The most fun I had collecting range scrap.....

[WILCO]

Was the time I had a large paper coffee cup, and filled it with all the lead pistol bullets that were simply
sitting on top of the soil, at the backstop bottom.
Literally no effort and took but a few minutes.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I might go get a large coffee from the Speedway.....

[metricmonkeywrench]

That's how the madness starts whan you have access to the berm. I would grab a handful everytime i set up, checked and took down the target stands. Next up came a 4x6in piece of scrap expanded metal to help sift out the dirt digging/sifting around between strings. My latest creation is a 4x4 piece of expanded metal in a wooden frame with handles and an e-tool to scoop/scrape the surface. I got pictures of it around here somewhere (edit see link below, post #23).

I had to stop myself when i started looking into building a trommel and trying to figure out how to make it transportable enough to take to the range.

At this point i still have something like 2 5 gal pails of dirty scrap to clean up still sitting in the garage waiting for cooler weather to arrive.

The best part is the "free" dirty lead then comes the expense of pots and propane and all the stuff required to get the free stuff into the casting pot.

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[foesgth]

I carry one of the tools they make to scoop a cat box. When walking the berm one can usually find a hot spot that was behind someones target. I can get 10 to 15 pounds of scrap in as many minutes. I love it after a SASS shoot. All those big fat 45 lead slugs!

[Winger Ed.]

I carry one of the tools they make to scoop a cat box.

That's clever, I was thinking to get one of those scoop things the beachcombing metal detector folks use.
If ya are at a place that has steel knock down targets, there is usually sort of like a layer of Lead on the ground in front of them.

[30calflash]

After heavy rain or a few days worth you can usually find it sitting at the bottom of the berm, washed and ready for pickup.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Was the time I had a large paper coffee cup, and filled it with all the lead pistol bullets that were simply
sitting on top of the soil, at the backstop bottom.
Literally no effort and took but a few minutes.
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I just did that last Saturday, except I used a shot bag I keep in my range bag, just for that use.

[rancher1913]

i think you should take a poll about it

[Sasquatch-1]

The range I belong to has a pistol range that has been there from before I was born, I'm 70, and has never been cleaned. I can take a 5 gallon bucket and a 1/4" screen and rake have a bucket in 20 minutes and never touch a shovel. I think the berm has more lead than stone dust.

The best part is the "free" dirty lead then comes the expense of pots and propane and all the stuff required to get the free stuff into the casting pot.

If you take your scrap jackets to a salvage yard you can get reimbursed very quickly for any upfront expenditures.

[GregLaROCHE]

My club has an indoor range with a cement floor. I used to sweep the floors in the front of the backstops with a stiff push broom and fill buckets from the piles with a shovel. I’ve got a pretty good stock of ingots now and with the price of propane shooting up, I haven’t been been collecting any. Now the members have piled it up and are asking me to come and take it away. They can’t get rid of it. Everyone here is too afraid of lead poisoning to deal with it.

[LenH]

I was visiting my brother in the OKC area. We went to his gun club with a rake and a sifter he made and 4 large coffee containers. We filled those in about 10 minutes.
I wish I had a couple of 5 gallon buckets. Anyway I brought home about 100# of range scrap. We met up in central Arkansas and he brought me about 200# more of said
scrap. That club is in an old river bottom the berms are sand and have to be dressed regularly. We were there after a rain and the pickens were easy.