Anybody Here Throw Ammo To the Gods? Sacrilege at the Range

[gwpercle]

The Shooting and Reloading Gods Demand sacrifices ... if you want to stay in their good graces ...
finding sacrificial virgins has become next to impossible ... No it has become impossible ... but a few loaded rounds that didn't feed or fire seem to keep them happy .
Much easier to come by than them pesky Virgin's ... let me tell you !
Gary

 

[reddog81]

Years ago I had 2 acquaintances (not friends) that would actually load hot ammo and leave a couple of rounds at the range because they thought it was funny. I didn’t We had words. I wouldn’t shoot with them after learning this.

A few "hot rounds" dropped into their ammo stash would have done a good job of teaching them how funny it is.

 

[medalguy]

I shoot mostly on BLM land. Over the past 10 years I have accumulated two nearly full five gallon buckets of unfired rounds, every possible caliber. A few have light primer strikes but most is perfectly good. I think some people are afraid that they might get a grain of sand in their gun if they pick it up and wipe it off.

 

[gyp_c2]

And then there's a squib just waiting to be loaded and squibbed !

 

[Carl N. Brown]

I have picked up rounds left ejected on the ground. I'd take them home, clean, inspect, keep a few as examples of various calibers.

I have found at least two examples of otherwise pristine factory 9mm which would not chamber in a standard 9mm barrel because the casing mouths had not been trimmed to standard length. Apparently they had been ejected because the slide wouldn't close. If I were a range god, I'd be offended at such a defective sacrifice.

[I would post a screen shot from Fantasia (Zeus hurling lightning bolts) but I don't want to raise the ire of Disney (c) lawyers]

 

[gyp_c2]

I'd be offended at such a defective sacrifice.

 

[ParallelCode]

maybe they're dropping them clearing malfunctions...
I see it at my local range too

That's what I have always assumed.

 

[shafter]

Happens at law enforcement ranges all the time. It isn't done to appease any gods but probably a couple dozen are dropped and never picked up. Some get found while picking up brass but they usually get discarded after laying in the dirt/mud/sand for a day or so. People drop rounds while reloading in the dark or clearing malfunctions during dynamic drills. Dropped items stay on the ground until told it's clear to pick them up.

 

[theotherwaldo]

The city-run range that I go to has almost no civilian users.
There are usually several buckets of brass ready to go for their reloading service and cardboard boxes of loose rounds.
I have no problem with using up these loose rounds (mostly pick-ups) and dropping the empties in the reloading buckets... .

 

[jmohme]

All I can say is you are not finding any unused ammo that I dropped. Probably not any spent brass either.

 

[mmb617]

All I can say is you are not finding any unused ammo that I dropped. Probably not any spent brass either.

Same here. If you saw how much time I'll spend making sure I recover all my brass, even those calibers that I probably already have a lifetime supply of brass for, you'd know I'll never let a live round get away from me.