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  • jeffyboy
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2008
    • 927

    Range Brass Picking

    What ranges (indoor and outdoor) in the Bay Area are cool about you picking up your own brass? I just started getting into reloading and have heard a few horror stories. Is there a certain type of ettique to follow (other then taking someone elses brass )
  • #2
    Vectrexer
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 2473

    Just let the guys at Jackson Arms know you are going to pick up your brass before you go in.

    It also helps if you sweep up the area before you start shooting in order to make it clear what you are picking up. But it's really no sweat either way.

    I have picked up my brass several times while shooting there.
    Last edited by Vectrexer; 11-15-2008, 12:31 PM.
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    • #3
      jeffyboy
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2008
      • 927

      I shoot there a lot and they are all really cool about stuff.

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      • #4
        Gryff
        CGSSA Coordinator
        • May 2006
        • 12686

        Mark the end of your brass with a sharpie. That way, you can demonstrate that you are picking up only your own brass.
        My friends and family disavow all knowledge of my existence, let alone my opinions.

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        • #5
          jeffyboy
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2008
          • 927

          Originally posted by Gryff
          Mark the end of your brass with a sharpie. That way, you can demonstrate that you are picking up only your own brass.
          I just started doing that...my wife thought I was being weird...we'll see how weird I am when I'm saving $$$ reloading.

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          • #6
            rolly
            Member
            • May 2008
            • 493

            I pick up my own brass at chabot

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            • #7
              ilbob
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2008
              • 1777

              every range I have ever shot at insisted you pick up after yourself.
              bob

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              • #8
                Gryff
                CGSSA Coordinator
                • May 2006
                • 12686

                Originally posted by ilbob
                every range I have ever shot at insisted you pick up after yourself.
                Most indoor ranges today have contracts with metal recyclers, so they won't allow you to pick up brass unless you can show that it is your own. That is also why MANY won't let you shoot CCI Blazer or Wolf...the recycler requires them to separate that stuff out themselves.
                My friends and family disavow all knowledge of my existence, let alone my opinions.

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                • #9
                  devildog999
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 5534

                  That is a good idea to mark your brass. I always pick up mine, and never have a problem, though it would make things a little easier if I started marking it.
                  Originally posted by TRAP55
                  Or your ammo stash has replaced your wifes parking spot in the garage.
                  When my neighbor asked what all those crates were, I told him if he sees smoke coming from my garage, and me running down the street......he better catch up!
                  Originally posted by Steve O
                  Just go to safeway to shop for food. The young good looking couple buying healthy food...they're a new couple. The fat ones wearing ****ty clothes not caring about how they look, getting frozen food...they're married!

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                  • #10
                    Rob454
                    CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
                    CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 11254

                    Any range that wont let me pick up my OWN brass is a range I simply do not go to. i havent had that problem except one time. It woudlnt of been so bad wxcept the guy told me AFTER i paid and was already shooting. So i took a box of Wolf ammo from the bottom of my bag and shot that. I also swept the brass s far away as i could. Went to use the restroom and didnt flush either. havent been back there since. that was a few years ago. i dont reload but I do recycle the brass

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                    • #11
                      Darklyte27
                      Calguns Addict
                      • May 2008
                      • 9372

                      Originally posted by Rob454
                      Any range that wont let me pick up my OWN brass is a range I simply do not go to. i havent had that problem except one time. It woudlnt of been so bad wxcept the guy told me AFTER i paid and was already shooting. So i took a box of Wolf ammo from the bottom of my bag and shot that. I also swept the brass s far away as i could. Went to use the restroom and didnt flush either. havent been back there since. that was a few years ago. i dont reload but I do recycle the brass

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                      • #12
                        USN CHIEF
                        I need a LIFE!!
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 11540

                        I personally do not frequent ranges that do not let me pick up my brass to take home. First, some of them want you to buy their own ammo to shoot there and now some of them will not let you pick up the brass that you paid for? WTF.

                        BTW, for any Cal Gunner that lives in SD and does not reload their .40/.45/.223 and .308 brass, save it and hook up a brother with some of that brass. Thank you in Advance.
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                        Is everybody stocking up on guys now? Just curious some gun prices seem to be getting high.

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                        • #13
                          forgiven
                          Calguns Addict
                          • May 2008
                          • 5214

                          I've heard horror stories about the ranges near me, yet I haven't witness anything abnormal.

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                          • #14
                            devildog999
                            Calguns Addict
                            • Aug 2008
                            • 5534

                            Originally posted by USN CHIEF
                            I personally do not frequent ranges that do not let me pick up my brass to take home. First, some of them want you to buy their own ammo to shoot there and now some of them will not let you pick up the brass that you paid for? WTF.

                            BTW, for any Cal Gunner that lives in SD and does not reload their .40/.45/.223 and .308 brass, save it and hook up a brother with some of that brass. Thank you in Advance.
                            I'm with you there, I paid for the darn ammo, I have every right to pick up my brass!
                            Originally posted by TRAP55
                            Or your ammo stash has replaced your wifes parking spot in the garage.
                            When my neighbor asked what all those crates were, I told him if he sees smoke coming from my garage, and me running down the street......he better catch up!
                            Originally posted by Steve O
                            Just go to safeway to shop for food. The young good looking couple buying healthy food...they're a new couple. The fat ones wearing ****ty clothes not caring about how they look, getting frozen food...they're married!

                            sigpic

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                            • #15
                              Timberland
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2006
                              • 908

                              Originally posted by Rob454
                              Any range that wont let me pick up my OWN brass is a range I simply do not go to. i havent had that problem except one time. It woudlnt of been so bad wxcept the guy told me AFTER i paid and was already shooting. So i took a box of Wolf ammo from the bottom of my bag and shot that. I also swept the brass s far away as i could. Went to use the restroom and didnt flush either. havent been back there since. that was a few years ago. i dont reload but I do recycle the brass
                              LAMO did you shoot at the frames to? I pick my brass up and ask people if I can have theirs, sometimes Ill share the secrete of reloading, but not often. I feel bad for the guys who live by ranges operated by Nazis.
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