Collecting spent brass at the range
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Ya, I'll get right on that.
I really liked the ones at h ttp://www.brasstrap.com/ so I made one. 
Just a surplus laundry bag, stitches removed to make a flat sheet, and 3 paper clips to make the pocket at the bottom. I hang it on the partition at my range using small plastic clamps. Catches most brass my guns can throw better than a brass magnet.
I also liked this gizmo for the brass that escaped the net, or that was left behind by non-reloaders:
h ttp://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1310
IMO it is pricey for what it does. I was thinking of taking a couple of those leaf 'catchers' - can't remember their real name - that Home Depot sells. You put them into the eve-through to keep the leafs away. Anyway that project is way down on my DIY list.
Just a surplus laundry bag, stitches removed to make a flat sheet, and 3 paper clips to make the pocket at the bottom. I hang it on the partition at my range using small plastic clamps. Catches most brass my guns can throw better than a brass magnet. I also liked this gizmo for the brass that escaped the net, or that was left behind by non-reloaders:
h ttp://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1310
IMO it is pricey for what it does. I was thinking of taking a couple of those leaf 'catchers' - can't remember their real name - that Home Depot sells. You put them into the eve-through to keep the leafs away. Anyway that project is way down on my DIY list.
- Whoever left all of that BHA Match .223 brass for me at Spruce Grove a few years ago... kindly leave me some more.
- In doing my bit for range clean-up, I pick up everything and sort it in my back yard. I keep what I need. I give to my friends what they need. I sell what can be sold, and anything that does not fall into the above catagories goes into the recycle bucket. Last time I took the recycle bucket to the scrapyard, I got $90 for 90 pounds of "Yellow Brass".
- Commie lacquered steel and copper-washed steel cases are really starting to become an eyesore.
- Berdan primed stuff (around here: mostly 7.5mm Swiss, older FNM 7.62, and the odd WW2 DA .303) is fine, because it still gets a buck a pound as scrap.
I have been shooting for the last 46 years and 99% of that is based on brass that somebody else threw away.
Last year I picked up 540 rounds of DI .303 brass. Year before, my friend picked up 500 of the same and he doesn't have a .303 any longer. He dumped it on me, I dumped all the .308W Federal Gold Medal Match brass I had picked up on him, and we're both happy.
I'm not complaining one little bit.
Last year I picked up 540 rounds of DI .303 brass. Year before, my friend picked up 500 of the same and he doesn't have a .303 any longer. He dumped it on me, I dumped all the .308W Federal Gold Medal Match brass I had picked up on him, and we're both happy.
I'm not complaining one little bit.
Collecting range brass
By all means police your spent brass at any range as the next shooters appreciate a clean range.
If the purpose is to reload ,bag it,if not place it in the brass recycle bin.
Reloading brass of unknown history found at the range is a real iffy thing.
Like a 20 buck hooker and no condoms. You know it's got a history of usage but just don't know how safe it'll be to be used again.
Lots of good ideas here to catch your brass or at least collect it.
Be a "Green" shooter and reload and recycle.
Gord
By all means police your spent brass at any range as the next shooters appreciate a clean range.
If the purpose is to reload ,bag it,if not place it in the brass recycle bin.
Reloading brass of unknown history found at the range is a real iffy thing.
Like a 20 buck hooker and no condoms. You know it's got a history of usage but just don't know how safe it'll be to be used again.
Lots of good ideas here to catch your brass or at least collect it.
Be a "Green" shooter and reload and recycle.
Gord
Within reason. If you find 20 .308 for instance, AND you find an empty box labled "308" laying amongst the brass, you can make a pretty good guess those 20 brass might be once-fired. Definately worth a closer inspection, don't you think?
.22 shooting slobs drive me nuts...
I was at the range Monday afternoon and spent my first half hour cleaning the covered shooting area floor and table of spent .22 shells so my 9mm cases would be easier to spot and pickup.
The sad part was that there was a recycle bucket right behind the table where the worst mess was. It's kinda sad that the prevous shooter couldn't deposit his cases in the bucket 3 feet away.
At the very least one of the clubs could recycle the brass and put the money towards more targets or the materials to make more target stands.
As for using range brass, the local LEOs train at the range where I shoot and if you see them leaving you can usually find a ton of once fired Winchester .40 for the picking. Prior to this, there was 9mm everywhere. I have bags full of it here to reload thanks to one of the guys in my pistol club.
Cactus
I was at the range Monday afternoon and spent my first half hour cleaning the covered shooting area floor and table of spent .22 shells so my 9mm cases would be easier to spot and pickup.
The sad part was that there was a recycle bucket right behind the table where the worst mess was. It's kinda sad that the prevous shooter couldn't deposit his cases in the bucket 3 feet away.
At the very least one of the clubs could recycle the brass and put the money towards more targets or the materials to make more target stands.
As for using range brass, the local LEOs train at the range where I shoot and if you see them leaving you can usually find a ton of once fired Winchester .40 for the picking. Prior to this, there was 9mm everywhere. I have bags full of it here to reload thanks to one of the guys in my pistol club.
Cactus
