Saving your brass.

4thIDvet · 06-26-2012, 03:04 AM

How do you guys save your brass at the range?
Shooting my .45 the empty shells fly.
Guys are there diving on it.
Any ideas on something to stop the brass from flying and getting grabbed?

TinmanIA · 06-26-2012, 03:14 AM

I just tell them "Hey, that's my brass, and I reload to so leave it alone please." I also clean up often. I'm nice the first time, if I see them do it a second I get a bit meaner.

Czubek · 06-26-2012, 06:57 AM

Carry a baseball bat, because shooting fellow shooters at the range is frowned upon.

Brian

Exitwound · 06-26-2012, 07:45 AM

That would piss me off if someone was grabbing up my brass.

You mean they don't even ask you? They just take it?

44044 · 06-26-2012, 08:03 AM

Shoot a box of that steel cased shit first

Tell them they can have it

flopshot · 06-26-2012, 08:31 AM

our range had a rule that the brass belonged to the shooter until he left the station. after that it belonged to the range. on a skeet, trap or sporting clays field anything that hit the ground belonged to the club. brass or hull never became the property of a scrounger.

Railbuggy · 06-26-2012, 08:53 AM

What is sweep up at the Cincinnati area Target World, is repackaged and sold as once fired brass.I recover my brass + some when I use there range.

4thIDvet · 06-26-2012, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Exitwound

That would piss me off if someone was grabbing up my brass.

You mean they don't even ask you? They just take it?

Small UN-monitored public range out here in the forest.
Tough to watch where your brass is flying and concentrate on shooting.
No dividers between positions, so the brass is flying everywhere.
Guys sit on the bench and the race is on when the brass hits the ground.
Now you turn around and ask who grabbed your brass?

They bring pails and just sit there and wait..
I guess if you got tough with them and said leave the brass alone, or I am going too break your fingers, they would hesitate.
But you can not watch your back, so who is the guilty mouse?
I don't want to ruin a good day of fun shooting over brass.
Their has to be some device too catch it, before it hits the ground?

flopshot · 06-26-2012, 09:11 AM

you might try using an old movie screen to deflect the brass. easy to carry and set up. laying a blanket on the landing spot more or less say's you want your brass to be left alone.

10 Bears · 06-26-2012, 09:12 AM

Bring your own "stop barrier" to catch your brass.
Screen, blanket, bird netting, what ever.
Stops YOUR brass and keeps it in your area.
If they don't get the hint, from that, use the baseball bat.

"Hey, what's the bat for?"
"To beat off the brass thieves!"

4thIDvet · 06-26-2012, 10:53 AM

Good idea screen...
flopshot they would take the damn blanket and use it to roll the brass up.
I have to take my Brother Mongo with me..
"Mongo say no touch."
They do kind of leave his alone, I don't know why?

JD Miller · 06-26-2012, 11:23 AM

There is always plenty of 45 brass laying all over the ground at my range

4thIDvet · 06-26-2012, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD Miller

There is always plenty of 45 brass laying all over the ground at my range

Why you. Oh ho so your one of the guys..

What a small world..
Well let me tell you something JD..
You see a chubby old guy at the Ocala shooting range with a screen set up.
Mongo there standing his 6' 5" 375 lb. big ass behind him.
You touch that brass, your not going to be typing for a week.

JD Miller · 06-26-2012, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Why you. Oh ho so your one of the guys..

What a small world..
Well let me tell you something JD..
You see a chubby old guy at the Ocala shooting range with a screen set up.
Mongo there standing his 6' 5" 375 lb. big ass behind him.
You touch that brass, your not going to be typing for a week.

Just saying that I see it left there unwanted, discarded. I dont pick it up cause I only shoot and reload 44 mag and 45 colt. Guess I could collect some and send it to you

4thIDvet · 06-26-2012, 11:55 AM

Nah dont do dat..
Damn. I have too call my little Brother Mongo back real quick.
He just put his fist through two walls.
"Who did what too you Tim. I am on the way."
Takes Mongo about a day too calm down..
Relax, I will talk too him..

06-26-2012, 03:04 AM	#1
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,445	Saving your brass. How do you guys save your brass at the range? Shooting my .45 the empty shells fly. Guys are there diving on it. Any ideas on something to stop the brass from flying and getting grabbed? __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

06-26-2012, 03:14 AM	#2
TinmanIA Demon of the Midwest Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: In a room with no windows. Posts: 4,118	I just tell them "Hey, that's my brass, and I reload to so leave it alone please." I also clean up often. I'm nice the first time, if I see them do it a second I get a bit meaner. __________________ Don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back. 3% Throw Me To the Wolves, I Will Come Back Leading The Pack

06-26-2012, 06:57 AM	#3
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	Carry a baseball bat, because shooting fellow shooters at the range is frowned upon. Brian __________________ 3 Here at the Dirty Dozen's Bunker, we have no problems, only solutions.

06-26-2012, 07:45 AM	#4
Exitwound Red Blooded American Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,288	That would piss me off if someone was grabbing up my brass. You mean they don't even ask you? They just take it? __________________ Fear is the mind killer.

06-26-2012, 08:53 AM	#7
Railbuggy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Taylor Creek,Ohio Posts: 7,279	What is sweep up at the Cincinnati area Target World, is repackaged and sold as once fired brass.I recover my brass + some when I use there range. __________________ Im not a wannabe,Im a has-been. We already lost the war. You are the resistance.

06-26-2012, 08:03 AM	#5
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,958	Shoot a box of that steel cased shit first Tell them they can have it

06-26-2012, 08:31 AM	#6
flopshot Constitutional bigot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,812	our range had a rule that the brass belonged to the shooter until he left the station. after that it belonged to the range. on a skeet, trap or sporting clays field anything that hit the ground belonged to the club. brass or hull never became the property of a scrounger.

06-26-2012, 09:11 AM	#9
flopshot Constitutional bigot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,812	you might try using an old movie screen to deflect the brass. easy to carry and set up. laying a blanket on the landing spot more or less say's you want your brass to be left alone.

06-26-2012, 09:12 AM	#10
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Bring your own "stop barrier" to catch your brass. Screen, blanket, bird netting, what ever. Stops YOUR brass and keeps it in your area. If they don't get the hint, from that, use the baseball bat. "Hey, what's the bat for?" "To beat off the brass thieves!"

06-26-2012, 10:53 AM	#11
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,445	Good idea screen... flopshot they would take the damn blanket and use it to roll the brass up. I have to take my Brother Mongo with me.. "Mongo say no touch." They do kind of leave his alone, I don't know why?

06-26-2012, 11:23 AM	#12
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,214	There is always plenty of 45 brass laying all over the ground at my range __________________ .......

06-26-2012, 11:55 AM	#15
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,445	Nah dont do dat.. Damn. I have too call my little Brother Mongo back real quick. He just put his fist through two walls. "Who did what too you Tim. I am on the way." Takes Mongo about a day too calm down.. Relax, I will talk too him..