- Location
- Nova Scotia
Nope. Just went down with a 100# pull weight magnet and picked up nothing. I found some primers that stuck, but once I put it into a spent case, it wouldn't even lift.
Picking up brass at the range?
- Thread starter fightinghamster
- Start date
Nope. Just went down with a 100# pull weight magnet and picked up nothing. I found some primers that stuck, but once I put it into a spent case, it wouldn't even lift.
I have a brass catcher for pistols, I use to use it in the winter out doors with my 1911, don't use it these days, fits on hand with a mess bag.
It is a commercial made one, but don't remember who made it. Adj for hand size
Its on back of hand with a strap so not a big deal to hold it. I could take a picture if someone wanted to see it.
works fine. My main shooting was bullseye, tarps are OK , but in Sask, wind is always a problem.
It is a commercial made one, but don't remember who made it. Adj for hand size
Its on back of hand with a strap so not a big deal to hold it. I could take a picture if someone wanted to see it.
works fine. My main shooting was bullseye, tarps are OK , but in Sask, wind is always a problem.
sharp shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Essex county (Ontario)
Milwaukee 18V shop vac
This is what I use.
https://www.cm-machine.com/Ultimate-Brass-Catcher-optional-12-stem_p_40.html
https://www.cm-machine.com/Ultimate-Brass-Catcher-optional-12-stem_p_40.html
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Just because its not reloadable or hard to do so, doesnt mean you shouldnt pick it up. This mentality makes ranges look like ####. It just accumulates as others see steel cases on the ground, thinking it is okay not to pick it up. We started to discipline people that are lazy to police their brass as there is no excuse not to. I even provided a retractable magnet for them, and people still feel the need to be lazy.
At our range you are to pickup all your own brass, if you do not reload it then toss it in the range bin (we sell the brass for scrap and put on a fireworks show for the kids a couple times a year), if you see others brass that was not picked up you pick it up.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
It takes hours on clean up day to pick up all the brass on the range floor because people are lazy. As many are like someone else will clean up after me. Both the clubs I'm a member of will ban the member if repeated infractions. Harsh? Nah. Same people clean out their vehicles and fill the brass bins with garbage, or haul and leave junk they shot up.
As they say, we are not your mothers, we are not here to clean up after you.
At our club you can be kicked out for not cleaning up. We showed up at the club in the winter, a couple guys were taking their targets down so we just waited for them to pack up. They did not bother with picking up any of the pistol brass as it was not "worth anything". They then took their wood/paper target that they blew apart with a shotgun and buried it in a snow bank at the berm. We keep our outdoor range open all year round, it is not fun when brass goes through the mower or snow blower and has cost the club a lot of money.
Yes, you will not always get every piece of brass from your guns, especially Russian semis, but you try and you do your best, people who leave everything piss us off.
geotndtwine
CGN Regular
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
My range say don't leave a mess, but alot of folks leave their brass, and on the other side lots of folk pick too, kind of evens out. Plus my range does speed competitions so no picking up then.
What ranges have that rule? I've shot at very many ranges and all of them expect you to clean up your own brass at a minimum, and some expect all brass to be picked up from the range floor a the end of a shooting session, without regard to whether it is yours or not. Without a paid staff to pick up after you, clubs depend on the membership to leave the facility tidy.
What I do think is bad etiquette are certain individuals that like to swoop in and scavenge your re-loadable brass while you are still there.
mmcintyre1220
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Tillsonburg, Ontario
I have shot at some 30+ ranges throughout North America and the expectation has always been to clean up the range prior to leaving and if time permits, leave it cleaner than when you found it. Only once did I ever encounter an issue with brass pickup. There was a range rent a cop who was literally sweeping the brass as it hit the ground and was placing it in his range bag. When I was done shooting I gave him the option to pay me for my brass or return it. He very quickly gave me most of the brass he collected.
