Shivahasagun
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What about the primers?
I called a recycler about this once and it paid a few times more if the brass was deprimed. (Because they don't have to remove the steel from the brass)
What is it like looking for certain pistol brass on the ground at a busy range? Let me tell ya...
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I called a recycler about this once and it paid a few times more if the brass was deprimed. (Because they don't have to remove the steel from the brass)
twarr1
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One would think so! But invariably I lose about 10% of them
Charlie98
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Everything is BIGGER here in TEXAS!!! ...except places to shoot. The 2 very good outdoor ranges near me closed years ago... one is now a big apartment complex, which has me wondering how they handled the toxic dirt left behind by the ranges... and the other is just sitting there, falling down. As you say, everything else is private property, or belongs to the CoE, the state Wildlife/Wetlands, DofNR, is an easement of some sort, or is otherwise inaccessible for one reason or another. If I want to shoot often, I'm stuck with the indoor ranges, or I have to make the trip to Dallas or Garland. Woe is me...
Last time I checked primers are not made of steel. Did they change them without notifying me??
I pick up a lot from the range but I always pick up after all the other shooters leave so I'm not picking up something someone else wants.
The .380s look real close to the 9mm cases. I have too many of the 9mm cases already & try to leave the 9mm for others but if there are .380s mixed in I'll have to pick up all of them to sort out the .380s
Soonerpesek
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As far as I know, pistol and rifle primers are brass.....
The only steel I have seen (with a magnet) is in the cup of the shotshell primers.....
twarr1
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The anvils are steel.
Private outdoor range, nut roller and I pick up every case I can see. I average about a 5 gallon bucket each weekend. Lately there is too much brass on the ranges (a good problem to have). On some of the pistol bays you can't take a step without stepping on brass. I sell what I can locally but I'll admit I scrap far more than I sell (mostly 9mm and 223).
Revolver brass I shoot goes into a container. Rifle brass goes back into the MTM ammo box it came from. Semi auto handgun brass I don't worry about getting "mine" back. I find enough to cover what I may lose.
Revolver brass I shoot goes into a container. Rifle brass goes back into the MTM ammo box it came from. Semi auto handgun brass I don't worry about getting "mine" back. I find enough to cover what I may lose.
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Some do contain steel (have for some time) but probably not the ones you are thinking about.
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It’s not just Texas. It’s like that here too.
Third/Fourth generation farmers are losing their zeal for long hours of hard work at less than survival wages while spoiled fat kids who can’t spell “work” call them greedy for not feeding “the poor.” How dare they expect to earn a living?!
Developers are scooping up thousands of acres for clapboard dwellings for pennies. That’s how we’ll lose our private land.
jmorris
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I remember getting my Holt's nut wizard, had to call him and order on the phone. He told me he'd put it in the mail "today" because I had called before Mr. (mailman's name) had come by and to, "Send a check to..." I hope he retired a wealthy man.
Used it a lot and added a telescoping painting handle to it.
They pick up more than the big roller "bag a nut" units do but they sure are fast on flat level ground.
One year the cracks were so big here I made a manifold for a leaf mulcher to drop brass into buckets after sucking them up. Worked like a champ, grass and dirt went right on through.
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I've deprimed tons of brass rifle and pistol case and never seen a steel primer.
I have all of the primers that I removed to sell to the recycle center.
It takes somewhere in the ballpark about 2,200 primers to make a pound of brass to recycle. I keep them seperate, I don't mix them in with the scrape cases that I recycle.
When I buy range brass I always get some steel cases that they mixed in with the batch. If I get a lot steel cases in a batch I deduct what I pay on their next batch.
I have all of the primers that I removed to sell to the recycle center.
It takes somewhere in the ballpark about 2,200 primers to make a pound of brass to recycle. I keep them seperate, I don't mix them in with the scrape cases that I recycle.
When I buy range brass I always get some steel cases that they mixed in with the batch. If I get a lot steel cases in a batch I deduct what I pay on their next batch.
No even the anvils on all the rifle & pistol primers are brass. It's harder brass but it is still brass. Shotshell primers have a steel case but I think we were talking about pistol brass.
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Most of the metal on the shotgun hulls are steel and can be picked up with a magnet.
Some are brass but very few. The ones that are brass can still be picked up with a magnet if you can get the magnet close enough to the steel with in the primer.
I know this for a fact, I've picked up hundreds of thousands of them over the years at the DNR shooting pits here in Washington state.
Some are brass but very few. The ones that are brass can still be picked up with a magnet if you can get the magnet close enough to the steel with in the primer.
I know this for a fact, I've picked up hundreds of thousands of them over the years at the DNR shooting pits here in Washington state.
IWAC
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At our range, anything that hits the ground that's not yours is theirs! Fortunately, I shoot a revolver, and .22 Long rifle. One day, there was a nice young fellow shooting a caliber I wanted, who didn't want his brass
so I asked him if he would gather his empties, and give them to me. He did, but that doesn't happen often!
Armored farmer
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Perhaps they're like me and keep it?
armoredman
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I do, 357 mag brass is hard to come by! I just rarely see anyone with a wheel gun other than me.
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Yup. At the air conditioned indoor range there’s lots of wheel guns - all in hands of greybeards and their ladies. The young folks are all shooting plastixfantastix space guns in every color of the rainbow.I do, 357 mag brass is hard to come by! I just rarely see anyone with a wheel gun other than me.
I will confess to trading into - not one, or two, but three - plastic marvels last month. Two Smith M&P 4” duty .45’s and a Ruger SR45. All full size in the boxes, etc.
It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds.
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I remember the good Ole days, the owner at our local gun store/indoor range would give me little sandwich baggies of nickel .357 Magnum cases every once in awhile.
JEBruns
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I have more 9mm cases than I will likely ever use. I shoot 9's at an indoor range, been a member for years. First thing I do in my lane is grab their push broom and sweep away cases in front of me as far as I can push them. At the end, I sweep back anything that is in that cleared area, plus pick up all the stuff where I'm standing. I get most of it back that way, and I'm not keeping anything the range may consider theirs. I'm not concerned about losing a few.
mstreddy
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As a matter of fact, going to the indoor range tonight. One of the RSOs will have a bag with a bunch of 5.7x28 for me. He's set aside 45 ACP, 308, 300 Blackout, in the past, and now 5.7x28. They treat me very well there.
For 9MM, at the above mentioned range, they will let me sweep up whatever brass I want to. Very few folks that shoot there reload, so picking up 9MM is easy. So is 40 S&W, 45 ACP, 223 Rem, and even brass case 7.62x39 and 308 Win from time to time. A couple of times, I've stumbled into 44 Mag and 357 Mag there as well.
380 ACP is not common there, and forget 32 ACP.
Soonerpesek
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That’s awesome…..!!
I would be keeping them in supply of the best doughnuts in town……..
mstreddy
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I usually bring the Wendy's family pack of chicken nuggets (50 piece) for them. Some of the range guys call me Nuggie. And around the holidays, at least a couple of my home baked pumpkin pies make it there as well.That’s awesome…..!!
I would be keeping them in supply of the best doughnuts in town……..
I've been going there for over 20 years. Some changes in ownership and management. The current owners were managers there and bought out the owner as he was looking to retire. The crew working the range and shop have been there about 5-8 years. It's like family.
tightgroup tiger
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The indoor range I shoot at doesn't care if I pick up other peoples brass as long as they gave it to me. I don't ask people anymore, I have enough brass for what I shoot.
Usually they see me picking mine up and putting it in my range bag, then the questions start about reloading.
It makes for good conversation and they usually end up giving me their brass before we're done talking.
I've made a lot of friends there. Mostly good people.
Usually they see me picking mine up and putting it in my range bag, then the questions start about reloading.
It makes for good conversation and they usually end up giving me their brass before we're done talking.
I've made a lot of friends there. Mostly good people.
tightgroup tiger
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One thing I need to do is start carrying a zip lock bag to put the brass in so I don't have to handle it about three times to get it out of my range bag. That bag of mine is getting disgustingly dirty inside.
With a zip lock bag I only have to pick it up off the floor, and put it in the bag, then I can dump directly into the ultrasonic for a bath. I'll need to buy a new range bag though.
I'll bet the lead poisoning is at monumental proportions in there.
With a zip lock bag I only have to pick it up off the floor, and put it in the bag, then I can dump directly into the ultrasonic for a bath. I'll need to buy a new range bag though.
I'll bet the lead poisoning is at monumental proportions in there.
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Backwoods T.R.A.P.S. closed in April 16th 2006, sold to a developer, there was shot scattered all over and they wanted to remove and HAZMAT the top 4 feet of dirt so it sat for years. I suspect money exchanged hands, maybe vacations or some such too but yeah, that didn't happen.
