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I sometimes wonder about this when I'm picking up brass that someone else left.The only brass I willingly leave is so used it would NOT be a good idea to reload it.
I sometimes wonder about this when I'm picking up brass that someone else left.The only brass I willingly leave is so used it would NOT be a good idea to reload it.
As to the old gentleman that was taking your brass, I do feel sorry for him since it would appear that he was doing it to supplement his income. If he was shooting and recovering his own brass, I might say he was a reloader. But since this appears to be the only activity he was doing, I would say he was doing it to produce income. Being a softy that I am, I would have asked him to wait till I was finished shooting and that he could have all the brass that was laying on the ground.
Man, intentionally leaving worn-out brass for someone else to blow himself up with is just cold and inconsiderate.
Get em Gringo! I love it...This is why I have a 9 x 12 heavy canvas painters tarp in my shooting kit. Put it down every time I shoot. I originally did it to make brass pickup easy but now it marks my shooting space. Anyone who violates I will raise holy hell with. If someone wants to come after a 62 yo man who has had cerebral palsy from birth who almost died at birth and who is also permanently disabled after working from the time he was 8 to 50 yo has another think coming. I don't initiate trouble but I haven't gotten this far in life by backing down either.
I have to agree with that. While rather than leave it lay I place it in the containers. I do see people digging in the containers. No clue if they want it for scrap brass or they are looking for reloadable brass. Regardless, any reloader with God given brains wil inspect the brass and know what to look for.If you use range pick up brass without a good visual inspection, you're asking for trouble. It doesn't take much to see if a case is dangerously worn out. If the neck isn't split and there's no ring around the base, shoot it. If there is, scrap bucket.
There's a brass rat who prowls my range here in Grand Junction, CO -- looks and soundsseveral bricks shy of a load, like maybe he took a round to the braincase at one time. "Are you keepin' da bullets?" he asks. One day at the range another guy was gathering brass and told me about an encounter with this retarded -- excuse me, mentally challenged -- brass rat, who seemed to think it was his private harvesting ground. "I'll shoot you!" he threatened. The guy reported him to the ranger, who eventually found the brass rat, who denied it all. So it was a he said/she said thing.
Kind of scary, a borderline moron with a gun threatening people gathering "his" brass.
Huh?Some brass rats might be swagers. I plan on getting swaging dies to make .224 from .22LR cases and .40 from 9mm cases before the next shortage.
Mike
Some brass rats might be swagers. I plan on getting swaging dies to make .224 from .22LR cases and .40 from 9mm cases before the next shortage.
Mike