Myrtle Grove....

[Whitty Whit]

Just recently started going to Myrtle Grove and was just curious has anybody been there with the guy with the umbrella who doesn't really shoot a lot, but loves to pick up brass.

So what's the range etiquette at this place? I collect my brass and I know some people don't but what's the correct way to pick up brass, especially if it's not yours to begin with.

 

[Mdeng]

Tell him you want your brass and to leave it alone. Did he also have a rape whistle?

 

[rickyp]

I pick up as much brass as I can mine as well as others. What I do is simple. I ask the shooters around me if they want the brass and if they mind if I pick it up. I normally only ask the few tables around me.
I have had others start to pick up my brass and brass that has been given to me. I just say that it is mine and have not had any issues yet.
I have also shared brass with others that want the brass that I can't use.

 

[PeePeeMcGee]

Youre supposed to ask if people mind if you pick up their used brass.

On a separate note, when I was there, the guy with the umbrella was shooting the hell out of his AK-47--he definitely wasnt just spectating.

 

[SCARCQB]

Tell him you want your brass and to leave it alone. Did he also have a rape whistle?

We have all met------------------ and his rape whistle. He is the unofficial guardian of Myrtle Grove. Usually sets up his tactical umbrella on table 1.

" everyone has eyes and ears? You dont have to wear ears if you are a democrat"


Watch your women........

 

[ST19AG_WGreymon]

I pick up my own brass. And always ask before I pick up someone elses.

 

[Blackstar65]

Youre supposed to ask if people mind if you pick up their used brass.

On a separate note, when I was there, the guy with the umbrella was shooting the hell out of his AK-47--he definitely wasnt just spectating.

That guy was arriving as I was leaving my last time out. Is he the rape whistle guy?

 

[PeePeeMcGee]

Im not sure but I dont think so... he didnt use any such whistle while I was there.

 

[Whitty Whit]

He didn't have a whistle the two times I have seen him there but he definitely is the unofficial guardian.

Cover your brass.

 

[BradMacc82]

Im not sure but I dont think so... he didnt use any such whistle while I was there.

If he wasn't shooting .22 revolvers and didn't have like 8 targets on 1 stand, then that wasn't Yogi.

Yogi is unmistakable. Older gent, smokes cigars, makes off-color jokes, harasses any female shooter worth a 2nd look. You'll know Yogi when you see him.

If you don't see him, you'll hear him first.

 

[IJM]

He also sounds like Dan Aykroyd. I think he's a Yooper.

 

[rickyp]

a lot of people have umbrellas down there I even have one I set up from time to time, Mine isnt as fancy as most.

 

[NOBE shooter]

I just started a new thread about that guy. He caused a horrible delay yesterday.

 

[fred2207]

Just recently started going to Myrtle Grove and was just curious has anybody been there with the guy with the umbrella who doesn't really shoot a lot, but loves to pick up brass.

So what's the range etiquette at this place? I collect my brass and I know some people don't but what's the correct way to pick up brass, especially if it's not yours to begin with.

I was at the range last Wednesday for the first time in about 10 years. Place hasn't changed much. I did not run into Henry, but had a great time checking out my new SCAR 16; even let a fellow shooter pop off a few rounds. This gentelman and his party had an umbrela and was collecting brass, but he was not Henry and he asked before picking up my brass. I wound up giving him the brass in my bag also as I don't reload .223, just collect it and give it away or trade it for .45, .38/.357, 30/06, and .308 brass.

Range etiquette for brass collection at most any public range; ask the shooter or, collect after the range is closed or the shooter has left. I always ask period.