Norma brass

I’ve seen so many peoples matches end because of their reloaded ammo issues

^

I also shoot 10k+ rounds a year

#1 cause of issues

Bought all my gear during the last ammo crunch

10K total over all calibers?

That doesn’t include shotgun

But yeah

is that just matches?

It used to be more, but I’ve dialed back my schedule

Matches are less ammo intensive than practice

yea, but i wasn't sure how many matches you were hitting across multiple disciplines

so basically you weren't a sponsored shooter

I was doing like 18 matches a season (since the shooting season is short here)

Did some regional championships

I burn tripple the ammo in practice that I do in comps for handgund

Was getting pretty serious, but other responsibility have shifted the focus away from me going as hard into shooting for the last two years

5x on long guns

yeesh, must be nice to have a place to do that

There are places, you just have to find them.

I have like 3 places

I travelled up and down the east coast shooting matches

all the gun clubs around here are full of good ol' boys and charge extortionist dues

1 year probation, etc

so i havent joined

just shoot the public matches

It took me a while to get into local clubs

Volunteering can usually defray the cost or get rid of probation periods

yea, these places all complain about that

^^^^

and wont let more members in

Help set up for matches

I help with the matches i go to

Sometimes places like that are your only option

Kinda is what it is. It’s not easy running a shooting range.

have clubs saying "oh, well the 1918 charter says only 100 members, so we wont have any more, but you have to spend 3 weekends a month cleaning the club"

fuck that

also, they have senior citizen dues exemptions

so the old guys aren't paying anything

and are the bulk of the membership