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I was out at Comox Valley Fish & Game yesterday, and littered all over the range was 9mm, 40 cal, and 45 cal slugs & brass (which is how I know the caliber).
My question, is the targets I reused with my .22 had BIG holes in it, and I assumed they were from hand guns, as the target boards were 10 to 20ft away from the rests. How slow do large caliber slugs move at? I can only assume they were moving slow to not be buried in the sand wall at the back of the range (total length, 25 yards).

Next question: is it legal to own spent slugs?? My brother is a knife Maker/customizer, and I gave all the slugs to him so he can re-purpose them.
 
Empty brass cases are just pieces of brass. Already fired projectiles are just pieces of lead and copper. Anyone can own lead, copper and brass bits without legal troubles.
 
I found lots of projectiles on the ground there after last winter. I'm guessing that the snow stopped them from ricocheting or breaking up on the ground. Could be wrong though. Maybe they were shooting really light reloads...
 
At my range, whenever there's a heavy rain, it uncovers lots of bullets in the berm by washing the sand away. most of them look like you could shoot them again :)
 
I used to buy new bullets, powder, brass, and primers to reload .223 cartridges from my LGS when i was 16, you should be okay picking up mangled lead and copper off the ground without legal trouble.
 
mwjones said:
At my range, whenever there's a heavy rain, it uncovers lots of bullets in the berm by washing the sand away. most of them look like you could shoot them again :)
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These weren't anywhere near the berm, I would say about 5 yards from the berm was where I found most of them.

Tikkachu said:
I used to buy new bullets, powder, brass, and primers to reload .223 cartridges from my LGS when i was 16, you should be okay picking up mangled lead and copper off the ground without legal trouble.
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nothing I picked up was mangled, it almost looked new. Bright and shiny, there was the odd one that had a scrape, but nothing bad, even a couple of hollow points, still intact.. I even put a 9mm & 45 slug back into the brass :D

CV32 said:
Just make sure the club doesn't have its own rules about recovery of brass, lead, etc.
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Signs all over the range say "Please clean up your brass" it appears that I am one of the few that actually follows that request. as the ground is littered with spent brass of various calibers, lots of it looked like it had been sitting for sometime showing signs of corrosion.

My regulations say nothing about brass recovery. I'll ask the care taker then next time I see him however..
 
Pantharen said:
I was out at Comox Valley Fish & Game yesterday, and littered all over the range was 9mm, 40 cal, and 45 cal slugs & brass (which is how I know the caliber).
My question, is the targets I reused with my .22 had BIG holes in it, and I assumed they were from hand guns, as the target boards were 10 to 20ft away from the rests. How slow do large caliber slugs move at? I can only assume they were moving slow to not be buried in the sand wall at the back of the range (total length, 25 yards).

Next question: is it legal to own spent slugs?? My brother is a knife Maker/customizer, and I gave all the slugs to him so he can re-purpose them.
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Depends on bullet weight and powder charge they were seated over: The three calibers you listed in standard form from the factory will range in velocity from ~700fps-1250fps with the 45 being the slowest and the other two tussling for highest depending on what bullet weights were loaded at the factory. Although higher mass and velocity and high BCs will put a bullet deeper into the ground; in a frequently used backstop the ground is always shifting so eventually a 50bmg slug will once again see the light of day.
 
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