Costs

It wasn't me!

Shooting is an expensive sport, so I'm just wondering, how much you estimate it'd cost you for your various different shooting habits, both individually and in total, so just for the sake of discussion, anyone care to give some figures, and the calibre and level they're shooting?

I'm extrapolating, as I'm shooting less than a year, but, leaving aside the cost of the gun itself (whole other ballgame, thinking more ongoing costs here), I'd probably run up:

FAC: €38
Ammo: estimate around 5-6000 rounds, at around €15 a hundred, so €750 to €900
Club Membership: €170

That's all I can think of at the moment, but yeah, it works out at a fair chunk. Hopefully cut ammo costs by some margin if limit increase comes through. Shooting only smallbore target rifle by the by.

Sparks

Licences: €38x3
Ammo: €12x20 or so, depending
Travel: thousands, depending on the year (last year was the GB Jrs in Bisley and the Kuortane trip, so it was light - €3k only at the most)
Club membership: €120
NTSA membership: €20 or whatever it was last year
Misc stuff (meaning time, small expenses I've forgotten, that sort of thing) - probably several times the total so far.

Thing is, air and smallbore are small change for operating costs, but major change for capital costs. My rifles/pistol and kit come to around about €7k all told, maybe more.

johngalway

2x rifle licences
1x shotgun licence
32Euro per 20 for .223 rounds. Probably shoot (guess) 5-600 rounds a year.
7.50 Euro per 50 .22lr rounds. Probably shooting 1,000 rounds a year.
I have no idea how much shotgun carts are as I don't buy many, shoot a handful of carts.

They would be my "running costs" besides cleaning products.

If you ask me how much all my rifles and gear cost me you'll just make me cry.

It wasn't me!

johngalway wrote: »

If you ask me how much all my rifles and gear cost me you'll just make me cry.

Heh. I left it out for a reason. That said, with my top class target rifle for €650, I think I came out of that one better than most.

pullandbang

FAC - €32 - I think
Cartridges - 5,000 pa @ €200 / 1000 approx = €1,000
ICPSA membership - €125
ICPSA Coaching affiliation - €150
3 x Gun Club Memberships - €200 approx
About 30 registered shoots pa @ €40 each = €1200
God knows how many practice shoots and flappers = €????
Annual trip to Krieghoff Classic in Wales = €150 entry fee, €120 ferry, €150 hotel, €300 alcohol. Total = €720 - and that's next week:):)
Annual trip to Homes Countries International & British Open 4 out of every 5 years - nearly the same as above! €700

All in all about €4500:eek::eek::eek:

Jesus H Christ.....I better delete this before the wife sees it!

IRLConor

This year so far:

Club Membership: €4 (to DURC) + €340 (to TCD to let me join DURC)
Match fees: ~€150
NTSA membership: €20
NSRA membership: £69.00
FAC: €38
Ammunition: ~€40 (most of my ammunition is free)

Total: Less than €700

jwshooter

pullandbang wrote: »

FAC - €32 - I think
Cartridges - 5,000 pa @ €200 / 1000 approx = €1,000
ICPSA membership - €125
ICPSA Coaching affiliation - €150
3 x Gun Club Memberships - €200 approx
About 30 registered shoots pa @ €40 each = €1200
God knows how many practice shoots and flappers = €????
Annual trip to Krieghoff Classic in Wales = €150 entry fee, €120 ferry, €150 hotel, €300 alcohol. Total = €720 - and that's next week:):)
Annual trip to Homes Countries International & British Open 4 out of every 5 years - nearly the same as above! €700

All in all about €4500:eek::eek::eek:

Jesus H Christ.....I better delete this before the wife sees it!

PMA .MY MAN YOU MIGHT WIN IT AND COVER THE YEARS SHOOTING

Bananaman

This is all off the top of my head so I may have forgotten some stuff and may not be that accurate but should be close.

As with everyone else this does not cover my startup costs for security, firearms, memberships, initial kit but just covers approx. annual running costs.

Club Membership - €120
CAI Insurance - €50 (I think, can't remember)

Pistol (Centrefire)

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FAC = €38 I think
PSNI FAC = €20 I think
IPSA Membership + Insurance = €50
~200 Rounds a week @ €12/50 = ~€2500
Competition Entries = ~€500
Domestic Trips - 10 x €100 = ~€1000
Foreign Trips - 2 x €500 = ~€1000
Random kit/books/dvds/cleaning stuff = ~€500
Subtotal: ~€5600

Pistol (Rimfire)

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Don't have one and have not really shot any in at least a year so leaving out for this.

Shotgun

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FAC - €38 I think
~100 rounds per week @€;10/50 = ~€1000
~100 clays per week @€;15/50 = ~€1500
Random kit/cleaning stuff = ~€100
Hunting Trip abroad - ~€500
Subtotal: ~€3100


Total: ~€9000 = ~€180/week
(Only 50 weeks - no shooting on my summer holidays for two weeks )

I've only been sniffing at the smallbore stuff of late but am thinking of getting back into that. A few guys in the club shoot well in it and could do with some competition

I also have a bit of a hankering for getting into some centrefire rifle but am waiting for a range to do it on.

As with everyone else I think it best that the Mrs. doesn't get wind of this :-)

B'Man