How long are your handgun range sessions?

[vortex0178 3]

And typically, how much ammunition do you go through each session? I'm talking about shooting when standing/unsupported, since I suppose benchresting a handgun would be less taxing. Just want to get a feel for the average out there.

 

I'll start - 1.5 hrs, 180rds total. Any longer and my groups open up due to fatigue and lack of concentration. I mix in snap caps in each mag too, to help cure my flinch, so that slows my shooting down a bit as well.

 

Edited to add: Let's keep it to service calibers - 9mm, .40S&W, .45 ACP - to keep it in perspective, since we all know we blow through .22LR like candy, and alternatively, would cringe at shooting as many rounds of .500 S&W...

[QuePsiPhiSmkr 14]

About 2 hours....

[Bully 749]

1 hour, 2-300 rounds. 9mm.

 

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[TJM 4]

300 rounds, mix of 9mm and 45, going back and forth between the two

[71ragtopgoat 23]

100 rds 45 ACP about 45 min. Would be shorter however I have to wait for target changes etc.

[reed338 11]

today the session was about 6hrs it was a steel match if you shoot real good it would have been 150 rounds but me it was close to 200 rounds . most of the time if i just shoot it is about 50 to 100 rounds i am good.i was shooting a 9mm today

[DevsAdvocate 112]

Of actual shooting? Maybe 20 minutes, with 10 minutes spent reloading mags. I always start with my .22lr pistol and work my way up to my service calibers... and I usually only bring one caliber (9mm or .45ACP). Go in, bang-bang-bang, and then leave. It's nice that RTSP is nearby and I can go usually once a week. Sometimes twice.

[blksheep 466]

Usually 2-3 hours depending....Maybe between 200-500 rounds...mix of 9mm, .40 and .45ACP.

[Adam 6]

Never really kept track of the time. Using the .40 I go through 2-300 rounds.

[tommy3rd 132]

with a guest, around 2 1/2 hours. by myself, 45 mins - 1hr.

[Rifleman1 32]

Typically 200 rounds in an hour and a half.

[RedBowTies88 41]

2-4 hours is typical for me, but i do go back and fourth between rifles and handguns. probably go through 3-400 centerfire rounds. and countless .22's

[RedBowTies88 41]

2-4 hours is typical for me, but i do go back and fourth between rifles and handguns. probably go through 3-400 centerfire rounds. and countless .22's

[farfromahero 1]

maybe 200 rounds in about an hour.

[AS350Driver 56]

Usually an hour, with 100-150 rounds.

[silverado427 10,738]

100-150 rounds of 9mm usually about an hour.

[Maksim 1,504]

Usually 6 hours with 3 mins or less of actual shooting, 100 to 200 rounds. =)

[deadeye74 5]

100-200 rounds and about 60-90 minutes. Depends on if I'm alone or end up talking with other shooters.

[zoid 24]

I really don't like going for anything less than two hours to make it worth my while.

If I lived closer an hour might do. I like to take my time and not rush though.

[One_crazy_dude 1]

2 to 300 rounds in an hour 9mm/.40 thanks to uplula

[MedicYeti 96]

Average is 1-2 hours an 100-300 rounds. It really depends on my specific goal for the trip. Working on pinpoint accuracy, accuracy under time, IDPA practice or just simple plinking. I generally throw dummy rounds in the magazines to look for flinch and to practice malfunction drills. I usually shoot 38, 40 and 45.

[PeteF 1,044]

1 1/2 - 2 hours. 450-600 rounds. Costs me 20 bucks gas and tolls and 2 hours of travel so I make a morning of it.

[zoid 24]

In reading these numbers this is why I never understood when people say: This gun is great, 100 rounds and no issues!

I go through 200 rounds in one visit to the range, under 2 hours. Seems like everyone else here does too. In my opinion

any decent gun should spit out 1000 rounds without problems with no major type of servicing or break in.

[MedicYeti 96]

In reading these numbers this is why I never understood when people say: This gun is great, 100 rounds and no issues!

I go through 200 rounds in one visit to the range, under 2 hours. Seems like everyone else here does too. In my opinion

any decent gun should spit out 1000 rounds without problems with no major type of servicing or break in.

 

I agree. When I get a new gun with intentions to use it for IDPA, steel or any type of tactical or competitions, I want to put 500 rounds through it. This also helps me learn the gun and learn it's ammo likes/dislikes.

[david8613 69]

i dont know? never really kept track, i know i always end up buying more ammo and range time cause i lose track, im having so much fun, especially when we go with friends, im in there awhile for sure...

[BlueLineFish 615]

Last time I went to OB I was there for 5 hours. Brought drinks, food ,guns and ammo. Who needs anything else

[Zell959 40]

I try to only shoot 50-100rds in 1-2 calibers each time I shoot handgun, stretched out over 30-50 minutes. My usual approach is to slow down my ammo consumption & and get more practice on reloads by only loading 1-5 rounds per magazine and doing 1 or more slide lock reloads in each string.

[Smokin .50 1,907]

I no longer find it necessary to plink or practice, as I'm involved in several disciplines (Shotgun, Black Powder, USPSA, IDPA, Static Steel) that hold competitions at least once or twice a month. So all I have to do at this point is attend those competitions. Some of them I wish I had the time to practice more, others I don't need to. Trouble is there's only so much time in a weekend and I have to pick and choose which one I'll attend as some run concurrently. So some are as little as 50 rounds in two hours (Shotgun) and some are a lot of standing around waiting to shoot for a minute or two in a 3 or 4 hour time span. Differs with each discipline.

 

Back "in the day" I could burn-up ammo with the best of them. Nowadays I just shoot the planned COF and call it a day. If I do get any practice in, it's usually a Match simulation, not just pumping lead without a reason. For Black Powder hand gun that's only 13 shots and you put the gun away. Concentration is key, and you'd better know what you're doing before you start or you've lost the Match before your first round hits the berm.

[M4BGRINGO 139]

I used to go shoot paper at my club for practice, that got boring fast! I'm with Dave, I get all my shooting in during competitions now, plenty to chose from.

 

I do go to our outdoor range from time to time to shoot my steel though, that never gets old!

[Sivl32 27]

Not long enough.... always run out of ammo sooner then I want to :-( but usually bout 2 or more hours. I like to set up clays, cans. and paper targets spread around the bigger pits in OB.