Range Brass Trends

[Oathkeeper1775]

From my narrow perspective; here is what I'm picking up at the outdoor range:

Pistola
O/F .40 Cal has dropped off @75%; (the local LEs have switched to 9mm).

9mm galore; scrapping 5pounds per week; 15 pounds if I ad the time. Plated 9mm is up @50%; not scrapping that...

O/F 45ACP has dropped @10%, small primer pockets (scrap) down beyond mathmatics.

.380; next to nothing.
357; next to nothing.
.38SP is up @20%.
.357Sig; no change 50 pieces/wk
.45LC; no change 20 pieces/wk
Rifle
O/F .308 boxer up @20%
O/F .223 up @15%.
.30-06 up by 10 pieces.wk
.300BO down to 0/wk.

Whatever it's worth

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[ageingstudent]

From my narrow perspective; here is what I'm picking up at the outdoor range:

Pistola
O/F .40 Cal has dropped off @75%; (the local LEs have switched to 9mm).

9mm galore; scrapping 5pounds per week; 15 pounds if I ad the time. Plated 9mm is up @50%; not scrapping that...

O/F 45ACP has dropped @10%, small primer pockets (scrap) down beyond mathmatics.

.380; next to nothing.
357; next to nothing.
.38SP is up @20%.
.357Sig; no change 50 pieces/wk
.45LC; no change 20 pieces/wk
Rifle
O/F .308 boxer up @20%
O/F .223 up @15%.
.30-06 up by 10 pieces.wk
.300BO down to 0/wk.

Whatever it's worth

So much 9mm...I've stopped picking it up.

And .40 is definitely down.

I almost never find any rimmed cartridge at my club at least.

 

[Crohnos01]

So am the only dufus that sorts 45 acp spp from the lpp and reloads them in a separate batch?

 

[nammac]

So am the only dufus that sorts 45 acp spp from the lpp and reloads them in a separate batch?

Nope, I do the same... There's a lot less spp brass in my mix, so I usually try to get them through my reload cycles more quickly. As I'm less concerned about their loss, they've become my regular .45's to reload and practice with...

 

[Crohnos01]

Yup, same here. They work just fine, but they are what I take out in the woods to shoot, so if one jumps under the brush or into a mud puddle, I just shrug and keep going.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

So am the only dufus that sorts 45 acp spp from the lpp and reloads them in a separate batch?

Nope. I save all my S/P/M primers for .40 Cal loads...

Lol

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

12 pounds today; mainly O/F .5.56, .40, & 9MM. @90 .45ACP and two handfulls of .270. Some steel-cased X39 to step on.

It looks like metal targets were used for the .556; all the brass was in the same pile....zombie training?

I grew tired of picking up 9MM.

 

[Capn Jack]

Dang !!! No.458 Socom?

 

[Seared Saba]

Dang !!! No.458 Socom?

Haha I wish! The most unusual brass I picked up was a pile of 50AE.

458 Socom will be my next build. Tried once. Blasted 2 liters like crazy. Man, it's such a fun caliber!

 

[41mag]

what???// someone's holding out on the 41 mag? 44 special? S&W 32 long???

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Lol, every Monday without fail; 6 pieces of .45 Colt; Starline Brass in nearly the exact same spot. Same bay, same position from the bench.

Creedmore or .45-70 brass? Dreaming...never.

 

[Capn Jack]

458 Socom will be my next build. Tried once. Blasted 2 liters like crazy. Man, it's such a fun caliber!

They only let me shoot 1/2" hanging steel with it twice. 1st shot (325gr. cast) one of the chains broke. 2nd shot, hit the steel at an angle and peppered 2 more target frames. After that they wouldn't let me try any of my 430gr cast.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Same here, i rarely get any 40s&w but tons of 9mm & 45. I have a stockpile of 2k+ or 9mm & 1k of the 45 ( which of both i do not shoot)

223/556 is common with a few 308 fluted chamber cases.
Even if there is no brass at my little honey hole pit I get my daily walk....

 

[etrain16]

The only brass I ever get is my own. Folks at my range seem to do a good job of policing their own brass. Makes for a clean range.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Less than 3 pounds on Monday; mostly our own stuff.

I hounded a box-each of .270 and 7mmm on Saturday; they dumped it in the trash...

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

>300 O/F 5.56
>1,500 bright yellow .40 Cal.
>450 9MM

Hand full each of:
Revolver brass (38SP)
300 BO
Milspec .30-06
.45 ACP (SPP)

5 pieces of boxer "39

 

[LuckySG]

Suggestions on brass in calibers I don't plan to reload? I pick up just mine at the range and everything on the ground in the woods, steel and 22 included to make less of an impression on our non-shooting friends. It fills in the gaps in my garbage can so no cost to me. .40 S&W and .270 cases will need a new home, only alternative is drop off at the range.

Jeremy

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Suggestions on brass in calibers I don't plan to reload? I pick up just mine at the range and everything on the ground in the woods, steel and 22 included to make less of an impression on our non-shooting friends. It fills in the gaps in my garbage can so no cost to me. .40 S&W and .270 cases will need a new home, only alternative is drop off at the range.

Jeremy

Keep the brass .270 has value!
Pay Forward
Scrap (@$90/5gal)

Steel cases: recycle
Nice plastic hulls: pay forward or trash.

Thanks for picking it up.

 

[LuckySG]

Keep the brass .270 has value!
Pay Forward
Scrap (@$90/5gal)

Steel cases: recycle
Nice plastic hulls: pay forward or trash.

Thanks for picking it up.

I don't have a .270 anymore nor a .40, but happy to run them through a cleaning and hand them over to someone that would use them. I picked up one of the mojo magnet rods for shotgun hulls and the little nut weasel that grabs amazing well. My favorite place to shoot in the Tillamook forest, without fail, as I am just about cleaned up the sheriff's deputy pulls in to see how things are going and comments on how it looked a few hours earlier. I swear they have cameras up.

Jeremy

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

I don't have a .270 anymore nor a .40, but happy to run them through a cleaning and hand them over to someone that would use them. I picked up one of the mojo magnet rods for shotgun hulls and the little nut weasel that grabs amazing well. My favorite place to shoot in the Tillamook forest, without fail, as I am just about cleaned up the sheriff's deputy pulls in to see how things are going and comments on how it looked a few hours earlier. I swear they have cameras up.

Jeremy

I'm sure somebody in the pay forward thread would be happy to take em. I'm in Yamhill County (up stream and up wind of PDX), otherwise I'd make a trade of some sort...