I hate Brass Rats,,,

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Fixed income? Did the guy say he was collecting it because he is too poor to eat & shoot? There is a better chance that money isn't an issue for this guy.

I would have switched to .22 and shot off a few hundred rounds.
 
I am not taking up for the brass rat. It just pisses me off that things are so tight for people on a fixed income they have to to pick up scrap to make ends meet.
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There is nothing in the OP that suggests that he was looking to pick up scrap to make ends meet. As far as we know, he was just some fool wanting to stock up on brass. The fact is, whether he was or not is irrelevant in this thread. Someone was stealing property. There is not a situation where that is okay.
 
Someone should post that pic i saw a day or two ago that has a guy dumpster diving! Hilarious
 
I scrounge brass all the time if its in my stall, or if its mine that flings out behind me somewhere.

If it belongs to someone else I'll always ask and offer then to shoot some of my guns in return. (I usually have the fun stuff ;))
 
I have scrounged more than my fair share of brass in the past for sure. BUT that was before it was popular to do so mostly. Also a bit of common sense (I know-I know) and just plain respect for others property goes a long way with such things. I do feel like an armed raccoon while pawing through the trash barrels at the range for brass these days.:D
 
I got this twice at an indoor range where the range officer swept up my brass as I am shooting. I said I reload and want to keep my brass. He said, you have to tell me that before you start shooting and that the brass he already swept up is now his.

Yikes - what a mutt....
 
starts running a brass catcher.

You know the thing I'm talking about,,,
It looks like a kitchen whisk mounted on a wood rod,,,
Anyways he's actually trying to get my brass while I'm shooting.
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That's when it's time to switch from the CZ-75 to the P-38.
 
I had a 'partner' of another shooter (turns out it was his mother) start collecting my .38 super comp (he was shooting factory 9mm) while I was still shooting at an indoor private (pay) range.

I had them ejected with no refund of the time they had paid for.
 
Someone should post that pic i saw a day or two ago that has a guy dumpster diving! Hilarious
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Happy to oblige!

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I too, am a brass rat, as I've confessed here many times. But only brass that's abandoned! Picking up brass anywhere near someone that's shooting is apalling behavior. I won't dive into dumpsters, but I WILL dump out trash cans if they're not gross or too full and heavy. Of course, all the trash goes back in, I pick out the good brass and put the can back the way it was.

Brass gathering is a disease, I tell ya. I've already got more than I can ever get filled up, but I'll still gather up every good case I can find. I don't mess with aluminum, steel or Berdan cases, or rimfires. Not after scrap metal, just reloadable stuff. If it's something I don't load, I'll hang onto it until I see someone looking for some, and I'll usually pass it along for free unless I have a lot of it, then I just ask for postage.

My brass stash and my reloads are becoming a storage problem too. Makes me question my own sanity. My wife gave up on questioning it long ago. But it keeps me outta bars.....

Oh, and I have one of these, a Brass Mower. Let me tell ya, for a fat old man with a bad back, these things are AWESOME! Well worth the money, get one. It'll pick up .22's to 12 ga. shells, even the plastic shot wads.

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Don't hate us all. I scrounge brass, but only that left behind after shooter leave, or if they offer it to me when they are on the range. That guy needed to GO, and learn some manners.
 
The rule of thumb I follow is it's mine till I abandon it by packing up and leaving without getting it. After that it goes to the property owner by default. Then, if the property owner doesn't care, others can come get it. The local range has clamped down on it and forbidden anyone from picking up brass that isn't from their own firearm.

Over the years I've run into "brass rats" who actually create safety problems by darting around tables during live fire.
 
Quote: I am not taking up for the brass rat. It just pisses me off that things are so tight for people on a fixed income they have to to pick up scrap to make ends meet. Brass pays pretty good right now. My wife took two coffee cans of centerfire brass to the scrap yard and got enough for two nice pizzas. They would have given her more if I had knocked the primers out of the brass.


The primers are brass too.
 
Hello rondog,,,

Ours is an outdoor range,,,
No lanes or dividers to speak of,,,
We just line ourselves up with a target and shoot away.

I spoke quietly with the park ranger,,,
I told him I didn't want to get the guy arrested,,,
I just wanted him to stop picking up my brass while I was shooting it.

Hello rondog: That doo-hickey is exactly what the man was using,,,
Even on our dirt surfaces it was picking up brass rather well.

I'm used to walking on a sea of spent rimfire brass,,,
I once asked the club president about maybe salvaging it for cash,,,
No one in the club seemed too awful interested so I suggested the Cub Scouts.

Again, no one seemed interested in that venture,,,
I have a friend with a daughter who is in the Girl Scouts,,,
Someday I'll take a van-load of the girls out there with rakes and buckets,,,
Maybe they can rake up enough to get some new gear for their camp-outs ands other endeavors.

Aarond

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I hate brass rats and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a dude walks in making my brass his take
And flaunts it in your face....
 
We have a guy at the public range who hangs out if a van all day driving back and forth picking up brass, sometimes while you are shooting. I have a post about this somewhere. The guy a grungy and looks homeless. I imagine he thinks it is his job and gets all in your face about stealing your cases. We have ranger to talk to but the county sheriff has stopped in a time or two.
 
I had a guy stand behind me at an IDPA match picking up my brass as it hit the dirt. This at a club that typically only allows you to pick up brass after the match is over. Needless to say I was less than enthusiastic.
 
Should have asked the brass snatcher for his car keys....after all his car was on the ground..:)
 
In total agreement with you. Unfortunately rude people are everywhere and make life unpleasant.
 
I shoot a lot out in the desert where a lot of shooters frequent. Lately, I have noticed rake marks in the dirt where people have raked up brass. I usually pick up when I leave, but I have never raked!!! I hate the steel cases and steel shotgun hulls that you can't reload. Everyone leaves em where they fall.
 
I always run a red sharpie across the head of my .45 ACP brass. No problems so far, I have had to state " the red marked brass is mine" a couple of times.
BTW I have scrounged brass for 50 years. :D
 
rude, rude and more rude! im glad i have my own range. ive never been to a public range and prob never will.but i do feel for yu guys that have no choice.jeez at least wait until the shooter gets in his truck?

life here in hillbilly heaven cant even be explained!
 
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