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philip964 wrote:
sss wrote:The range recycles the brass and earns some pretty decent money from doing it. If you primarily shoot in West Houston, you might want to consider Bayou Rifles (http://bayourifles.org/) - BR has a pistol range on Eldridge just north of I-10 and allows you to take home your own brass. I've been a member since January and have found it to be a great club.
Bayou Rifles has barrels where you can leave your brass and I assume they sell it. Or you can take your brass with you. Since its a club rather than a business, you try and leave it neater than you found it. I take my brass back home, but the brass I find that isn't mine goes in the barrel. Its funny how I can find about only 90% of my brass and 10% of someone else's.

Bayou Rifles is usually a very peaceful place to shoot, its out doors and rarely are there more than three shooters at the pistol range. I stopped by the Memorial Shooting Range one time and it was packed with folks. I realized it just wasn't where I wanted to shoot. Not that there was anything wrong. I just like the solitude of me out doors shooting, with no time clock to worry about or listening to ten other people shooting.

I just joined up. Finally was able to make it to an orientation. I'm usually working the first weekend of the month, so the timing wasn't great. I'm really looking forward to shooting there.

Katygunnut

rgoldy wrote:I think you should check with ASC on the rule. They have never said anything to me about picking up my own brass from rounds I brought with me. They do not want you picking up "abandoned" brass. Yes, they do collect and recycle brass from the range. The notation about how few shooters pick up is correct, as few as 1-2 out of 10.

Thanks. I will do that. I was going with the sign they have posted on the range. I interpreted this to mean that you weren't supposed to keep any of the brass, but I can't recall the exact wording.

Katygunnut

For the record, I think that Top Gun range (in Houston) has it right. Their rule is as follows:

"All down range & abandoned brass belongs to Top Gun of Texas."

Seems like a logical restriction on not going down range and also on not sweeping up the neighboring stalls, but doesn't make you into a rule breaker by just collecting up the brass from your area.

Katygunnut

sjfcontrol wrote:If you don't like it, shoot a revolver!

Actually, the way that the rules are worded at Memorial Shooting Center and American Shooting Center is that all brass must be left and cannot be taken with you. I can't recall the exact wording and for some reason this rule is not included in the list of rules on their sites, but it is posted at the actual range. This would include brass that had been fired through a revolver. As to whether they would actually try to stop you from dropping your revolver shell casings into your range bag, who knows.

Presumably, you can take unfired bullets with you (including the brass that encases the bullet), so the brass only magically changes from your property to theirs after the bullet has been discharged.

Katygunnut

Beiruty wrote:If you do not like a range, find another one. Or, like in the future have one for yourself, your friends or build a new range for business.

Always good advice.

I wasn't begrudging the range owners from making a buck, I'm just not a huge fan of hidden charges. I'd rather that they add a few dollars to their fees and let me keep my brass.

I'd love to own a range if I ever get to a point where I have enough cash set aside to do something like that.

Katygunnut

sss wrote:The range on Eldridge is part of the Addicks Reservoir and is leased to the club by the Corps of Engineers. The Corps require that a Range Safety Officer be present anytime the range is in use. The range is open on Friday afternoons, and dawn til dusk on Saturday and Sunday. The club will train you free of charge to become an RSO if you agree to volunteer as a rangemaster a few times per year. In exchange for your service, you are welcome to use the range during the week (with few exceptions)

Thanks! I will be working the first Saturday in April, but will try to get to the May orientation.

Katygunnut

sss wrote:The range recycles the brass and earns some pretty decent money from doing it. If you primarily shoot in West Houston, you might want to consider Bayou Rifles (http://bayourifles.org/) - BR has a pistol range on Eldridge just north of I-10 and allows you to take home your own brass. I've been a member since January and have found it to be a great club.

Thanks. So its another revenue source in addition to the $15 per hour per lane, and the mark-up on ammo and targets, etc., etc. Seems a bit of a "nickel and dime" thing to have to give them brass that I paid for when I am already paying for the use of their facility.

I need to look into the Bayou Rifles option. Is the range on Eldridge available for use all the time? I thought there were some limitations on availability for that one and since I live in Katy, the other loocation is not convienent.

Katygunnut

I generally like to collect my brass when I shoot. For whatever reason, 2 of the 3 ranges I frequent (American Shooting Center and Memorial Shooting Center) have rules that you cannot pick up any brass (including your own). At least at Memorial, the enforcement seem to be lax, but I am having a hard time understanding the point behind this rule.

Can anyone give me some insight on why a range would want to restrict shooters from collecting the brass from their shooting position? I can understand the obvious need to stop someone from going down range and/or scrounging throughh adjoining lanes, but I'm not sure why I can't just clean up the brass from my shooting position as I am packing up to leave.

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