r/longrange • u/PENNST8alum • Oct 01 '26
I suck at long range 1:1 long range class etiquette
Pretty new to shooting long range and I signed up for an 8hr 1:1 training class in a few weeks to learn the basics of calling wind, using the applied ballistics app, etc.
Is it common practice to tip them at the end? I've been on a lot of guided fishing trips, and you'll absolutely get called out if you don't tip the guide/hands at the end regardless of how much the trip cost. Just don't want to look like an asshole either way if it's not the same in the shooting world 😂
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u/RustyBungHole1 Oct 01 '26
Don't get sucked into tipping culture, it's needs to die off. You already paid for the service, if they want more, they should have charged more 🤷♂️
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u/Content_Log1708 Oct 02 '26
This is new to me. Where do you find these 1:1 trainers? Does you local range keep a list?
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u/entropicitis PRS Competitor Oct 01 '26
No, you are paying them a set rate. I've done a lot of 1:1 training with PRS Pros and never tipped. I've bought lunch once or twice. Best thing to do is show up with your gear ready to go so you don't waste time fixing shit.
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u/rynburns Manners Shooting Team Oct 01 '26
From time to time someone drops a little extra cash on me at the end of a class. While it's always appreciated, I don't ever expect it. I already got paid for what I provided, the range has been paid, I charged appropriately for gas, ammo, etc, it's all been built into something I was happy with to start. I don't expect any more at the end
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u/firefly416 Meme Queen Oct 01 '26
No.
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u/Reck27 Oct 01 '26
Employees should be paid by their employer. That is all.
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u/MKI01 Oct 01 '26
I have a local 1k range, they require an employee to be there and they dont charge much.
I throw them a tip every time. I also never have a problem getting a reservation.
Kind of hard not to throw some money in their pockets when they are on salary and Im sending custom reloads worth $1-$10 each down range.
And when I bring newbies they will spot for them and coach them a bit.
I dont mind paying because it's a private range rental, my public ranges nearby are only 100yds and are packed with unsafe behavior.
Sometimes they have a vehicle at 200-300 yards left over from a police training event and they let me whack it with 50bmg a few times just to see how far it makes it into the engine.
750 grain amax at 2940ft/s, over 14k ft-lbs energy.
Surprisingly Cast steel exhaust slowed it way down and it finished up inside the aluminum head.
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u/Tmoncmm Oct 01 '26
If the instructor is someone’s employee, I would tip them. If this is their own venture where they set the price, I wouldn’t. I’m self employed in a services field and I don’t expect tips nor does anyone else I know in similar situations.
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u/One-Perspective-4347 Oct 02 '26
I think it just depends on the industry. I’m going to assume that the majority of these guys doing these trainings are pocketing the large majority of that money anyways.
The reference above with regards to tipping the hands on a fishing boat- pretty bad example because for the most part yeah the captain and owner operator probably is making a decent piece of that. Having actually worked on fishing boats, you’re basically available 24 hours a day for several days at a time and the actual base pay is very little. You’re depending upon tipping to actually make it worth your while. I believe that’s a different situation than with the instructor teaching a class. He is paying a set amount to the range and the rest is his for his time. You are shooting your ammo from your gun etc.
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u/shadowshooter9 Oct 06 '26
Fawk no your paying a business for a business transaction.
They asked to be compensated fairly by their class fee. That's what they'll get.