I miss public Sloth Ranges!I live in Arizona, where most gun owners are sloths. They haul their junk into the desert, shoot at it from close range, pack up quickly leaving their garbage behind for someone else to deal with. Absolutely no discipline or respect.
The upside is they leave behind mountains of brass. A few years ago I watched two guys shoot two spam cans of M2 ball from their M1s over the course of about an hour. I waited in the distance, and when they sped off I pounced. I found all 384 pieces of HXP brass. That's really good stuff. I'm still working with them today in my 03a4s.
Most everything else I pick up, sort, process and sell to pay myself back for all the toilets and TVs I pick up and haul off to the dump on behalf of my disgusting fellow shooters.
Thank you for fighting the good fight against the inconsiderate idiots. When I’m elected supreme dictator littering will be a capital offense. Few things make me more angry than people towing junk out to the desert, shooting it to pieces, and leaving it there.I live in Arizona, where most gun owners are sloths. They haul their junk into the desert, shoot at it from close range, pack up quickly leaving their garbage behind for someone else to deal with. Absolutely no discipline or respect.
The upside is they leave behind mountains of brass. A few years ago I watched two guys shoot two spam cans of M2 ball from their M1s over the course of about an hour. I waited in the distance, and when they sped off I pounced. I found all 384 pieces of HXP brass. That's really good stuff. I'm still working with them today in my 03a4s.
Most everything else I pick up, sort, process and sell to pay myself back for all the toilets and TVs I pick up and haul off to the dump on behalf of my disgusting fellow shooters.
Burn it, then Bury it! Best way to destroy blightThank you for fighting the good fight against the inconsiderate idiots. When I’m elected supreme dictator littering will be a capital offense. Few things make me more angry than people towing junk out to the desert, shooting it to pieces, and leaving it there.
My range allows us to pick up all the brass we want, our own and the guys before us. The only brass I've ever had to buy is 300BLK, because nobody here seems to shoot it (or if they do, they police their brass).
But I see so many posts about BUYING range brass, I just wondered, is my range the exception?
Sounds Fancy!I bought some brass when I got into reloading back in November... a total waste of money in my case.
My "club" is several hundred acres of land that a local doctor owns. It is his private playground, and he is very selective with who he allows to join in his fun (perhaps 120 members - many of who are there for the hunting and fishing rights, and don't shoot on the ranges). As a result, the pistol and rifle ranges see relatively little action. If the shooters don't reload themselves, they leave the brass in yellow buckets by each station (and occasionally on the ground - Boooo!). Just by occasionally checking the buckets, I have picked up enough brass in the calibers that I load to last me through the next three Zombie Apocalypses!
What did they yell? “Hey, there aren’t going to be three primer factories?”Sounds Fancy!
I quite my gun club because they kept yelling at me about this and that. I now shoot on Federal land, Free from Yelling
Many ranges are dominated by reloads, so not much free brass.
Some calibers are just hard to find. I buy .380 sometimes because no one shoots it around here.
Most people who shoot 300AAC in quantity use .223 brass, and that, with 9mm are the easiest to find.
was that you??? I curse you with .45 ACP SPP brass!What did they yell? “Hey, there aren’t going to be three primer factories?”
I go to a free public range that is unmonitored - we always police up whatever brass if left behind if I can use it. The problem is the brass rats that come out to scarf up everything, NOT to reload, but to sell to the scrap yards for drug/booze money. I've even seen them go next door to the police range to do the same thing. Some days I come home with a ton of free brass, other days it's just whatever I took with me - the brass rats learned a long time ago to never ever touch my stuff.My range allows us to pick up all the brass we want, our own and the guys before us. The only brass I've ever had to buy is 300BLK, because nobody here seems to shoot it (or if they do, they police their brass).
But I see so many posts about BUYING range brass, I just wondered, is my range the exception?
Two types of people in this world, People who reload and People who don’t!I go to a free public range that is unmonitored - we always police up whatever brass if left behind if I can use it. The problem is the brass rats that come out to scarf up everything, NOT to reload, but to sell to the scrap yards for drug/booze money. I've even seen them go next door to the police range to do the same thing. Some days I come home with a ton of free brass, other days it's just whatever I took with me - the brass rats learned a long time ago to never ever touch my stuff.
Edit to add - when I worked at a Tucson indoor range 20 years ago, I would sweep barrels full of left over brass. I mean we had about 10+ 55 gallon drums full of brass behind the range back wall. I used to pull a barrel out and yell "Reloader special, come get a bag and get some brass!" And still I would have most of it left at the end. I wish i had taken a lot of it myself, because I did not reload at the time....dagnabbit...
There’s a guy digging footers in a schoolyard down the street....wonder what’s up?was that you??? I curse you with .45 ACP SPP brass!