all us brass chickens

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MySuomi said:
I shoot outdoors at my farm. But, I agree with the easter egg poster. When I find a casing that I had missed previously I get such a sense of satisfaction. That is pretty darn weird.

I also assume I am not the only one that laments not finding all 20 of the rifle round cases that you just fired. Finding only 18 out of 20 is just distressing nowadways. That is some crazy psychology going on. I do feel like I just lost money by not finding 100%.
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I understand what you're saying...
I have a range here on the farm. And don't always find all my brass.
I try to stay around 80%. Friends use the range and usually give me their brass ( or at least, used to,)
Then when I find it later, it goes into my bucket for the scrap yard...
 
Here in eastern NC we call ourselves “Brass Hounds”
I became a Brass Hound probably around the age of 7 in the 50s. I generally don’t sell it, but rather trade for something I do use!
 
My range only allows you to pick up the brass you shoot, that said it's hard to tell. Sometimes I end up with 9mm brass picking up my .380 brass. I always come home with less .380 brass than I took but more 9mm brass than I took. Since my other calibers are revolvers, I don't have any issues with collecting my brass.
 
kcofohio said:
Over an 8 or so period I have accumulated more than a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm and 223/556 brass. And a little 3/4 gallon bucket of 40 & 45 Auto. That's not to mention the rarer cartridges. I figure there may come a day that I won't do that well stopping over to pick up brass and I should be set for that day.

Speaking of brass whores, one of the ranges I belong to had a big problem with them. One guy was actually at people feet picking up brass.

I only pick up brass that is mine, unless the area is cleared of shooters and the brass is clearly abandoned. I do the sharpie marking to settle any disputes that may arise.
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I’ve posted this in the past, at a county public range in Florida in better days brass was so plentiful that one enterprising Latino family was paying the entry fee of $6.95 each for himself his wife and a young son to pick up brass when the range went cold. Polite and always inquired of shooters for permission they scurried about scooping up everything even 22’s and steel. At range hot they would stay clear and sort their catch into buckets.
It ended in the first economic downturn of the 20’s when the county doubled the range fees, cut down to A five day week and eliminated several RSO’s. They implemented a owners only brass policy, installed grated troughs in front of and behind the firing line and a new RSO duty became sweeping brass into the troughs. A women’s county auxiliary comes in on Mondays and collects the brass. KTP, Sarasota.
 
MySuomi said:
I shoot outdoors at my farm. But, I agree with the easter egg poster. When I find a casing that I had missed previously I get such a sense of satisfaction. That is pretty darn weird.

I also assume I am not the only one that laments not finding all 20 of the rifle round cases that you just fired. Finding only 18 out of 20 is just distressing nowadways. That is some crazy psychology going on. I do feel like I just lost money by not finding 100%.
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I agree its scary, but I have a hard time giving up on those last few cases too... something depressing about an MTM ammo box with a few missing cases in it. Ironically the closer to 100% i get the more I feel the need to find them all, lol.

kcofohio said:
I only pick up brass that is mine, unless the area is cleared of shooters and the brass is clearly abandoned. I do the sharpie marking to settle any disputes that may arise.
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I do the same - I happily "cluck" as I sift through the gravel just beyond the firing line, but only when I'm the only one there. I also mark my brass by coloring in the primer with a black sharpie. I also ask permission before taking any brass im not sure is mine. And even then, I only bother asking if I'm almost positive they don't want it (i.e when they're about to dump it into the bins).

kcofohio said:
Funny, last year a time at the range, I shot some 380s. I couldn't find them all. I went back a few weeks later with my daughter, and lo and behold, I found them. I knew they were mine, as they had my sharpie mark on the head. :)
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Had to laugh, as I've done this a few times with 9mm cases as well
 
Guy I know pretty well went shooting with me a couple months ago. He showed up at the house as I was finishing loading some 9mm to take with me. He says "how much 9mm brass do you have, or do you even know?"
Not sure, couple thousand pieces maybe.

We're all done shooting, he loads his stuff up while I'm looking for brass. He says "Why are you even messing with it if you have a couple thousand pieces?"

"How the #@&"# you think I got it?"
 
I keep about 20K pieces of 9MM brass. I go through about 18K in a year and don't really process any brass at all during the winter (I wet tumble and do most of it outside). For my lesser calibers (.40, 357 sig) I keep about 2K cases.

Fortunately, barely anyone reloads at the range I go to so I generally end up with 1K to 2K extra cases per week. I just pour it out of the giant barrel they have and use sorters when I get home. No brass chicken **** for me :) I'm more like a brass raider. Especially since I always wear a ventilator when handling spent cases.
 
packetloss said:
I keep about 20K pieces of 9MM brass. I go through about 18K in a year and don't really process any brass at all during the winter (I wet tumble and do most of it outside). For my lesser calibers (.40, 357 sig) I keep about 2K cases.

Fortunately, barely anyone reloads at the range I go to so I generally end up with 1K to 2K extra cases per week. I just pour it out of the giant barrel they have and use sorters when I get home. No brass chicken **** for me :) I'm more like a brass raider. Especially since I always wear a ventilator when handling spent cases.
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Coming to a theater near you in 2021: “Raiders of the Lost Brass”
 
The scarcity of ammo and what I actually need/want has slowed my picking a bit.
I have a brass catcher for my S/A's. My Revolvers and bolt actions are easy enough to pick up after.
It will be a looong time before I wear out all my brass for my 'common' calibers.
It's the 'new to me' calibers that I lust for now,,,
 
I forgot I had posted his. Glad to see I'm not alone.
As someone said it is kind of an addiction. I'm getting better at it now that I have a good amount, but the urge is still there if I see some just laying there.
 
kcofohio said:
I only pick up brass that is mine, unless the area is cleared of shooters and the brass is clearly abandoned.
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That's me. I don't get carried away, I just get the stuff that's mine and I'm happy. I reload some 9mm, now, because of circumstances, but very often I pick up what is obvious and just leave the rest. .45ACP is another story, however... each piece of .45 brass is like a family member, and NO ONE gets left behind!
 
Charlie98 said:
.45ACP is another story, however... each piece of .45 brass is like a family member, and NO ONE gets left behind!
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Right?!

"I know it's 7p.m. and the sun went down 30 minutes ago. Just get the other flashlight from the toolbox.
There are three more pieces out here and they're right around here somewhere..."

I feel like I'm leaving a kid behind in the cold and dark!
:D
 
jonas66 said:
Right?!

"I know it's 7p.m. and the sun went down 30 minutes ago. Just get the other flashlight from the toolbox.
There are three more pieces out here and they're right around here somewhere..."

I feel like I'm leaving a kid behind in the cold and dark!
:D
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Time to invent the range vac’ brass vacuum. (Copyright; Patent pending) ;)
 
jonas66 said:
Right?!

"I know it's 7p.m. and the sun went down 30 minutes ago. Just get the other flashlight from the toolbox.
There are three more pieces out here and they're right around here somewhere..."

I feel like I'm leaving a kid behind in the cold and dark!
:D
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Time to go all 'scorched earth' on it...
 
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