Hong Kong Gun Club membership....only $98,000

Rembrandt

I'm thinking about taking all my gun collection and starting up a shooting range in Hong Kong.....read this and you'll understand why.... http://hk-imail.singtao.com/inews/public/article_v.cfm?articleid=32136&intcatid=1 Stress-free executive happiness is a warm gun By Kelly Sinoski A HONG Kong gun club is calling for stressed-out businessmen to blow off steam by firing off a few rounds with a .38-special calibre revolver.Or if they want a little less kick, a .22-calibre or nine millimetre semi-automatic pistol are available in promotional packages offered by the Phoenix Gun Club.The packages, ranging from $1,600 to $2,100 per person, are aimed at bolstering the club's membership.``I like people to have a chance to feel what it's like to shoot a real gun and ammunition,'' director Benny Yam said.``It's a great way to relieve stress. When you're shooting you only think of the gun and ammunition and nothing else.''The club, which has been operating Hong Kong's only indoor shooting range for seven years, is hoping to fire up businessmen by offering them a different way to relieve pressure.The packages offer between 12 and 20 rounds and teach entrepreneurs gun handling as well as target shooting at the club's indoor range, on the first floor of a commercial building near Tiger Balm Gardens, Causeway Bay.If they were really interested, Yam said, they could shell out $98,000 for a membership. Most members are businessmen, including lawyers and bank executives. The club has blitzed south Hong Kong Island with promotional offers and plans to cover the rest of the territory soon. Yam said guns had a much-maligned reputation and many regarded them only as a ``very dangerous killing weapon''. But his defence is that you can kill someone with a golf club and, if people are trained properly, shooting can be an exciting sport.``Everyone has a desire to be around real guns but whether they're willing to spend the money is a different matter,'' he said. ``When you grow up and succeed in business, you can drive a super car, play golf or tennis ... why not play with a real gun?'' 6 April 2002 / 12:19 AM

Mercury

Thats about right for HK........ungodly expensive place. I go there for business once in a while........ugh!So crowded it will blow your mind. So expensive it'll make you retch. I can't imagine how hard it would be to get guns/ammo there.......must have to bribe a LOT of people. Merc

njretcop

98,000 for a club membership, are they crazy?The Central Rifle and Pistol Club of NJ only charges 96,000 and they're a hulla lot closer -Charlie the non-member

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Rembrandt

$2,100 for 20 rounds looks pretty reasonable compared to the $98,000 membership.......and I thought Colt SAA's were getting high priced, they're cheap compared to the ammo and range time....maybe we could pass off some Jenning's to these gun hungry people... [This message has been edited by Rembrandt (edited 04-06-2002).]