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 01-10-2012, 04:53 AM | #21 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Flint, Michigan Posts: 344 |
My buddy is the range officer at the range that i frequent and the Gun shop gives the range masters money for each 5 gal bucket they can fill up or something or other so i just sweep up my brass and donate. __________________
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All you young whipper snappers and your new fangled doo dads have no clue what real construction is.......GET OFF MY LAWN!
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| 01-10-2012, 03:25 PM | #22 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 2,796 |
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I was recently at a range that had pull down cloth screens (see through) between the stations. You brass pretty much stayed in your area. I am going to put some kind of brass screen together to take to the range.
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We have the metal screen that only protects brass from flying into the next station. If you are tall and standing, brass will go over the protective screen. I normally have to sit.
Lately, I might go to the indoor shooting range locally and pay, since the outdoor range is basically a mud pit! |
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| 01-10-2012, 05:21 PM | #23 | Supporting Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 445 |
I have this problem big time at our indoor range. Two fold. Depending on the gun, a lot of brass can fly out of the booth behind you, and I have to watch out for scavengers or two types. The people in the next booth who, while sweeping up their own brass, will sort of accidentally stray over behind your booth and sweep up yours. But worse yet, the range owners sweep up unclaimed brass and resell it in their retail store. I've caught the range owners sweeping up my brass more than once. The answer is always "Oh, sorry, I didn't know you wanted to keep it". | |
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| 01-10-2012, 09:40 PM | #24 | Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 310 |
I would be pretty pissed off if someone came and took my brass, but I don't have that problem at the ranges where I shoot. Generally people always collect their own brass here, either to save it for reloading or just to clean up. | |
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| 01-11-2012, 03:04 AM | #25 | Supporting Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 445 |
Yeah. I don't reload myself. But it is my brass. I paid for its. And it's worth money. Once or twice a year I haul my spent brass to the recycling center and get enough money to buy a bunch of new ammo. | |
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| 01-28-2012, 03:49 PM | #26 | Supporting Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, CA Posts: 2,248 Liked 2 Times on 1 Posts
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I would politely tell the guy that as long as he was in front of the firing line the range cannot go hot. Get behind the firing line. I also make it perfectly clear that I keep my brass for reloading. If I am at a range that has no staff and there is brass all over I will scavenge it to beat Hell, but only during the cease fire, if it has obviously been left behind and not when there are other shooters who might want to keep their brass. Nothing wrong with cleaning up somebody else's mess and making a few bucks at the same time!
Was this guy even there to shoot at all? Maybe he is just a scavenger recycling brass. (like the guy collecting aluminum cans and bottles for the deposit). If that's the case he needs to be told about range safety. He might just be ignorant. | |
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| 01-28-2012, 04:09 PM | #27 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East, Tennessee Posts: 163 Likes Given: 1
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I don't reload but keep my brass in the hopes of learning to reload or cash it in .I recently joined a private gun club.I've had no problems with poachers so far .On the other hand when i went to the public range there was always somebody hounding me for my brass and it get's on my nerves.I usually just pick up my own brass but in the rare circumstances I'am alone i'll pick up whats laying around . __________________
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| 01-28-2012, 07:58 PM | #28 | Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lake Havasu, Arizona Posts: 2,643 Liked 2 Times on 1 Posts
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No chasing is one of the best perks of shooting revolvers. __________________
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| 01-29-2012, 04:24 PM | #29 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 157 |
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Was this guy even there to shoot at all? Maybe he is just a scavenger recycling brass. (like the guy collecting aluminum cans and bottles for the deposit). If that's the case he needs to be told about range safety. He might just be ignorant.
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he didn't have a gun with him that i saw, which just pissed me off even more. i got the vibe that he was there enough that he should've known the rules & at least have the common courtesy to get the hell out of the way __________________
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