The Range Badge for 2018 will be $180.Your level of involvement dictates which club you join and how much you pay for that club's membership.
Some clubs require you to attend meetings, Baltimore Rifle club's motto is "talk less, shoot more".
I am not an expert on the actual ranges, save for AGC in Marriottsville. They have you covered for all of the things you want to do.... You will have to qualify for them. Cost is 275 for next season I believe, not 100% sure.
So join a club, then get a range badge at whatever range you want to shoot at, there are at least two. I think.
Make sense?
Balto Rifle Club.
Isn't OP (given today's date) better off waiting for 2018 range badge availability?
Probably available in November, thinking probably the latter part. Not exactly sure how they work the November/December 2017 timeframe with a 2018 badge.
The 2018 badge (once available) would PROBABLY allow new member to shoot immediately upon issue.
Does anyone know for sure how the AGC works these late year deals? I know they do a "grace period" of time the other way regarding renewals, which is typically the month of January.
We tell our new members to hold off until about Mid-November and get the new year 'badge/sticker'.
Not to hijack this thread, but I was thinking about the BRC since aafg is a RIDICULOUS process just to plink every once and a while.
To verify I'm getting it right, to join up I'd have to go Jan 21st to sign up, and then can do my walk the 22nd, buying my badge that day. Does that mean I can get range time after that or do I need to wait some trial period or something? I'm originally from Calvert where you would just go to your friend's yard and shoot, so all this club nonsense is a little over the top imho.
I work as a full time nurse at the hospital and am back in school for my doctorate, so it seems as if BRC doesn't have much in the way of required meetings and dates from the cursory look I gave it. Anyone have any experience with RSO's the community and so on?
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Not to hijack this thread, but I was thinking about the BRC since aafg is a RIDICULOUS process just to plink every once and a while.
To verify I'm getting it right, to join up I'd have to go Jan 21st to sign up, and then can do my walk the 22nd, buying my badge that day. Does that mean I can get range time after that or do I need to wait some trial period or something? I'm originally from Calvert where you would just go to your friend's yard and shoot, so all this club nonsense is a little over the top imho.
I work as a full time nurse at the hospital and am back in school for my doctorate, so it seems as if BRC doesn't have much in the way of required meetings and dates from the cursory look I gave it. Anyone have any experience with RSO's, the community and so on?
Edit: I live in the heart of Annapolis pretty much, so if you know a closer range/option, feel free to shout out.
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BRC has a walk-through nov 19th http://www.baltimorerifleclub.com/membership.html
They are usually pretty good if you email them if someone is free they can do a walk through appointment as well.
You might email them and ask the 2018 badge policy, since it is effectively November. I am not 100% sure what the policy is now, but you might just might be able to get the 2018 range badge Nov 19th and it is also good for the remaining few weeks of 2017. You can be shooting the day of your walkthrough so bring your stuff. I cannot recall how much the target frames are, I'd guess $40 and proceeds go to one of the clubs. They are not hard to build either.
I had read that, but I wasn't sure if I needed to previously attend a meeting to be able to sign up before the walkthrough. I guess I read it wrong and thought I had to attend the annual meeting and then go for a walk through, rather than doing one or the other. I'll drop them a line though, sounds like it might get prorated if I wait until November.