what i suggest people do, and this is if they can, is to get prices on a yearly membership at the local public ranges.
when a person adds up each visit, they can easily have paid for a yearly membership, then go past that for "free", until that expires. it could be 1 to 4 months of free range time, in the long run.
for instance, where i go, it is $25 per 1 hour of range time.
1 year lower priced membership is $250, but you can only go mon-fri, from 9 AM till 2 PM
1 year mid-priced, what i have, is $350 per year, but i can go from 9AM to 10PM, 7 days a a week. (more hours)
1 year high priced is $500, and same hours as mine, but gun rentals are free (ammo extra)
even if one only goes once per week, at the $250 price, it only takes 10 visits, or maybe 10 weeks of 1 day each.>??
and that membership is paid for, then you have what, 42 more weeks to go for free..???
when a member, you can go 5 or 7 days a week, depending on your membership, and in what, 2 weeks? you now will have paid off that membership, or 50 weeks for "free"