Gun Range Etiquette

[vytoland]

when dealing with the "human" element…..anything is possible.

 

[Rule3]

If a good looking chick with cut off shorts & cheeks hanging out like ELLIE MAY started picking up your brass would that be rude or would you offer to help?

I would throw up. I don't think Ellie looks like she used to.

Or that Daisy Duke

 

[67tempest]

Definitely NOT OK to snag brass belonging to someone else without their permission. I wouldn't want anyone taking my brass without my permission so I expect them to extend me the same courtesy.

 

[Murcus]

Hello Guys,

I was at the range a few days ago with .45acp a 9mm and a .40 using factory ammo. I turn around to change firearms and I notice a guy picking up my spent shell casings and then placing them in his bag.
There was a range instructor there and he even mentioned to them how he just scored some casings. I was kind of incredulous as I had not seen this kind of behavior before and being condoned by a member of the range staff as well.

I did not say anything to the guy, because I was not going use the casings anyway.

I do not have a lot of range experience here in the States. I frequented them weekly back home in Australia. Are these seagull antics a common thing over here? I for one would never take casings from someone who was still on range and even if they walk away and leave the stuff I would still ask them if they minded if I took the cases to reload.

Interested in your guys thoughts on this.

IB

I just joined a large outdoor range about three months ago and noticed that each of the six or seven times I went shooting I was asked "politely" whether I wanted my brass. Since I don't re-load I replied that it was OK to take it. I don't think it is appropriate to just take it without asking. Rather rude.

 

[Jamie]

Yes, definitely not the way to go, taking something that doesn't belong to you without asking is stealing. I think the economy and 'entightelment' mentality is involved, needs to stopped before someone gets really ticked off, a gun range doesn't seem like the right place to piss someone off.

 

[4barrel]

I would throw up. I don't think Ellie looks like she used to.

Or that Daisy Duke

That is what dark is for-- Down here we call that a 2 sack affair.-one for her and one for you. Whisky helps also. YOU DONT REMEMBER MUCH THE NEXT DAY & you got a good excuse.

 

[Rule3]

That is what dark is for-- Down here we call that a 2 sack affair.-one for her and one for you. Whisky helps also. YOU DONT REMEMBER MUCH THE NEXT DAY & you got a good excuse.

Same is the that;s what paper bags were invented for.

Used to be a song by a local singer here.

"All the Women start looking Good after 9 Coronas"

 

[rwsmith]

If they leave it

If they leave it laying on the ground and take off, the brass is fair game for whoever picks it up unless it belongs to the range. Taking someone's brass without having permission is stealing. Just because it hits the ground doesn't make it theirs.

 

[amazingflapjack]

say something next time.

 

[03Fatboy]

Wow, this thread is about dead isn't it? Right is right, Wrong is wrong,


But I need me some more "Seagull Antics"

 

[S&WIowegan]

That kind of behavior is disgusting! People are selling used brass on the internet for incredible prices. We call the kind of people who grab your brass when it hits the ground "Brass Whores".

 

[SMSgt]

Taking brass not belonging to you is stealing, plain and simple. But you know this may be off topic but some ranges have some stupid rules about brass. There's a range here in NC that I refuse to go to because they will charge you extra if you bring your own ammo. You have to buy and use theirs. They also have a policy that you cannot pick up your brass after ejecting... you have to leave it on their grounds. Is that crazy or what?

They cannot hold you to that as you have paid for the ammo--it is yours. They can refuse to allow you to shoot but that would not be a problem as I wouldn't use that range.

Many indoor ranges here in FL require you to use their ammo or charge higher lane fees to use your own. None prohibit collecting your brass.

 

[4barrel]

That kind of behavior is disgusting! People are selling used brass on the internet for incredible prices. We call the kind of people who grab your brass when it hits the ground "Brass Whores".

It brings $ 100 for a 5 gallon bucket full either way. Cant go wrong.

 

[4barrel]

Same is the that;s what paper bags were invented for.

Used to be a song by a local singer here.

"All the Women start looking Good after 9 Coronas"

ALL THE GIRLS LOOK BETTER at closing time by MICKEY GILLEY -JERRY LEES COUSIN.

 

[mtgianni]

I would tell the RO I wanted to report a theft and follow through with him be compliciant to it. I would also report it to the Range Committee.

 

[RussellD]

Tell them excuse me- my brass is all hot and marked with a red x. If you wish to purchase it we can work out a deal. If you fail to mark your your brass it can lead to scrabbles for nothing.

I agree with others-picking up brass without asking is theft and a quick judge of character.

 

[BUFF]

Do those same mopes feel like if they beat you to your spent magazine, they get to keep it, too?

 

[Fishslayer]

Iron bark, you are a more patient and courteous bloke than me. I'd have given that range officer the drum right away, as well. They ought to have some manners. Seagulls. Haven't heard that term used in a while, but it's perfect. Ratbags, drongos, dubbos and gherkins. Useless bar stewards.

Onya, cobber. Haven't heard some of those terms in donkey's...

 

[Old TexMex]

Onya, cobber. Haven't heard some of those terms in donkey's...

Most of the terms I learned in my 16 years in North Queensland are not acceptable language on this forum!

 

[Skunkhome]

I always ask the shooters next to me if they reload. If they says "no" I tell them I will swep up their brass and they are usually delighted someone is cleaning up after them. If they say "yes" I pull out my revolver and shoot it instead of my autos. There are some ranges where any brass that hits the deck belongs to the range. Some consider it a safety issue to have people wondering about picking up brass on a hot firing line. Also it is another source of revenue to help with the upkeep of the range. I knew one guy who had his Clark 1911 so well tuned it would drop the spent cases in a well placed pasteboard box lined with a terry towel to keep the from bouncing out. He rarely lost a piece of brass.