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Originally Posted by ruthabagah
Never shoot it, but I’ll never part with my 40SW. Plus, it was my first purchase. I’d 10x rather shoot 9 or 10.
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Originally Posted by ruthabagah
Never shoot it, but I’ll never part with my 40SW. Plus, it was my first purchase. I’d 10x rather shoot 9 or 10.
Yep. When all of the popular calibers are out of stock only the stuff nobody wants or needs remains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
I use outdoor ranges and sweep off the pad(s) that I shoot from and pick up all of my brass, even the .22 brass. I have also found a lot of live rounds; once I found almost a whole brick of .22 LR just laying all over the ground. I swept it up, cleaned it and it shoots just fine. One early morning at Baker Draw there was a 100 round value pack of 9mm just sitting on one of the benches at the 50 yard range.
Most of the empties I see are .22, 9mm and .223 with lots of steel 7.62X39.
I usually pick up anything somewhat shiny until my back gets sore. Off the top of my head, I believe I recover about 90% of what I shoot and odd amounts of what others have left behind. Sorting and inspecting while decapping with a Harvey deprimer is sort of a stress reliever when the weather is nice and I can just relax on the porch. If it isn't reloadable but it is brass, it gets tossed in the scrap bucket. Always keeping an eye on brass prices. After it is tumbled clean, it gets sized and primed (pistol), swaged, sized, trimmed, and primed (rifle) before being stored by caliber in five gallon buckets. If I don't shoot it, I don't prime it but I will hang onto it as trade fodder.
If you shoot on a range used by LE you will probably see more .40 S&W left on the ground. Most LE I know wouldn't reload and they don't think about the value of the spent brass. Obviously there are exceptions but the majority of LE are not avid shooters but shooters out of necessity, IMO.
I agree with the notion of the G22 with three barrels; .40 S&W, .357 SIG, and 9mm conversion. I've been known to throw the extra barrels in my bag when I travel just in case. No matter where I am, and what happens, I should be able to find something that will fill my magazines.
Get with the new millennium old man . Cheaper than 2 chiro or Dr. visits.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone
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I don't know if I want the ghost dog's severed head by my hand, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Thought about it, but my time is worth something. I wouldnt reload .223/5.56 or 9mm unless I had a blue 1050.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinjmpr
My bolt gun's .223 is a different story. It seems to really like the 40gr nosler BT at 3715fps.
I've never seen them work on dirt and grass. We use to have a couple of those and some of the rubber finger wheels and they worked well on concrete. Smooth concrete was the best as we could police a range in 15 minutes using the cardboard backers as plows pushing the brass into piles and then a dust pan to scoop the piles into buckets. 36 shooters times 200 rounds in a course. I always cringed at the idea of leaving 7200 once fired, quality brass cases an hour in a bucket for someone else. [my preciousQuote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Mine is called a Brass Mower, but it's the same thing. Works great on hard dirt, but loose dirt, sand, grass, and rough ground - not so great. But I still use the hell out of it, it's a tremendous labor saver. Just gotta do it the old fashioned way sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone
Policing brass is one of the reasons minions were created.
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