What is the range etiquette for this?

So you're assuming that someone who disrespects an armed man with a child will then decide to respect a forceful and logical set of demands? Maybe. But if not then what? At best the OP's daughter has to watch a heated argument, at worst...

I think we can all agree that the brass collector was a thief, and a jerk. But is that really any worse than the behavior I chose to ignore all the time? I'm thinking about the idiots who cut me off while driving and texting for example.
 
So you're assuming that someone who disrespects an armed man with a child will then decide to respect a forceful and logical set of demands? Maybe. But if not then what? At best the OP's daughter has to watch a heated argument, at worst...

I think we can all agree that the brass collector was a thief, and a jerk. But is that really any worse than the behavior I chose to ignore all the time? I'm thinking about the idiots who cut me off while driving and texting for example.
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I know I played devil's advocate a bit a few posts ago, but I too believe that stealing a person's brass is simply wrong. And, when someone is being "in-your-face" about it, how can you possibly just walk away? I couldn't. With life comes risks. There are times that you simply need to push back on someone who is bullying or taking advantage of you. Even if my daughter was present, and even if there is a remote chance that I am placing both of us in harm's way, there is no way I would let someone like what the OP described just walk away with my brass. See, for me, its much more than simply scraps of brass - it's everything I stand for.
 
So you're assuming that someone who disrespects an armed man with a child will then decide to respect a forceful and logical set of demands?
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When did I say that? I don't recall ever saying anything remotely like that.

What I did say was that there's the possibility that it was simply a bluff on the part of the thief to see if he could "push the envelope" a bit. I suggested that calling his bluff was a worthwhile technique to try. Many B/S artists will fold once they KNOW someone will push back by calling the bluff. There was nothing about "respect" involved in any way.

I know I played devil's advocate a bit a few posts ago
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I know, I was just giving something as "push back" so you had a foil.:D
 
any reasonable assumption of someone being rude and inconsiderate and expecting that their next step is to pull out a gun and kill you and your child.
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True, and I didn’t mean to say that there isn't a bunch of room between not being a passive door mat and doing something that escalates to a gunfight at the range.
I'm mostly suggesting that those who were recommending the tough-guy response with their kids along is, well... silly and dumb because it could backfire bigtime... the guy could leave letting you think you've "won" and snipe you from the edge of the road 300 yards away. Its just stupid to get into any confrontation at the range that could bring anyone to their boiling point.
You dont know these people and never really know what brand of kooky your dealing with out there.
Standing your ground, being stern, or agressively defending brass may prove volatile in a very remote place.
After all, many of us carry guns because there are so many unbalanced people around...
I'm simply saying to keep the priorities straight, pick your battles in life... brass on the ground out in the sticks is really low on my list.

Its been asked a few times... When is that brass fair game for the grabbing?
I say when its owner drives away... until then, the owner is still there, free to walk back from their targets or even from their car with a bucket to gather it up... they leave, its yours.
 
This thread has been much more interesting than I thought it would be.

I do not think anyone that knows me would consider me a doormat.

I do not think, all things considered, this situation warranted much escalation. Daughter, guns, two other unknown adults in a remote location, some common brass lost, and I have a slow temper but when it goes it is no fun for anyone.

Mostly my daughter and I were just baffled that anyone would do it in the first place.
 
A remote location, family, complete strangers acting quite unsociably, is quite a different situation from someone rudely shagging your brass at a organized range.

Sometimes though, brass scroungers (even when they are not thieves) get their own ..rewards...

Some folks I know of went shooting at a local spot, fired up several hundred rounds of berdan primed .30-06, and 20 rounds of LC Match, and left their brass...

A notorious local brass wh..hound, not part of their shooting/social group found out, and went out after their brass. First case he picked up was one of the Match cases, and he swarmed it all up.

Came into the local shop a couple days later, whining about the "bad" brass, and how he had broken his third decapping pin and needed to buy more. We happily sold him more pins...
 
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