Vile Shadow
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- Feb 28, 2013
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Whats Peacemaker?Crap. I need to sight in a rifle before heading to Peacemaker next weekend.
Whats Peacemaker?Crap. I need to sight in a rifle before heading to Peacemaker next weekend.
Whats Peacemaker?
And that’s the kicker. Range badge is $225. Target holders/frames are not included and no target retrieval system on pistol range. Without retrieval system, you have to call range cold each time you want to change target distance. For the price of the badge, I would expect, at least, a manual pulley system.Easy to get, just join MSI and then get your range badge.
This is the time of year they close mysteriously every year for “renovations” that nobody ever knew about.Christ, no sign on the gates or anything. Just closed again. Would be nice if the current crop of anyone who manages the place older than 90 can pass to the sweet hereafter and join the modern day age and post up online somewhere about when this place is closed for some ignorance like mud or a dusting of non sticking snow or apparently today, where it is a nice brisk clear sunny day.
Haven't been to Hap Baker in years. When I used to go once in awhile, I never thought the fees for us in Carroll were too high. but $135 and $185 per year would be over the top for me here in 2024/25.This is the time of year they close mysteriously every year for “renovations” that nobody ever knew about.
JFC, I just noticed on the website the fees jumped bigly. Last year it was $15 per day for in-county, now its $35, and the $65 season pass is now $135 for either with no in-county discount (going up to $185 as of 1/1/25).
Sounds like they’re trying to go out of business.
Look at the bright side. with them more than doubling the current fee's, that will not sit well with many current customers. I expect the waiting list will be a lot shorter after folks see the new pricing.This is the time of year they close mysteriously every year for “renovations” that nobody ever knew about.
JFC, I just noticed on the website the fees jumped bigly. Last year it was $15 per day for in-county, now its $35, and the $65 season pass is now $135 for either with no in-county discount (going up to $185 as of 1/1/25).
Sounds like they’re trying to go out of business.
That and stay open past 4:30pm in the summer time. When it gets dark after 9pm, it sucks I gotta pack up to go home at 3:15. I just evicerated that practice in my Carroll County Parks and Rec Survey they’ve been pestering me to complete. Hoping that leads to a few more hours of operable range time.Look at the bright side. with them more than doubling the current fee's, that will not sit well with many current customers. I expect the waiting list will be a lot shorter after folks see the new pricing.
with raising the current fee's as high as they did, it would start to make sense for a $225 range badge that would actually allow you to shoot.
they need to go back to reasonable memberships and drop the daily fee shooters, as well as abide by the posted open/close times.
That and stay open past 4:30pm in the summer time. When it gets dark after 9pm, it sucks I gotta pack up to go home at 3:15. I just evicerated that practice in my Carroll County Parks and Rec Survey they’ve been pestering me to complete. Hoping that leads to a few more hours of operable range time.
Target frames are very easy to make and they do sell them there. $225 is still a pretty good bargain when compared to most other ranges. There is a pulley system but it is only used by a cow training outfit as far as I know. Not sure if you're allowed to rig one up or not.And that’s the kicker. Range badge is $225. Target holders/frames are not included and no target retrieval system on pistol range. Without retrieval system, you have to call range cold each time you want to change target distance. For the price of the badge, I would expect, at least, a manual pulley system.
In today's world , the pricing structure doesn't pay , to do a medium volume of shooting .
To amoritize $$ annual fees , you need to be retired , or live next door and have lots of free time . It's pricing out occasional shooters from annual memberships .
Since my first time at Guntry, I could not see myself back at Hap Baker except on a very nice day. With the new pricing, not even then.I did not particularly enjoy my last experience at Hap a few months back. With the fee increase, there's a solid chance I won't return there.
The range badge at AGC is currently $250 and will continue to increase every year. Add club membership and the requirement of many clubs to be a member of the NRA or other pro-2A organization and the cost quickly exceeds $325 yr. Then add in match fees that they also charge paid members and it will add an additional $100 or more and that is if you only compete in one match per month for 10 months. By the time all the dues and fees are added up, you can figure on about $500+ per year. Want to bring a guest to introduce to shooting, $$. If you are a senior living on fixed income, they don't care, they don't do senior discounts. All this and more are reasons why I left after being a member since 1979. You definitely don't want to know what goes on behind the scenes or how the board of trustees is so easily manipulated or how those "trustees" will lie to their clubs. Might sound like a rant but, it is all true.
In today's world , the pricing structure doesn't pay , to do a medium volume of shooting .
To amoritize $$ annual fees , you need to be retired , or live next door and have lots of free time . It's pricing out occasional shooters from annual memberships .
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