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If you have not checked out the fees for NEW ORA MEMBERS see the ORA web page www.ontariorifleassociation.org Click on the "Join Now" tab then click on "new member forms" tab.

Here is a quick run down of the fees for new members only.
Basic membership $130. If you are over 65 years old deduct $30. So you get your first year membership for $100. Yes we know you are on a fixed income:p

If you are under 25 years old deduct $105:eek: Where can you get a membership for $25? Yes we know you may be a starving student, paying off student loans, starting a new job and or family:cool:

Now if you only plan to shoot at Cedar Springs or Kingston (not both) you can deduct another $10.

So, if you are a first time member and old fart, and only want to shoot at Cedar Springs or Kingston your membership will cost you $90

If you are under 25 years old and only want to shoot at Cedar Springs or Kingston, you are in for the $15. About the price it will cost you to take your girlfriend out to McDonalds.:cool:
 
at least I'm not an old fart :dancingbanana: , but just left that starving student fee :slap:

I'll be sending my application by the end of this week, plus got my buddy to sign up as well :)
 
I have been thinking we (BCRA) should be doing this for an across the board price of $25 a year for a shooters first year of membership. I am taking it to the AGM as one of the items this year, we'll see how it turns out.
 
Mike,
This membership is very basic (no voting rights). It can be upgraded to full ORA/DCRA if by chance you are bitten really bad, and decide to shoot the DCRA CFRC.
Juniors do need a break when it comes to membership fees as they are the future of the sport. Mom and Dad can look at it as a cheap alternative to hockey. Now all we need to do is to get every member to buy a membership for a Junior they know. I can see the soccer moms now shielding their kids for evil guns:runaway:
I am stuck in the middle with no discounts for at least another 19 years:bangHead:
 
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Is there handgun shooting in Kingston?
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Sure if you think it will work at 300, 500 and 600 yards.:p

On that note, any club sponsored ATT is not valid for DND ranges. Once full membership is paid to the ORA, you can apply for a seperate ATT through the ORA that is good for all DND ranges in Ontario.
 
maynard said:
If you have not checked out the fees for NEW ORA MEMBERS see the ORA web page www.ontariorifleassociation.org Click on the "Join Now" tab then click on "new member forms" tab.

Here is a quick run down of the fees for new members only.
Basic membership $130. If you are over 65 years old deduct $30. So you get your first year membership for $100. Yes we know you are on a fixed income:p

If you are under 25 years old deduct $105:eek: Where can you get a membership for $25? Yes we know you may be a starving student, paying off student loans, starting a new job and or family:cool:

Now if you only plan to shoot at Cedar Springs or Kingston (not both) you can deduct another $10.

So, if you are a first time member and old fart, and only want to shoot at Cedar Springs or Kingston your membership will cost you $90

If you are under 25 years old and only want to shoot at Cedar Springs or Kingston, you are in for the $15. About the price it will cost you to take your girlfriend out to McDonalds.:cool:
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...so in other words, the fee schedule is still just as complicated as ever, if you're an average aged guy that wants to shoot mid to long range occasionally. Do you still require a DCRA membership as well?
 
pmt said:
...so in other words, the fee schedule is still just as complicated as ever, if you're an average aged guy that wants to shoot mid to long range occasionally. Do you still require a DCRA membership as well?
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No the membership fee schedule is MORE complicated now that someone tried to simplify it.:rolleyes:


The basic membership including the activity fee and liability insurance through the DCRA is $130 for first year members. If you are not a first year member and only want the basic membership is it $160.
 
I have two (very entry level) rifles being prepared for F class this year, so one of my boys will be shooting with me. Maybe two.

We'll see which shooting sport bites them more, IPSC, Skeet or F class.

:D
 
Come on Viper7, you know iron sights and slings is where the real shooting game begins. What I wouldn't give for a set of young eyes again.
The kids are just going to have to get jobs if they want to play IPSC and skeet too:p
 
maynard said:
Come on Viper7, you know iron sights and slings is where the real shooting game begins. What I wouldn't give for a set of young eyes again.
The kids are just going to have to get jobs if they want to play IPSC and skeet too:p
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Boy do I ever agree. Funny though, my attention span at 13 must have been longer.

Also, given that one is hot for IPSC and the other for Skeet, I thought F class would be a better entry-level long range sport.

If they really get hooked, then it's jackets and slings for sure.

One of the rifles is keeping the TR front sight on and hopefully I can find a set of TR irons to line up on the weaver rail. Drop me a PM if you can help with this.

NSRA has a $20 junior membership - noobs still pay full $285 though. Not ideal, and I salute you for trying to get some new blood.

Getting warmer here...should have got those darn rifles to Sam sooner.
 
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Our Full ORA/DCRA is $260. As most new members are not going to jump in and shoot the DCRA matches why should they pay the full amount? You got to break them in slow and easy, not bend them over a slam it to them:dancingbanana:

If we take close look at the shooters that come to matches, you will see a lot of grey hair, if they have any. The sport on the whole is growing older with very little new, young blood getting involved. About 99% of these new shooters want to shoot F Class. Only about 1% takes up the challenge of TR.
Believe me I am not knocking F Class, it is keeping the sport alive. Some day I will start shooting F Class too, when the CNIB sends me a welcome letter:p

One of the groups that we are trying to target with cheap memberships are the former cadets. 50 cadets take the marksmanship course every year with the hopes of making 1 of 20 spots for the following years Cadet Bisley Team.
Once they have done that very few stick around. The biggest reason is the cost. Then comes school, university, jobs, wife, kids and shooting gets pushed further back. That is why we need to keep membership cost down, even if it means the PRA's and DCRA takes a hit $ wise.

The kids that come off the Bisley Team and even those that don't make it have had top notch training. They are much farther ahead than someone coming off civy street that wants to get into the sport. However now that Cadets are no longer paying for all the rifles, ammo, shooting jacket, slings, spotting scopes, entry fees and a free gun plumber, things cost too much.

I had a kid in my cadet corp tell me his parents would never put up the money for him to join the ORA because the cost of shooting was too expensive. This same kid not only plays hockey but is the goalie for his team. I ask him how much his goalie pads cost, his parents got them on sale for $600 that thought is was a great deal:rolleyes:
 
Thought I would bring this to the top again and add something I just read in the ORA Joural. If a non-member wishes to attend matches or practice dates and pays their $40 guest fee each time, after the 4th visit you automatically become an ORA member. Kind of a "pay as you play" deal without spending the money up front.

As I have stated before, Match fees are in addition to the guest fee. If paid markers are available for practices this too, is in addition to the $40 guest fee. All money collected for markers goes to the markers, nothing goes to the ORA.
 
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