rbernie
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Every range within driving distance of me wants you to leave the brass, so they can sweep and sell it. Their range rules prohibit taking any brass that was not yours.
do you come home with more brass than you took?
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RustyFN
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I can't ever remember not comming home with more brass than I brought.
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rocklock
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I did this day
Lucked out and went to the range the day after the sheriff's dept. had a training day. About 1400 rounds of Lake City .223 for me, and my buddy, who is just starting to reload got about the same in .45 acp.
Lucked out and went to the range the day after the sheriff's dept. had a training day. About 1400 rounds of Lake City .223 for me, and my buddy, who is just starting to reload got about the same in .45 acp.
xring44
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I voted no, and normally thats true, but yesterday we had a concealed carry class for ladys only, we had 46 women including my daughter who took the class. After the class my Daughter picked up brass for me, several others were also picking up brass, I wound up with in excess of 1500 pieces of 9mm, about 200 .45ACPs, a few .40s and a few .32 loing colts, then a few .380s etc. I have owned a 9mm two weeks and I have in excess of 4000 rounds of brass includeing the 1000 rounds of brass I bought when I bought the pistol.
Thank you Daughter of mine, your still a Daddys girl!!!!
Thank you Daughter of mine, your still a Daddys girl!!!!
wally
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Hard not to with 9mm. Most all my .40S&W brass started out as someone else's -- its why I started shooting it, had all this free brass to reload
Much tougher to do with .45ACP or any revolver round.
--wally.
Much tougher to do with .45ACP or any revolver round.
--wally.
I always bring home more than I take...
(I even tell other shooters I'll clean thiers up too...right into my BIG ziplock bag.)
After all range fees around here are about $15.00...I need to recoup some of that somehow.
Last week I drug home almost 700 rds 9mm brass...I don't shoot 9mm...good thing my bro-in-law does.
(I even tell other shooters I'll clean thiers up too...right into my BIG ziplock bag.)
After all range fees around here are about $15.00...I need to recoup some of that somehow.
Last week I drug home almost 700 rds 9mm brass...I don't shoot 9mm...good thing my bro-in-law does.
The Bushmaster
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Right Walkalong...Because I'm small bodied (145 lbs 5' 7") I fit quite nicely in those 55 gallon barrels too.
FlyinBryan
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lol @ "i have no pride" and the "hands and knees" part.
good stuff, lol.
sounds like me.
it made me laugh cuz i invisioned a hot firing line, boom boom boom, up and down the line, then i am spotted, hands and knees just like you said. pecking around like a hen in corn meal....
lol.
When I went through the firearms instructor course, we all brought 1500 rounds of handgun ammunition, and used most of it. There were 30 of us in the class.
I picked up MOST of the brass. Filled three 5-gallon buckets with mostly .40 and .45, a bit of 9mm, and a small amount of .357 SIG.
I'll probably never have to buy any pistol ammo (other than carry ammo) ever again.....
I picked up MOST of the brass. Filled three 5-gallon buckets with mostly .40 and .45, a bit of 9mm, and a small amount of .357 SIG.
I'll probably never have to buy any pistol ammo (other than carry ammo) ever again.....
tomh1426
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I always leave alot of rimfire brass so I gotta say no.
If you dont count rimfire than yes I always bring home more than I bring.
If you dont count rimfire than yes I always bring home more than I bring.
charliemopic
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Here in my neck of the woods our local outdoor range and our indoor pistol ranges discourage picking up brass but since i shoot often and the staff knows me and they know I reload they allow me to pick up brass and i definitly come home with more brass than I shot. I see it as offsetting the price of the range fee.
At the outdoor range they have a rifle range and a separate plinking pit where we shoot into a huge hole in the ground. The pit has a 120 yard long firing line. At that line is about 6-8 inches deep of spent cases. Years past there was plenty of 'brass' for everyone but nowdays its slim pickins. Probably 2 thirds of the cases are steel and misurp. 2 days ago there was alot of S&B and LC .223 but I picked up a good amount of R-P and Win. 223. Also got 20some once fired .338 WinMag, 20some 7mm RemMag and 61 once fired .308Win., the headstamp had BHA MATCH that I think is BlackHills and alot of R-P .308Win. I don't own a .308 but I'm sure i will someday. I got alot of .44 Mag and theres always alot of .38Spl and less .357Mag. but I have to watch for the already been reloaded cases that I do not want.
I've also collected a bunch of .270 and .300 WSM, .500 S&W and SPEER 50AE nickle.
I have about 300 once fired Win. and S&B 7.62x25 Tok. cases and have thought about reloading them for my CZ52 but decent milsurp is available cheap plus I can't shoot the CZ52 accuratly.
I pick up any and all belted cases.
The first time I went to the outdoor range there was a big coffee can overflowing with fresh once fired .500 S&W. I picked up 26 of them off the ground but left the can....how stupid.
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At the outdoor range they have a rifle range and a separate plinking pit where we shoot into a huge hole in the ground. The pit has a 120 yard long firing line. At that line is about 6-8 inches deep of spent cases. Years past there was plenty of 'brass' for everyone but nowdays its slim pickins. Probably 2 thirds of the cases are steel and misurp. 2 days ago there was alot of S&B and LC .223 but I picked up a good amount of R-P and Win. 223. Also got 20some once fired .338 WinMag, 20some 7mm RemMag and 61 once fired .308Win., the headstamp had BHA MATCH that I think is BlackHills and alot of R-P .308Win. I don't own a .308 but I'm sure i will someday. I got alot of .44 Mag and theres always alot of .38Spl and less .357Mag. but I have to watch for the already been reloaded cases that I do not want.
I've also collected a bunch of .270 and .300 WSM, .500 S&W and SPEER 50AE nickle.
I have about 300 once fired Win. and S&B 7.62x25 Tok. cases and have thought about reloading them for my CZ52 but decent milsurp is available cheap plus I can't shoot the CZ52 accuratly.
I pick up any and all belted cases.
The first time I went to the outdoor range there was a big coffee can overflowing with fresh once fired .500 S&W. I picked up 26 of them off the ground but left the can....how stupid.
Thanks
gloriavoxdei
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I have free reign of our shooting range (I work the Sheriff's Office) so I always have thoulsands of pieces of .40 and .223. Also got lots of .308 and some 9mm. I'm thinking about recycling some of the 223 since I don't shoot it right now unless anyone on here wants to buy some.
tomh1426
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You might be able to sell/trade it here http://ammobrasstrader.com/forums/categories.php
ohman11
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Just curious why some here think range brass is not good for reloading........I am glad you feel that way though......More for me!
SilentArmy
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If your getting a penny less than $1.75 for scrap yellow brass, your local recycler is bending you over!! I will give you $.70/pound for it and pay shipping on top of that!!
evan price
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Hi, my name is Evan Price, and I am a brass rat....I have never bought brass, but I have traded for some.
I actually joined a club, then volunteered for the maintenance details, just so I can get brass at our club range.
The public ranges around me, you have to get up early to beat the other brass rats.
Luckily I work a 3rd shift job so I am already up all night...
The BEST brass is the conscientious revolver shooters who very carefully put every spent round back in the factory boxes and then close it up and drop it in the trash can. I've been spotted heels-up hanging out of 55-gallon trash drums before, digging the last loose .44 mag cases out of the bottom of the can.
I and my guests shot over 3000 rounds this Memorial weekend. I came back with (2) 5-gallon buckets of mixed pistol and rifle brass.
Steel cases are worth ten cents a pound as mixed sheet iron at the junkyards around here.
I save everything, I won't bother to pick up .22LR but if I have time I will take the .22 MAG and .17 HMR long brass, because it adds up at nearly $2 a pound. If there is a big pile of .22 sitting on a bench or something, maybe, but I am not picking up each little .22LR...
I actually joined a club, then volunteered for the maintenance details, just so I can get brass at our club range.
The public ranges around me, you have to get up early to beat the other brass rats.
Luckily I work a 3rd shift job so I am already up all night...
The BEST brass is the conscientious revolver shooters who very carefully put every spent round back in the factory boxes and then close it up and drop it in the trash can. I've been spotted heels-up hanging out of 55-gallon trash drums before, digging the last loose .44 mag cases out of the bottom of the can.
I and my guests shot over 3000 rounds this Memorial weekend. I came back with (2) 5-gallon buckets of mixed pistol and rifle brass.
Steel cases are worth ten cents a pound as mixed sheet iron at the junkyards around here.
I save everything, I won't bother to pick up .22LR but if I have time I will take the .22 MAG and .17 HMR long brass, because it adds up at nearly $2 a pound. If there is a big pile of .22 sitting on a bench or something, maybe, but I am not picking up each little .22LR...
tasco 74
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with the amount of cash you can get from brass i'm thinking about collecting .22 cases too.... anyone have an easier way to pick em up than one at a time? the range i go to is a grass range an it's a real pain sometimes to even pick up 9 mms from it..........
Hi. Here in Spain all reloaders collet his brass and if a shoot not collets its factory ammo brass always there are reloaders who want to do it.
I always go to home brings more brass than I shoot.
I never buy and shoot factoy ammo, I reload always.
Greetings from Spain.
I always go to home brings more brass than I shoot.
I never buy and shoot factoy ammo, I reload always.
Greetings from Spain.
Rollis R. Karvellis
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YES I AM A CRB I have even been pulling lead out of the hill side lately.
scrat
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i pick up what ever i can get. especially at the ranges i go to. Most of the people shoot new brass. they come to the range with a couple of brand new boxes and shoot them up. Then when they are done they leave. So i pick up the boxes think (hey new holders). Then depending on what caliber they were shooting i have new brass to reload. Happens all the time.
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