I really like that idea.
I almost was shot at a Pat Rogers class by a fuckwad who couldn’t control himself which is what dbrowne was referring to. It didn’t go into the berm though, it went into the deck between me and another shooter.
I like to call it the “Gom Jabbar.” Hot brass is a fact of life…get a straw…suck it up. You’re responsible for every round you fire.
Seen some nasty burns from hot brass on the neck. My wife has gotten a few down her shirt, and then she realized why, when I first took her shooting, I told her to wear something that isn’t low cut.
The worst I’ve seen was a woman who got a bit of hot 9mm down the front of her shirt. She was shooting a J-frame and had the hammer cocked when it happened. She jumped in the air and literally did a 360, sweeping everyone on the line. Thank god she had her finger straight. As soon as she did it, she realized what she’d done, and that was more devastating than the brass. She put the gun down and went to sit down in the shade, and didn’t shoot the rest of the day. She knew exactly how close she came to putting a .38 in one of us. All I remember thinking was “I will NEVER say it’s too hot to wear my vest at the range with newbs again.”
This is why (figured out the painful way) my local instructor demands we wear a ball cap during range sessions.
hell no dude… finish the mag, reload, look left, look right, reholster, clear brass from shirt. 
I thought you were supposed to just load one round in the gun before handing it to them? Don’t know if they’ll be surprised and sweep everyone at the range.
Hat isn’t necessarily a cure-all.
I had a .45 case from a neighbor somehow make it in between my hat and glasses and land ON my eye while we were doing shooting while moving forward as a class. I was able to get my glasses off and the brass off my instantly shut eye PDQ with my off hand while keeping up with the rest of the line and keeping my gun pointed safely downrange with the other. Had a little burn on my eyelid for a few days. Luckily the case wasn’t hot enough to scar my eyelid badly or burn my eye itself through the lid.
Wow I’ve been at that range too, with my parents. It is small and cramped but at least it was myself, mom and dad in one room.
I’ve gotten brass on me before but I shake that shit off or wear the right gear to prevent brass from getting lodged anywhere. The worst is getting a .45 case lodged between my glasses and right near my eye, shooting my Springfield GI indoors while the fucking brass either hits my slide or my head, hard.
I almost got shot at a local indoor range because of this… it’s what prompted me to put together a GSW kit for my range bag.
-B
Only at the in-door pistol range have I never had one casing go down my shirt.
When I took my cousin out for his first shooting experience last summer, the same pistol range, he had one go down his shirt, but he just leaned back and told me it was there, and did not even reach for it :p, so I shook his shirt which was loose and it fell out, no harm done.
As for my M1A, it ejects the brass so far out and almost forward some that I’ll probably never have one of them find its way onto me.
I was actually there for the aftermath. I went with my kids to check out some pistol mag holsters for a class I was taking that weekend. There were maybe 8 MPD cars in the parking lot and a fire engine was leaving as we pulled up. They wouldn’t let me in at first until I told them I was just looking to buy some accessories.
From the guys I talked to, it wasn’t that bad of a wound. Two of her girlfriends were still there talking to the police and yes, they were smoking hot. I’ve seen some crazy shit over there from a bunch of wannabe nortenos joking about how they’re practicing for their drive-by’s, to guys shooting too low/high and fucking up the building. Thursday nights are ladies nights; I won’t even step foot in the building.
Reminds me of all the hot brass scars I’ve received over the years.
“Fuckwad” would be a charitable description of that guy. He had firmly cemented his position as “that guy” well before that incident. Scary that it came that close - I was on the other relay and didn’t see it, so I was going on my memory of Pat’s account of it (which apparently was off somewhere in the translation…).
On a lighter note, I remember that sometime in the late 90s I had a shooting buddy with a HK-91. Those, like some other HK rifles, have fluted chambers that leave a distinctive fluting pattern on the fired brass. This guy got a piece of .308 brass stuck right between his collar and his neck, and I swear to this day I could see fluting on the burn scar.
All of these “hot brass” stories are yet another reminder of why I don’t go to public ranges anymore.
Sage advice!
Did Pat brand him a safety violator? (Pun intended)
Funny!
shooting a NRA High Power match, John C Garand Match(M1 Garands only). During rapid fire sitting, my spent .30-'06 case went down the shooting jacket and shirt of the shooter next to me. Never seen anyone shoot that fast with an M1 before, then jump up and strip outta one of those coats that quick haha
No matter how careful they are or what they wear – almost everybody gets burned sooner or later.
But …
Friends don’t let friends wear brass funnels at the range.
Im sure Ive been burned before but dont have any memorable ones though.
I was however at an outdoor, unpoliced range and “that guy” was there picking up range brass, which whatever, if thats how he wants to spend his free time go for it. I was shooting my 1911 and he was LEANING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME TO PICK UP THE BRASS I HAD JUST SHOT. I stopped shooting and basically screamed at the dude. He goes over to his bench about 2 stations down and I proceed to load a mag into my AR and shower the dude with hot brass, he was in the perfect position. He said something to me about it so I loaded up another mag and did it again. Needless to say he left us alone the rest of the day.
Thats hilarious, Ill pick up some range brass on accident thinking its my own but thats pretty damn disrespectful to pick up somebody elses casings:rolleyes:. I love how almost every unmonitored range has people like that at it some times. I shoot at a state range in KY sometimes, unpoliced, only 4 lanes. You have to shoot through a tube though, I guess because of somewhat close neighborhoods maybe, so I cant really see down range anyway, and this guy thats at the other side just walks down range as im firing and his friends abruptly yell at me to let me know hes down range:mad: People like that are just fucking dumb. Theres no scheduled cease fire etc, so one would think that you’d generally just tell whoever is there if theres somebody else Im going out, it doesnt take but five words to avoid a potential death/injury from stupidity.
Thats really the closest range, other than the bluegrass armory’s which is reserved to state and local police and mil. stationed at it. But I guess the up side to a local unmonitored range is eliminating the possibility of getting a dick of a range officer which Ive had too.
Did you read the part that I WAS STILL SHOOTING AND HE LEANED DOWN IN FRONT OF ME? That was what really got me going, he leaned down in front of my gun while I was still sending rounds down range. Then after I let him know that the brass was not his and showering him with hot brass he asks “u gonna pick up that .223 brass”, why fuck yes i am old man, I picked up the rest of MY brass and plan to pick up that brass as well. He left shortly after since I think he figured out I knew how to use a gun.