How much would you pay for a good gun club membership?

[savagedasher]

Price for a membership would depend
On how much I was going to use it
And what they have to offer
Then how much someone has to spend
We have two clubs close one charges
$ 12 ok for non members to shoot all day
The other Charges $27.00
The 12 dollar is full and the other is
Is loosing money
The in door ranges we have three all them are full
And their price 12 to 15 dollars
We got 4 ranges at 15 that is successful one at 27 that isn’t

I assume price matters

 

[Milo 2.0]

At my age, I'd pay a substantial amount just for privacy or exclusiveness. A spread out facility where I don't have to listen to constant pistol or AR fire while wearing muffs unless I'm doing that same thing.
A porta-potty is good enough for me, as is a PU tire.
Pubic or indoor ranges are not for me today.
Just because you shoot long range and have neat guns and gear, does not mean I want to be 10ft from you while you shoot. Don't get me wrong, I like meeting and making friends, but until we are, I'm good.

 

[jghoghunter]

Any more interest in this thread. I enjoy reading about other ranges thru out the country.
Thank you

 

[velocette]

Our club was doing good when members was $100.00 a year and members paid $5.00 to shoot
And non member Paid $20.00
And we had a 1000 yard range
Now they lost the 1000 and raised the price
We are loosing money every month
I guess if you take away the product
Also loose customers
The answer is increased prices
Will get you more profit
Sure hasn’t worked in the last year and a half . Now the are talking to increase it again

Sounds like Manatee shooting club. I used to drive 3 hours each way to shoot at 1000 yards and was a member.
They raised the membership fee and the daily fee, shortened the 1000 to 600 (618 to be technical) Now I drive out there about every 6 months. Its a great range and they treat good shooters very well, not so much the less disciplined shooters (as it should be).
My local club is $175.00 per year with only 100 yard .22 RF rifles only and 50 yard up through 45 caliber non magnum pistol cartridges. But it has air conditioned meeting and club house, all covered firing lines and mostly disciplined shooters. We DO have a problem with yahoos, rectal individuals, etc that when no-one is there, shoot up the range. destroying target holders, wind flags and pock mark the baffles.
It must be a pretty good range because the US shooting team / Olympic training group uses the club to train at.

 

[paul castelli]

After looking further into the membership details, the initial $438 includes orientation, and annual dues are $210 thereafter. There is a waiting list to join, and orientation includes mandatory competency in shooting and safety. If you can't shoot or can't show that you know how to handle a firearm safely, they will decline your membership and partially refund your dues. Of course, they train all members (regardless of background), so it is probably difficult to fail the competency test. The 600-yd range has 20 covered benches as well as areas for prone shooting. Targets are lighted, so you can shoot after dark. 200/300-yd range has an additional 20 covered benches with even more areas for prone shooting. They hold sporter and vintage shooting events here, which I was just asking about on another thread. Unless the club is a bunch of rich snobs or someone else can think of a problem with this club, I'm sold.[/QUOTE]


I've been a member there over 20 years, it has evolved considerably. I can honestly say its one of the nicest ranges I've ever been to of the 20 or so I've set foot in. Not real fancy, like some I've seen in TX that struck me as somebody had too much money to spend, but solid if you know what I mean. As for rich snobs there are a few of course. And the UGLY BLACK RIFLE crowd is present and occasionally fully decked out with tactical kilts, because Portland. But overall no real detractions and worth the money in my mind.

 

[std7mag]

I frequently use the public range run by the Game Commission. Cost is a hunting license. It's only 100 yard range, but is in great shape!

Another local range costs $25 a year. 300 yards, with metallic silhouette on the mountain at 430 yards. The live in grounds keeper needs more motivation. Members do more work on the range than he does.

Favorite thus far is Reade Range. 1,000 yards of nicely kept range. $80 a year for family membership, but you have to shoot at least 1 match per year.
Makes it hard on my hunting rifle barrels, as i don't have a designated range rifle yet.

 

[skeeljc]

I belong to an Izaak Walton club. Only a 100 yard rifle range. There are four pistol bays. Cost is $230 per year. The good news is the club is flush with cash and looking to expand facilities.

The 100 yard range is nice. Covered benches, good side berms, electronic "cease fire" system and closed circuit cameras. Soon the closed circuit cameras will be accessible on the net to view the number of shooters on the line. It is not staffed but has a gate with card access.

 

[338 dude]

Since I'm moving closer to the West Coast, I started looking at the availability of gun clubs in the area. No one within a reasonable distance has more than a 100-yd range. There's a 1,000-yd range on the opposite side of the city, but that is an ugly commute. There is also another gun club that is closer and much nicer. Only problem? . . . First-year membership is $440, and it is a members only club. My current club costs $30 per year, and I almost never see anyone else there.

First question: Is it worth paying more for a well-managed and huge campus, all-hours staff, mandatory safety training for members, and the exact matches that I want to participate in?

Second question: Is this nicer membership going to be more like a golf club membership . . . but with guns, or will there actually be some normal people there?

The range where I am currently a member www.strategicedge.us is 225 a year and we have Steel out to 1250 yards also our clubhouse and classroom has refreshments available targets spotting scopes anything that you can think of really we have golf carts to go down range to check our targets very nice. There is another range the opposite way but equal distance that I have checked on but I’ve never become a member yet or shot there it is called K&M shooting center in finger Tennessee there’s been several high profile matches on TV at this range and it is 480 a year to be a member there it is a 2 Hour Dr. either east or west to get to these ranges from my home

 

[338 dude]

I'm in the midwest, and split between 4 other guys we pay less than that for a 2,000 acre year 'round lease.

Location, location, location.

Are you looking for any new members!

 

[338 dude]

Our 1000 yard club in PA. is $60. a year $660 Life membership that can be payed for in installments in the calendar year. We also have a 100 yard range, and a 200 yard rim fire range plus 600 yards. There are pits for the 1000 yards 15 benches that are covered and cleaning benches that are also covered along with trailer hook ups. I couldn't ask for more. But my commute is the worst thing 3 and a half hours 170 miles.

Joe Salt

Wow and I thought two hours to my range was rough that is stretching the limits of what I would enjoy

 

[Zero333]

East Elgin Sportsman Association

eesa.ca

https://eesa.ca/eesa-facilities/

300 meter range with 100m, 200m & 300m target berms, and 300m gongs. 11 concrete benches for either left or right handed shooting. Covered.

24/7 indoor pistol and 22 LR range out to 25 meters. 10 lanes.

100 yard range with 50y and 100y berms and 100 yard gongs. 10 to 15 covered shooting stations.

45 meter range for everything. Allows you to shoot as close as 10 meter if you like. It's good for 3 gun drills.

Six 25m private ranges for ipsc type practice. Can also use any centerfire rifle, so also good for 3 gun practice.

Indoor air gun and archery, 10 lanes.

Trap field, open to non members (and of course members) every Sunday 11:30 to 4 pm.

50 meter range, 12 Covered lanes.

2 different outdoor archery ranges.

Club house with kitchen, meeting rooms and stuff.


Individual cost - $ 340 ish per year. you can pay for much of your membership with community range work.

Family ?? don't know.

Dual membership = around $ 600, maybe less. can't remember.

Club runs on community service work... so prefers you work for much of your membership instead of paying full.

 

[Rustytigwire]

https://tcgc.us/join-us
Just got started.
Great group.

 

[338 dude]

Clunker,
Without knowing exactly where on the West Coast you are talking about, if it's Californicate, we have less than half the ranges available to shoot anymore compared to 10-20 yrs ago. So the problem for many of us is not a membership fee, its where a range is that can accommodate what we are wanting shoot. The range I belong to is a private range only five miles from my home. But the max shooting distance for score is 200 yds. If you want to shoot 1K, you have to drive almost an hour or more to get way out in the desert. And our range has been recently upgraded to handle NRA sanctioned shoots. But still the membership fee is a joke and I pay the "seniors" fee which is $48 and we have slightly over 1500 members. Now there is a Lions Club public range 18 miles away that is also an NRA sanctioned shooting range with a variety of shooting available including a western town setup for multi-gun competitions. But the long gun range is also only 200 yds. And that's a pay by shoot deal and there is no membership per se fee. SO I guess its all relative on what's available. Personally, I don't go to the Lion's Club range any more because the "City Slickers" have discovered the range and I'm more concerned about getting shot in the ars by one of these "City Slickers" than I am about having fun while enjoying the sport. Each to his own I guess.

Alex

Hearing what people pay the ranges available to shoot at targets and the like I have it pretty good it is a 2 Hour Dr. one way but I feel it’s worth it and my price is cheap compared to Many I see mentioned all the covered benches this that and the other two many to list at my range all benches are covered between the short range that goes to 500 and the long range that goes from 600 to 1250 there are probably 40 benches total all covered golf carts etc. we have a very safe automated system where once you take the key out of this box to go down range with the golf cart the range goes cold red lights can be seen at every bench it cannot be reset to go hot until the key is back in the box very safe we have rifle pistol carbine bays archery knife throwing area even a wobble trap set up too many things for me to list I’m sure I’m missing a bunch check us out at www.Strategic Edge.us we have 2000 members and a waiting list that goes over a year usually-and I almost forgot at the short range we have air conditioned and heated room with a bench and RCBS rock chucker press a charge master where you just bring your own dies prepped brass etc. and do load development right at the range

 

[Whisky Tahoe Foxtrot]

Since I'm moving closer to the West Coast, I started looking at the availability of gun clubs in the area. No one within a reasonable distance has more than a 100-yd range. There's a 1,000-yd range on the opposite side of the city, but that is an ugly commute. There is also another gun club that is closer and much nicer. Only problem? . . . First-year membership is $440, and it is a members only club. My current club costs $30 per year, and I almost never see anyone else there.

First question: Is it worth paying more for a well-managed and huge campus, all-hours staff, mandatory safety training for members, and the exact matches that I want to participate in?

Second question: Is this nicer membership going to be more like a golf club membership . . . but with guns, or will there actually be some normal people there?

1st answer. Yes it is worth paying to be part of a well run club. A club is important for what it provides as well as excludes. Some people are allergic to rules but you don't really want people with poorly built, fully loaded, and ready to fire guns "covering the entire range when they take their lethal junk out of a soft case that doesn't protect the trigger. Sure "we" all would never do that but after volunteering at hunter sight in days, I am amazed what people do with their guns.

2nd answer. Shooters are way more friendly than golf club members. A good club is all about education and multiple disciplines. If your west coast destination is Portland Metro, then the membership at Tri County is a value at any price. The people who run each of the shooting disciplines are very dedicated and help though with any level of experience.

The other range you referred to (if Portland is your "target") is Douglas Ridge and it features a large well laid out facility with a 1000 yard range. For some, being members at both makes sense.

You don't have to be a member to participate at either of them. The matches are open to non members with a small nominal fee. for instance at Tricounty TCGC 600 yd practice shooting is run as a match for $5 a night or $60 for the year. League fees are extra and you will need to be either a guest or member to practice. What is really cool about both clubs is the open nature the shooters have with sharing and assisting. You really feel like you are part of the group when you join either club as long as you aren't the person who can't follow the safety rules and wants to point your loaded gun where it isn't safe.

 

[338 dude]

When mentioning my range I think from the descriptions I’m possibly could be in the top 10% of range is listed but I am missing so much as I don’t do everything there you guys should check out www.strategicedge.us and click gun range to take the DRONE FLIGHT TOUR I love my range even though I don’t go as much as I should do to distance

 

[Ccrider]

Brock’s Gap is the closest to me. I have not joined but the fees seem reasonable. $150 application fee and then $300 year. http://www.brocksgap.com/members/membership-information-6-5-18/

 

[Link]

I belong to 1 club that has a roof, 2 benches 15, 30, 50 and 100 yds. = $15 a year
Another club has 15 benches a roof 15, 30, 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 yd = $40 a year.

 

[Lefty Trigger]

I was in one club that was $260 per year and they had pistol and rifle out to 200 yards. Problem with that club was "unlimited guests" so one guy would get a bunch of his buddys to chip in to buy one membership then they would all come and bring coolers full of food and drinks and take the benches all day. I dropped out for that reason alone (they have since changed that rule)
The club I'm currently in has outdoor pistol and rifle to 300 yards and indoor pistol (22 rifle) to 50ft. Cost is $120 per year if you buy access to both indoor and outdoor. All of the clubs with long range (600+ yards) is just too far away to make joining worth the expense.

 

[BenPerfected]

How many shooters have more than a few long range choices within a 50-70 radius? I feel fortunate that there are two ranges in North TX with multiple concrete benches that offer 500yd targets. One, has a 1000yd option for select/qualified members. Both require membership to join. I feel blessed that I can easily drive to either range within an hour. Being retired, I shoot 2-3 days a week & still complete the frequent honey-do list.
Ben

 

[jghoghunter]

Here where I live in Central PA. I live 1.5 hrs from 3 1000 yard ranges 2 300 yard ranges. 3 of these ranges are less than one hour from the house. 2 are 20 min. or less. The one 300 yard range is Wiekert where they shoot the short range nationals, a very nice range.