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just how much do we spend on shooting?! shocking results!


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Well lads heres a quick list of all the stuff i have bought since january.

3 rifles 4 scopes and chrono lamp ghillie pellets and other bits and bats..

 

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roughly £2200 !! Lol this will be a lot more for others and a lot less for some people.

 

Dont get me wrong iv shot about 80 animals and had some good plinking sessoons. but it all boils down to a few rabbit stews and squirrel currys for £2000 thats a bit of a bad do isnt it hahaha

 

im wanting a new hw100 pump and bipod amd another panorama thats going to be another £1100 !! Lol oh then a bipod and more pellets!!

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Best not to think about it I find...

 

Another way to look at it is if you were to take up another outdoor type sport/pastime the cost would probably be similar. Getting into the lurchers as well as the shooting is another costly thing with kennels, runs, food, bigger car (extra diesel) secuirty systems etc etc etc.. the list goes on. But the same would apply if you were buying all the gear for camping/walking/mountain biking or anything else

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Tell me about it i find angling is expensive even more so when you start getting into the match fishing side of the sport

Yeah thats a better example... trick is not to get drawn in by the latest stuff, but easier said then done especially with fishing gear. Have spent loads on guchi looking lures and stuff like that over the years when i could of got away with using something i already had!

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Well lads heres a quick list of all the stuff i have bought since january.

3 rifles 4 scopes and chrono lamp ghillie pellets and other bits and bats..

 

20120820_145443.jpg

 

roughly £2200 !! Lol this will be a lot more for others and a lot less for some people.

 

Dont get me wrong iv shot about 80 animals and had some good plinking sessoons. but it all boils down to a few rabbit stews and squirrel currys for £2000 thats a bit of a bad do isnt it hahaha

 

im wanting a new hw100 pump and bipod amd another panorama thats going to be another £1100 !! Lol oh then a bipod and more pellets!!

Well lads heres a quick list of all the stuff i have bought since january.

3 rifles 4 scopes and chrono lamp ghillie pellets and other bits and bats..

 

20120820_145443.jpg

 

roughly £2200 !! Lol this will be a lot more for others and a lot less for some people.

 

Dont get me wrong iv shot about 80 animals and had some good plinking sessoons. but it all boils down to a few rabbit stews and squirrel currys for £2000 thats a bit of a bad do isnt it hahaha

 

im wanting a new hw100 pump and bipod amd another panorama thats going to be another £1100 !! Lol oh then a bipod and more pellets!!

 

Its bad when it all adds up, i

Well lads heres a quick list of all the stuff i have bought since january.

3 rifles 4 scopes and chrono lamp ghillie pellets and other bits and bats..

 

20120820_145443.jpg

 

roughly £2200 !! Lol this will be a lot more for others and a lot less for some people.

 

Dont get me wrong iv shot about 80 animals and had some good plinking sessoons. but it all boils down to a few rabbit stews and squirrel currys for £2000 thats a bit of a bad do isnt it hahaha

 

im wanting a new hw100 pump and bipod amd another panorama thats going to be another £1100 !! Lol oh then a bipod and more pellets!!

 

You must of sold some on though? i fear mine would not be far different!

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i got the lightning xl and was going to stick to it but i sold it to get the 97. then i wanted the 95 as an alternative / plinker

and i want a pcp hw100 so i have best of both worlds and if i get more serious permissions with a lot more vermin,

 

i agree with the fishing stuff i go (mainly carp) every now and again .. but match gear is a constant replace buy more type situation and i bet you could spend a hell of a lot on maggots pellets etc.. once you got the carp gear all u need is to top up hooks line and bait lol

 

and my mountain bike was 80quid my mate paid 800 for one lol

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a couple year back the 'going rate' that the sellers/consumerisum were using was hobby = 1000 a year at least.

 

thats how they were charging you in the figures and projections.

 

archery worked out cheeper by only by a couple hundred quid and that wasnt going to the hgher cost equipment..and making your own arrows up.

 

 

1k to 1.5k for a start off pcp kit and extra's..(new)

 

10 quid a box of pellets

 

20 quid fuel to get to my shoot

 

food water etc..

 

the end game was 1.77 worked out noticeably cheaper shot to shot than .22. enough to sway what calibre i'd use.. both calibersdo the job.(.20 if you can get a good set up...)

 

work out what your paying in the pubs a week if you still hit the town...here your looking at 50 quid or more if you take the missis out, and thats nothing too special, i used to drink every night of the week, bare in mind a pint was 57p when i started and 1.30 odd when i got sick of paying landlords every penny i could lol...18k in 4 years? yeh i feel sick about that alright, that was 2 houses!

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