Shooters at our club range are "strongly encouraged" to police their own brass, under penalty of losing their shooting privileges, and for the most part, the serious shooters do so. That said, the ground in front of the firing line is paved with .22RF and aluminum case 9mm, 40S&W and .45Auto from those who come out just to make noise. It gets cleaned up and thrown away on cleanup workdays, but it's surprising how fast it accumulates. Reloading shooters are no problem, an ejected brass hardly hits the ground before the owner picks it up. There is also a large bucket where shooters can deposit good brass so anybody that wants it can sort out what they want.

I reload, so I definitely keep my brass, and anyone who starts raking up brass while somebody else is shooting is quickly told to back off if the owner wants it. That's fairly rare, most of our membership is courteous enough to ask first. My problem is, the "it's yours if you want it" bucket never has the calibers I need brass for. There's a ton of .40, .45 and 9mm, but I have enough of that to last 'til doomsday. What I'd like to see is another .357 and .41 magnum shooter who doesn't want his brass.