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Picking brass at range, not allowed!
- Thread starter ninosdemente
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GA DNR has a rule that you cannot solicit or ask another shooter for their brass. It is stated in their list of rules.
You can police your own brass but not others. The RO's will take all unclaimed brass and drop it into a 5 gallon bucket that they keep in their store room. When they have two of them filled they have a vendor that buys the brass. That money goes into a petty cash fund.
You can police your own brass but not others. The RO's will take all unclaimed brass and drop it into a 5 gallon bucket that they keep in their store room. When they have two of them filled they have a vendor that buys the brass. That money goes into a petty cash fund.
GA DNR has a rule that you cannot solicit or ask another shooter for their brass.
Haha , so GA feels OK with restricting your 1st amendment rights while you practice your 2nd . err wait what ??????
buck460XVR
New member
Going to the Indiana DNR webpage on rules for DNR shooting ranges, this is what I found.......
....could be different for specific ranges, but the OP did not give the specific range.
Shooters are responsible for picking up
spent brass and all other trash.
....could be different for specific ranges, but the OP did not give the specific range.
This question came up not so long ago and when it did I took the time to call or email the 7 different indoor ranges in our area and 2 outdoor pay ranges and then looked at Wisconsin DNR rules.
Not one range had a rule about recovering brass other than a couple would not allow you to enter in front of the firing line for safety reasons. The 2 outdoor ranges both stated you could pick up whatever you wanted so long as the range was cold. Wisconsin DNR site states shooters are responsible for policing the area when finished of all brass and garbage.
I will say though that there is one private club near by that the ground all around the pistol range is covered in old used brass that is crushed and tarnished. I had a near impossible time trying to find my own, I finally gave up both shooting and looking.
Not one range had a rule about recovering brass other than a couple would not allow you to enter in front of the firing line for safety reasons. The 2 outdoor ranges both stated you could pick up whatever you wanted so long as the range was cold. Wisconsin DNR site states shooters are responsible for policing the area when finished of all brass and garbage.
I will say though that there is one private club near by that the ground all around the pistol range is covered in old used brass that is crushed and tarnished. I had a near impossible time trying to find my own, I finally gave up both shooting and looking.
Gary Wells
New member
I would contact DNR upper management and verify the rule, and the fact that there is a rule but not posted, and the fact that you saw them screening what brass to pick up and what brass not to pick up. I do not pick up other people's brass and nobody better pick up mine. However, what's mine is mine and it goes home with me.
Did they allow you to pick up your own brass?
Did they allow you to pick up your own brass?
we have a guy at our club that gets there at &am every morning and makes the rounds of all the ranges and take every piece of brass, then puts a sign up on the bulletin board to sell the brass. IMHO this is wrong. You should only take what you are going to use to reload for yourself.
I quit picking up range brass since you have no idea how many times it has already been reloaded. I buy new brass that way I know what I have and how many times it has been reloaded
I quit picking up range brass since you have no idea how many times it has already been reloaded. I buy new brass that way I know what I have and how many times it has been reloaded
Any range worth shooting at will charge enough to stay in business , if they make money on brass left from those who don't want it fine . They should pay more attention on safety and less on pissing off the customers . And making it look like he was doing him a favor this time LETTING HIM keep the brass . Must be the only range in the area to get away with that. D N A Do Not Resuscitate seems more like it. Glad my range isn't like that . That would put a fire under me though .
ninosdemente
New member
Here is the range I go to that is free:
https://www.google.com/search?q=jasper+county+gun+range&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab
This is the paid range I use to go to:
https://www.google.com/search?sourc...35i39j0i131j0i131i20i264j0i131i67.7r-ol3hHQ7g
Gary Wells, yes they didn't say anything about me picking up my own brass. He brought it to my attention when he saw me at another empty table.
I don't go as often as I would like to. I do understand if it was a problem as some have stated and can agree that it would upset me or anyone else those people can be annoying and not respectful. At this range I rarely see people picking up brass. At least that seem to be around my age group or below (37). The ones I see picking up are a few older guys who bring their own boxes and mostly are the ones at the 200 yds, sometimes at the 100yds but not much. Of course the DNR guys as well. But still, I don't go to the range to be picking up all the time. If I get some, great. If not, no big deal. I go to focus on why I went there to begin with.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jasper+county+gun+range&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab
This is the paid range I use to go to:
https://www.google.com/search?sourc...35i39j0i131j0i131i20i264j0i131i67.7r-ol3hHQ7g
Gary Wells, yes they didn't say anything about me picking up my own brass. He brought it to my attention when he saw me at another empty table.
I don't go as often as I would like to. I do understand if it was a problem as some have stated and can agree that it would upset me or anyone else those people can be annoying and not respectful. At this range I rarely see people picking up brass. At least that seem to be around my age group or below (37). The ones I see picking up are a few older guys who bring their own boxes and mostly are the ones at the 200 yds, sometimes at the 100yds but not much. Of course the DNR guys as well. But still, I don't go to the range to be picking up all the time. If I get some, great. If not, no big deal. I go to focus on why I went there to begin with.
It's the same as going to the gym , some workout and leave the plates all over , without putting them back at the rack . Somebody has to pick it up . Even at our indoor range there's a broom and scooper to clean up your area . Even in a situation where someone else was picking up brass , why would you stop them for even cleaning up for you , you should thank them. No reason for someone else to clean up your mess . Should be cleaned up for the next shooter . Just don't make sense to me not cents.
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I disagree. You usually can tell, sometimes it the primer but often its the shooter has a new box of store ammo and not a re loader setup.
In all the years the only issue I had was some Lapua 308 (sigh) that someone shot god awful hot, loose primer pockets. Maybe 8 of them. Out they went.
Very little 9mm is reloaded proportionally. 44 mag and the like more so.
quit picking up range brass since you have no idea how many times it has already been reloaded. I buy new brass that way I know what I have and how many times it has been reloaded
I disagree. You usually can tell, sometimes it the primer but often its the shooter has a new box of store ammo and not a re loader setup.
In all the years the only issue I had was some Lapua 308 (sigh) that someone shot god awful hot, loose primer pockets. Maybe 8 of them. Out they went.
Very little 9mm is reloaded proportionally. 44 mag and the like more so.
I solved that pesky problem with a few revolvers , I have them in 22 LR, 38 S&W, 38 Special , 357 magnum , 9mm Luger , 41 Magnum, 45 acp and 45 Colt .
And now I can shoot all afternoon and don't have to chase the fired brass all around the floor and the best part is I don't have to bend over and pick them up....my back really likes that !
Range Revolvers Rule !
Gary
And now I can shoot all afternoon and don't have to chase the fired brass all around the floor and the best part is I don't have to bend over and pick them up....my back really likes that !
Range Revolvers Rule !
Gary
spacemanspiff
New member
I am skeptical that the range keeps its doors open by selling brass. I would ask to see records documenting they sell the brass rather than keep it for their own reloading or their buddys reloading.
Jim Watson
New member
Another Station Heard From
I shoot several places under different policies and accommodate myself to their rules.
Clubs 1, 2, 3: Pick up all you find, there is no club scrap program for those who do not recover brass to reload. There is not even much of a scramble after an IDPA or USPSA match.
Club 4 (I go for matches only): Pick up about what you shot, leave other shooters theirs to recover.
Commercial range 1: Pick up only your own, abandoned brass goes to the owners.
Commercial range 2: Same and they even help me sweep my lane. I have been trying to negotiate for sorted range pickup brass at an offered reasonable price, but they have quit talking to me about it. I guess scrap price is better than sorted brass, time to sort considered.
I shoot several places under different policies and accommodate myself to their rules.
Clubs 1, 2, 3: Pick up all you find, there is no club scrap program for those who do not recover brass to reload. There is not even much of a scramble after an IDPA or USPSA match.
Club 4 (I go for matches only): Pick up about what you shot, leave other shooters theirs to recover.
Commercial range 1: Pick up only your own, abandoned brass goes to the owners.
Commercial range 2: Same and they even help me sweep my lane. I have been trying to negotiate for sorted range pickup brass at an offered reasonable price, but they have quit talking to me about it. I guess scrap price is better than sorted brass, time to sort considered.
When I moved to North Carolina the first indoor range I bought a membership for saw me picking up my brass and the owner came running in there and started yelling at me.
We went back to the show room where I could hear and he said if the brass hits the floor it is his. I told him to refund my $200.00 yearly membership I just paid for and I would find somewhere else to shoot. I brought the brass in here and it will leave with me. He told me OK, Let's do this.
If you can pick up what you came in with if it's on the carpet, if it falls in front of the line then it has to stay there. I agreed.
It's funny how fast they change their mind when it is going to cost them.
We went back to the show room where I could hear and he said if the brass hits the floor it is his. I told him to refund my $200.00 yearly membership I just paid for and I would find somewhere else to shoot. I brought the brass in here and it will leave with me. He told me OK, Let's do this.
If you can pick up what you came in with if it's on the carpet, if it falls in front of the line then it has to stay there. I agreed.
It's funny how fast they change their mind when it is going to cost them.
Aguila Blanca
Staff
I've heard of ranges that have a rule if the brass hits the ground, they own it. I have never personally encountered such a place.
I shoot at an indoor range. It's a commercial range, not a private club, although they do sell annual "memberships" that reduce the cost a lot for frequent shooters. I know they sell the brass, and most shooters there don't reload so they have plenty to sell. But there's no rule, and the owner has no problem with me collecting my own brass to reload. If I see another shooter with Winchester in .45 ACP, I'll ask if I can have their brass, too -- I've more or less standardized on Winchester brass, for no particular reason other than that before I began reloading I was shooting mostly Winchester USA, and I started saving the brass because I knew that some day I was going to try reloading.
I shoot at an indoor range. It's a commercial range, not a private club, although they do sell annual "memberships" that reduce the cost a lot for frequent shooters. I know they sell the brass, and most shooters there don't reload so they have plenty to sell. But there's no rule, and the owner has no problem with me collecting my own brass to reload. If I see another shooter with Winchester in .45 ACP, I'll ask if I can have their brass, too -- I've more or less standardized on Winchester brass, for no particular reason other than that before I began reloading I was shooting mostly Winchester USA, and I started saving the brass because I knew that some day I was going to try reloading.
I have only shot at one range that is anal about it, and it's a restricted range for law enforcement only owned and operated by the local community college (they needed it for their law enforcement training class, my agency and several other partnered for maintenance, instructors, and operation). Supposedly if it hits the ground there, it's the range's. It is sold as scrap and that money helps pay for it. The berm is occasionally mined for scrap as well.
Otherwise, all public ranges I have used will at a minimum allow you to keep your own brass. Most don't care if you scrounge a little extra. One range let's you pick up all you want. It just so happens it's one of the better ranges in the area, so that's where I go most of the time.
For what it's worth, I would not patronize a public range that does not allow me to at least keep my own brass. I understand that selling scrap can be a source of revenue, but I work hard to load my rounds and reloaders are generally a very small percentage of the patrons at any range.
Otherwise, all public ranges I have used will at a minimum allow you to keep your own brass. Most don't care if you scrounge a little extra. One range let's you pick up all you want. It just so happens it's one of the better ranges in the area, so that's where I go most of the time.
For what it's worth, I would not patronize a public range that does not allow me to at least keep my own brass. I understand that selling scrap can be a source of revenue, but I work hard to load my rounds and reloaders are generally a very small percentage of the patrons at any range.