Pop's Guns, collecting brass??

[55spartan]

Does anyone know the policy at Pop's about collecting your brass back up, because I reload??? Do they have a problem with that? If they do, are there any other ranges in the area that don't have a problem with it???

 

[HICKMAN]

we don't do Pop guns

 

[SSGSAD]

Yes you can collect your own brass, I go there and it is fine !!!!!

 

[IndyGunworks]

police your own.... dont police brass that you didnt buy, or bring in (ie other peope lanes) and dont police anything in front of the rubber mats.

 

[Bronsonbull]

I've seen people pick up their brass and others at Pops and just about every other range. I think you are fine.

 

[LLDJR]

Pop's is loose, never have I seen them pay any attention to anyone collecting their brass..

I go here every 2 weeks or so

 

[mjrducky]

Your free to pick up your brass as long as its behind the yellow line.
(I usually sweep all the brass out front past the yellow line before I start shooting that way I know anything in reach is mine)

Ask your neighbors if they reload and your free to pick theres up as well.
Because sometimes your brass ends up behind the other shooters and good luck telling whos is whos sometimes.

 

[a5-50]

They make a fortune on selling the brass to reloading companys. Once or twice a year they close down the range to clean it from what I hear.

 

[boozoo]

I recall them closing to harvest lead... to harvest brass, all they'd need to do is sweep up at night. ;-)

 

[a5-50]

It might be lead that I was was thinking of. I read it on their message board a few years ago.

 

[rimfire_crazed]

I always police my own brass at Pop's. It's a revenue stream for them, but I've never caught heat about it.

They close for lead recovery. At one point i heard that they collect up to 70,000 lbs of lead each time. Brass is cleaned up very regularly. If they dind't clean it up daily you wouldn't be able to shoot after a few weeks.
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[scheesman]

And if you read their web site, they got screwed over by the last lead harvester they brought it. Harvested all the lead, didn't pay for the labor, or for the lead!

 

[rimfire_crazed]

It's sad that they got ripped off like that. However, it's also pretty sad they didn't have a legally binding contract with bonded and insured workers.

It takes some cojones to rip off a gun shop.

 

[55spartan]

Hey guy's thanks for the heads up on this. I know Pop's catches grief on here for their high prices and sales attitudes, maybe for a good reason too. I just didn't know if they would try and profit off of your own brass also.

 

[silentvoice71]

Some of the ranges i go to if there are more people there other than me I offer to sweep their area and clean it if i can keep there brass......They always say its ok....I havent met anyone yet who reloads at the range lol.

 

[BUCK HINKLE]

They sell the brass at scrap price to reloader...

 

[alwalker84]

police your own.... dont police brass that you didnt buy, or bring in (ie other peope lanes) and dont police anything in front of the rubber mats.

As a member of popguns +1 for this...

 

[Disposable Heart]

Better than us at Eagle Creek: The City takes all the brass that isn't taken by concerned parties or handloaders and recycles it!

 

[Streakyzero]

I reload also, and I asked them before I started shooting there and they told me it was fine!

 

[Dryden]

It's considered poor etiquette to go downrange during a hot firing line. And NO, zig-zagging does not make it acceptable.