I just lost it...

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Demi-human

Demi-human

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I looked and looked, but I couldn’t find it.

There was an emptiness on the ride home, knowing, somewhere out in the rare green grass of a Michigan January, there was a single 50AE case setting all alone.

What would become of her? How could she go on?

What would I do?!:what:

Perhaps a nice spider will find her cavernous space perfect for a summer home.
Or maybe an old crow could find a perfect bauble for his clutch of precious purloined pretties.

If she is truly lucky, a small boy might chance upon her and place her at a spot of honor in a hand made “Mantle of Manliness!” hung about his neck.

But for now I sulk. Unwhole. Missing. Wondering where she could be at...


Oh. Hey, Babe! You new around here?!:cool:
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Wow! You are looking good!
I don’t know. You just have this, shine about you. Like you’re more polished than the other girls.

You’re fresh and sunny! And I really like the flare you’ve got.

What say you and I go get in a mag somewhere? It’s kinda crowded here.
We could fill up. Then, I know a quiet little safe, okay, it’s not so little, but we could have some quiet time together.
Until the next party...:D
 
I forgot all about my past lost brass when i was at the rifle range before deer season. A lot of people were sighting in their .450 BM rifles and I was able to procure 110 pieces of once fired .450 brass.
The RO there let's me look in the buckets for calibers I use as long as I don't get too greedy and anything on the ground is fair game.:)
 
stillquietvoice said:
heart I lost 2 cases this season. One of which was nickle plated.
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I find 80 or 90 percent but I still lose a few hundred a year. Perks of shooting on gravel ranges where they get stepped on and grass at the house or in the woods where they inevitably hide. I absolutely hate losing nickle. It seems like it would just glow in the sun. Not sure why though as I prefer brass anyway. Less splits.
 
At one of my home pistol ranges the shooting area is mostly grass so I got the brilliant idea of going back after shooting with a metal detector to find every last case. While it did help me turn up a few more cases, I got mostly false alarms from metal junk. Oh well, worth a try.
 
When shooting at either my home range or the small public Sportsman Club range I belong to, I always have a 10'X14' painters cloth on the ground beside me when using firearms that eject. That way I don't have to morn quite so many losses. Beats the heck outta scrounging for them all too. Just fold it up and pour the brass out into the empties bucket.
 
Jean-François Millet Was always so secretive with his humans. They are captured in menial tasks, but there is more he doesn’t let you see, but lets you wonder about.

Armored farmer said:
I think perhaps a bit of brass wasn't all you lost in Michigan.......?:uhoh:

That's part of the reason why I like revolvers. :neener:
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Yes. It has been a sloppy terrible winter in Michigan. Fourty degrees, no snow, range mud up to my back pockets.

I’m a Michigander! I miss Winter!:(
I need ice fishing and snowman shooting!
I haven’t had one mustache-cicle.
Help! I’m going slightly more crazy than usual!:D

tightgroup tiger said:
It will pass in time.
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Oh, I’m way over it. I mean, have you seen her cylinder walls? She perfect. And with her personality she’ll fit right in...;)

I have been thinking of a .357 Magnum. A really nice one to match the Desert Eagle and Wesson 1911.

This one...

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When I do, I’ll get my brass from Starline, just like I did with all the other calibers. I feel they are second to no one. And buying straight from the source gets you a few extra for just such an emergency as this one. Thankfully, crisis adverted.:D


buck460XVR said:
That way I don't have to morn quite so many losses.
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I have old bed sheets an landscape staples for the outlands. My cabin porch range is well protected and easily cleaned, yet sometimes an errant brass is either lost to orbit, stolen by brass trolls or given the Artemis as an offering. (Though she prefers new unfired cartridges.;))
 
The second or third time I took my Garand shooting, I was hunting brass when I realized I had been looking for that one last case for about 20-25 minutes! After that I tumble my 30-06 and 45 ACP brass to a high shine to make them easier to find in the dirt and rocks where i shoot...(my "normal" reloads are not high shine brass)
 
I bought a 10mm last week after sorting my brass and finding exactly 100 Federal brass and 50 I believe winchester nickel cases. I guess the guy wasn't saving his brass, and I couldn't let it go to waste. I wanted some for a while but collecting 100% of his spent brass it seemed like a sign.
 
mdi said:
The second or third time I took my Garand shooting, I was hunting brass when I realized I had been looking for that one last case for about 20-25 minutes! After that I tumble my 30-06 and 45 ACP brass to a high shine to make them easier to find in the dirt and rocks where i shoot...(my "normal" reloads are not high shine brass)
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I mourn each and every lost case I can’t find after a 3 gun stage with my Garands.
 
You're not alone! There have been times I think I spent more time brass searching than actually shooting.

I mark all my reloads with a sharpie, either in blue, black, red, or green. Depending on the load. So I know when I am missing one or more. I can find a hundred or more non 9mms, and still it bugs me that I can't find one of mine.

Funny thing, sometimes I go back to the range a week later, and I will find one or 2 that I missed the week before.
 
The pit that I take my grandson to shoot can sometimes be a brass mine. I have probably close to three 5 gallon buckets of range brass that we picked up at the pit. When i get three gallons or so of brass I will seperate it by caliber then knock the primers out, then tumble it.
When I get extra time I resize it and trim it if necessary.
One of the things on the list to buy this year is a Hornady progressive press.
 
kcofohio said:
You're not alone! There have been times I think I spent more time brass searching than actually shooting.

I mark all my reloads with a sharpie, either in blue, black, red, or green. Depending on the load. So I know when I am missing one or more. I can find a hundred or more non 9mms, and still it bugs me that I can't find one of mine.

Funny thing, sometimes I go back to the range a week later, and I will find one or 2 that I missed the week before.
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I personally don’t pick up my 9mm or .40 brass outdoors unless I’m standing in one position and can put down a tarp. Run and gun stuff I just let the brass monkeys have it. I do pick up my .45 acp and definitely .30-06 and .308. Each rifle case represents about 10 minutes of work it feels like.
 
LaneP said:
I got the brilliant idea of going back after shooting with a metal detector to find every last case. While it did help me turn up a few more cases, I got mostly false alarms from metal junk
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I did that too. Unfortunately years of rimfire practice has made my entire yard one constant beep.

And nails, pieces of fence, and Mason jar lids pretty much render it useless anywhere else I've went. Like old home places or an old revolutionary war era training ground.
 
buck460XVR said:
When shooting at either my home range or the small public Sportsman Club range I belong to, I always have a 10'X14' painters cloth on the ground beside me when using firearms that eject. That way I don't have to morn quite so many losses. Beats the heck outta scrounging for them all too. Just fold it up and pour the brass out into the empties bucket.
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This idea has been floated around quite a few times. I tried it when I moved to my farm. The only thing that defies it is SKS's and Tokarev's.

It was awfully nice of the manufacturer to send Demihuman a replacement piece of brass.
 
I’m not even going to begin commenting on .256 Winmag brass (before I made my own resizing die set), and I’m not going to mention other unfortunate souls with other calibers which are difficult to source. The sad but true part is that I still carry a hospital bed pan in the car for situations where I stumble across a loaded range. I have been known to spend 3 hours picking up bucket upon bucket of 45/9/38/357/223/308/3030/30-06/270/243/40sw/44mag a Glock mag, and a few enbloc garand mags!!! That trip I literally was just dumping buckets into the bed of the truck. I claim victory in the long run, but I know I have lost a few battles.
 
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