Better way to collect the brass in range?

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Hi,

Seems impossible to catch the brass like shooting the bolt action rifle. How do you guys collect the flying pistol brass in the range?

Do the ranges allow to pick up the used brass?
 
jeanlikethis said:
Hi,

Seems impossible to catch the brass like shooting the bolt action rifle. How do you guys collect the flying pistol brass in the range?

Do the ranges allow to pick up the used brass?
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I usually catch my pistol brass, right on my forehead!
Seriously, most shooters are considerate about letting each other gather their respective brass.
 
I just pick up my own brass, and donate that which I don't reload to the club since they have a collection bin right there. Never had an issue, but have had many people offer me their brass while I am there.
 
Well, I'm a lefty. So I try and set up at the far right of the range if I want to collect my own brass, it hits the wall and I can sweep it up, also I get to watch everyone the my left easily.
 
I use a 3BUCC brass catcher for my ARs. For everything else, I sweep up the floor and just dump it all into a plastic bag to sort out at home.
 
Shooting a 1911 45 outdoors, I gave up on a groundsheet, used a strip of sheetmetal under left grip, bent over slide couple inches. It deflects most of brass around my feet rather than a 20ft radius. I don't think there is a tarp big enough to catch them.
 
PYK said:
Shooting a 1911 45 outdoors, I gave up on a groundsheet, used a strip of sheetmetal under left grip, bent over slide couple inches. It deflects most of brass around my feet rather than a 20ft radius. I don't think there is a tarp big enough to catch them.
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Any pics that sounds a litlle weird but it may actually work but I hate attaching anything to my guns that are not meant to be there.. I have trouble enough lol
 
jeanlikethis said:
Hi,

Seems impossible to catch the brass like shooting the bolt action rifle. How do you guys collect the flying pistol brass in the range?

Do the ranges allow to pick up the used brass?
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You are definitely allowed to pick up your brass. In fact, at my club (Sharon Gun Club) etiquette is that each shooter only pick up their own brass unless other shooters give you expressed permission to pick up their brass. Anything left on the ground after shooter packs up and leaves is free to anyone who wants it! :)
 
I had asked myself a similar question in years past. I had one particular Gent who loved to "collect" my brass and then walk off with it...I switched to wheel guns.

ITB
 
jeanlikethis said:
Hi,

Seems impossible to catch the brass like shooting the bolt action rifle. How do you guys collect the flying pistol brass in the range?

Do the ranges allow to pick up the used brass?
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While there's many a brass catcher on the market and revolvers do make it a simple affair.

Personally I find the true art of being a complete and well rounded shooter is being able to accurately hit both your target down range while having all your brass eject into your bin of choice at the firing line.

Success in the ability to never pick up the dreaded "LBOG" ("Loose,Brass,On,Ground") again really comes down to good footwork and knowing the particulars of your firearms brass ejecting capabilities.

Getting the consistency of ejection distances down to +/- #13 millimetres is what finally made me an ace in this regard and on a good day (if I'm doing my part) I'm able to get MOA accuracy down range to match my BIB (Brass,In,Bin) accuracy at the line (providing the environmental factors are sufficient for BIB success).

Know I know this may sound like folly, but after back surgery made picking up my own brass a difficult affair it really was just a matter of practice and fine tuning that made the dreaded "LBOG" a thing of my past at the range.

Of course for those who have not yet mastered overcoming "LBOG" or are finding difficulty locating the correct Bin apparatuses for managing consistent "BIB" accuracy there's always the broom for the removal of one's own brass which is the standard policy at my particular range (and any range I've attended).

Cheers D
 
Unless there is a sign saying brass belongs to the club, I've only ever seen it once where it gets cashed in for their maintenance fund I pick it up. I always have a 20L bucket in my trunk to clean up after myself for brass I won't reload, and for stuff that people can't be bothered to pickup; free money for me. I had one year where I scrapped enough brass .22 included to buy 4lbs of powder plus other odds and ends. I also shoot at a few places out in the bush on crown land where I take some time to tidy up when I am done after people who couldn't be bothered.

Flying brass, I've seen fishing net contraptions where guys fix them to the bench with a C-clamp and their brass flies straight into that. It looks like they cut out the fishing net mesh and replace it with something tighter like military laundry bag mesh.
 
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