Range scrounging !!
 

How much of a scrounge are you on a scale of 1-10 ?

1 I pick up my brass and the junk that last guy left with my targets and dump them on my way out .

3 I keep my brass may be I or a buddy will start to load some day.

5 Brass ain't cheap , if it's my cartrige or a buddies it's going with me

8 I pickup all of it and check the dumpster and I take a mornig off once a month to pick up around the back stopsand Christmas shopping at yhe mall makes you think "wow look at all those wheel weights just for the plucking .

10 The guy at the recycling place expects me with a 5 gal bucket mangled jackets every 6-7 weeks and I'm personally offended by that new ordenance about unathorized removal of wheel weights .

RE: Range scrounging !!
 

5 years ago, I would not think of digging thru brass. Today, I spend half my time shooting and the other half going thru the brass buckets.

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When I used to go to the range I would pick up brass but wasn’t for reloading , it was for my brass bucket for the scrap yard...;)

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I save my brass because I do reload andf I am a fanatic about cleaning up after myself.. I don't pick up others brass to keepbut Ihave swept it up after others and tossed it in a trash can.

RE: Range scrounging !!
 

everywhere I've been here in IL.....range officials only want you picking up your own brass....nothing else....

A guy was shooting 45-70 and letting it fall to the ground....range official asked for it.....for himself.

I think if a guy next to me had some he didn't want and I did, I'd take his, but not sure about 2yr old brass on the ground....haha.

I collect my own and am currently content with that.

RE: Range scrounging !!
 

I leave my worn out brass at the range. I will not buy "once fired" rifle brass or pick up rifle brass at the range.
I have picked up 10mmhandgun brass at the range but that was several years ago as I have not shot at a public range in 12 years or more

RE: Range scrounging !!
 

What I take to the range comes home with me too. Reuseable or not. I don't toss my old stuff on the ground, and I don't pick up anyone else's rejects. I'm a little picky about my brass, and past history of used range brass isn't something I know. That's just me, and I do know other shooters who do use discarded brass............

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I see ....... Out here the county recently did a clean up grade fill, new benches, sun shades , hours of operation[:@], and a dumpster 25 feet from the bench . The Blazers and steel cases and rim fire just pile up . Last time I was out I picked up about 20 lbs of bullets and a couple hundred 45acp and 40 S&W . If I'm going to shoot "range brass" I put it in plinckers , minimum loads .I haven't reached a level 9 .........Yet.

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I belong to a privet range, cost 35 a year I think. I pick up all my brass and sometimes look for .223 for a friend. I almost picked up some nice looking 9mm for another friend once, must of been several hundred rounds on the ground, but a guy came in right behind me and did it! I always take care of my trash and try to always pick up a little of someone else's. Amazes me the amount of trash people leave, I think guys that are seen shooting rim-fires should have to pay a extra fee, their is millions of steel and brass rim-fire cases on the ground, some spots it is almost hard to walk on!

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If I find any clean, once-fired brass at the range that obviously has been left by some previous shooter, I will take it home regardless of caliber. 75% of the cost of a loaded round of factory ammo is for the brass!