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    CJ also has a training program for anyone interested from basic pistol, rifle and shotgun all the way through instructor..  These courses are taught at the club by certified NRA instructors for a nominal fee.  The courses are open to the public.

     

    I suggest you don't try to have everyone join a club at first.  You should wait until you are sure they are hooked on the sport.  No sense in having them spend money only to find they won't use the range.  The sugggestion to have them start at matches open to the public is a good one but it might be better that they have handled a gun prior to that.  You joining a club and bringing them as guests once or twice prior might be better.  You taking the NRA courses and becoming a certified instructor would be better yet.

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    You guys do understand that these businesses have overhead, right? Salaries,rent,electric bill, health insurance, etc. They pay these regardless if they are having a great year or a horrible one. How do they pay these bills next month when they can't get their hands on any more ammo?

     

    When supply is lowand demand is high, the market clearing price goes up. The retailer is just one part of the equation. The manufacturers did not increase supply. The public went on a buying frenzy. Pointing the finger solely at the retailer is somewhat dishonest.

     

    Do you guys remember what .22lr was selling for on Armslist and Gunbroker from the hoarders? Yeah, people bought it. Why should CTD sell it cheap so that others can turn around and triple the price? Especially when they don't even know when they will be able to get more.

     

    I don't buy from CTD because they suck in many other ways. I do not hold their prices against them as some kind of personal vendetta. They choose their market strategy and I choose my buying strategy. If I so desperately needdd .22lr that $90 a brick was acceptable I would have been damn glad that I could get it. At $20 a brick it would not have still been there.

     

    Don't like the prices? Don't buy. That's what I did. Mostly...

    I understand some markup but when the chains can continue to sell at a somewhat normal price (about 20.00 per brick) I can't believe the wholsalers are selling it to them(when they can get it) for a s huge a markup as the selling price reflects.  Tho9se shops are no better than the scalpers that buy at 20 and sell on line for 90.  They are out to make a killing on the shooters misfortune.

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    All I can say is that I agree they may waste some money at times.  I think this has improved with the addition of the last few new board members.  I am somewhat friendly with more than one of them and see what is actually being accomplished at the club since I do spend quite a bit of time there.  This is the nicest club around and poossibly on the East Coast.  The dues for what you get are very reasonable.  I for one am seeing many more wives, families and girlfriends than ever before.  This is contributing to our sport now and in the future.  I am proud to bring guests to the club.  The more members there are (about 3600 now)  the more maintenance must be done.  I know what it costs to run an operation like this from past experience.  I really don't see any wrong doing but what I do see are some board members that really care.  In any case the suit will prove who is right and who is wrong.  I am sure at that time the disgruntled member who started this will hold his head in shame and hopefully be sued for the legal expenses of a frivolous lawsuit so that we the members can get a reimbursment for the treasury.

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    I can see why.  Just look at the mess it leaves behind.  I simply hang steel plates from shephard hooks available at Lowes.  I heat the ends and bend them around so the steel is facing the shooter.  Works great out at the 200 yard line and you don't have to worry if your bullets are impacting the back burm because there is nowhere other than that for them to go from there.

     

    This also makes the targets easily portable.

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