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I would say 10 or less and that includes a couple of sporting clays trips. It is not for a shortage of ammo, I have lots and primers also.
All of my shooting was outside as I didn't want to shoot inside due to COVID.

I started doing part time driving for a couple of car dealers in the late Spring and they kept me busy. Several times, I planned to go shooting, but got a call for a job. It frustrated me the driving was keeping me from shooting. However, it was nice to feel needed and I enjoy the driving and the money is nice.

This year, I plan to shoot whenever I want as I don't have all of that many shooting years left.
 
Posts: 5725 | Location: Central Illinois | Registered: March 04, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Didn’t go to any USPSA shooting…no primers for reloading…then I got some in Oct. and had to cancel shooting for sickness, wx, family. Was gonna go tomorrow but it got canceled for weather.

I di go to the range using different guns and calibers…

It mostly my shooting was but below half of what I usually shoot



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Posts: 11619 | Location: Temple, Texas! | Registered: October 07, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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4x last year and that was it.
I wasn't in any type of gun store for a year with everything that went on and all the ammunition shortages.
Leg surgery earlier this year had me down a while so I didn't get out then either.
See what 2022 brings.


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Posts: 3652 | Location: The armpit of Ohio | Registered: August 18, 2013Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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50 or so shooting adventures in 2021. Just got back from the Utah desert for my first shoot of the year.
 
Posts: 7751 | Location: West Jordan, Utah | Registered: June 19, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Not enough. Ammo too scarce and too expensive to shoot a lot.

I hope prices come down.
 
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I have 75 acres here on the farm so I go out and shoot when I feel like it. I don't keep a log for any of that but if I am shooting my reloads I do keep notes for that.

I have been shooting a lot of 22's and recently my new Model 94 in .357/.38. I reload for that rifle. Primers are always a big concern so unless things loosen up in 2022, I will be cutting back on most all of it.



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Posts: 5215 | Location: Lake of the Ozarks, MO. | Registered: September 05, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I had planned to go shooting tomorrow with an old co-worker but 4-6 inches of snow by tomorrow morning, a high of 25 and 20-25 mph winds are making rethink my plans.

My club has set up a steel target range, combine that with a new old .22 single shot rifle that I got a couple of months ago that I’ve been wanting to try out.


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Posts: 8556 | Location: Livingston County Michigan USA | Registered: August 11, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Fewer this year than average. Only went four times. One was an all day out to 900 yards from various positions. The others were to take novices out. Once was to take an absolute first time beginner. She is a friend's 20 something daughter who it turns out, loves cowboy action revolvers. She prefers 45 colt and 7.5 barrels. Kind of much for a first timer so we worked up to it. She did well on paper and the dueling tree.



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Posts: 30115 | Location: Norris Lake, TN | Registered: May 07, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I shoot Skeet and it's a sport that requires a lot of practice. Went thru 7000 shotgun primers last year.


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Posts: 5787 | Location: Michigan | Registered: November 07, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I retired May of 2020. Really looking forward to weekends off, car shows, gun shows, a bit of travel, increased shooting at ranges, oh my what a wonderful life! Everyday is Saturday now!

NO. Covid. Cancellations left and right. Local gun show dropped and have to travel 30 miles to the nearest, at which point I'm five miles from a range, so I double duty it and shoot a new Canik in the cold mist with just Promaster mags to test them and it's all good. Nobody else there. Completely alone with a gun that has a SAFE trigger. Livin on the edge, man!

Since then, nothing. Ammo dried completely up, and like a lot of guys, we don't have ammo forts, we have a basic load to frustrate those who want to split up our gear. If it's an odd caliber Im not keeping thousands of rounds when I only shoot that gun for its hunting season. A few boxes of ammo made in the last decade will do.

Then I get Covid, don't die like I was promised, and now face the horrible reality: Shooting is EXPENSIVE and a rich mans game anymore. At least until we get prices back under 40c a round. There was a sweet spot where we had shelf stock at last years price but that's gone now. I saw prices recently jumped and they certainly will as we go into the New Year - most corporations look at the books, in the day it was few percent, this time I expect 5-6. I've already seen Hornady jump $3 a box.

It might get better in a few years but for the most part I continue to see a decline in discretionary income until we fix our elections.
 
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I saw this thread and it caused me to look at my shooting records.

I am fortunate in having my own shooting range, although it is probably underused. In 2021 I logged 29 shooting sessions and expended 976 rounds through three pistols, all 1911's.

In 2022 I hope to do at least as much shooting and include a couple other firearms which I neglected last year.
 
Posts: 698 | Location: Ohio & UP of Michigan | Registered: April 18, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I shot around 50 sessions. I have an indoor range close by and can go by after work or on my days off. I did find myself shooting a lot more .22 and my bolt action rifles saw a lot more time.
Didn't shoot as much 300 BO due to shortage of primers for reloading.
 
Posts: 1242 | Location: Hampton Roads | Registered: February 13, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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For many years I went to the range every week and fired about 100 rounds. So roughly 5000 rounds a year.

For the last two years I cut down to once every other week and 50 rounds per visit. So last year I shot a little over 1000 rounds.
 
Posts: 1771 | Location: Mason, OH | Registered: October 19, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I try to maintain a once a month average or better.
 
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A lot less than the year before, which wasn't much even then. I hate shooting up my present supply of ammo and having to pay what it costs to replace it with today's prices.



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Posts: 1923 | Location: York County, VA | Registered: August 25, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I haven't hardly shot much at all in the last two years.
The fires from 2020 still have the area's I shoot at shut down.
A nice 100 yd range was put in for people to shoot at but no one can use it yet.
 
Posts: 1572 | Location: Portland Oregon | Registered: October 01, 2011Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Only a small handful of times, mostly due to ammo pricing and availability. Hoping to see ammo prices return to a more normal level, but not holding my breath.

I've increased my dry fire practice.


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Posts: 7655 | Location: Mid-Michigan, USA | Registered: February 17, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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None, not sure what 2022 will bring. Don't enjoy shooting alone and have no one to shoot with.

flashguy




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Posts: 27911 | Location: Dallas, TX | Registered: May 08, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Only around 25 times out this year but trying to make up with .22 indoors over the winter.
 
Posts: 3627 | Location: God Awful New York | Registered: July 01, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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In the last week I've been four times.

I reload for my .357Mag revolver-y thing, two diferent loads for .308, two different loads for .45-70, two different loads for 7x57 but only one for my 6.5x55 SE and 7.5x55 Swiss. Black powder? I cast for .45-70 as well as buy ready cast, but the load is waaaaaaay different. I cast for .451 Whitworth, .577, .58 and .585 and Snider @595.

If'n I didn't reload or cast my own I'd have to give up on all except my seven .22s.

I usually take two guns at least on an outing, but on a guest day - Boxing Day - I took four.

I usually go three times a week anyhow.
 
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