Surprise, Surprise

[gandog56]

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!

[DukeInFlorida]

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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[gandog56]

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

[packnrat]

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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[gandog56]

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.

[Mbaker78]

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 :p

[LEP]

Get one of those dog pooper scoopers from Wally world;)

[WarEagleEd]

Get one of those dog pooper scoopers from Wally world;)

Not a bad idea!

[Mbaker78]

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 ;)

[gandog56]

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

[packnrat]

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.

[gandog56]

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

[Mbaker78]

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 ;)

[Shooterontheline]

Y'all just need to getya one of them new fangle brass magnets.......

[Mbaker78]

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 ;)

[gandog56]

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!

[Pacomdiver]

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

[gandog56]

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.

[SGHinds]

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.

[psmokey]

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.
Phil

[2571]

I use one for the yard, that's not a mix-up I want to take a chance of making ;)

Dunno. A lot of the range brass I pick up is pretty poopy.

[gandog56]

Dunno. A lot of the range brass I pick up is pretty poopy.

Yeah, but my wet rotary tumbler with the stainless steel media usually makes it look like brand new.