Brass etiquette.

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I was at the range the other day with my Dad. He was shooting his Garand from a bench to my right. I was shooting my Saiga to his left. He made me aware that my brass (well Russian steel actually) was bonking him off the head quite often. I know this was happening often because he began to retaliate by throwing any available brass at my head. Whereas we are father and son it was funny but it got me thinking.....
I have been to the range with that Saiga quite a few times. There have been many different strangers to my right. I have probably been bonking quite a few people off the head!!! Personally, I don't care if I get hit with other people's brass but I wonder if people are cursing me up and down when they are shooting to my right.


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Some ranges erect screens between firing points just for that reason. Since yours obviously doesn't do that, you might consider rigging up a temporary screen of some kind using perhaps netting and rods that clamp to the bench. There are also some brass catchers that can be attached to the gun; these are usually of interest to reloaders, but could also help in your concern.

Or it might just be a case of shifting your shooting position forward a little to put the brass out in front instead of at the next position.

Anyway, on behalf of myself and other "victims" of brass rain, I thank you for thinking about others.

Jim
 
I try to set up to the right of folks on the line if I'm shooting an autochucker and there are no dividers.

If there's not a space available, I ask if they'd like to switch and explain why.

If someone sets up to my right, I warn them.

If they won't switch, or if they set up anyway after I've warned them, that's their problem. I don't give it a second thought.

I don't mind getting hit with brass when I'm shooting. In an odd sort of way, I almost like it. I figure it's good training--a little added stress to inject a bit of reality into what is a very controlled situation otherwise.
 
Hot brass reminds me of an incident a few years back when I was stationed at Ft. Stewart.

We were shooting M16s and M60s at aerial targets which consisted of a styrofoam remote control airplanes. During the shooting one of the soldiers got a hot shell casing down the front of his BDU T-Shirt. He panicked and dropped the muzzle of his weapon while still shooting full auto, spraying a couple of rounds at the feet of the guy next to him. Needless to say he was kicked off the range.

Although I haven't seen a ND on a civilian range caused by hot brass down the shirt, I have seen folks jump around waving their weapon all over the place.

It's good that we all think of those things. Those AKs will really zing some brass! :D

Talking about brass etiquette...has anyone ever had the local brass scrounger guy pick up your brass without asking?
I've had that happen to me a couple of times.

Good Shooting
Red
 
I was at an indoor range last week that has dividers between lanes. Before I started shooting the person in the lane to my immediate left told me that his 45 semi-auto threw brass over the divider, he was sorry about it, but there was nothing he could do. I got hit a few times but it was no big deal. I had a Taurus PT-140 that used to hit me more than it hit the target. :p
 
Right now I'm suffering from 2 different burns on my chest from hot brass that went down my neck. You'd think that I'd learn to put both of my sons on the right of me when we go shooting. I think I've finally learned . Dang Kids (29 yrs. and 22 yrs old) :fire: :)
 
Right now I'm suffering from 2 different burns on my chest
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Could be worse.
Once I was knelt down picking up brass when my son decided to see how fast he could empty a 15 round magazine through an M1 carbine. I was in shorts and a T shirt and apparently had somewhat of a "plumbers crack" showing. Several pieces of brass found their way into it before I could get out of the way. :cuss:
 
my wife and I were at a gun store that had an indoor range, we were looking at pistols when we heard a bllod curddling scream come from the range.
turns out a gal was shooting a 0.380 that chunks a peice of hot brass down her shirt. She jumped and crossed her arms in an attempt to get to the hot brass, when the muzzle was lined up with her left forearms she pulled the trigger. The bullet traveled lengthwise down her forearm and exited near the elbow. Completly took out one of the bones in her forearm. Hot brass and how to handle it is something every shooter should be aware of
 
Stuff like that is why you should always wear a tight-necked t-shirt to the range. Seems like a pretty simple problem to fix.
 
I don't know what it was, but one day the guy to the left of me had something that was chucking brass stright up and over the top of the barrier and hitting me on top of the head.

I did what I thought was sensible, and haven't had any input to tell me otherwise; I waited for him to empty his magazine and then tapped him on the shoulder and told him his brass was making it over the partition.

I didn't get hit with anything else, dunno what he did but he was still firing :)
 
I was at a range yestiday and the Glock I was shooting was bonking the brass at my head.

-Bill
 
Stuff like that is why you should always wear a tight-necked t-shirt to the range. Seems like a pretty simple problem to fix.
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I have had it happen to me while wearing a tight necked T-shirt. Simple problem to fix after the fact.
 
Either a tight-necked shirt, or wear your shirt-tails out. I recently had one go down my shirt, but it just fell through. Might not work so well for some ladies, though.:D
 
shooting while being showered by brass is good for your training. having to keep your muzzle on target (or at least downrange) while you dig the scalding piece out from between your clothes an dyour skin is an art form.

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I do often wonder if I'm hitting the guy to my right with brass, but I dont bother my self with it. I normally get a lane with the one to the right vacant, and dont shoot when its crowded. So if I'm hitting the guy, he can move.

Sometimes I move, sometimes theres really no point since my G17 tends to throw the bass directly at my forehead.
 
I'm sure you guys have seen that scene from Black Hawk Down when Josh Harnett (can't remember real guy's name) gets caught under a Black Hawk that's running a minigun and gets showered with hot brass and gets one under all his combat fatigues.

That looked pretty painful, I don't know how you'd get it out.
 
Trippyfool, I thought it was a Little Bird with minigun pods mounted. :evil:

Hokay, movie-nerd mode off.

I've got a Mini-14 Ranch, y'see, and the brass out of that thing goes like a bat out of hell. Once, a piece of brass hurtled down the mostly empty range, bounced off the corrugated steel roof, and whacked this guy about 20 benches down right up side the head. He came down to my dad and I and said, "Is this yours?" We all had a good laugh, and for a long time, every time we went to the range, Dad and I had to stack up four or five sandbags, our range-box, and the spotting-scope box to fend off the offensive brass. Of course, it was bouncing on my head a lot more often, but hey, as long as it's not hitting some guy down the line and fuggin' up his sighting-in, or whatever. Now I've got a brass-catcher box that's pretty slick.

The moral of this story is that.. uh.. There's no moral, but I prefer to shower myself with my own brass than to be thumping other people, I think it's just a matter of politeness. Once, at another range, someone set up next to me with a 10/22 (or is that 10-22?), and I greatly appreciated it when he let me know that he was setting up to try and keep his brass from hitting me, and that it was okay if I needed to tell him it was fallin' on me.

~Slam_Fire
"Would you stop shooting, I can hardly -- DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKA!--... HEAR!" ~The Comic Relief, Blackhawk Down
 
Hot brass

I was at an indoor range that had partitions between the shooting stations,and it was the first time I fired my Sig.220.First round hits the partition and lands between my glasses and my eye lid.For some reason the case wasn't that hot and just left a little red mark.now I always wear a hat at the range
 
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