I've been really wanting to go to the Big Sandy Machine Gun Shoot for a few years now. I mean, come on, Machine guns, explosions, tanks? What's not to love?

It's this weekend and I just found out yesterday that it is THIS weekend. So here I am sitting on the fence. Pay 45 dollars a night for a shitty motel about an hour away to go and experience something that not a whole lot of people outside of the military get to experience. But at the same time, it's such short notice and they do hold them twice a year. The next one will be in Spring sometime.

Now to my finances. I don't have a whole lot of money saved up yet. 90 bucks for 2 nights isn't bad, but I'll need food and fuel too. Not to mention it's 25 dollars to get in, plus more if I want to rent a machine gun. But I could come back with amazing photos, and there is also a night shoot where everyone is running tracers. I figure that a long exposure of that would be phenomenal.

So what do you guys think?

What kind of budget are you running on?

I get paid friday, that's an extra 600ish in my account after taxes.

But I have to make my paycheck last two weeks to stay safe in my mind.

Quote from: Kernel Kraut on October 18, 2015, 11:47:57 PM

Quote from: Epsira on October 18, 2015, 11:42:14 PM

What kind of budget are you running on?

I get paid friday, that's an extra 600ish in my account after taxes.

But I have to make my paycheck last two weeks to stay safe in my mind.

How much are your weekly expenditures?
Will you rent a machine gun (oddest question I've asked all day)?

I can exist on +- 50 dollars a week. That covers my fuel and what ever I need to get.

Rental is really tempting. It's not a once in a lifetime experience, but it'd be tough to pass it up.

Just booked my hotel.

You guys ready for photos and video of Machine guns, canons, and possibly an M-18 Hellcat? Maybe even some video and long exposure of the night shoot with tracers.

Good choice man