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I use my rifle(s) for Big Game hunting only and shoot less tha 50 rounds per year 23 27.06%
I use my Big Game rifle(s) for all types of hunting and shoot less than 200 rounds per year 11 12.94%
I shoot my centerfire rifles more than 1000 rounds per year 11 12.94%
I load all or most of my own ammunition. 40 47.06%
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Old 07-20-2017, 03:11 PM
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Default Poll : Big Game rifle shooting/Trigger time

I use my Big Game rifle(s) for hunting only and shoot less than 50 rounds per year.

I use my rilfe(s) for hunting, target and Varmint shooting and shoot less than 200 rounds per year.

I shoot my rifles for all types of shooting and shoot more than 1000 rounds per year.

I handload most of my ammunition.
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Old 07-20-2017, 03:30 PM
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I have two answers ...one of which is that I handload...but don't you want to know the number of rounds as well?
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Old 07-20-2017, 09:20 PM
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I handload for everything. My hunting rifles only get shot about 50rounds/year. My target rifles get shot a 1000+.
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Old 07-20-2017, 11:32 PM
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Unfortunately the poll is asking two separate questions. I hand load everything but .22, shoot probably 500-1000 rounds a year.
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Old 07-20-2017, 11:45 PM
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Load all my own ammo and am probably well north of 1000 rounds of centerfire a year. Now if we added handgun ammo to that list...
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Old 07-21-2017, 05:37 AM
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I fire well over 1000 rounds through my centerfire hunting rifles and I handload all my own ammo
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Old 07-21-2017, 06:09 AM
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Default wide variance here!

I may shoot one gun two hundered times in the course of sighting in and load development, but not sure if I shoot over a thousand rounds a year. Every time I go to the range I take multiple guns so there is always something cooling down. Pretty easy to shoot fifty or eighty rounds at a sitting, but I dont get out as much as I would like to. Actual rounds in the field are less than five for the season usually. (Big game;not counting coyotes)
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Old 07-21-2017, 07:40 AM
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If I didn't handload I wouldn't be able to shoot +1000 rounds a year
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Old 07-21-2017, 08:11 AM
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I handload and I budget for around $200 a month for powder/bullets.
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Old 07-21-2017, 08:18 AM
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I load all or most of my own ammunition.
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Old 07-21-2017, 08:26 AM
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The poll made me think about how much I am shooting now, and it is a lot less than a couple of years ago. Since deciding not to chamber 4 - 5 barrels a year (only 2 this year and no more contemplated), and letting work get in the way...my round count is down. Now, I typically load a dozen and shoot only two groups during a session...about two hundred times a year.
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Old 07-21-2017, 10:33 AM
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Roll all my own ammo, factory only gets bought to break in new rifles and provide brass to get started with.......not sure if I shoot 1000+ per year but it may be getting close!
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Old 07-21-2017, 01:02 PM
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No option between 200-1000?
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