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Ammo, where are you?

Maidenrules29 said:
I think he really doesn't know. I won't hold it against him though I know plenty of people who have no idea what a real ID is.
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He feigns ignorance. Sometimes well. Sometimes really badly.

I know I have mentioned it more than once.

And the wording was wonky as well.
 
Fledermaus said:
Part of my stash is a bunch of ammo my daughter brought back from trips to the range.

Unfortunately her range buddies are into 7.62x39 which does me no good. I did talk her into buying a few bricks of .22.
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Yeah, I lean on my family too to fill in the gaps whether weapon or ammo. The first thing I did was buy some .22 every time I went to the store. Hit 10k in short order.
 
Artymoon said:
Yeah, I lean on my family too to fill in the gaps whether weapon or ammo. The first thing I did was buy some .22 every time I went to the store. Hit 10k in short order.
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Out of interest, what do you do with the spent cases.
 
Rich2018 said:
Out of interest, what do you do with the spent cases.
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If you are referring to .22lr, leave 'em where they lay. If I were into reloading, those would be too much work especially when they're so cheap to buy.
 
Artymoon said:
If you are referring to .22lr, leave 'em where they lay. If I were into reloading, those would be too much work especially when they're so cheap to buy.
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There's no reclycling facility where you live ?

I the army, they were obsessive about "picking up brass"
 
Rich2018 said:
There's no reclycling facility where you live ?

I the army, they were obsessive about "picking up brass"
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When indoor shooting, I sweep up afterwards and then the staff usually makes a pile at the end of the day for recycle/resale. Outdoor shooting I guess it just depends where you are at. If at my buddy's house, I like to leave him presents for the lawn mower. :lol::lol:
 
Artymoon said:
When indoor shooting, I sweep up afterwards and then the staff usually makes a pile at the end of the day for recycle/resale. Outdoor shooting I guess it just depends where you are at. If at my buddy's house, I like to leave him presents for the lawn mower. :lol::lol:
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How many rounds do you think you shoot outdoor on a typical range visit ?

That has to be a lot of brass

I bet the range has a deal with a re-cycling plant.
 
Rich2018 said:
How many rounds do you think you shoot outdoor on a typical range visit ?

That has to be a lot of brass

I bet the range has a deal with a re-cycling plant.
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If outdoor, I’ll shoot mostly long guns. So a couple hundred tops. I’m not much into mag dumping so I usually ponder life between shots ��. Yeah most ranges will resale/recycle the brass.
 
Artymoon said:
If outdoor, I’ll shoot mostly long guns. So a couple hundred tops. I’m not much into mag dumping so I usually ponder life between shots ��. Yeah most ranges will resale/recycle the brass.
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I would have thought so, they probably have a way of catching the bullets so the lead can be reclaimed every few months.
 
Artymoon said:
When indoor shooting, I sweep up afterwards and then the staff usually makes a pile at the end of the day for recycle/resale. Outdoor shooting I guess it just depends where you are at. If at my buddy's house, I like to leave him presents for the lawn mower. :lol::lol:
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There was an area off I-15 near Barstow where folks would shoot. Not a real range. Just a place to go. Driving up to the most popular spot the ground look like gold in places because of the amount of brass left out there.
 
Fledermaus said:
There was an area off I-15 near Barstow where folks would shoot. Not a real range. Just a place to go. Driving up to the most popular spot the ground look like gold in places because of the amount of brass left out there.
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A beautiful sight to see I'm sure :lol:
 
Rich2018 said:
I would have thought so, they probably have a way of catching the bullets so the lead can be reclaimed every few months.
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indoor range have spin chambers where the spent projectiles are allowed to dissipate their energy and then they normally slide into a catch bucket. Outdoor ranges are different. Every 5-7 years at the club where I shoot, a contractor comes in and basically shovels up the dirt 100-300 yards in front of the trap and skeet fields and this mess is dumped into a big cylinder that sorts the lead from the dirt. From what I recall, the contractor keeps 60% of the profits from selling the lead-and the last time our club did this-we got a check for about 50,000 dollars. as to the rifle and pistol berms-I don't know the answer as to recycling.
 
TurtleDude said:
indoor range have spin chambers where the spent projectiles are allowed to dissipate their energy and then they normally slide into a catch bucket. Outdoor ranges are different. Every 5-7 years at the club where I shoot, a contractor comes in and basically shovels up the dirt 100-300 yards in front of the trap and skeet fields and this mess is dumped into a big cylinder that sorts the lead from the dirt. From what I recall, the contractor keeps 60% of the profits from selling the lead-and the last time our club did this-we got a check for about 50,000 dollars. as to the rifle and pistol berms-I don't know the answer as to recycling.
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The indoor range where I did a 4 hour firearms safety class had no collection of brass, IIRC the instructor picked them up.

Brass and lead are valuable, no doubt.
 
TurtleDude said:
burden are seen to be slightly more reliable. I have seen Berdan reloading set ups-one uses an air compressor to blow out the old primers, another used sort of a hook device.
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berdan primers are a pain to reload, yes they can be but are a pain. When berdan primers were king in america, reloading was nearly non existent, as balloon head cases were king, and the brass on those was extremely thin to fit more powder in them, which made them poorly suited for reloading in the first place.
 
You learn so much on this forum sometimes, I wasn't aware that there are basically two different types of rifle cartridge primers: Boxer and Berdan.
 
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