anyone else a chronic "saver" of brass?

[bubbadoyle]

I have two metal ammo cans full of 223 brass. I don’t even have a 223 but I still pick it up at the range if I find it. I do load for 6x45 and 300 blackout so I do have some use for it. I do have several boxes of heavyweight .224 J bullets, so I might just have to build a fast twist 223 ar upper just to shoot them.


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[Duckiller]

Had lots of brass and hulls. Moved 1000 miles. Adult sons limited how much lead I could move. Had sold some hulls here. Got to keep 5 gal buckets full of each color. Still unpacking brass and bullets to determine exactly what I have. Does anyone have any 25/35 Win brass that they would like to trade? Just got an 1899 Model 94 Win and can't find any ammo yet.

[BigAlofPa.]

Im bad for keeping a lot of brass on hand. I sell the nice brass that i have excess of. The stained stuff i keep for loading. Im way ahead on 9mm brass.

[Winger Ed.]

I pick up brass on the ground for the few calibers I load,
and there's no way I'll leave a .45ACP case on the ground.

If I end up with a bunch I don't load for, I'll give them to someone who does.
Like .40S&W- without my glasses, they look a lot like a .45, so I'll pick 'em up and sort them out later.

[oley55]

Besides accurate shooting, a successful day at the range for me includes coming home with more brass than I fired.

[BD]

I am also an addict. I am a crow at heart. I will pick up any shiny object I see on the ground, just in case it is something I could use, someday. I pick up every useable piece of brass larger than .22RF that I find. I live up north surrounded by woods and I know where people go to shoot. I am guilty of going a little out of my way to stop by those spots and pick up brass. I am also an NRA and IDPA RO, and I insist that all brass that is under foot get picked up while the targets are being reset/pasted and returned to the shooter if they want it, (I have seen more than one shooter fall on their butt with a loaded gun while moving through a stage, almost always this results in a DQ, either from dropping the firearm, or breaking the 180 rule). However, I am pragmatic about keeping brass. I keep everything that I shoot, and everything that is generally in circulation, (,.223, 9mm 40mm, .45acp, 3006, .270, 30-30) whether I need it or not. Other stuff I sort and save and then trade it for things I do shoot.
I own enough of everything I shoot to keep me going for the rest of my life, and the hunting rifles through my grandchildren's lives.
Brass isn't making me nervous, primer and powder availability is.

[beezapilot]

9mm and 223 seem to be what .22's were to me back in the day- amazing how much of them I pick up. Personally, don't think much of the .223- but just counted 14 old eight pound powder jugs full of brass for one... ain't gonna count the 9mm containers.

[Outer Rondacker]

ya you got the bug

[sparky45]

I scavenged some puffed up 30-30 (a couple of pieces) and figured out they were 30-30 fire formed to 38-55. Guess what; I have a Marlin I bought new in 1978 that I haven't even shot the original box of ammo I purchased with the rifle and called JES today and the rifle will be on it's way to him this week for a re-bore to 38-55. This is the second time pickin up brass has cost me money.

[Pete44mag]

I save every piece of brass I get my hands on. I also share with other club members or people who are in need. I like to share the wealth.