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I normally resist the urge to pick up brass at the range. Who knows what those cases were subjected to before they came to rest there? We had a guy at the club I belonged to 25 years ago...nicknamed "Ace" since he had blown up 5 different Smith and Wesson 629s. I wouldn't want to pick up his brass for anything.
But...the last two times I've been to the range. There's been a gold mine of once fired there. .270 and .308 in the cartridges I shoot and a metric ton of 30-06, .243 and a whole lot of .300 and .338WM.
It's all obviously once fired- few scratches on the cases, most in the factory plastic inserts...if not in the factory box. Being safety conscious, I feel weird about picking it up...but dang, I've scored 150 rounds of once fired .308 and .270. I likely wouldn't load premium hunting loads- but for practice loads or even light loads of H4895 they should last essentially forever.
Anyone else can't seem to help themselves to free brass?
But...the last two times I've been to the range. There's been a gold mine of once fired there. .270 and .308 in the cartridges I shoot and a metric ton of 30-06, .243 and a whole lot of .300 and .338WM.
It's all obviously once fired- few scratches on the cases, most in the factory plastic inserts...if not in the factory box. Being safety conscious, I feel weird about picking it up...but dang, I've scored 150 rounds of once fired .308 and .270. I likely wouldn't load premium hunting loads- but for practice loads or even light loads of H4895 they should last essentially forever.
Anyone else can't seem to help themselves to free brass?