im just starting into reloading and i was wondering, how do you get the brass from the range, do you go after they are closed or what? just wondering i want to go get brass but i dont belong to any shooting ranges(i live in kentucky i just shoot out my back door) so how should i approch the people to get the brass?
depends on the range some sell it some just leave it where it's at others put it in a bucket.
if the guy's shooting don't have little reload boxes, i just ask them.
You could ask about the policy. I've not seen any ranges that prohibit picking up brass (from behind the line, of course), though I'm sure some exist. [I mention behind the line because you'll see an idiot who wants to crawl out a few feet for "that last one."] Our public outdoor range doesn't discourage anyone from picking up brass, but they do mention they sell what they pick up. I just told them I reload and there was no issue. As Runfiver said, ask other shooters. You'll be able to spot the reloaders as they are usually the first one to hit the floor for brass!
im just starting into reloading and i was wondering, how do you get the brass from the range, do you go after they are closed or what? just wondering i want to go get brass but i dont belong to any shooting ranges(i live in kentucky i just shoot out my back door) so how should i approch the people to get the brass?
Well it's easy at the outdoor range. I just walk around and pick up all I want. As a matter of fact a range officer was cleaning up from a slob who left spent .45 cases all over, asked me if I reloaded .45, and dumped them all in my bag.
It's a little different at the indoor range I go to. They say I can only pick up MY brass what I personally shot, and any that go forward of the line are theirs to keep.
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It is considered very bad practise to try & pick up somebody else's brass, especially whilst they are shooting. Why not pay for a shooting session at the range and see the lie of the land and talk to people? At my ranges, the unwanted brass is collected and sold off and the money used for operating expenses.
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If you really want to turn some heads, show up with a baseball glove and try to catch the rounds as they are shot! A few ranges I've been to say that any brass that hits the ground belongs to them. That'll show 'em!
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If you really want to turn some heads, show up with a baseball glove and try to catch the rounds as they are shot! A few ranges I've been to say that any brass that hits the ground belongs to them. That'll show 'em!
Fookem, If I've paid for it, it's Mine. If I drop my wallet or gun on their range, does it then belong to them?? I think not!
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I figure if they are going to be that way about the brass hitting the ground, they can pick it up too! How dare they leave their brass all over the range!
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My public range has no RO's, and any brass on the ground is fair game. But it IS good ettiquette to ask someone shooting if you can have their brass. Most do not reload and don't care.
I did once have to let an over-eager gatherer know that I DO reload and my brass was MINE! He was literally under the shooter's benches grabbing it as it hit the floor - bad form!
I have to say the public range in the National Forest I shoot at sometimes is a nice place and kept very clean,99% of the people that shoot there are down to earth decent people enjoying there sport. I probably get half the brass I use there.
Our range has brass buckets for people to throw there used brass into some do some don't,if it's in the bucket your free to pick through it no questions asked. If you get there early or the last one to leave anything left is free to take,if a person leaves there shooting station and then leaves the range your free to take there brass.
I always just make it a point to get into small talk with the shooters on either side of me and down the lane to see if they reload at some point,if so I help them police there brass and they do mine. If they don't reload I always ask if I can have there used brass,I've had shooter that were even on the other end of the lane bring me there brass after there done because they know I reload or I spent a little time helping them with a problem or helped in zeroing there rifles.
I do 90% of my shooting in my back yard but I like a trip to the public range a few time during the summer,right before hunting season comes in and right after Christmas. I know for some people it's not possible but I would never spend a dime at a range that told me I couldn't take my own brass home.
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I did once have to let an over-eager gatherer know that I DO reload and my brass was MINE! He was literally under the shooter's benches grabbing it as it hit the floor - bad form!
We had a guy like that show up at the range and took upon himself to make up his own range rules about picking up brass and had the guts to post it on the message board at the range like he owned it,even had his little kids going under the shooting tables during live fire to grab brass before it even got cold what a self centered SOB. Being the majority of us keep the range clean and fixed up and happen to have the park rangers # in all our cell phones it only took one phone call to take care of that problem. We have no real RO's we keep it up and safe so all the shooter can enjoy it. The range got closed down for a year because of all the DA's and Mall Ninja trashing the place and shooting everything up. We got it back and it a nice place now.
It is considered very bad practise to try & pick up somebody else's brass, especially whilst they are shooting. Why not pay for a shooting session at the range and see the lie of the land and talk to people? At my ranges, the unwanted brass is collected and sold off and the money used for operating expenses.
Although I have had more than one shooter at the range watch me pick up my brass, and offer me his!
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