Do you keep brass of calibers you don't own?

[toolman9000]

I like keeping one brass casing of any caliber I have shot but currently don't own. I only have four casings right now, and I probably won't buy any of them...



Left to Right: .204 Ruger, 22-250 REM, 270 WIN, 458 WIN MAG

I know three of them are very common, but still I like having them, it's almost like a Polaroid of that day shooting.

Just thought I'd share.

-toolman9000

[Tweak338]

Not really.
But I will now, just to collect them..

[ivanimal]

I used to, now I just own guns in those calibers as well.

[jdberger]

I used to, now I just own guns in those calibers as well.

True true....

There's got to be something wrong with thinking, "Gee, I've got all this brass in XXXXX, I should probably buy some dies and a gun to go with it."

[PLINK]

I collect brass for guns I own and for guns I want to own.

[Rule .308]

If it is boxer primed and otherwise reloadable I pick it up. For no other reason than it makes good trading stock to trade for other reloading stuff that I do want or need. Always, always pick up the brass, all of it. This was my Uncle's advice, he taught me a lot about shooting and darn near everything about reloading. That old codger had so much 9mm brass he had a buddy who worked at a foundry melt the crap down and make a bell out of it. Old dude flat hated 9's.

[elsolo]

I pick up all brass, when I feel like picking up brass.
I save calibers that I currently own but do not reload for.
Everything else goes into the scrap buckets, which get sold off for scrap metal once every couple of years. That gives me a chance to go back and scrounge out any chamberings that I may have recently aquired.

[50ae]

I have a pretty decent collection going of weird cartridges. I also have about half a 5 gallon bucket full of 40S&W and still do not own a 40. I figure what the heck, their is a good chance of me owning one so I might as well save it.

[CSACANNONEER]

My stepson started collecting brass the first time I took him shooting. Two years later, he has close to 100 different pieces ranging from .12 cal wildcats through .55 cal anti tank rounds. I've even bought a few pieces for him` Things like an original Manyard round and various artillary shells. I'm still looking for a .416 Barrett for him.

[WolfMansDad]

When I was a kid I used to collect cartridges. You could buy them singly at gun shows for a few cents each. I had two or three hundred different rounds, many of which were odd, bizzare, or obsolete. It was a neat and inexpensive gun hobby.

Empty brass doesn't usually do much for me. I do have a bag of .30 carbine brass (thanks to Liberty1) because one day, I hope to get an M1 carbine.

[Fjold]

Here's a group of brass cases that I put together for a cartridge quiz before. I have a bunch of oddball cases that I have picked up over the years.
That's a 50 BMG on the far left and a 4 bore on the far right.

[CSACANNONEER]

When I was a kid I used to collect cartridges. You could buy them singly at gun shows for a few cents each. I had two or three hundred different rounds, many of which were odd, bizzare, or obsolete. It was a neat and inexpensive gun hobby.

Empty brass doesn't usually do much for me. I do have a bag of .30 carbine brass (thanks to Liberty1) because one day, I hope to get an M1 carbine.

I agree about the empty brass vs. loaded round thing but, since this is a child and his father is very anti-gun (anti-me and he's never even met me!), I feel that inert brass and separate projos are much safer for him to keep in his room and he agrees. When he needs to have live rounds, he knows that all he has to do is ask (and have a reason). If I don't have what he needs, we either load some or buy some depending on what it is.