Brass Bonanza at the range

[DJK11]

Weekly visit to the range today and my favorite lane was taken, a gentleman with a bunch of 45 pistols. Brass everywhere, probably a few hundred. Anyway, I start with the PM45. After about 15 min. he starts packing up to leave. He scoops up his big-ol-pile of brass and asked if I reload. Heck yes I said with a big grin. I'm glade I have plastic bags in the range bag. More than 420 pieces total.

Then three guys come in and start shooting S&W Bodyguards. So I pull out the P380 and I collect about 270 pieces of brass from them.

I traded pistols with one of the guys shooting the S&W. What a lousy trigger on the Bodyguard. I shot it without the laser and it shot POA but I staged the trigger. Once you handle a Kahr DAO, the rest is *#@*%! The other guy didn't want to give back my P380. Kept praising the smooth trigger.

[Ken_K]

Nothing like loading up on free brass. I wasn't impressed with the Bodyguard's trigger either, you just can't beat a Kahr DAO trigger.

[Bawanna]

Nice score.

[houdini]

you must have been in heaven.

[MW surveyor]

Free brass is the best brass :)

[dkmatthews]

Free brass is the best brass :)

Roger that!

I hit the brass jackpot yesterday, too. At my local wildlife club, I put about 30 rounds down range with the high power rifles and then decided to have some pistol time. Only one of the 10 pistol bays was being used, so I just chose one at random. Ka-chow! Whoever had been there before me left at least 250 pieces of .45acp and about the same number of 9mm brass in the dirt and none of it was corroded.

[JFootin]

I was looking at a catalog from Dillon the other day, and they had a brass picker upper tool with a long handle for effortless pickup. The price was about $40.

[dkmatthews]

I was looking at a catalog from Dillon the other day, and they had a brass picker upper tool with a long handle for effortless pickup. The price was about $40.

Hmmmmmmmmm.... I know I get the Dillon catalog in my mail box but I don't seem to remember any of the products in it.... I wonder why.... :D :D :D

[Ken_K]

I was looking at a catalog from Dillon the other day, and they had a brass picker upper tool with a long handle for effortless pickup. The price was about $40.

It looks like what we use to pick up pecans, except the wires aren't spaced out as much.

[DJK11]

I was looking at a catalog from Dillon the other day, and they had a brass picker upper tool with a long handle for effortless pickup. The price was about $40.

My local range HAD four of those. They lasted about two weeks before the "clientele" destroyed them.

[rago]

showed up to the range when i knew fbi was qualifying, showed up too late there must have been 6 case boxes of 500 rnd boxes empty where they shot all i could find was about 300 brass left in the sand that i raked up. dam maybe next time. all 40 s&w that i can never find mush of anyway.

[TonyT]

The only brass I will not pick up is 9mm unless it's from a shooter shooting factory ammo. Too many USPSA shooters using 9omm Major - they use once fired brass and don't pick jup their empties.