'Course if you're weird and fire some oddball 1930s cops-&-mobsters cartridge, you can't split the pickin's with anyone!It's generally easier in a slow fire rifle match than in a pistol competition.
I have had a few MDs at large matches say similar things sort of unofficially.You have to be a little careful about "lost brass" matches though. Several matches around here are like that and it's not because of time. The RO that sets up and tears down the stage and stands there all day running people through it.... cleans up and keeps all the brass from his stage as sort of compensation for the 'volunteer' work.
I always got my brass back, usually it was someone with both hands together, "here you go".
They don't do this anymore?
Sounds horrible.Required at our range, no brass/steel/aluminum can stay on the ground. Policing for brass, pasting, scoring all happens at the same time.
The matches that are lost brass matches are that way because when you have half the squad crawling around for brass instead of pasting targets you'll be there all day.I shoot at a friendly club. Everyone has their mark. Mine is a brown and green cross on my brass. I get most of mine back, I pick up everything, I only take mine like the rest of the guys and gals.
Lost brass match? I'm not going there. We respect property where I shoot.
Clutch
Oh, you should try one that isn't a "lost lead" match! That REALLY slows things down with every shooter insisting on digging his slugs out of the berm and trying to see his mark on the splattered bullet to make sure he's getting his back! You get squads of guys with their shovels and sieves that take forever to exhume each slug and leave the berm all cratered out from their tunneling.Lost brass match? I'm not going there. We respect property where I shoot.
Chris said:I imagine that picking up brass after every shooter could really draw out the day...