Greetings,
With the price of fuel on the rise and the fact that I must travel 350+ miles round trip to shoot a good club, I have cut way back on my trips. How is it with the rest of you? I love this game but it is getting farther out of reach each day.
Regards,
Boyce
It did last year---and more significantly than what has occured here lately. I just got back from just over a 1000 mile trip, the pickup gets right at 20 mpg, usually just over or under that. I was fortunate to find gas along the way from $1.779 to $1.799 with most at $2, so if I had been forced to get the $2 stuff that is $.020 X 50 gallons or $10, or two boxes of premium bullets, or probably close to two rounds of trap or skeet, for that much I can cut back on shooting while there.
But it's alot (55%) higher than this time last year. :x
The thing that gets me, it appears I am the only one concered with it, I sure can't tell other peoples driving habits have changed any----still driving 85+, wanting to race off of every light or at least try to impress you :roll:
The hard part is, everything you buy or do is being affected by the fuel cost as well, so living took the biggest hit.
On the news last nite, the economists gave their usual speel about how cheap fuel is compared to everything else----like people paying way more than that for bottled water etc etc. When I buy bottled water it costs $.53 a gallon :roll:
If you think gasoline is bad, try buying a butt load of Natural Gas :roll: :evil:
Several years ago, I drove up to the nearest shooting range (70 Miles round trip) on average twice per month. Now with the price of gasoline (2.00/Gal) I seldom go, about twice per year now.
I'll make it up somewhere else. Like fewer meals out, make more economical choices at the grocery store, etc. When you are truly addicted, you tend to make illogical choices, but hey we are having fun.
Petrol prices seem to be going through the roof worldwide roughly £3.60 a gallon in the UK at the moment, about $6.50 ? not sure of the latest exchange rate. Good job the UK is not so vast eh? :lol:
hi Roger
currently 79.9p per litre at the moment but could change anytime, I could not afford to run a 4wd either but fortunately our weather does not require one often. Fortunately there are four shooting grounds within 25 miles of my location so travelling is not to much of a problem.
NO. I usually log 6,000 miles per year chasing sporting clays. My old Tahoe get about 16 mpg, so I figure about 375 gals. per year for shooting. Gas at $1.75 per gal (probably would be welcomed by most drivers) compared to $2.00 per gal means that I am spending an additional $93.75 per year.
With the cost of guns, shells, entry fees, etc., if I can't afford the $7.81 per month of additional cost in gas, I should not be shooting at all.
Shooting, unfortunately, has never been cheap entertainment.
When home the club is a 10 minute drive so no big deal, when on the road it depends on how far the range is from where I am working but they are usually close. I'm in Islamorada FL this week and was in Toronto Canada last week so no shooting the last two weeks.
Well, we all make choices. You made the choice to drive a V-8, I drive a V-8 also, but in doing so I think I give up some right to complain about gas prices. There are many ways to make up for the price of gas, it hasn't gone up that much, surely not at the rate of inflation.
Be very carefull - your comment "it hasn't gone up that much," can lead to complacency - we in the UK said that when the papers said gas was going up by 20 or 30pence a gallon and it "only went up by 15pence" we thought we had got off light but it was a government ploy to lull us into a false sense of security as it went up again by "only 15p a gallon" and before you know it, it's up by a pound or a dollar and it very rarely comes down again. resist every price rise as best you can as we pay around $6.60 a gallon. Fortunately I have around 4 or 5 good shooting ground within a radius of 40 miles so we don't cover the mileage you do, but it's insiduous these price rises and slowly eats into your finances.
Dave, you are absolutely right, and the gas prices in the U.K. are out of hand. I hope we don't see that here any time soon. I was simply pointing out that if someone is going to ride in style they are going to pay for it. I'm considering getting something better on gas to ride to work and anywhere else I don't need the extra room.
Gas is cheap. Adjusted for inflation, it's cheaper at $3 a gallon today than it was thirty years ago. I don't give it a second thought. My beast get 12 mpg. Also gets me to the shoot first! Ha
Boyce,
Maybe you just need to go ahead and move to South Carolina, like you KNOW you want to, and you won't have to drive soooo far to shoot a good tournament :wink:
Good to see you back on this site Will. I'll see you soon.
P.S. You need to check out the course at Spartanburg Gun Club. It's very nice.
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