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i am trying to determine an easier way to identify my spent brass at the range. my eyes not being what they use to be, it is difficult to read the bottom of the cases. The other day, I found it time consumming finding my own brass. Does anyone do anything different to make this easier? some of the brass that was not mine, seemed to have a red primer sealant which got me thinking. Thanks, Steve | ||
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take a red/black magic marker and color the primers. you can also take black paint and rub it over the headstamps. my range has a mandatory brass pickup policy so there is no other brass to worry about. | |||
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Sounds like you are shooting one of the "platforms". In which case, they make hangers that you can put on the action which will collect your brass as you fire it. It'll also keep you from being tossed off the range for spraying hot brass all up and down the line. It is kinda rude you know. Aim for the exit hole | |||
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Write your first name on the brass or color the end red with a marker ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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And while you pick it up, mutter audibly to yourself about what you did to the last Ratin' fratin' rootin' tootin' Brass stealin' SOB and how you hope no one will find out where you hid him...  | |||
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Last week a guy set up right next to me with his new Mini 14 and a bunch of ammo. I advised him that if any of his brass landed on me or my bench, I'd more than likely get pissed. He moved. | |||
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When I shot Highpower with my M1 I took a permanent marker and put a ring around every brass about halfway up. You could identify them from 20ft away which made it easier to spot them on the line or in some brass stealin a-hole's bag. Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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Get a Sharpie or two and mark the case head. You can even color code your loads when you do load developement. No matter what you'll lose one once in a while. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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Put them in boxes. Take two color sharpies, draw one line on the case heads across the rows, the other across the columns. Each case ends up with a two color x on the head. What we used to do for IPSC matches | |||
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My dad does this to separate brass fired in which gun, he has several in the same caliber, he wipes the tops with a different color fingernail polish a diffrent color for each gun, and then wipes with a rag and it will stick in the ring around the primer and the stampings. And it will last through the tumbler so he can re apply later before reloading. Extreme Custom Gunsmithing LLC, ecg@wheatstate.com | |||
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Same as my golfing friend does and as BRADHE says. Just put a stripe right across the base with a SPIRIT BASED broad marker pen. Used to do the same in UK for IPSC matches too. And if we did get a "brass thief"? We used to reload up a few in Berdan primed cases and mark them too! A broken decapping pin used to ensure the thief left them alone the next time! | |||
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+1 I just did a match this weekend and a guy did this. Worked very well. I am going to start doing it myself. | |||
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If you are "sitting" at the Bench, you can place a Cardboard Box beside you(Opening facing the rifle) to catch the Cases. If the Cases are not Ejecting relatively consistently to the same general spot, then the Extractor probably needs a bit of Tuning. If "Standing", you can place a Tarp on the ground and capture all the Cases. Nothing wrong with Marking, but you still have to take the time to bend over to pick each one up and sort through what you find. Or sweep them up into a Dust pan along with the rest of the Range trash and still sort them. Best of luck to you. | |||
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I sold my SIG P220 and bought a S&W 625 revolver in the same caliber .45 ACP/AR. | |||
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You need glasses. | |||
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Be careful marking the case with a marker. This is how I identify my brass that is on its last load. If you get someone's used up brass in with their good brass it could be bad. | |||
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I use a brass catcher that I made,rather than chase my brass mixed in with other peoples brass. It's just a 2' wide by 18" high frame made with pvc tubing and 1/8" commercial fishing net, similar to a heavy duty laundry bag netting. It sits about three inches off of the bench when shooting rifle and when I shoot pistol, I add the two foot long extensions to get it to catch my semi-auto pistol brass. I have a 0% loss for rifle brass and roughly a 2% loss rate for pistol brass. | |||
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I don't know about loss percentage I generally bring home more rifle brass than I went with. Lot's of people don't reload. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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I love having a range in my yard...... You can brush the primer with fingernail polish snitched from your wife or daughters pile. I use it to keep track of brass lots. | |||
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Craigster: I would have reported your threat to the Range Master. Unless you own the range, you have to put up with other people. I do not take kindly to threats--I would have moved far from you and probably demanded my money back. | |||
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Just because sameone has paid their couple of bucks doesn't mean the other people have to put up with a rude dick-head. Actually what Craigster should have done was go to the range master himself and have the range master talk to the other guy. More and more of the ranges are posting restrictions about the wannabes and their "platforms". Aim for the exit hole | |||
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I don't see any threat in Craigster's post.  However, I'd not take kindly to anyone tossing HOT Cases(nor Cold ones) on me either. And I'd for darn sure get more than upset.(You can consider that a Fact rather than a Threat!) Way too many Punks think they can simply run over folks today - and then they have to learn the hard way. Paying a Range Fee DOES NOT give someone the right to use adjacent Benches, which other folks are using, as their Catch Area. | |||
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Hit me with hot brass at the public range the first time, no problem everyone makes mistakes. After I have asked in a friendly manner to stop, and it happens again I would assume the person wanted trouble. No threat, no talking, but I got a hundred bucks says it won't happen again. | |||
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Will you babies quit whinning about getting hit with brass! Sack up and keep shooting. It happens at every range and at every match. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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noylj, you are off to a good start here. Most people wait until they have at least 50 positive posts before they start showing their self-centered side. Going to our range master with that "It's all about ME!" stuff would get you escorted off our range and expelled from the R&G Club. Rich | |||
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Not in my experience. Perhaps it is something the pretend military folks(AKA Freedom Freeloaders) enjoy with their AKs. I can never remember a time in the CORPS that Cases from a Rifleman next to me actually hit me. But, our rifles were properly Tuned and very well used. | |||
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HC,come out to a Fleet Rifle or Pistol Match at Dam Neck or most Service Rifle/Pistol matches. You may want to dispararage the K-Mart Komandos but the only matches that I haven't seen any one hit with brass are benchrest or f-class, or the odd revolver at a 3-gun bull's eye. (Insert favorite Marine joke here, Sir!) Nothing personnal about Marines, retired Navy. I bet you have a few to fire back. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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I'll go easy on you - SwabJockey  | |||
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I have a scar on my neck from a high power match. I found out real quick why my shooting jacket has a hood! Shooting the standing stage a empty went down my neck and there wasn't a thing I could do except act like it didn't hurt while I was continuing the stage in the match. | |||
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I got one or two on my back like that going down my shirt. HC, I'm glad you have a sense of humor. One of my favorites is, what does Marines stand for? My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment Sir! A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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By the way, if you ever get this far north I have first round. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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Thanks for the invitation. Kinda busy right now, but you just never know when the job will be completed. Thanks again. Moorepower reminded me of a young lady and her husband at the Range one day.  She had been shooting his small S&W Kit Gun 22LR(don't remember the Model #) and was really enjoying it. So much so that he was apparently concerned she would want to keep it for herself.A couple of weeks pass and they are back. They start the same way and then he has a surprise for her - a very small Browning semi-auto Blow-Back 22LR. She about had a fit because she liked it so well. Apparently fit her hand, was very light and she could make it function properly(with no ammo in it). They got ready to begin firing it and I suggested they move a bit closer to the Targets since we were the only folks there. So they walk up about 10yds from the Targets and I'm just sitting and enjoying a soda pop. They get all lined up and on the first shot, she begins dancing around and pulling her shirt off, then the harness. It seems that fine Browning ejected the spent 22LR Cases straight back and she managed to catch one with her chest. Pretty lady!!! | |||
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Maybe that's why all of the ultra cool Rambos in the movies shoot their autter matics sideways.  Aim for the exit hole | |||
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ouch A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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