02:18 PM	#12
TailGator Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,787	I usually shoot once a month, but the virus issues have kept me off the range since early February.

May 12, 2020, 03:00 PM	#13
RETG Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2009 Location: Somewhere in Idaho, near WY Posts: 507	Shoot whenever I feel like it. However, not at a range; just a drive to gov't land __________________ I give MY OPINION (not often) based on many years shooting at, other than paper targets. I will not debate my experience vs. your experience based on dreams and "what ifs." I'm 73; I'm too damn old to care.

May 12, 2020, 06:52 PM	#14
Onward Allusion Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2009 Location: Back in a Non-Free State Posts: 3,133	Yeah, I WISH I could shoot on my property...My club closed at the end of March. My indoor membership had its hours whittled down to 2 open hours per day. I used to shoot every week. More than once on some weeks. __________________ Simple as ABC . . . Always Be Carrying

May 12, 2020, 07:13 PM	#15
TheGunGeek Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2016 Location: Florida Posts: 182	I've been able to maintain a training schedule of twice a week, even with this craziness. I wish I had enough property for a home range.

May 12, 2020, 08:56 PM	#16
mr bolo Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2012 Posts: 432	I usually shoot once a month, because of the virus, I havent been back since Feb 20th almost 3 months ago , they havent opened the travel orders yet, not supposed to be traveling, the range is 42 miles away.