Pistol shoot cost

kokanee king

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Howdy fellow shooters. Have a question or two and am looking for input from my fellow memebers.

My gun club is holding a pistol shoot in a few weeks and am wondering what is a good fee to charge for shooters? We have a $5.00 fee we charge for every non member to go towards range upkeep but am wondering what would be a good entry fee to charge without scaring people off. The shoot is BYOB (bring your own bullets) so there is no ammo sales involved. This shoot wont be an IPSC or IDPA just strictly target shooting at various objects other then ho hum paper targets.
 
kokanee king said:
Howdy fellow shooters. Have a question or two and am looking for input from my fellow memebers.

My gun club is holding a pistol shoot in a few weeks and am wondering what is a good fee to charge for shooters? We have a $5.00 fee we charge for every non member to go towards range upkeep but am wondering what would be a good entry fee to charge without scaring people off. The shoot is BYOB (bring your own bullets) so there is no ammo sales involved. This shoot wont be an IPSC or IDPA just strictly target shooting at various objects other then ho hum paper targets.
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charge too much and shooters may not show up. Charge too little and you may end up paying for stuff out of your own pocket.
 
I say keep it at the $5.. the point of the shoot is to bring more people to the range and hopefully sell some memberships,

the people running the event are volunteers so there is no cost there, the only cost would be any targets you have to purchase, you wantto make your money on volume, and hopefully sell 5 or so club memberships that people otherwise would not have bought.
 
kokanee king said:
Howdy fellow shooters. Have a question or two and am looking for input from my fellow members.

My gun club is holding a pistol shoot in a few weeks and am wondering what is a good fee to charge for shooters? We have a $5.00 fee we charge for every non member to go towards range upkeep but am wondering what would be a good entry fee to charge without scaring people off. The shoot is BYOB (bring your own bullets) so there is no ammo sales involved. This shoot wont be an IPSC or IDPA just strictly target shooting at various objects other then ho hum paper targets.
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Was thinking of organizing same at my club any suggestions for "fun" targets ??:dancingbanana:
 
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I charge $20 for an IDPA match and $5 for IDPA nights that we shoot, however that includes a hot lunch. I never figure we really take in any extra, just covers costs pretty much.

Greg
 
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good cheap targets that dont make a huge mess, try fruits and veggies, refilled bottles (plastic) of water.

have a 'duel' if all the shooters have holsters. on a target staple two balloons a foot apart. shooters stand next to each other and draw on a mark. first guy to pop the other guys balloon is winner, play it round robin style.

great for informal, as it wont make a difference if they have a 22 or a 45.
 
maurice said:
charge too much and shooters may not show up. Charge too little and you may end up paying for stuff out of your own pocket.
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I think you might have missed Mo's point. I think he's saying you should figure out your costs - targets, patches, targetstands, lumber, coffee, scoresheet printing, tent rental, etc. and then you'll know what to charge.

If more gun clubs and gun companies were run on a basic business model, there would be more of them around these days. We loose just as many to bankruptcy as we do anti-gunners.

Forget about making the event really cheap to attract the chiselers. Those chiselers you attract will only come back if it remains cheap; and you won't be able to afford that.

Above all else - cover your costs. If it means the price causes someone to not attend, so be it. Perhaps they will come next time when they hear about how much fun they missed out on.

The important thing is that there might not be a next time for them if you don't cover your costs. ;)
 
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Freedom Ventures said:
I think you might have missed Mo's point. I think he's saying you should figure out your costs - targets, patches, targetstands, lumber, coffee, scoresheet printing, tent rental, etc. and then you'll know what to charge.

If more gun clubs and gun companies were run on a basic business model, there would be more of them around these days. We loose just as many to bankruptcy as we do anti-gunners.

Forget about making the event really cheap to attract the chiselers. Those chiselers you attract will only come back if it remains cheap; and you won't be able to afford that.

Above all else - cover your costs. If it means the price causes someone to not attend, so be it. Perhaps they will come next time when they hear about how much fun they missed out on.

The important thing is that there might not be a next time for them if you don't cover your costs. ;)
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Nope, didnt miss the point at all. Had a meeting tonight with the other club directors and talked about this exact dilemma. We actually have pretty much everything donated for target construction, nails included. Paper targets were purchased years ago so that cost has been absorbed by the club back then. The price we have will cover range improvements fees and insurance per shooter. Food and drink will be there but thats an extra cost to all who attend.
 
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