all us brass chickens

Now if we just had something to stuff into it.......

I sit here and smile about all my non-reloading friends who are regularly (or were) dropping off bags of 380, 9, 38, 357, 44, and 45acp/45 C. 223, I'll never get them sorted much less loaded. About time to get my bullet foundry set back up.

My buddy said I looked like a hobo picking up cigarette butts. My turn now............

I pick up every piece I can get my paws on. Seems there are very few 357 shooters... maybe they load who knows... my local range is now sweeping it before I can even finish my mag ;(

Better a brass chicken than a brass monkey. I was digging under my bench recently and found a box with about 2000 mixed .40 S&W brass somebody gave me. Cha-Ching!

gifbohane said:

My buddy said I looked like a hobo picking up cigarette butts. My turn now............

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I've been told that too.

About 18 months ago I was picking up 223/556 brass at the local range. One of the fellows there was mocking me, saying the stuff ain't worth picking up.

"Just you wait", I said.

He who laughs last......

The brass whores are so bad where I shoot that I have to mark my cases with a red Sharpie. They remind me of the “lot lizards” trolling at the truck stops.

brass chickens and hull whores .......

I prefer Brass Goblin thank you very much..

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Otto said:

The brass whores are so bad where I shoot that I have to mark my cases with a red Sharpie. They remind me of the “lot lizards” trolling at the truck stops.

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Many, many years ago I was shooting at a public range north of Columbus, OH. I had my .45 in a shoulder holster... which I had just fired... and was shooting my HiPower just then. I realized after a moment there was some guy right behind me scrounging my brass! I turned around and asked him what he thought he was doing... he said picking up unwanted brass. I told him that the brass behind me was mine, and he better leave it be... he retorts by saying he's picking up .45 brass, and that it's not mine because I was shooting a 9mm.... so I unholstered my 45, not quite pointing it at him, and said 'try again.' He got red in the face, mumbled something, and threw my brass back on the ground. Savages...

egd said:

clucking quietly now to ourselves.

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After viewing as many posts and threads like this one as I have recently, I feel I must point out many of you don’t actually seem to be very “quiet” in gloating over inventory on hand and trying to thumb your noses at others without.

The writing has been on the wall for 10+ years I have gotten many strange looks picking up brass buying powder, primers and other components from gun shops now I don't feel too bad about it.

We always called them brass vultures at the USPSA matches. Nothing more irritating than someone picking brass in the middle of a match or even worst when we were trying to tear down the match rather than help work. That said I waited until the match was over and the equipment was put away and I would pick up what the brass vultures had missed. I have a five gallon bucket full of 45 ACP they missed and several full of 40S&W.

I've even gotten comments and weird looks from other reloaders. Some that come to mind are "I'd never reload 9MM, that's stupid. It's cheap enough at WalMart to not waste my time on"..........or "I can get shooter packs of .223 for next to nothing and reloading for ARs doesn't make sense".... Really now......

I will continue to scrounge and pickup brass. I can't help myself.

PapaG said:

I sit here and smile about all my non-reloading friends who are regularly (or were) dropping off bags of 380, 9, 38, 357, 44, and 45acp/45 C. 223, I'll never get them sorted much less loaded. About time to get my bullet foundry set back up.

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Ever think of starting a new hobby. All that brass melted down and home cast into something useful and attractive. YouTube channels abound on the subject.

My wife loves to pick up brass. Like an Easter egg hunt for her. She has fun, I get the brass. Win, win.

whughett said:

Ever think of starting a new hobby. All that brass melted down and home cast into something useful and attractive. YouTube channels abound on the subject.

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There is one YouTube video where a guy melts down a bunch of range brass he picked up and casts it into a rough shape and then machines out an AR-10 lower from it. Wonder if he saved enough brass to have something to shoot from his new gun.

whughett said:

Ever think of starting a new hobby. All that brass melted down and home cast into something useful and attractive. YouTube channels abound on the subject.

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A brass AR lower is unbelievably heavy but it’s beautiful. It would also be a really nice way to run it in a bit on the ones saying your dumb for scrounging.

I’m at an age and it’s agility restrictions that picking up brass is strenuous exercise. I stick to revolvers a lot now.

Over an 8 or so period I have accumulated more than a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm and 223/556 brass. And a little 3/4 gallon bucket of 40 & 45 Auto. That's not to mention the rarer cartridges. I figure there may come a day that I won't do that well stopping over to pick up brass and I should be set for that day.

Speaking of brass whores, one of the ranges I belong to had a big problem with them. One guy was actually at people feet picking up brass.

I only pick up brass that is mine, unless the area is cleared of shooters and the brass is clearly abandoned. I do the sharpie marking to settle any disputes that may arise.

I shoot outdoors at my farm. But, I agree with the easter egg poster. When I find a casing that I had missed previously I get such a sense of satisfaction. That is pretty darn weird.

I also assume I am not the only one that laments not finding all 20 of the rifle round cases that you just fired. Finding only 18 out of 20 is just distressing nowadways. That is some crazy psychology going on. I do feel like I just lost money by not finding 100%.

MySuomi said:

I shoot outdoors at my farm. But, I agree with the easter egg poster. When I find a casing that I had missed previously I get such a sense of satisfaction. That is pretty darn weird.

I also assume I am not the only one that laments not finding all 20 of the rifle round cases that you just fired. Finding only 18 out of 20 is just distressing nowadways. That is some crazy psychology going on. I do feel like I just lost money by not finding 100%.

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Funny, last year a time at the range, I shot some 380s. I couldn't find them all. I went back a few weeks later with my daughter, and lo and behold, I found them. I knew they were mine, as they had my sharpie mark on the head.

WestKentucky said:

A brass AR lower is unbelievably heavy but it’s beautiful. It would also be a really nice way to run it in a bit on the ones saying your dumb for scrounging.

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I might actually try that. I have plenty of brass for cartridges I don't load for. I might wait till things get closer to normal though.

If nothing else, would make for a fun project.