Picking up brass at the range

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I was at the range today and I realize that most of the people here don't reuse there brass so I started picking up brass on the ground and in the brass box

I was wondering if it was a good idea to do that if the case might be good to reload? it is all brass case of 308 win and 223 I got around 40 of each

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Even better is watch for guys like me who shoot off 60rds of American Eagle .223 then jump in and pick it up before I sweep it up and put it in the brass box. I won't complain!
 
I rarely ever buy new brass.Lots of free brass just sort it by brand and have at her........Harold
 
Inspect it carefully. It is possible that the brass is not suitable for reloading for a variety of reasons.
 
Yes, inspect it well.. neck splits, case separation, etc arising from.. 9mm brass loaded to Major (well over design pressure), 223 (or other) shot many times and left..
 
Most of my friends have "brass boxes" where they put unusable or unsuitable brass they find left at the range. Save it up for a while and sell it for scrap. It's not big money, but it's free for your time plus you may wind up with brass you can reload, and get a few bucks towards components.
 
Save it and using experience and reloading manual info decided if it is good to reload. You have to check brass whether its yours or found each time you want to reload it.
 
At the very least, pick it up and throw it in a pail. I just sold a 5gal pail, 80% full of brass to the metal recycle dudes for $50.


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Ditto on the inspect it well - When I first started reloading I bought New brass and with the total costs calculated in, it was about par with factory ammo. So I started to pick up everything in sight at the range.

Only one day when I was loading I noticed that one case made a funny sound when it was being resized. I found that their was a thin line shaped perforation just above the rim on the bottom. After careful inspection I noticed 3 more just like this. All the same brand of .45 ammo I had never purchased before.

Now I only pick up pretty much what I shoot but that because I dont have alot of time to inspect mass amounts thoroughly.

If I fired that round with that perforation I am afraid to think what woudlve happened.
 
Most of my brass comes from the brass bucket at the range as well. Just be sure to inspect them before use (as you normally would anyway I'm sure)
 
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