Been buying 9mm for .03 per case cleaned and .45 for .05 but I still can't make myself stop picking up brass.. I know it comes from my teen days when I picked up brass and empty shotgun hulls Because I had no extra money for shooting. I would buy 100 shotgun primers on Friday so I could shoot 4 rounds of skeet on Sunday. I had to cast wadcutters so I could shoot pistol. I still remember on my 18th birthday I got 1k pistol and 1k shotgun primers. Thought I was rich. Loaded 1oz of shot for skeet loads when everyone else loaded 1 1/8 oz just to make it last longer. Actually those may have been the best shooting days I ever experienced.
Never thought that this would happen...
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Green Frog
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I have loaded for 38 and all the straight side 32s for years, so I clear my cylinders into some sort of container to bring home. Back when I was shooting 45s and now that I am shooting a nine, I'm down on my knees after I shoot "worshipping the brass idols." With the supply I have of 45s I could probably leave them on the ground, but old habits die hard.
Froggie
Froggie
That is just rude and stealing.
I view brass on the ground as property of the shooter until they tell you that you can have it or they abandon it when leaving. If I am cleaning mine up and find something that isn't mine, I will offer it to the shooter before I claim anything.
Rosewood
I eagerly opened this up, as I recalled a similar opening sentence to a certain adult magazine's forum letters. I perused these purely for the articles of course. They started with the same, "You'll never believe what happened to me at the <range> today... I eagerly dug into the immense <piles of brass> until I was exhausted. I will always remember the handfuls of <brass>..."
I'm lucky on that last score. My 21 year old is starting to express interest in learning to reload. Now if he can just find the time from all his other busy-ness...
Qc Pistolero
Member
If you don't cast your own,there are some calibers not worth reloading for when you have to buy the projectile(9mm,.223).
This fact combined with the fast moving around life the younger people are in makes it so it ain't economically worth it to spend time they don't have reloading.
They then let others do the chicken dance.
This fact combined with the fast moving around life the younger people are in makes it so it ain't economically worth it to spend time they don't have reloading.
They then let others do the chicken dance.
Right now with the panic and ammo when you can find it sells for a premium, I find that today it is well worth it to load 9mm and .223. Right now, even buying 9mm brass at .03 each, I'm loading Hytek Coated 115gr for somewhere between $5-6 a box. Around here target 9mm is going for $20-25 a box IF you can find it. Had a new set of 9mm dies that came with a load of stuff I bought probably 10 years ago and thought I would never use them. I normally shoot way more .38 than 9mm but lately my use of the 9mm has increased drastically, so loading has been real good for me. Now I'm noticing that projectiles are getting hard to find as well as primers and powder. Thankfully I've got a good supply of 9mm, .38 special and .45acp loaded and have components to stay way ahead of the shortage.
reloader7.62
Member
I know some don't like them but I don't discriminate when it comes to 45 ACP with small pistol primers. I separate mine and just take one or the other out when I go shooting. I'm not hurting on primers but it's nice to have options and I have lots more SP primers than I do LP since the 45 ACP is the only pistol cartridge I shoot that that takes LP primers.
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Amp
Member
Currently only reload 38/357 and they dont get dropped.
Green Frog
Member
Wait til you're shooting something exotic for which neither factory ammo nor empty brass are common. Then you'll be careful. My 327 FM cases never hit the ground.
Froggie
Froggie
Hair Trigger
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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.
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.
