Yes, I admit I am getting old/grumpy but

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I am also becoming more ticked off with brass hitting me in the head and having to pick up brass off the floor during sessions with my semi autos.

Maybe it is just time to embrace my wheelies 100%.

Sorry for venting in public.

Thank you.
 
Maybe this anecdote fits in here

as I am not as young as I used to be either. Today, I was shooting a semi-auto .22 rifle. I was standing and using the rifle case on a chest high stand to cushion and prop my elbows on while shooting. I shoot left handed and the Marlin 60 kicked out an empty and the darn thing rolled into the depression in the material made by my arm and came up against my arm and burned me. Jeez! It hurt like blazes for a split second cause that little brass empty was hot. Something to be said about revolvers I guess.
 
I guess I'm the only one that sees one solution as obvious:

Reload revolver rounds, let the autoloader rounds stay where they drop. My indoor range prefers it that way anyway.

And, in an apparent karmic payback, my revolver rounds are more expensive in factory loadings and need to be reloaded. Buying bulk factory autoloader rounds is way less than revolver rounds. 'Course I've still got a case or two of .40S&W from before the dark times.

Still, even today, .41, .357 and .44 benefit more from reloading than 9mm and .40. .45ACP "straddles the fence" literally as I've got .45 autoloaders and moon-clipped revolvers, meaning I'll have to break down and buy dies eventually.

It's easier to swim with the flow - saves rants on internet fora and you won't paint yourself into a corner where you have to pick which of your children you love the most.

This "abandon one platform for another completely" crowd has always mystified me. Seems that they go out of their way to invent problems where none existed.
 
Way back, when I was young, my cousing brought home a 45acp from Korea. He was there from the git. I fell in love with that 45acp pistol. Shot the crap out of it. Then I discovered a Colt SAA 45, 1st gen, Ivory grips and never looked back. Own several Colts, a number of S&W N and K frames.

Own a couple 1911s also but I shoot wheelies. Don't have to bend over to pick up the brass.

Life is good
 
Handful of brass= :) Shooting area and shirt full of brass= :cuss:

In the process of unloading all my autoloaders in favor of more "interactive" shooters; bolt action, lever action, SA, etc. Seems to be more fun and ammo lasts a little longer too.

Guess I'll have to change my signature line...
 
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this...
Doctor: Don't do that.


Shooter: I hate picking up brass.
Me: Don't pick it up.


'Course, I'm assisted by patronizing an indoor range that claims title to brass that hits the floor. Suits me fine. Many revolver rounds have to be reloaded to make economic sense. Few autoloader rounds benefit as much.

And, of course, there are various flavors of brass catchers which can be used if one insists on reloading without bending over.
http://www.1911handguns.net/productreviews_0004_ctkprecision_brasscatcher_oct07.asp

I submit that there is NO solace, no safe refuge. Handgunners whine. It's what we do. If you abandon autoloaders, you'll just whine about other stuff.

We'll whine about every change S&W has ever made:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2009/06/were-big-babies.html
We'll even whine when S&W forums change.

Whine about Colt's discontinuing DA revolvers.

Whine about Colt's pricing on SAA revolvers and all of FA's pricing.

Whine about Ruger's recalls.

Whine about scorch marks on the cylinder face.

Whine about the difficulty of servicing Pythons (that one's mine :D ).

Whine about "N" frames being too heavy and alloy "J" frames being too light.


In fact, against the backdrop of revolver whining, I'm prepared to retract my previous comment: by all means, drop autoloaders and quit whining about bending over. Join the wheelgun fraternity and learn to whine up a storm like a real man. Smith & Wesson alone is a target rich environment - one can easily whine about everything they've done since WW-I and post for months without repeating yourself. If we run out of current S&W stuff to whine about we can (and I do) whine about the pricing of pre-02 used product.

;)
 
having to pick up brass off the floor during sessions with my semi autos.
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You wouldn't have to worry at our public range. The "brass scroungers" lurking with their beady-heads over the berm will be there before you throw out your back....:fire:
 
Wear shirt with a loose collar to the range. When I do it seems every hot cartridge goes down there.

On the bright side, they don't hit my head and definitely know where they are!
 
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Picking up brass suckers, we've been looking for a solution. Seen some really long handled butterfly nets that I thought for a split second we could give to the kids so they could catch while we shoot. Then I realized that we'd get the s*** beat out of us before we were done with 1 mag.
Put a brass catcher on my AR. It does a wonderful job and catchin hot brass and putting it right on the web of my hand. Only took a few rounds before is was off.
Now we have a tarp to put on the ground and shoot on. Don't go to public range very often, go to our own place where we can do this.
 
Until we get brass magnets that actually work...

1. Kids.
Hey I picked up a lot of brass for adults when I was coming up, what is wrong with today's kids picking up brass?
Shotgun hulls too...

Those of you with kids, is it not about time them kids that eat your groceries, and drive you nuts with new math stuff in assisting with homework, earned their keep?

No kids?
No problem. That is what nephews and nieces are for.
I mean aunts and uncles have a right to quality time with nephews and nieces.

No nieces and nephews?
How about neighbor's kids, or co-workers?


2. Do not shoot revolvers only.

Guys, let us be honest, we guys are not always smart.
I mean if we were, we would have already invented a toilet, with a foot pedal that raises and lowers the seat, and even lid, so we would not get yelled at for leaving the seat up, or not putting down the lid with the matching fru-fru that goes with the shower curtain.

Ya'll keep that to yourself, one of these days I am gonna get that idear patented.
It is oh record here on THR, you lawyers around here, back me up, please.


The problem with us dumb guys only shooting revolvers is, ladies.
Figgers don't it?

What we do is show up with classic revolvers like S&W Model 18s, 19s. 28s. or Colt Pythons, Detective Specials, or Ruger Six series...

And daughters, girlfriends, fiance's and wives, want those classic revolvers.
How many guys have lost a classic revolver to a daughter?
How about that girlfriend, that became a fiance' and then wife?

No, the gal is not going to accept a new gun like the one you had, especially with a stupid lock on it, they "want this one".

Like I said, shoot your semis and have a kid police the brass/hulls.
While you have the kid, get them into reloading metallic and shotgun shells.

Then, that kid gets bigger and they do the reloading, and policing brass/hulls.
You just get to shoot.

Smart huh?


Steve's rules include:

-Never let a daughter, girlfriend , wife handle , much less shoot a 28 ga shotgun.

-Never let a daughter, girlfriend , wife handle , much less shoot a classic revolver.

You have been warned, and I have those that can verify , these rules are best to be adhered to.

I will let the THR members post in agreement, that choose to, as I choose to keep matters private, and let folks save face.

I kept tellin' 'em , but would they listen to me?
No!

*snicker*

ps. Yes I have experience in assisting folks finding classic revolvers and shotguns.
While I assist the guys, I will admit the girls are better to look at and smell better than guys when I assist them .

*wink*
 
A simple solution to recovering brass.

1. Take the kids with and primise them Ice Cream after.

2. Take the wife or the GF or both if you are progressive and have them collect the brass and promise them both that you will remember the anniversary.

3. Forget all of the above and take your handy Gopher Grabber or use a doggie pooper scooper, the one with two handles, works like a hedge trimmer.

4. My one range uses a shop vac and it is always there for you to use .... Stonewall Shooting Range, Brecksville Ohio. when you get the brass home, have the kids sort em by size, return all the other brass to the shop. The outdoor rifile range I goto, Kelblys, south of Akron Ohio, they want you to police your brass, most place a drop cloth on the ground to catch the brass and just pull the 4 corners like a trash bag.

5. Do not pick up the brass, and beg borrow or pleade with the fam to buy you socks and ammo for xmas.

6. If all of this fails, use reversed duct tape on a stick or on the inside of a long handled plunger.

Personally, I bought all my ammo back in the 80's and 90's, more than I will need in my life time, so I am laughing as I leave the range as I do not care about the brass. As long as I stay with my .410's, .22's, .22 hornet, 38spl, 12 ga and .45... I am good on ammo. If I buy something new, I will cry with you guys, until then I am laughing like a gerbil on crack at the circus. :neener:

Regards,
Mike
 
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