Just sold my last auto for the silliest reason

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OkieCruffler

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My final centerfire auto, an EAA Carry comp 45. It was insanely reliable (fed a steady diet of cast SWCers) and more accurate than it had any right to be. So why did I sell it? I got tired of picking up brass and to even more of an extent, I got tired of loosing brass. I would spend 10 minutes after each mag looking around on the ground, trying to pick out the 45 brass (god how I hate the 40 shooters!). Out of 100 rds I'd usually loose at least 5. I know, that's not much but it just drove me crazy. So from now on I've sworn off any auto that I would have to pick up brass for. Yeap, I've lost my mnd.
 
OkieCruffler, I feel your pain. It seems like I spend more time looking for brass (.45 and .223 ) than I do shooting. I hate it if I lose just one and I've got a ton of everything I load for except my revolvers (.357 & .44). I'm starting to worry about myself. :)
 
Now i don't feel so lonely. :D The only semis I have are a 9 mm and a 380 - although I don't reload yet, I still want to save my brass for when I start - the 9mm I'd find about 25 out of 50 - the 380 - the last 50 rds I shot I found 7 - that's out of a Bersa CC. I've got a friend (female) that I shoot with in AZ that shoots a Sig 380 - she never had a problem finding the brass when she wore a V neck top - it always seemed to go down the front - and burn onthe way. She soon learned to wear a regular T shirt or sweat shirt.

That's why I love my 357/38 spl revolvers - I can eject the spent cartridges and save them without a problem. What the hey? I think I'm getting too old and too set in my ways. :D
 
Wait?!?

Are you folks telling me that I'm not the only one who spends at least 50% of my time scrounging up my brass from the range?

Could it be that I'm not the only one who gets a sore back when the guys in the next bay pack up and leave a treasure trove of unwanted brass?

I feel like I'm home, Like I'm with family! Or like I've just steeped into the asylum with more nuts like me... Eh, either way, the company's good.

And I say this while trying out stainless tumbling media on a mother load of range scrounged .223 Rem.

Hi, my name is Matt, and I am a brass scrounger...
 
I thought that I was the only one that suffered with this malady.:)

Well. actually, me and my conscript brass picker-uppers(my teenage kids...'bout made them hate going to the range with me).
 
If you reload try changing powders. When I use a slower powder like Unique in my .45's and 9mm's it becomes an easter egg hunt after I empty each magazine. When I use faster powders like Bullseye or Titegroup the brass drops at my feet.
 
I only worry over my 10mm brass.
I have plenty of .45acp brass, and although I hate to lose any, I can replace it for $45-55/1000 if need be.
My 10mm brass costs nearly four times that (when it is available) and I have a whole lot less of it.
I also pick up 9mm and .40 brass, and trade it for something I can use.
 
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Just buy cheap .45 ammo - find an auto that will shoot Wolf steel cased crap reliably. Then you won't feel so bad leaving a bunch of garbage behind.

I see no reason to reload 9mm, or ..40 S&W or 45 acp. Too much cheap ammo out there in these calibers. Just buy guns that will shoot the stuff.

Trust me, I haven't met a paper target yet that couldn't be penetrated by a bullet from Wolf Ammo.-
 
Doesn't sound insane, it's sounds like it fits your personal situation. I don't reload so it's not an issue. I think if I did, I'd feel ur pain a little more.

Sounds reasonable though.
 
I once saw a grandfather,,,

He had his 8 year old grand daughter sitting beside and a bit to the rear of him,,,
She was wearing safety glasses and catching his brass in a baseball glove,,,
He said he paid her 2-cents a catch for he services.

But I understand your feeling on the subject.

I saved 9mm and .380 brass for a while,,,
When I hit 500 cases for each I quit picking them up,,,
Hafta leave something for the brass scroungers at my range. ;)

If I ever start reloading,,,
I'll have a decent stock to start with.

Aarond
 
Add to this the fact that loading cylinders is more fun than loading magazines, and you come to why revolvers are the best range guns, hands down.
 
So you have become a gentleman reloader, eh? No more debasing yourself searching vainly for ten minutes for the last few case, nor bending over and scouring the ground within 20 ft, or pawing through debris and under feet?

I always enjoy shooting my revolver for the same reason, but consider the humiliation of scrounging up my semi-auto brass a spiritual discipline. :D
 
getting rid of them ( the guns ) is harsh ( I kept all mine ) though I rarely shoot any of them anymore... as a handloader... I'm not happy if I bring back less than I started with... guns like my Automag 4 that shoot the unique 10 mm magnum are almost painfull to shoot ( not in recoil, but in brass loss )

shooting CAS I often get back a fraction of my rifle brass, but I planned for that & found a load that shoots & functions well with mixed brass... with my revolvers I can be a bit more picky...

lately the only autos I shoot are rifles in 22 rimfire, or my SKS with steel cased canned ammo
 
I know it's crazy, but if I lose just one piece of brass it drives me crazy. Probably too many years spent shooting old rifles with brass that cost as much as the rifle or shooting contender wildcats that took 30 minutes to form each piece of brass.
 
OkieCruffler wrote:

...I got tired of picking up brass and to even more of an extent, I got tired of loosing brass....
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Not being ignorant or the like, but might you be aging? I have heard of this before?

-Cheers
 
I hear you about what a bother it is to pick up brass! I'm 6'8" tall and after session shooting my autos at the range, I just hate doing a couple of hundred toe touches to end my session. Then I found the solution.... The "Ammo Wizard"! See the link below....

http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1310

Best $50 I've ever spent, now, when I'm done, I pick up all the brass on my "range" drop it in a bucket and sort it at home at my leisure. Now instead of losing brass, I come home with more than I shoot almost every time.
 
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