Picking up brass-Range Etiquette

[XDJYo]

Hiya-

Never really started until yesterday, but I was chasing some brass yesterday from the rounds that I was shooting.

Q: Would it be in poor taste to empty the range's buckets of the spent brass? (Not all of them of course, just the one nearest you).

I kinda figured that the ranges use their brass for their reloads or as a brass exchange for ammo that they sell at the range.

Thanks!!!

P.S. I don't reload yet...

[Mr. Gillious]

LOL what do you think?

You're going to look like a huge freeloader/cheap skate

I do the same thing though hahaha!

The worst that will happen is that a RO will say, "Excuse me sir, you're only suppose to pick your own brass up"

[checkenbach]

If it's your brass, please pick it up. If it's not yours, ALWAYS ask. Some ranges won't let you scab their brass, as they sell it to recoup range operating fees.
I mark all of my brass(especially semi-auto stuff), and try to police my area in order to keep my brass, and also to keep the shooting area safe.

[Jet Setter]

Yes. In most, if not all, ranges don't allow it as it is considered theft. As soon as the brass hits the bucket, it belongs to them. In my club, you are only allowed to get you own brass or ask a shooter if you can have theirs. You are not allowed to pillage the brass buckets. The brass is recycled to provide funding to keep the youth program active and to pay for incidentals that the club needs.

[XDJYo]

Ok. Thanks.

Appreciate the info!

[beretta929mm]

i even pick up plastic shotgun shells.

[XDJYo]

i even pick up plastic shotgun shells.

Those can be reloaded too?

[Mike Hunt]

That is strictly up to the policy of the range, no general rule
MH

[AAShooter]

Many ranges count on the brass for revenue to run the range. By taking brass, you either cut into their profit margin or you force them to raise prices for those ranges that sell their brass.

[Daisy'sDad]

I know of one indoor range that changed it's policy. Now, any brass that hits the ground cannot be picked up.

[John Browning]

I know of one indoor range that changed it's policy. Now, any brass that hits the ground cannot be picked up.

That policy is not enforceable by law, but it is easier to just find a new range.

[BrassCase]

If I pick up my brass as I often do now, and I see brass around me that is also a caliber I use then I will ask that shooter if it is OK for me to pick his/her brass as well. They have always said OK and some even pick it up for me.

[Press Check]

I know of one indoor range that changed it's policy. Now, any brass that hits the ground cannot be picked up.

IMO, that constitutes borderline theft.

[67goat]

IMO, that constitutes borderline theft.

If it is posted policy and you sign off that you agree to posted policies, then it's not theft. Certainly will drive reloaders from their range though. I've noticed at ranges with this policy that not all ROs seem to care.

Then you have places like Cordova. I'm not sure they ever clean up the brass, just sweep it into the dirt.

[MA5177]

If I owned a range I thinks too much of a safety issue to have people bent over picking up brass next to other shooters.