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    Surprise, Surprise

    I went to the range yesterday. I had just bought all a guy's ammo for his Mosin Nagant because he sold it, so I was using it up. I put in what I thought was a soft point bullet in my Finn P27, and shot it at a hanging steel plate. Imagaine my surprise when it hit the plate I saw a flash of light and a big puff of white smoke. What I thought was a lead exposed soft point tip was actually a black painted AP tip. Went out to the steel plate, yeah, there was a big old crater in the steel! Put that ammo away quick, AP, tracer, and incendary not allowed at my range. Fortunately it was like at 2PM on a Monday and there were not a lot of people there.

    Oops!

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    I took my daughter and her BF (both visiting me in FL from New York) to the range the other day, and also shot my Mosin Nagant 91-30, but with my own reloads! No surprises there.

    My daughter works with a guy who doesn't own any guns (tough to have them in NY), but is a history buff. He was asking my daughter to send him a shooting report, etc. So, we shot tons of rounds though my 91-30 which last saw service guarding the Berlin Wall. And, my daughter did amazingly well, considering the open sights and all. We attached the bayonet, and took a bunch of pictures of her holding the gun, and the resultant target in the background. She was dressed like Natasha (Rocky and Bullwinkle version), so she looked the part.

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    I don't have a daughter, so I took my niece. And my nephew from my other brother.

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    i do not have any rug-rats. can somebody loan me a couple for range clean up ;-)

    my knees are getting older than i am so even with the reach tongs it takes time.



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    My knees have both been replaced, and sometimes when I get back from the range they really ache from bending over and picking up them empties.

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    I had back surgery a few years back, and for some reason, ever since then I get light headed when I stand up from being crouched. So I have to take my time collecting brass, otherwise I'll be able to pick it up while laying on the ground when I wake up

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    Get one of those dog pooper scoopers from Wally world
    Load and shoot: 6.5mm (Dutch, Jap., Carcano, Swede), 7x57, 7.35 Carcano, 7.5mm (Mas, Swiss), 303 British, 7.65x53, 7.7 Jap, 7.62x51, 30-06, 8x50R & 8x52R Siamese, 30-40 Krag, 8x57, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R, 8x 56R, 30 Carbine, 450/577 Martini, 300 Win Mag, 45 LC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LEP View Post
    Get one of those dog pooper scoopers from Wally world
    Not a bad idea!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LEP View Post
    Get one of those dog pooper scoopers from Wally world
    I use one for the yard, that's not a mix-up I want to take a chance of making

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    Getting old, when I spend a long time scooping, I AM pooped!

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    i use those reach tongs with the rubber cup tips. can grab two empty's at a time.
    no bending required.
    that is till my hands give out squeezing the grip. but a gold. er. a... brass mine is a brass mine.

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    I love it when I go to my range sometimes and I am the only one there. I do some serious brass scrounging then.

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    I got to the range one day and caught the range officer scrounging... Guy can barely see or walk, but he was out there with his grabbers...

    A kind suggestion to the older folk, let us "younger" guys have a go at scrounging every now and then

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    Y'all just need to getya one of them new fangle brass magnets.......
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    I went to the local indoor range last week and made a pretty good haul, nothing exotic, but a bunch of 223, 40, 45acp, and 9mm. Nobody wanted their brass, so I helped them clean it up... Right into my range bag

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mbaker78 View Post
    I went to the local indoor range last week and made a pretty good haul, nothing exotic, but a bunch of 223, 40, 45acp, and 9mm. Nobody wanted their brass, so I helped them clean it up... Right into my range bag
    Some ranges that is against the rules.....


    ..........................I do not go to those ranges!

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    I see Dillon reloading has a cage roller thing to pick up brass, might work better than a scooper for you

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    I tried one of them roller things, they are pretty much hit and mis. May have to run it over the cases 3-4 times to get it picked up.

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    I recently bought one them, the brass wizard, to use at my outdoor range. Pistol bays have long astroturf style carpet. Brasswizard doesnt grab deep down. May try and use a small rake to get the stuff up towards the top.

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    I'm glad that I have 5 grandkids that like there papa and willing to do his dirty work. There is ice cream and cookies (Grandma made) involved.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
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GC Gas Check