It never hurts to ask

[johnnydogs]

I shared the club's pistol range with 2 other shooters today and the shooter nearest me began sweeping up his empties. They were 9mm. I asked him if he reloaded and he said no. I axed him if I could have them & he said 'Sure'. Good score.

 

[Racer X]

Remember, it recycling. And on Earth Day too! Good Job

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

At our gun club you can almost always count on 9mm shooters to walk away and leave behind their brass. I've got about 1500 9mm empty brass cases that I've picked up over the last couple of years. Sometimes I'll see a couple of guys firing off 50 shots apiece, and walk away without their brass. Even before I reloaded, I saved my empty brass just in case. Leaves me scratching my head, especially now, that people just leave them behind.

Not as much, but 10mm and 40 S&W gets left behind too. 38 sp, 357 mag, 44 sp, 44 mag on the other hand you never find at our range.

 

[chief38]

I could spend days going through buckets of brass at our Club! It still amazes me that most of our members still do not reload and in fact just shoot 'em and toss 'em.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I have a few thousand pick-up 9mm's. When I go to the state range, I come home with hundreds of brass, after I built a reserve of a caliber I give my surplus to friends that reload.

9mm, 38 Special. 357 Mag, 40S&W, 10mm, 44 Special & Mag, 45 ACP, 223, and 308 are very common. I have found some 45-70 but not much. You never see 50 M2 Browning, or 338 Lapua (but I see people shooting them!)

Some people are so rude, to take the brass that I want, and just leave what I don't need!

Ivan

 

[tops]

Bless their hearts! They just ain't had no razin. Larry

 

[mmb617]

At the club range I almost always come home with more 9mm brass than the number of rounds I shoot as others often let it lie. I often find .223 brass as well, so I grab that. The only other caliber I reload is .45 acp and I hardly ever find that, but sometimes I run across a few. I don't pick up brass for any calibers I don't reload so I have to watch I don't get any .380's in with the 9mm.

I have a pretty good stash of 9mm brass by now but I still can't not pick up cases that are just laying on top of the grass. I don't bother retrieving ones that are stomped into the mud though. After all I do have some restraint!

 

[twodog max]

back when I was in a gun club I always made it a point to be there early the morning after a concealed carry class. Over the years picked up thousands of 45ACP and a considerable amount of of 38-357. If I loaded 9mm I would have needed a dump truck.
I have thousands of 223 brass yet to use after the spray and pray guys had been there. Most will be in the estate sale.

 

[reddogs]

Back in 60s and 70s everyone picked up their brass and reloaded it. Now they sweep it in the grass instead of brass buckets. Most shoot at the ground or something on the ground.If it rains you have to walk through a mud hole to set up a target. Range is clean with gravel past 25 feet to the 50 yd berm. The brass left behind isn't starline,federal or winchester or i wood bring a shovel with me.

 

[Ray1970]

A range I used to be a member at always let our local law enforcement community use our facilities for qualifying or training. If I showed up and there were police vehicles at the pistol range I would always wait until they left and then go pick up tons of pistol brass.

The national guard unit was using the 200yd rifle range one day. Must have been forty guys shooting 5.56 rifles that day. I went over right after they left and found exactly zero pieces of brass. Those guys did a heck of a job picking up after themselves. I was a little disappointed.

 

[The Norseman]

Man Bun Accoutrements

Found these at the Range. 80 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges.
And I don't even have a Rifle for them. Took them home
and cleaned them up.

Thought they'd to nice to have, you just never know.

 

[Pef]

.... Sometimes I'll see a couple of guys firing off 50 shots apiece, and walk away without their brass. Even before I reloaded, I saved my empty brass just in case. Leaves me scratching my head, especially now, that people just leave them behind.

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I could spend days going through buckets of brass at our Club! It still amazes me that most of our members still do not reload and in fact just shoot 'em and toss 'em.

I used to save .38 and .357 brass. Gave a bunch to my nephew.

I don't save any brass now. I don't reload, and never will. I pretty much have a lifetime supply of ammo after buying a bunch when it was cheap.

Moreover, if one reloads, they need to do it right. Reloading is not something that even remotely interests me, so if I did it, I would be doing it for the wrong reasons and probably doing a lousy job at it, too. Which would mean either a squib or more likely a kaboom.

I'll leave reloading to the people that enjoy it. And yes, if I'm at the range and someone asks if they can pick up my brass before I sweep it across the firing line, I'll say sure.

 

[kraynky]

Since I shoot at home, I only get my own brass, and not all of it! I think the birds must swoop down when my back is turned and fly off with some of it. It's just grass and dirt (weeds), but I keep it mowed. I use one of those wire rolling baskets to collect it, because bending over is a pain in my knees & back.

I even bought a metal detector, and still don't end up with all I shoot. Maybe it's a chipmunk, ........... that reloads..........?

 

[Drm50]

The new generation is spray & pray crowd. They go to ranges like going to bowling alleys. In other words have gun will travel. They don't want to load they aren't in that deep. One time I watched a guy burn up 3 or 4 boxes of 22/250 with a Savage bolt action. No Sights - No Scope. Revolver and 45acp are the only popular bass that people pick up.