AIM at Blakely Ga
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They closed last year when the business went into bankruptcy. The matches held there were separate from the business; essentially making us "guests" allowed to use the facility for matches. When support for the range/business went away so did the ability to hold monthly matches. I hear it is for sale so anyone having a few million laying around could have a first class facility.
Sometimes we don't know how good we have it until we loose it.
Sometimes we don't know how good we have it until we loose it.
I knew from day 1 that range was first class. Then when we started using SMT it was even better. Site hope to shoot there again in the future
As bad as it is many don't understand for a gun club to stay opean they must have income . Competitive shooting won't provide enough .
Our club is private but opean to the public .
We have 800 membership and they only bring in 30% of the clubs total income.
We are opean 208 shooting days with a income in excess of $1,200 a day..
40 competitive shooting would gross the club
$400.00 to$600.00 a day . Simple math will tell you why the club is closed.
Competitive shooting wouldn't pay the taxes And insurance on our club.
I would like to offer those who put the shoot on all the assistance I can give if they-want a shoot in Florida . Larry
Our club is private but opean to the public .
We have 800 membership and they only bring in 30% of the clubs total income.
We are opean 208 shooting days with a income in excess of $1,200 a day..
40 competitive shooting would gross the club
$400.00 to$600.00 a day . Simple math will tell you why the club is closed.
Competitive shooting wouldn't pay the taxes And insurance on our club.
I would like to offer those who put the shoot on all the assistance I can give if they-want a shoot in Florida . Larry
They didn't close because of this. They actually ran a training facility there. We just were lucky enough to yse their range for our matches. Lot of effort from league members and director to keep range up and the pits clean and supplied. And target stands functioning.
The owners of the training facility went bankrupt
You really understand the mechanics of the shooting business. My home club is Gateway Rifle & Pistol Club in Jacksonville, FL and we have over 3,000 member families. I think we are only closed on Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. they are obsessed with the daily shooters but the books show that the income from the daily shooters ($15 for all day) really only supports the club store employees ( needed to check in and process the daily guys) and the RSO's in golf carts (needed to keep them from shooting up target frames, etc). Annual membership is $125 i think and there i a one-time admin fee. there comes a time when you wonder "am i running the business or is the business running me?"
I like training programs and they bring in money. Not volunteer instructors, use paid ones and get your money's worth that way. Run NRA Coach Schools and have Clinics, establish NRA Leagues so there can be nightly pistol shooting or International style Air rifle and pistol shooting. Kinda like a "bowling night" but not a wimpy sport like bowling.
get people motivated to reload and have regular classes and intermediate and advanced. Plenty of folks around any range to teach them too.
Thanks for a cool and informative post. most people will find interest in what it takes to be a successful range
Thanks.
We pay our RSO $15.00 hour Office manger
Around $250.00 a day . Or $1000.00 week
We are lookin for help to fill both positions .
Larry
We only have volunteer help. I serve on the board of directors and as an RSO. I am currently running for president. I also work at the range to maintain it. We have a very good range and only pay $65 a year for family membership. The range has 7 pistol bays with two of them fitted with falling plate targets, rifle range is from 25 to 600 yards, Muzzle loader range 25 to 100 yards, a hawk and knife throwing range and two bays for bows. We host small bore silhouette, 3 gun, 5 stand, first shots, cowboy action, muzzle loader matches and women on target. Twice a year we have public sight-in and hunter's safety courses. we also have three NRA trained instructors that hold training on the range. We have shooting covers over the muzzle loaders, one pistol bay and the rifle ranges.
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