Shots Per Shooting Session?

[Urban Coyote]

I try to get to my club's range twice a week and usually shoot muzzleloaders, mostly percussion, at least one of those days. I generally shoot for 1.5 to 2 hours firing roughly 30 shots.

On average how many shots do you fire during whatever your typical shooting session is?

 

[tenngun]

Usually about twenty for me.

 

[deerstalkert]

ain't as good as i once was, but am good for about a dozen . last time i fired more was when Zonie passed. that was a 21 shot day.

 

[necchi]

Typical? 20+.
That's just to maintain practice.
Anyone remember ole "roundball"? His was 40 rounds every Saturday morning at his local range.
He always planned to be there before anyone else, so he wouldn't have to pay the day's shooting fee.
But, there was never anyone else there to see how great his shooting was,, we'd all just have to believe him, and his great target photo's,,

 

[sheriff john]

B/C most all my M/L shooting these days is solo, on my range here at the farm, my typical target session with each gun doesn't last nearly as long as they did when we had weekly matches of 20 scored shots. When everything's good, punching holes one after another is, frankly, rather boring. 6-8 shots and I'm looking to do something else.

So....that's when the steel targets out to 380 yards get shot at, along with milk jugs, clay pigeons on sticks, dirt clods, musk melons, and an old air conditioner. Now ...admittedly the really long targets have never been hit, but still most sessions go on a long time. At least until Management (wife) has some previously-promised project she's determined is more important than me hitting a milk jug with a flintlock. 25-30 shots average.

 

[garypl]

Usually 15-20 shots per 2 hr session. I normally meet 3-4 friends at our club to shoot ML and we shoot a little, sit around and talk a bit, shoot some more, talk, etc. I really enjoy the social interaction as much as our friendly competitions!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

The best day of the week is Range Day…unless I’m heading out to go hunting, then the 2nd best day of the week is Range Day.

The number of shots that I fire is dependent upon what I’m trying to accomplish with my time, or what are the range conditions on the day when I’m ready to shoot. Nice Blue Bird Day, mild temp and no wind…that is Shooting Nirvana, I may shoot north of 60+ shots and be at the range from just after breakfast til near supper. Wind picks up hard, Ice Cold conditions or temperatures start melting my balls…very few shots. Maybe work a bit on Kentucky Windage. I’ll always shoot at least 10 shots.

If I’m working on Load Development and it’s early in the process…I’m pounding out 5 shot groups, starting at 25 yrds, then moving to 50 yrds +…and taking notes on powder, patch & ball combinations, snapping images for reference, or posting here. I may get in 40 shots at most…maybe even less. Lots of time spent eye balling groups and head scratching.

Bench work and tweaking sights…wow, that could be any where from 10, 15 shots all the way up to…I’m out of ammo and why is it getting so dark, what’s wrong with this fricking gun and where’s my extra 100 round box of balls. At certain times of day, the 100 yrd range is in shade, 100 yrds is where want to I sight in my guns…shooting at every other distance is simply working on sight picture, so that I know where to aim; and I know where the round hits at a given distance. Lots of repetitive shooting, written notes and mental imagery. My eyes are not what they used to be, each year this gets harder and harder…some days tight groups, 1.5” high at 50 yards will suffice. Youth is wasted on the Young.

If I’m working on trigger control, off hand shooting, basic shooting technique…I’m good for maybe 20, 25 shots before I’ve reached the point where groups start to open and it’s time to stop.

Some of the best days are days spent in the field, just going for a walk, shooting from the bag and picking random targets at unknown distances. On these days I estimate the range, take the shot…then pull out the range finder and see what the real range was, and shoot it again. When I hunt in a primitive fashion, I don’t take a range finder with me…I guess-stimate. In my opinion, this field work is pretty critical, when I get to do it…sadly not as often as I’d like…15, 20, 30 shots, good physical exercise. This is where I find out if a gun is a hunting rifle or a shooting range gun.

In-line with my previous paragraph…Woods Walks are the bomb, Nothing beats that high pitched metallic clang when a ball hits metal and releases its energy. What ever the course requires for shots, heck if it’s a Blue Bird Day, I’ll shoot it twice.

Smoothbore Sporting Clays with a smokepole, Skeet with a smokepole, Trap with a smokepole…that is so dang fun, probably 25 to 50 shots…until I’m tuckered out. Most people start with their gun shouldered…I never walk the woods, hunting, with my gun shouldered. That would be just weird. When I shoot Trap or Sporting Clays or Skeet…I start in a Carry Position. I’ll blow a few stations because of this handicap, but I’m more about getting hunting ready, than about some score on paper…I don’t eat paper.

 

[Sean E Bug]

for me it is about 20 to 50 in about an hour to an hour and a half.

 

[jdw276]

When I go to the range and meeting friends my objectives are usually to test something, shoot a different gun, old reliable and test maybe so shots are less. If a lube shows no promise i move on so when I meet with friends less shots. 10 to 12 maybe? With frineds is more about show and tell, talk about what we are experimenting with, sharing thoughts. When I go alone is is about getting to work, sight in, load comparisons with specifc goals. Maybe 25 to 30 depending on what I am focused on. With friends it is even practice some so maybe 15 on a practice day.

 

[user 49399]

Average about 40.

 

[dave951]

Depends on what I'm doing. If it's just a test for an idea, 20-30. Otherwise 50-100.

 

[oldwood]

I usually go alone to the range , unless someone is having trouble. I try to be done with my 20 shots or less , by the time the black rifle guys show up. All from the bench. Don't need offhand practice any more. I did that 30 + years ago. My objective is just keep loading and shootin". Omnicron virus kept me away for solid three weeks , and then more , due to nurse maiding sick wife for another six weeks. No range time since April 1st. Starting to get real tired of being old , but many others around me are far worse off. Have hope that when signs of fall show ,I'll be shootin' , again.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I am a slow shooter, because I check everything twice! I do not want to have to pull a dry ball etc. I shoot 15-20 shots or so, and then its time to start cleaning up, which can take as long as the shooting?!

 

[ernbar]

I usually do a good 30-40 rounds in 2-3 hours doing loose loading with two pistols. I take my time but starting to use paper cartridges which cuts down on the reloading time.

 

[Rod Man]

10-20 depending what I am trying to do. I shoot on my own property. So if I am trying to dial a load in, or tinker with the sights, I take my time and just enjoy the experience. Now, if I decide to take a stroll and do some stump shooting upwards of 30.

RM

 

[OhioHawkeye]

never counted. ..whatever it takes to get the job done.

Our club shoots usually do the monthly competitions as 5 shots at each of the targets... normally a couple at 25 yards and a couple at 50 yards then add gongs and different things. so 20 to 50 for a day... normally right at 25 shots though.

 

[APG]

Normally I'll go to the range about 3-4 times a month. Shooting around 75-100 shots through my Pedersoli 1861. And another 30-40 rounds out of my Traditions St.Louis Hawken rifle if I bring it along, usually just once a month. My range is a 15 minute drive and charges a single rate for the day. Starts at 8am till 2 pm. Burn through a bit of lead and powder but the way I figure all this may come to a halt so I'm going to get it while the getting is good.

 

[Tasbay]

Usually 15-20 , Would have been 20 odd yesterday if a Wild bore hadn`t walked out after my first shot at about the 350 yard mark and started rooting up the ground. Ensuing stalk with the flintlock took up some shooting time and the pig still got away without me getting a shot at him.

 

[BP Addict]

If I were practicing, probably 20 to 30, in five-shot strings. Sighting In could be 12 to 24. I usually shoot in three-shot volleys. If the range is empty, I walk out to the target and number each shot with a sharpie.

Walt

 

[BP Addict]

Usually 15-20 shots per 2 hr session. I normally meet 3-4 friends at our club to shoot ML and we shoot a little, sit around and talk a bit, shoot some more, talk, etc. I really enjoy the social interaction as much as our friendly competitions!

It's always great to shoot with someone else like a buddy!

Walt