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Ranger · 06-23-2008, 02:47 PM

Hello all, I live in MA on Cape Cod and I am looking for a gun club to go shooting at. There is one in my town but they have a $150 initation fee plus it costs $100 per year. Range looks good there. I found an outdoor only no frills range for $60 a year. Are these reasonable with what it costs? I guess I am too used to shooting on Army bases for $25 a year.

jtkratzer · 06-23-2008, 03:10 PM

Depends on the location, how many people are around, the cost of real estate etc. I'm a member of a club that is farking sweet with 24/7 indoor access for pistol, .22/air rifle, and archery along with all the outdoor stuff and it's $65/year. There is a club around the corner from my house that's small, but has a nice trap set up and it's only $15/year and $5 initiation.

There is a rifle/pistol club I looked at that was a lot more money, no indoor pistol stuff, no archery, and no trap, but they have a 600 yard range, the longest in the area. It's all relative.

The $65 club I joined was cheaper than going to the indoor range, paying tolls to get there, the gas money, and range fees.

**Fennellco** · 06-23-2008, 03:18 PM

Depends, here in Albuquerque 500.00 gets a family of four a year long membership and all the perks to the indoor range. 100.00 gets you an outside membership at the city range. Then theres another outdoor range that is 100.00 a year but private. Both outdoor ranges are a 100.00 a person. So your prices don't seem to out of whack-

Bob 45 · 06-23-2008, 04:06 PM

Durango, CO
$50 per year for indoor and outdoor ranges.

rickett · 06-23-2008, 04:46 PM

Two indoor pistol ranges I'm looking at are $120 and $100 per year. I think something like $80 initiation, pistols only, 15-25 yds., and at one you have to be NRA member or sign up there and dues are added to membership.

**mhillsing23** · 06-23-2008, 04:58 PM

Clubs around me are on the higher end of things that I have seen. But, we are only a few miles from a major metropolitan area. The local indoor range is $150. I pay $150 to belong to a gun club that has its own private facilities. As a member I get a key to the gate and I can shoot any time I want from sun up to sun down. They have several ranges for rifle, bullseye, trap, skeet, multi-use, combat pits, steel target pits and an entire "old town" set/range for cowboy action. I love shooting outside so for me it was an obvious choice to choose the club vs. the range. The club provides a place to go, usually by yourself without any disturbance and shoot at any type of target in a wide variety of settings. I am happy with what I get for what I pay.

ivwarrior · 06-23-2008, 07:14 PM

I've got family memberships to 2 local ranges, cost me about $100/year total. Once club has a 50 yard pistol range, 50 ft indoor range, and we're working on getting 3 new shooting pits finished. Other club has indoor and outdoor archery, muzzle-loading area, 5 stand and a trap field, 50 yard pistol range, 1000 yard rifle range and a couple hundred acres for members to hunt......

**BOFH** · 06-23-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ranger

Hello all, I live in MA on Cape Cod and I am looking for a gun club to go shooting at. There is one in my town but they have a $150 initation fee plus it costs $100 per year. Range looks good there. I found an outdoor only no frills range for $60 a year. Are these reasonable with what it costs? I guess I am too used to shooting on Army bases for $25 a year.

Seems reasonable, especially if its a nice well run range.

The real question: Do you have a choice?

**Zetsumei** · 06-23-2008, 08:26 PM

Boulder City Nevada here, Our gun club is $100 for your 1st year and $50 to renew every year after that, it has many 100 yard shooting alleys, and a couple 200's 500's and a 1000 yard. It also has an area for shooting clays. The downside is that its all outdoors, with can be a little warm in the middle of summer.

jeepinbanditrider · 06-23-2008, 08:56 PM

Mineral Wells, Tx

150 or 200 yard rifle range, skeet/trap range, and pistol steel range. 60 bucks a year if your app gets approved.

06-23-2008, 02:47 PM	#1
Ranger XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MA Posts: 26	What is the reasonable cost to a gun club Hello all, I live in MA on Cape Cod and I am looking for a gun club to go shooting at. There is one in my town but they have a $150 initation fee plus it costs $100 per year. Range looks good there. I found an outdoor only no frills range for $60 a year. Are these reasonable with what it costs? I guess I am too used to shooting on Army bases for $25 a year. __________________ Ryan "any man that has to be driven, is not worth the driving"

06-23-2008, 03:10 PM	#2
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,478	Depends on the location, how many people are around, the cost of real estate etc. I'm a member of a club that is farking sweet with 24/7 indoor access for pistol, .22/air rifle, and archery along with all the outdoor stuff and it's $65/year. There is a club around the corner from my house that's small, but has a nice trap set up and it's only $15/year and $5 initiation. There is a rifle/pistol club I looked at that was a lot more money, no indoor pistol stuff, no archery, and no trap, but they have a 600 yard range, the longest in the area. It's all relative. The $65 club I joined was cheaper than going to the indoor range, paying tolls to get there, the gas money, and range fees. __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

06-23-2008, 03:18 PM	#3
Fennellco XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 464	Depends, here in Albuquerque 500.00 gets a family of four a year long membership and all the perks to the indoor range. 100.00 gets you an outside membership at the city range. Then theres another outdoor range that is 100.00 a year but private. Both outdoor ranges are a 100.00 a person. So your prices don't seem to out of whack- __________________ CFR's Publication for the North American Union http://www.cfr.org/publication/8104/ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - Henry Lewis Mencken, 1880 - 1956

06-23-2008, 04:46 PM	#5
rickett XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 745	Two indoor pistol ranges I'm looking at are $120 and $100 per year. I think something like $80 initiation, pistols only, 15-25 yds., and at one you have to be NRA member or sign up there and dues are added to membership. __________________ XD-45 service with Trijicon night sights GP-100 6" stainless .357Mag. Heritage Rough Rider 4 3/4" 22LR/22Mag. Savage 99 EG .300 Savage "At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people do not acquire their weapons because of what they will do, but rather to gratify the "Christmas morning joy" that we largely left behind in our childhood." -Jeff Cooper

06-23-2008, 04:58 PM	#6
mhillsing23 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 2,426	Clubs around me are on the higher end of things that I have seen. But, we are only a few miles from a major metropolitan area. The local indoor range is $150. I pay $150 to belong to a gun club that has its own private facilities. As a member I get a key to the gate and I can shoot any time I want from sun up to sun down. They have several ranges for rifle, bullseye, trap, skeet, multi-use, combat pits, steel target pits and an entire "old town" set/range for cowboy action. I love shooting outside so for me it was an obvious choice to choose the club vs. the range. The club provides a place to go, usually by yourself without any disturbance and shoot at any type of target in a wide variety of settings. I am happy with what I get for what I pay. __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

06-23-2008, 04:06 PM	#4
Bob 45 XDTalk Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 36	Durango, CO $50 per year for indoor and outdoor ranges.

06-23-2008, 07:14 PM	#7
ivwarrior XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: central PA Posts: 58	I've got family memberships to 2 local ranges, cost me about $100/year total. Once club has a 50 yard pistol range, 50 ft indoor range, and we're working on getting 3 new shooting pits finished. Other club has indoor and outdoor archery, muzzle-loading area, 5 stand and a trap field, 50 yard pistol range, 1000 yard rifle range and a couple hundred acres for members to hunt......

06-23-2008, 08:26 PM	#9
Zetsumei XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vegas Baby! Posts: 512	Boulder City Nevada here, Our gun club is $100 for your 1st year and $50 to renew every year after that, it has many 100 yard shooting alleys, and a couple 200's 500's and a 1000 yard. It also has an area for shooting clays. The downside is that its all outdoors, with can be a little warm in the middle of summer. __________________ THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT HAS EVER REALLY FOUGHT FOR YOU, IN A FIGHT WHERE VICTORY MEANT FREEDOM AND FAILURE MEANT DEATH

06-23-2008, 08:56 PM	#10
jeepinbanditrider XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mineral Wells, Tx Posts: 4,836	Mineral Wells, Tx 150 or 200 yard rifle range, skeet/trap range, and pistol steel range. 60 bucks a year if your app gets approved. __________________ Stuff USPSA-A59201

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