I am really amazed that a bunch of independent minded, do-your-own-thing, "give'em hell" gun aficionados would actually complain about hot brass flying through the air.
Seriously? We are supposed to police our brass so it does not enter someone else's space? Should we file law suits to demand that gun manufacturers change the weapons design so that brass is expelled on a downward direction so that no one will be hurt by flying hot brass? After all, what if one of those hot shells flies down some poor lady's bra? What if some poor slob get his man boobs burned? The range might get sued!! (Wasn't there some law suit about hot coffee?)
Even worse, what if it hits someone in the eye? Never mind that the fool did not wear eye protection, or only wore glasses instead of a full helmet with full face shield! We might put out an eye! We better shut down these dangerous firing ranges for the sake of the children!! Some poor demented fool of a father may actually take his five-year-old daughter out to the range to train her to disarm OCers and she may be hit in the eye!!
Worse yet, what about all that smoke fouling the air?! How can we be so inconsiderate as make someone else breathe our second-hand gun smoke! It might cause lung cancer! We better insist that the ranges put up dividing walls between firing lanes, enclose the firing station with hermetically-sealed air purifiers so that our smoke does not defile the pure lungs of the eco-maniac using the next lane. We will have to install rubber seals in gun ports in the front pexi-glass so we can actually fire our weapons, but after all, it is for the children and we cannot infringe on the space and pure air used by others.
Might as well complain about guys sweating on the basketball court! "EEWWW! My hand got wet with sweat when I illegally hand-checked you!! Stop sweating!!"
Bunch of wimps! Sheesh!
Oh boy! Where did I put that fire suit! Hope it zips all the way up the neck! Don't want hot brass to get it!
Learn to embrace hot brass on the back of your neck. It builds character. At least that's what I told my 10yr old daughter.
Winner!It's a gun range.
Isn't that part of the experience? I went to the range with my brother yesterday. He showered me with hot brass all day. Had we switched lanes I would have ended up showering him. I have been burned by hot brass more times than I can count. Not once has it been life threatening. I just can't imagine that this is such a big issue with any experienced shooter. If so, maybe you should change hobbies. I hear macrame' is very safe.
How about "Do onto others as you would want done to you". I try to make sure I do nothing that upsets the next guys ability to enjoy his time at the range, and I would hope that the next guy would think that way also. I also tune my ejector springs to control my brass. Where that is not possible, I make every effort to create some type of barrier. Most people can be accomodating if you are somewhat decent.
Here is another important range etiquette, never drop a slide behind someones back, I DON"T CARE if you say "it ain't loaded dude". I have been experiencing that more and more often in public shooting places.
How about "Do onto others as you would want done to you". I try to make sure I do nothing that upsets the next guys ability to enjoy his time at the range, and I would hope that the next guy would think that way also. I also tune my ejector springs to control my brass. Where that is not possible, I make every effort to create some type of barrier. Most people can be accomodating if you are somewhat decent.
You waited a year to ask a question about range etiquette? Between then and now, whenever you've encountered "hot brass ejecting all over your bench and your person", how did you deal with it?As for the event in question, it was last year.
I haven't been to the range since then
Not to my knowledge. It just seemed odd.Is there a time limit for questions?
Most times I think people are aware...and being such, they'll opt for the furthest bay when shooting at a public range. Sometimes, you just don't have a choice of where you're placed. Should they spend their entire range time/fee standing there not firing, waiting for the person next to them to not be *potentially* in the way of ejected brass?I am surprised than so many feel no responsibility for throwing hot brass in other peoples face. Sure its a shooting range. But what right do I have to let my choice of firearm put others in an awkward, and potentially painful position?
We are responsible for what exits the muzzle, why not for the ejection port?