Picking Up lots of LC 223

[gifbohane]

Went to the range on Friday and picked up a lot of 223. Normally I only see reloaders (or blasters) during the weekdays. My theory is that only the reloaders are willing to fire their "stash." The blasters are another question.

Anyway, to my surprise I found that more than 2/3 of the pickups were LC with Military crimps. I think that LC is very good stuff and therefore cannot understand why it is just left there. Maybe guys are now shooting their better rounds?

Any thoughts? before I head to the reloading room.

 

[JO JO]

I think reloaders are a small percentage of shooters and don't care about the brass , but to us reloaders it's gold in them there hills

 

[kcofohio]

Other reloaders didn't beat you to the range this time.

 

[Demi-human]

I just recovered about five hundred LC 21 cases from a range dive.
Seems some were released for sale. Where these were found money isn’t really a problem so I imagine they just finally found some.

I’m glad they did.

it's gold in them thar’ hills

…the things [they] think are useless, I can’t understand…

 

[AJC1]

Finding gold would be a big pile of norma. I'm still looking.

 

[Demi-human]

Finding gold would be

A stout heap of 38 SuperComp! The real nine millimeter. Mmmmm!

 

[bullseye308]

Many shooters don’t even know that reloading is a thing. I still frequently encounter folks that don’t know you can reload when I ask for their brass. Only a couple have wanted to learn how, most just think you are crazy for doing it and there is voodoo involved.

 

[sparkyv]

Heck there weren't any brass collection buckets at the range today. Seems noone is leaving any brass behind. Those days are gone.

 

[AJC1]

Heck there weren't any brass collection buckets at the range today. Seems noone is leaving any brass behind. Those days are gone.

With the uptick in cost a lot of shooters are asking about reloading. Unfortunately I believe that components are the last priority for manufacturers. I would love to show others the process if things were more available.

 

[kcofohio]

Heck there weren't any brass collection buckets at the range today. Seems noone is leaving any brass behind. Those days are gone.

The ranges I belong to, there are people who will go to the range daily, just to scout brass out. It may be retirees looking for supplemental income. And they are more active in the draught times.

 

[Charlie98]

The ranges I belong to, there are people who will go to the range daily, just to scout brass out. It may be retirees looking for supplemental income. And they are more active in the draught times.

Where I normally shoot in NV, it's just an open range out in the desert. Every. Single. Day. there is a guy that comes out to suck up all the brass laying about. I'm sure he's retired, and that's what gets him out of bed in the morning, which is OK.

There is a certain level of shooter... I call them pedestrian shooters... who buy something like an AR-15 or a budget 9mm, swing by Academy, Cabelas, or Big 5 and get a box or two of ammos, run over to the range and blast it. Listening to them, about half are mag dumps, half slower fire at the junk on the range... they leave their brass lay, pack up, and go home. That's it. They don't even know what they are shooting... just that it was cheap, and fits their gun.

As more and more ammo comes available, more and more of these pedestrian shooters are coming back out of the woodwork.

 

[chamokaneman]

most just think you are crazy for doing it and there is voodoo involved.

I was explaining reloading to someone I was getting brass from one day and mentioned that I had taken up bullet casting. I'm pretty sure his head metaphorically exploded right there on the spot.

I am pretty surprised at the amount of LC I find in range brass.

 

[highlander 5]

Some people have money to burn. I used to pick up left over brass had to stop as I got a life time supply of just about everything I shoot.

 

[kerreckt]

I am a RSO at my range (2500+ members). My observation is that infrequent shooters are rarely reloaders and there are plenty of these people. They will donate their brass to the club for resale. They will readily give it to me, if asked. I always find reloadable brass which is lying around. The club always has brass for sale at very reasonable prices. LC brass in 223 is very common in my area. What a blessing!

 

[kcofohio]

Over the years of picking up brass, I have collected about 6k of 223/556 brass. I'd say 60% is LC, and 25% is FC.

I'm really glad Perfecta quit showing up at the range.

 

[TimRB]

Anyway, to my surprise I found that more than 2/3 of the pickups were LC with Military crimps.

I normally don't use range pick-up brass because I don't know its history, but if I found a lot of crimped 223 brass, I would take it gladly. The fact that it's crimped virtually guarantees that it actually is once-fired.

Tim

 

[flatsticks]

Congrats on the find OP.

My range is picked clean every time I am there .

 

[AJC1]

Over the years of picking up brass, I have collected about 6k of 223/556 brass. I'd say 60% is LC, and 25% is FC.

I'm really glad Perfecta quit showing up at the range.

When I was weighing brass perfecta was one of the best for uniformity. What's the bad news...

 

[WiTom]

One day my wife and I picked up over 6500 casings with over 3/4 of them being LC, after a area police shoot, at our local range. We only live about 4 miles away, and that morning, about 6 years ago, it sounded like a war zone. We kept diving past the range until all the SUV's, and squad cars started pulling out about 1 o'clock. You could see where they set up stations for shooting, with big piles brass just waiting for us. LOL A day to remember, for this reloader, for sure.

 

[kcofohio]

When I was weighing brass perfecta was one of the best for uniformity. What's the bad news...

Off centered flash holes, some are really off that stress the decapper pin. I ended up reusing them exclusively for 300 BO subs.
Less case capacity than other headstamps that I test with.

 

[Skeptic13]

I use to find .223/5.56 brass laying around the range almost every time I went. Then all of the sudden when the latest ammo shortage started you couldn't find it any more. I am starting to find it more often lately. Maybe that is a good sign.