Range brass protection

[Toprudder]

Those Caldwell pic mount bags are worth the money, and cheap. I've caught them on sale for less than 30 bucks. Only problems I've ever had
were 1. I forgot to put it on after loading, 2. Not very often, once pretty full one might slip out and drop at my feet, 3. the hot cases can sort of glue them selves to the bag with a slight melting...so slight I've used the same bags for a few years with no holes resulting, so not really a problem.

Like you said most brass never hits the ground.

Russellc

The pic-mount Caldwell does work well, but my problem is that I have some ARs that don't have any place left to mount on the rail. I mostly use the strap-on version of the Caldwell, a little more cumbersome but works well enough. I also have the tripod mount Caldwell net that works reasonably well, but only after I ditched the pathetic loops (brittle, and broke several time on me) with small diameter PEX tubing. The main problem I have is with the shape, sometimes the brass goes in and bounces out. The net linked to above looks like a much better arrangement.

 

[lightman]

Policing your own brass can be a problem. I have a 20 X 20 ft blue tarp that I stake down with tent stakes that works pretty well. But a few still manage to escape. Different guns behave differently too. My M1-A will drop nearly all of the empties into a ball cap, unless I'm shooting multiple targets. My H&K throws the brass about 40 ft. Yeah, 40 ft. And trys to destroy it in the process. Different pistols throw it in different directions.

 

[Nature Boy]

I always know when someone is shooting a mini-14 because I can hear the brass bouncing off the tin roof covering the firing line

 

[Dudedog]

Yep, my Mini likes to throw them bit, well maybe more than a bit,
was hitting a guys car with them one time parked about 20 feet behind me and about 15' to the right.
As soon as I noticed I said ooppss sorry and moved down two bays.(I mean the car was back behind me out of sight.....)

On time I saw a guy shooting 45 LC with a henry and just up a left his brass laying all over the place. You should have seen the scramble for that brass once he walked out of the range. I was going to try and get some but I was afraid I'd get hurt.

 

[JT-AR-MG42]

Yep, my Mini likes to throw them bit,

Mine just tosses them 5-6 feet at 4:30 or so.
50 gr. Sierras with 26 grs. of H375.

One of my member only ranges did have to pass/add on a rule concerning claiming a shooting bay and then
doing nothing but pick up brass - rule is 30 minute limit for brass picking after you are done shooting. RO enforced, and there is no 'fire a couple
and then scrounge for 25 minutes and then fire a couple more' allowed when there is demand for a shooting spot.
Most bays have literally coffee cans of assorted brass on the ground (gravel).

He was probably too sore and disoriented from the concussion to pick it up.

Whoo!

JT

 

[luzyfuerza]

I admit to being a brass maggot. I always ask before I pick up anyone's brass, though. If they want to save their brass, I'll pick it up for them.

 

[lightman]

I admit to being a brass maggot. I always ask before I pick up anyone's brass, though. If they want to save their brass, I'll pick it up for them.

I think most all of us have a few "Brass Rat" genes! Including me! I usually don't pick up anything except mine and what ever is close to it when others are present. I hit a lot of gravel pits, dead end roads and bridges where people shoot. Usually during the week I'm alone at those places.

As to the brass rats being obnoxious at the range. I suspect it may be a couple of different things. Either druggies paying for their next fix or fixed income people trying to supplement their income. I have no patience with the first group and compassion for the 2nd group.

I've even bought harder to find brass from a few retired guys in the past.