I think it’s income dependent. Going to a shooting range and just tearing through ammo sounds expensive, and I’ve never done it, but I’ve known generational-farmer types who do it on a regular basis. They usually bring friends with them. I don’t think most people in the south have been to a shooting range, but it doesn’t strike me as terribly uncommon.
I think it’s a lot like having a boat. If you know a guy who has a boat, you’re much more likely to go boating on the regular, and if you know a someone who has a lot of guns, you’re more likely to go shooting with them.
Yep, not a ton of ranges in the south. Probably 6 in the 200 mile radius of me. They’re not that profitable, because everyone has usually land or a friend with land.
Live in the north where southerners flee to for jobs (still a shitty Red state) and the range is a regular for gun people. When I had friends that shoot, it was an every or every other weekend thing for the cheap shit, once month take out something nice to shoot that costs a little.
I live in the south and I don’t know a single person who goes to a range ever. I think you are exaggerating.
I think it’s income dependent. Going to a shooting range and just tearing through ammo sounds expensive, and I’ve never done it, but I’ve known generational-farmer types who do it on a regular basis. They usually bring friends with them. I don’t think most people in the south have been to a shooting range, but it doesn’t strike me as terribly uncommon.
I think it’s a lot like having a boat. If you know a guy who has a boat, you’re much more likely to go boating on the regular, and if you know a someone who has a lot of guns, you’re more likely to go shooting with them.
I’d say the majority of people in the states don’t give a hoot about baseball, but it’s still ‘America’s pastime.’
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Plus, being in the south, why would they go to a range? A friend within an hour probably has property where you could shoot for free.
Yep, not a ton of ranges in the south. Probably 6 in the 200 mile radius of me. They’re not that profitable, because everyone has usually land or a friend with land.
Yeah, we lived outside of town, so we just shot in the backyard.
Live in the north where southerners flee to for jobs (still a shitty Red state) and the range is a regular for gun people. When I had friends that shoot, it was an every or every other weekend thing for the cheap shit, once month take out something nice to shoot that costs a little.