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Whats the worst thing youve left/lost at the range?
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lightman
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Nothing of note! Just the dime that I used to adjust a cheap scope on a 22! 
I have found lens caps, staple guns and ammo. With no RO I just left them hoping the owners would return.
I have found lens caps, staple guns and ammo. With no RO I just left them hoping the owners would return.
bassjam
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When I was in Boy Scouts, after every meeting and every campout we lined up and walked through the area where we'd met/camped to get we'd missed packing up. Part of the whole "No trace left behind" thing. I've found it's a great practice for many things in life, so after I load up my truck with my gear I go back and patrol the area I was shooting in to make sure I haven't left anything behind. It's probably easier at an outdoor range like mine but to date I haven't left anything behind. Except for about 20% of the brass when I'm shooting in one of our pistol pits with a gravel base. I've kept track and I only have an 80% success rate in picking up what I shot. But to be fair, I've showed up enough times where the previous shooter didn't pick up his brass (club rules dictate we're supposed to) so in the long run I've found more than I've lost.
theotherwaldo
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One thing that I line to bring to the range is my old drag magnet.
I often use it to drag across or along streams to look for relics, but I also use it to clean up some of the steel cartridge cases - and sometimes locate lost gun parts... .
I often use it to drag across or along streams to look for relics, but I also use it to clean up some of the steel cartridge cases - and sometimes locate lost gun parts... .
trackskippy
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Was that you! Thanks man!
You always end up leaving some for the brass gods, but I usually always make it back in the end, and then some. Some people leave boxes of the stuff and walk away, and Im always happy to help out by picking it up.
silicosys4
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Brass, mostly.
As a reloader and a cheapskate, every case left behind is a loss.
Some of it, like the .32-20, is unobtainable from any vendor right now.
As a reloader and a cheapskate, every case left behind is a loss.
Some of it, like the .32-20, is unobtainable from any vendor right now.
243winxb
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I doube check because of this-
A guy left a 30-30 on the bench & went home, about 50 years ago.
A year ago, i run into a cased AR style 22 lr.
Both got their rifles returned.
A guy left a 30-30 on the bench & went home, about 50 years ago.
A year ago, i run into a cased AR style 22 lr.
Both got their rifles returned.
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hemiram
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Two extractors from my disaster of a gun FTL Auto Nine .22LR pistol. First time, the extractor went away on the second shot. The factory fixed it and said I used overpowered ammo. Second time, I used the exact ammo they recommended, and it lasted almost the entire 9 round mag. It was another dud in a run of many bad new guns I bought in the later '70's to early 80's. I tried a bunch of .22LR pistols as BUG's and the Beretta 950 in .25 never wert bad or went away. I still have it, it's like 45 years old. I carried it in my pocket at work for almost 4 years, and it looks it,
I left about a half bucket of Golden Bullet .22LR at the range once. I got tired of all the jams and duds.
I left about a half bucket of Golden Bullet .22LR at the range once. I got tired of all the jams and duds.
EMC45
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I don't blame ya!
RetiredUSNChief
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About the only important thing I've left at the range were some new friendships/fellowships.
Left my folding chair in Tulsa and left another one in TX. I have lost an expensive Surefire, I think in a cab coming back from the airport from a match. I've seen folks leave holsters and rifles.
A good question would be what did you forget to take?
1. The gun - seen that.
2. The holster - a friend did that, luckily he was a Glock shooter and I had a spare in my range bag.
3. Enough ammo
4. Sun screen
A good question would be what did you forget to take?
1. The gun - seen that.
2. The holster - a friend did that, luckily he was a Glock shooter and I had a spare in my range bag.
3. Enough ammo
4. Sun screen
anothernewb
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I have a story on that. I watched a guy bring a brand new chronny. don't recall the brand. but anyway he unpacked it and set it up. got everything lined up carefully. checked his gear multiple times. even checked his rifle alignment several times.So nobody lost a chronograph???. Or at least pieces of one?
Sadly, he forgot to account for the height of the scope once he lined up on target. holed it perfectly and shot it right off the bench. I saw his shoulders sag. he looked at the remains. then at the gun. gave a small sigh and quietly and calmly packed everything back up and left without saying a word. He took the box, but left the chronny on top of the garbage can.
anothernewb
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myself. I left my SR1911 at the range once. I had let someone shoot it, and somehow forgot that I loaned it out. I was almost home when the RSO called me and asked if I was donating my 1911 to the club.
armoredman
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My first steel target got left behind, never to be seen again. But, one day I left my favorite jacket behind, turned around from home and went back. It was still there and I still have it today.
I dropped a 10/22 magazine, but never recovered it. I once found a spotting scope left behind. Fortunately, I saw the guy move to a pistol range, so I gathered up the scope and case and dropped it off to him. Made him very happy.
I lost 9mm cylinder for my Blackhawk. Not sure but it seems like I much have left it sitting on the black shelf at the range. Any way it was not in my bag when I decided to clean the gun. I was able to buy another that works well. But it irks me.
InTheSwamp
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So far, just brass.
Carl N. Brown
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Took my Webley Mark IV, .455 cut for .45 AutoRim, to range with a bunch of other stuff.
Packing up to go home I took everything, everything but the GI ammo can with all my .45 AutoRim handload ammo (approximating .455 Webley data), brass, .45 ACP shotshells, moonclips, &c.
Gotta call at home from the range officer.
Packing up to go home I took everything, everything but the GI ammo can with all my .45 AutoRim handload ammo (approximating .455 Webley data), brass, .45 ACP shotshells, moonclips, &c.
Gotta call at home from the range officer.
I've left my shooting stool at the range............was still there when I came back the next day. My dad taught me to "police the area" before you leave, and I usually do a good job of that. Check and double check.
entropy
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When I was sighting in my Axis .223 a couple years ago, A guy left his wife's 9mm AR at the range. I turned it in to the club president, who got a panicked call that evening. The guy got the AR back. He was testing loads for her.
I've left shot bags full of sand or spent primers for the rifle range, and pushpins for the target backers, but those have been purposely left. Also a lot of other peoples' brass because I can only bend over so much before the back says "No More!"
I've left shot bags full of sand or spent primers for the rifle range, and pushpins for the target backers, but those have been purposely left. Also a lot of other peoples' brass because I can only bend over so much before the back says "No More!"
