Leaving live rounds behind...

[WanMan99]

I went for a long walk today down some trails. I found 4 different rounds of live shotgun shells along the way (bigtime deer hunting area)... Don't people realize it when they eject live rounds?
Also, I went to the range last weekend and as it closed I started collecting some brass. I found over 20 live 223 rounds, 8 308 rounds and 2 30/06 rounds... Must be nice to have so much money they just leave it lying around on the ground. I examined the primers and there wasn't the slightest indication of a firing pin strike.
I collect brass a few times a month and I do not usually see this. Anyone else see this or is it just a few yahoos out there?

 

[Fixxah]

Kids like to smashem with rocks.

 

[BearArms]

It's me. I go around to random ranges and sprinkle live rounds around just so I can piss people off. Guess its working. I'll take my ammo back now.

 

[FalArAk]

It's me. I go around to random ranges and sprinkle live rounds around just so I can piss people off. Guess its working. I'll take my ammo back now.

You have just elevated yourself into the top 10 of "Greg's favorite NES posters" with that comment.

 

[WanMan99]

It's me. I go around to random ranges and sprinkle live rounds around just so I can piss people off. Guess its working. I'll take my ammo back now.

Oh I'm not pissed, just curious. I look at each one with a dollar value in mind....

 

[Fixxah]

Keep it quiet or there will be mayhem when many people start looking for the booty. Surely it is likely to make criminals of unliscensed individuals.

 

[Mike-Mike]

I do that with all my over charged reloads.. Leave them around and see who wants to try them.

 

[scouter-rick]

It's me. I go around to random ranges and sprinkle live rounds around just so I can piss people off. Guess its working. I'll take my ammo back now.

Johnny Ammo Seed???????

 

[Squished]

I do that with all my over charged reloads.. Leave them around and see who wants to try them.

That's just cruel.

 

[samandglove1]

WanMan - I hope you're wearing orange during your walks on those trails. If these yahoos are dropping/ejecting live rounds and not paying proper attention to safety, you might want to be careful where you walk.

 

[Bill Katt]

I do that with all my over charged reloads.. Leave them around and see who wants to try them.

I like to just randomly toss spent .22 casings onto playgrounds to keep the sheep on their toes.

J/K J/K J/K J/K J/K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cekim]

OMG, better lock down the whole state! Think of the children (particularly the ones over 18 who wet their pants when they find a live cartridge on the ground)! Sheesh...

Should people litter? No... Is the end of the !@#$ing world? Still no...

 

[bob68]

i collect brass on the rifle and pistol ranges at my club a few times a year and i average about 50 to 60 live rounds a year. i just think people dont pay enough attention to what they are doing when handling ammo and in the process of loading and unloading weapons.

 

[crazymjb]

You have just elevated yourself into the top 10 of "Greg's favorite NES posters" with that comment.

Does he rank higher or lower on your list than NES's own little forced induction friend?

Mike

 

[depicts]

Johnny Ammo Seed???????

ABBY Ammo Seed more likely heheheh LOL

 

[Old Glory]

It's me. I go around to random ranges and sprinkle live rounds around just so I can piss people off. Guess its working. I'll take my ammo back now.

Tactical Pixie dust.

 

[BigMike]

I get what the OP means. If I drop a live round, I don't resume any other activities til said round is found.

I have been surprised by finding live rounds, not out of safety concerns, but as "How the hell do you just lose rounds and don't care?"

 

[oldyankee]

I can appreciate the humor expressed here, but leaving live rounds laying about is a serious breach of firearm safety.

 

[bfm]

I am sure I have left a live round or two behind in the course of all my shooting. Somewhere along the way, especially in competitions, I am sure I have cleared a jam at some point and not been able to find the ejected round when I went back. Try to police most of the brass up after a shoot, but on outdoor ranges I am sure I do not get all of it, but I figure the amout of other people's I pick up averages it out at the end of the day.

 

[SLIM SHOT]

I like mowing the Grass on the range once a month with a ride on mower.

Its why my middle name is danger.

 

[ptanks56]

More like the guys practicing for movies roles that require them to "rack" an already locked and loaded piece, just for the increase in intensity that the already bad scene requires.

 

[depicts]

Boy, I remember as a kid finding an occasional shotgun shell in the woods. Once we found a bunch of them and we broght them to the field in front of Fixxah's house and stuck them in the ground and used BB guns to take target practice at the primers.

OK, yes it was dumb. But I was 13, and it was fun, and I still consider myself lucky when I find live ammo.

 

[whatluck]

Whenever I eject a live round it's because of a FTF, and it always gets inspected and thrown out or reloaded. No wasted ammo.

There's poor starving kids in Somalia who would love to eat your ammo.

 

[scouter-rick]

ABBY Ammo Seed more likely heheheh LOL

I must disagree heartily on this one..... Abby would never leave a round unfired <grin>

 

[depicts]

I must disagree heartily on this one..... Abby would never leave a round unfired <grin>

I do stand ABSOLUTELY corrected *S*

 

[Business]

i haven't found any live rounds walking in the woods but i always find live rounds left behind at the range i go to. i just collect them and turn them into the range master but nobody ever seems to raise an eyebrow about it

 

[PixelPusher]

Abby would never leave a round unfired <grin>

I would have to take out a second mortgage to feed her ammo budget.

So, do you work ammo for her like an allowance?

Take out the trash = 50rds .22
Feed the dog for a week = 50rds 9mm
Clean her room = 50rds .223
Honor Roll = Some .50 BMG!

 

[scouter-rick]

I would have to take out a second mortgage to feed her ammo budget.

So, do you work ammo for her like an allowance?

Take out the trash = 50rds .22
Feed the dog for a week = 50rds 9mm
Clean her room = 50rds .223
Honor Roll = Some .50 BMG!

What a great idea.....<grin>

 

[JayD]

Plant them and see if an ammo tree will grow??

 

[endus]

We rented an AK last weekend and the person I was with told me after we left there was a live round for it on the ground! I was like.....and so you didn't pick it up and shoot it...why again? I woulda shot it! I woulda shot the hell outta that round!