range etiquette re semiautos

Luckily I do my shooting out in the desert so I don't worry much about the whole semi-auto brass issue.

Funny thing is I was out shooting with my Dad and I had my new Saiga and didn't know it's normal toss. First casing ejected hit him right on the top of the noggin about 15 feet away, boy that gun sure tosses the brass.

I will have to figure something out to hold onto my brass when I start reloading though.
 
when shooters complain about the hot brass hitting them, i consider them to be nothing but habitual complainers even away from the range, going to a public shooting range, one should consider they may be hit by a hot brass, i told one shooter next to me, "sorry Mike", he said, "no problem, that's just part of range shooting."

my setup is such that all my ejected brass from an AR-15/M4 rifles hits my spotting scope and falls on the bench.., except for one rifle that throws the brass nearly straight back (why ?) so that "mil-spec" bandana looks like the cure for that particular gun.

thank you for that great inexpensive cure for flying hot brass.
 
when shooters complain about the hot brass hitting them, i consider them to be nothing but habitual complainers even away from the range, going to a public shooting range, one should consider they may be hit by a hot brass
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Disciplined shooters look to see if their brass is going to interfere with people before they start.

Considerate shooters check very quickly right after they start.

Amateurs seem not to even notice if their brass is raining all over their fellow shooters regardless of when they start

Amateur shooters quickly become Considerate shooters when I'm pulling duty as RSO, or they're politely asked to come another day. I'm glad to say our club has very, very, very few who don't become Considerate shooters upon first quiet discussion. ;)
 
Semi-autos chuck brass--it's a fact of shooting. Just like the fact that unsilenced firearms make really objectionable amounts of noise.

I do what I can, within reason, to avoid pelting other shooters with my flying empties, but I won't take "heroic" measures to prevent it nor do I expect that level of effort from others to keep their brass from hitting me.
Amateur shooters quickly become Considerate shooters when I'm pulling duty as RSO, or they're politely asked to come another day.
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In my opinion, if a range allows the use of semi-autos and feels strongly enough about brass flying between positions that the RSO would actually ask a shooter to leave, they should provide shields between positions to keep brass from one position from hitting a shooter at the next position.

Asking a shooter to leave because of their flying brass is, in my opinion, comparable to asking a shooter to leave because his gun is making too much noise and the adjacent shooters don't want to use their hearing protection.
 
if a range allows the use of semi-autos and feels strongly enough about brass flying
between positions that the RSO would actually ask a shooter to leave, they should provide shields
between positions
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We do. They are prominently available:cool:

That said, it is ultimately the shooter's responsibility to take the measures necessary
to not drop brass into the next shooters table/rifle/brassier, etc. If he (she) continues to do it,
xin loi charlie.

(NOTE: On the other hand if the shooter is all alone and then someone
moves into the table next to him -- while other tables are available that the new shooter
could use and not be bothered -- then it's the new shooter's obligation to move down.
If ALL tables are taken and the range is full, then the original semi-auto shooter has the
obligation to solve the problem.)

Common sense, good manners and considerate behavior don't take a rain check at the range gate.
 
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The bandanna trick also works (possibly a bit better, as it's a tad stiffer) with a baseball cap. To use un-clip the "universal adjustment strap" in the back, pass through the scope like the bandanna & re clip back together.:cool:
 
^^^ That gives a new meaning to the gangsta term to "cap" someone. Hey, at least the thug is thoughtful to his fellow gang mambers at his right... 'n stuff.:D
 
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