Just sold my last auto for the silliest reason

I now have only 1 auto, and that is a 22. I purchased the closest thing I could find to a full sized auto. I just got sick of showing my ass for the brass...:D (I'm sure others were relieved also).
 
When I go shooting I bring my sons or my nephue. My younger boy enjoys picking up brass and when he is done I let him keep a few. Usually at the place I shoot most of the time there is a lot of brass from other shooters, I keep what I reload and let him have the rest.

There is a near by range that does not allow you to pick up brass... I only go there if I am shooting non-re-loadable rounds. I know they hate seeing those CCI and cheep Russian casings, but that only makes me want to shot them more.
 
I feel for all of you... I'm lucky enough to have been picking up brass all these years, but have not started reloading yet. So when I do, I should have enough brass that I will be alright with leaving 5 or 6 or even 10 out of 100 behind... When it comes to .45's I mean. I'll probably never reload for any other auto than a .45. And for revolvers, well, I wont have to worry about loosing that brass.

I'll keep buying new manufactured ammo as well, and that will give me some good shooting practice with out having to Clean the Gun, and Reload the Ammo after every time out!!!! And it will keep my brass supply consistent.

So for all you guys looking and searching for each and every single piece of brass, because it feels like you're leaving money behind if you dont find it all. I wish for you exceptional eye sight, and plenty of luck!
 
I know it's crazy, but if I lose just one piece of brass it drives me crazy.
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Yep, I went today and shot some 10mm. Always lose 15-20% and that really hacks me off.

I picked up a bunch of .45acp, and that helped cheer me up a little.
 
..Hmmmm..

Welp, Do any of you brass pickers mark your head stamps to identify your
brass as uniquely yours? If not, then try it, I learned that when I first started
shooting Bullseye competitively in the early 1970s. Luckily, I had a great coach
that taught me to use the brass hunt as a superb way of developing mental
focus for slow fire. :cool:

Tony
 
I'm seriously considering selling off the last couple of semi-auto's I've got. I'm much to lazy to chase brass around the range anymore. Why do it when I can just dump revolver brass into my hand and be done with it.

(Yea, Yea...I know...don't bother to tell me bad training for a gunfight. I'm not training for a gunfight. I'm going shooting.)
 
I rarely pick up my .45 acp brass any more if I do not feel like it. It could have something to do with the fact that I have a 5 gallon bucket full of it already FLsized, and flared. :D I do pick up a few, and they get tossed in with the I will mess with it later bucket in the closet.
 
FINALLY! Someone else finally said it!

I'm so sick of crawling around for brass I just gave up. The last time I picked brass after shooting, I actually timed the entire session: 28 minutes shooting, and 35 minutes trying to find my brass.

No more. I practice once per month with my 380, but I don't pick up brass. Other than that, it's all revo's for me.
 
Great thread! I too have this problem. Even though I have a gallon jug full of once fired 9mm brass, it still bothers me when I can't find all the brass when I shoot. I bought a revolver (GP100), I liked the trigger a lot, was accurate with it, and thought "huh, this is a nice gun", then I ejected all 6 rounds into my hand--thence directly into the box I was using to collect shells without a single bending action, probing of dark corners with my fingers, or digging into bushes for that one shell that is standing straight up blending with its surroundings. That was the moment that I fell in love with the revolver.

Funny thing is, now I have a .22 revolver now too, and even that brass doesn't hit the ground. I think I have developed a problem...
 
I primarily reload 38s so that I do not lose brass.
Of my semi-autos, I chose to reload 9mm instead of 45 so that i would have to compete for brass. Some say it is not worthwhile to reload 9s but I say, I do not chase every brass I shoot. On good days, I pickup more brass than than I shoot.
 
It's making me laugh reading this!
I don't reload, wish I did, work keeps me way too busy and my Sunday morning at the range is my church. The range we use in my area is a public, & free one. It is ALWAYS littered with brass. And I spend about an hour or two every Sunday just just walking around picking up everything I find with a pooper scooper.
I sort out the .38, .357, .44 & so on to some friends of mime. The rest goes to the scrapper. Then I get about 75 bucks every week in spent brass and give the money to the DNR director of the range. My buddies think its stupid, but I love it.
 
Not sold yet but on the choping block .My MP 40 C .I have a 100 rounds of speer gold dots in magazines ready to go in a HD or CAR GUN .This is the last of my autos. REVOLVERS RULE.
 
My outdoor range has concrete floors & side partitions that direct the casings to the floor. Brooms are @ all stations. I sweep the floor before I start shooting of old brass. When I'm done, I sweep up my brass, put it in a can & leave with it!:D
 
Posters #1 and #2...

I was at a local range last week one day and hit the jackpot. I picked up about 15 -- 223 cases. I looked real hard and didnt see any more.

In the next couple trips to post a new target I picked up at least 15 more. I guess they just grew there-kinda like picking mushrooms. Look real hard-move on and then look back and see several more where you just saw none.
Keep after em, you will find em. Grassy ranges are esp bad.
 
I actually bought 30 and 357 herrett barrels for my contender at one time because I couldn't go to the range without picking up at least 50 pristine once fired 30/30 cases. Ditched the barrels long ago but still have several pounds of 30/30 brass just in case. Also has several pounds of 308, 243, 44 mag etc ad nausium... I'm such a pack rat.
 
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