For Those shooting 45 ACP

[JonB]

SNIP>>>

much of it has been shot until the headstamps are nearly obliterated because against my every intent I keep picking it back up and throwing it in the can. When the live round count gets low I restuff them again with odds and ends....

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Like Ian, I have those cartridges that I tell myself I'll leave on the ground and .....like Ian, I keep picking them back up.

Sounds like you two Texans need to visit me in on a sunny January day in Minnesota, we can go to my Club's Snow filled range for some 45 plinking fun...and then we'll see who is digging brass out of a snow drift and who isn't, LOL

 

[Ian]

This Texan doesn't do snow, period.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Would it be cheating if I laid down a tarp in the fall so that when the snow melted in the spring the casings would be on top of the tarp?

I'm not going to be digging through snow in Minnesota to recover casings but I might go back in the spring.......

 

[JonB]

Would it be cheating if I laid down a tarp in the fall so that when the snow melted in the spring the casings would be on top of the tarp?

I'm not going to be digging through snow in Minnesota to recover casings but I might go back in the spring.......

Actually you wouldn't need a tarp, if you time your Spring visit before the grass perks up after a Spring rain. It's usually a narrow window between the Mud of the thaw and the ground firming up, where the Matted grass/weeds hasn't perked up and the exposed brass is easily seen and picked up. Sadly, not a lot of shooters use the range in the winter, I always try to time that visit to gleen the range of brass, BUT...it's not like I find grocery bags full of brass, unless I shot grocery bags full of brass, LOL, I usually stick to Revolvers in winter time.