I live to shoot. Gas prices have decimated my joy.

[solv3nt]

Ya I'm in the same boat. I shoot for a living! Who else here can say that?

I think that's the boat I lost all my guns from.

 

[USMC1911]

My income is fixed, but fairly high. 130K/year. But the gas still hurts.

As for the ranch. I might need it as a bug out facility since we are on the brink of WWIII. It's also very satisfying owning my own price of dirt & trees.

Ya how can a guy get buy on ONLY 11k a month.

 

[sobo]

Ya how can a guy get buy on ONLY 11k a month.

Things are tough all over...

 

[Knobgoblin]

Ya how can a guy get buy on ONLY 11k a month.

Coupons ,
Senior discount ...

Sugar momma?

 

[Cavedweller]

I am available for adoption.

 

[oremike]

Being a Conservative Republican as I am, all you've got to do is be creative and set your shooting up as a business (or any other endeavor really). You could do gun and ammo comparisons submit aticles to magazines or set up a you tube channel. Then you can write off everything endeavor related. Yes you still have to pay the high cost of fuel but you can write if off of your taxes. $1.00 is like a $1.40 you didn't pay taxes on. If big business can do it so can you. This is what I am doing with my ammo business.

 

[Tlock]

Being a Conservative Republican as I am, all you've got to do is be creative and set your shooting up as a business (or any other endeavor really). You could do gun and ammo comparisons submit aticles to magazines or set up a you tube channel. Then you can write off everything endeavor related. Yes you still have to pay the high cost of fuel but you can write if off of your taxes. $1.00 is like a $1.40 you didn't pay taxes on. If big business can do it so can you. This is what I am doing with my ammo business.

That's the best suggestion I've heard all day!

 

[Unicykle]

It's amazing how these top echelon people don't even realize it and think they're lower middle class I guess they don't know what struggling actually means. One of my regular customers I have live in a 5000+ square-foot house on 6 acres with an indoor pool and a outdoor tennis court, two what I consider brand new diesel trucks a Mercedes SUV and two Porsches in their three car garage and by the way they complain your think the refrigerator was out of food and their food stamps hadn't showed up.

 

[Tlock]

It's amazing how these top echelon people don't even realize it and think they're lower middle class I guess they don't know what struggling actually means. One of my regular customers I have live in a 5000+ square-foot house on 6 acres with an indoor pool and a outdoor tennis court, two what I consider brand new diesel trucks a Mercedes SUV and two Porsches in their three car garage and by the way they complain your think the refrigerator was out of food and their food stamps hadn't showed up.

I'm traveling in California right now as a long netter just for the ot....CALIFORNIA!!!! I could be home with my kids but gotta make some extra cash

 

[oremike]

That's the best suggestion I've heard all day!

You do have to run it like you are trying to make money, rather than an expensive hobby. An example of this is if I buy a new gun, I need to make ammo in that caliber and call the new gun a text fixture rather than a new toy.

 

[Xmark1]

Sell your ranch.

Start looking for a similar chunk in tillamook County.

Have you seen prices in Tillamook! I would love a place there.

 

[Xmark1]

17 years in the same job, I'm topped out at 56k. I love my job, that's why I left a six figure income to do this. It's not all about money

I agree totally. Left $25k/month about 23 years ago because I hated the job!

 

[Xmark1]

Yeah.... I'm sorry, but at $130k per year, you're way above the median household income, which is currently around $65k or so.

That may be true, but the price of gas still hurts! I can't imagine the duress minimum wage workers face!

 

[Xmark1]

Are you using the ranch as an income source? If not, is it possible to sell it and buy something smaller but closer to where you like to shoot?
Were it me, I'd be out of Portland and on that ranch faster than a scalded cat. OSP wouldn't see nothin' but a vapor trail outta my tail pipe!

Did I mention I'm retired? I don't think I could survive another move in my life. There have been too many already. I want to die where I'm at. You will understand this wisdom as you become a senior citizen.
One thing I have learned is that a man can travel 10,000 miles and still be in the same place.

 

[Xmark1]

Ya I'm in the same boat. I shoot for a living! Who else here can say that?

I envy you.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Have you seen prices in Tillamook! I would love a place there.

Yeah, Rockaway Beach is all over the place on Zillow. Tiny lot for 50k , right up to a cool million for 26 acres of God knows what.

 

[ma96782]

Lucky you no live Southern California. I got this from my sister. She lives in L.A.






Aloha, Mark

PS.....maybe, one way to afford the gas prices is to invest in some stocks like: XOM, CVX, DVN, etc..... etc.....

 

[Tlock]

Lucky you no live Southern California. I got this from my sister. She lives in L.A.

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Aloha, Mark

Im in turlock right now and I paid 6.89 this morning for regular gas

 

[Xmark1]

Being a Conservative Republican as I am, all you've got to do is be creative and set your shooting up as a business (or any other endeavor really). You could do gun and ammo comparisons submit aticles to magazines or set up a you tube channel. Then you can write off everything endeavor related. Yes you still have to pay the high cost of fuel but you can write if off of your taxes. $1.00 is like a $1.40 you didn't pay taxes on. If big business can do it so can you. This is what I am doing with my ammo business.

Lucky you no live Southern California. I got this from my sister. She lives in L.A.

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Aloha, Mark

PS.....maybe, one way to afford the gas prices is to invest in some stocks like: XOM, CVX, DVN, etc..... etc.....

Somehow, I don't feel lucky paying $5.56 a gallon either!

 

[Xmark1]

Im in turlock right now and I paid 6.89 this morning for regular gas

I have seen gas signs in Ca for $7.99 Gal.