I just lost it...

Try shooting .32 ACP out of a Kel-Tek. You will never find any. I think they fly to the moon.

I need 32 acp brass' i will be buying a 32acp for my grandson to shoot. I already bought a set of dies and a little bit of brass.

Here is a three gallon bucket of range brass that I have to get prepped.





I tumbled just under 500 pieces of 223 yesterday.

I have a few semi-auto pistols that toss cases to the four winds. I tend to not shoot them very much even though I enjoy shooting them. I'd need an acre of drop cloth to recover every one of the cases.

A couple of my semi-autos drop the cases in a neat pile at my feet.

I have a reproduction M1 Carbine that throws the brass over my shoulder behind me.

One must ALWAYS leave some as a token to the Brass Gods that GIVE on so many other occasions!!!

dcloco said:

One must ALWAYS leave some as a token to the Brass Gods that GIVE on so many other occasions!!!

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I call it "seed".

This is EXACTLY why I hate shooting my semi-autos.
I like keeping brass together from the original package.

My OCD demands 50 pcs per box.
But how do I do that if I lose a piece?
Or if 1 of them cracks.

The OCD also demands that I fire all 50 of them at a time; no partial boxes.
They just drive me nuts!

Thanks for letting me rant.
I feel much better now.

Hondo 60 said:

Thanks for letting me rant.
I feel much better now.

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I understand your pain.

While I do not get too concerned about losing cases that are readily available on the commercial market, I dislike losing cases that I have spent time forming such as 38/45 Clerke.

For readily available cases, a loss rate less than 10% is deemed acceptable. For 38/45 Clerke, I hate to lose any cases.

Living in the high desert, I don't lose quite as many as you guys from the grass lands, but it happens. I keep an extra box of brass for each kind I shoot to top off the boxes I reload.

But I understand your pain too......for me it used to be golf balls.....I lost balls every single round. so what'd I do?......gave up golf. Course that's not an option for us nimrods.

cfullgraf said:

For 38/45 Clerke, I hate to lose any cases.

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That... I can't relate to.....all I shoot is the common stuff. Heck, I don't even know what 38/45 Clerke......is! I know....sheltered life.

...or the guy shooting in the next lane that cleans up your brass for himself... Especially big brass

Hondo 60 said:

This is EXACTLY why I hate shooting my semi-autos.
I like keeping brass together from the original package.

My OCD demands 50 pcs per box.
But how do I do that if I lose a piece?
Or if 1 of them cracks.

The OCD also demands that I fire all 50 of them at a time; no partial boxes.
They just drive me nuts!

Thanks for letting me rant.
I feel much better now.

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That's why there should be boxes of 60 rd. for six shot revolvers. Otherwise, you have 2 rds. left over.

It may be shooter's sacrilege, but there is only so much time in a day. After 30 seconds or so, with nothing found, I call it a search, and move on.

Waaay back when I purchased my first Mini 14 my brother and I were trying it out. I shot a mag then he did. I watched to see where the brass was going so I could pick it up. To my dismay they were landing in the farm pond about 50 feet behind us! At least the brass was something common.

FROGO207 said:

Waaay back when I purchased my first Mini 14 my brother and I were trying it out. I shot a mag then he did. I watched to see where the brass was going so I could pick it up. To my dismay they were landing in the farm pond about 50 feet behind us! At least the brass was something common.

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That makes me think; Two projectiles in one cartridge.

When I'm shooting/scrounging brass, I don't see a brass case on the ground, I see a shiny dime (or quarter!) laying there...

Waaay back when I purchased my first Mini 14 my brother and I were trying it out. I shot a mag then he did. I watched to see where the brass was going so I could pick it up. To my dismay they were landing in the farm pond about 50 feet behind us! At least the brass was something common.

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Yep,
my Mini 14 has nice positive ejection.

Was shooting one time and looked over my shoulder to see someone had parked about 20' behind me to my right (when I was facing downrange)
Had to change lanes as I was dropping brass on his car opppsss , sorry.

FROGO207 said:

Waaay back when I purchased my first Mini 14 my brother and I were trying it out. I shot a mag then he did. I watched to see where the brass was going so I could pick it up. To my dismay they were landing in the farm pond about 50 feet behind us! At least the brass was something common.

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I have one pistol in 40 S&W that shoots brass at 90 degrees out to 4 lanes over. I never shoot it with occupants close to my right.

I found a .50 A&E last year at the range, probably still have it. Probably more than .50 ea. It's a big sucker.
I don't even pick up 9mm anymore, except for my own. I mark it with a black marker across the primer end. I have a homemade brass catcher, that on a good day catches about 90% of them. There are plenty on the ground to replace the ones I lose.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

I find myself pacing around almost every time I empty a magazine. I lost some 45 acp cases the last two times I was out. I guess I need to break down and just order some from starline or burn up some more factory junk I've been holding off on.

There seems to be no shortage of of 9mm range pick up. I really dislike the one 9mm pistol I have and even dislike loading it even more. But every time I go to the range I come home with more of it. I need to build a 9mm AR upper or find a decent accurate pistol.

I almost sent the OP a couple of my brass to calm him about his loss. Then he dropped a new one in so I stood down and did not bother to PM him. Guess I should not worry about things others do so mutch. Glad the OP recovered so quickly.

You're not alone OP. I feel the same sadness after losing a 357 Sig, a 10mm & especially a 9X25 Dillon. Oh the horror of it!