Giving away Brass

[PointBlank]

This may be a stupid question but I was at my local smallbore club today and one of the young members (15) asked if he could have some empty cases for his collection so I just gave him a handful of 6.5x55 brass i had in my motor.

Suddenly struck me when I got home, is that allowed?

Cheers

 

[saddler]

yes

 

[User00003]

yes

 

[jamross65]

Yes

 

[User00003]

...wonder what the next reply will be

 

[saddler]

...wonder what the next reply will be

...yes, I wonder too!

 

[PointBlank]

yes



thanks

 

[soulboy1957]

No..........give em to me for reloading LOL

 

[User00003]

in hindsight,,it shouldn't be legal! what on earth are you doing trying to entice a young adult to use a 6.5x55,,dont' you know its a terrible calibre?..

 

[jamross65]

When we were kids we used to think it was great fun to collect empty cases and the clips that held them together for belt fed weapons at the army ranges on the Pentland hills.

 

[PointBlank]

in hindsight,,it shouldn't be legal! what on earth are you doing trying to entice a young adult to use a 6.5x55,,dont' you know its a terrible calibre?..

I'll be honest, he was disappointed it wasn't a UK military calibre

 

[stag1933]

...wonder what the next reply will be

Dead metal !
Why not ?

HWH.

 

[Si]

Ah, now here's a good 'un.....

A non FAC air rifle shooting mate noticed a few empty HMR cases in my car and asked if he could take a few. Not thinking anything of it I said "help yourself"
The next time I saw him he told me this story;

Remember those bullet cases you gave me?.... err yes
Well I gave them to Edward (his girlfriend's son) and he went to stay with his grandparents, who found the brass cases in his pocket. They questioned Edward and he told them "Chris gave them to me"
They asked where he got them from? and he said that Chris has an air-gun in the loft. But Grandad knew these were definately not for an airgun.
They spent an agonising week thinking the worst of Julie's boyfriend, because they knew he hasn't got a FAC. And when they eventually spoke to Julie about it she assured them that Chris's mate let him have them.

Pheww what a relief, but at one point they considered calling the police

So be careful, giving cases to young'uns,, they could take them to school to show off and cause mayhem.

 

[8x57]

Taking a few empty cases to school is hardly going to cause mayhem unless some silly beggar overreacts. Why would the grandparents want to phone the police over empty cases, some people need to get out more. Now a kid with live rounds that would be an entirely different matter.

Funny thing is that my brother and young nephew called around on the week-end when I was in my play room cleaning some rifles. My nephew was full of it and didn't stop asking questions, he's five years old. I ended up giving him a dummy round after ensuring that it was O.K. with his dad but because it was a dummy with an empty primer pocket and could be mistaken for a live round I told him that he mustn't take it out of his house and mustn't take it to school under any circumstances.

 

[bogtrotter]

Taking a few empty cases to school is hardly going to cause mayhem unless some silly beggar overreacts. Why would the grandparents want to phone the police over empty cases, some people need to get out more. Now a kid with live rounds that would be an entirely different matter.

Funny thing is that my brother and young nephew called around on the week-end when I was in my play room cleaning some rifles. My nephew was full of it and didn't stop asking questions, he's five years old. I ended up giving him a dummy round after ensuring that it was O.K. with his dad but because it was a dummy with an empty primer pocket and could be mistaken for a live round I told him that he mustn't take it out of his house and mustn't take it to school under any circumstances.

Blimey I started shooting young , but I never had rifles in my play room

 

[Si]

Why would the grandparents want to phone the police over empty cases, some people need to get out more.

Not so much the empty cases but they assumed he must also be in possession of the gun that fired them.

They asked where he got them from? and he said that Chris has an air-gun in the loft.

 

[Scots_stalker]

years when ago i started shooting shotgun , after a day on pigeon i emptied my pockets of spent cartridges into my wheelie bin ,, few days later the bin men came round and all hell broke loose , the had called the police to report dumped ammunition,,needless to say a 2 min convo with the old bill and a look at my ticket solved the prob

 

[8x57]

Blimey I started shooting young , but I never had rifles in my play room

I can't quite call it a gun room as I only use it for cleaning rifles and reloading. It's my den where I hide from the wife and daughters.

 

[8x57]

years when ago i started shooting shotgun , after a day on pigeon i emptied my pockets of spent cartridges into my wheelie bin ,, few days later the bin men came round and all hell broke loose , the had called the police to report dumped ammunition,,needless to say a 2 min convo with the old bill and a look at my ticket solved the prob

You must have had some pretty dull bin men Scots_stalker if they couldn't tell the difference between empty shotgun cartridges and dumped ammo. Don't your binmen shoot? are they some sort of townie or some other form of deviant?


They shouldn't be so nosey should they. I hope the coppers tore a strip off them for being so silly.

 

[Scots_stalker]

You must have had some pretty dull bin men Scots_stalker if they couldn't tell the difference between empty shotgun cartridges and dumped ammo. Don't your binmen shoot? are they some sort of townie or some other form of deviant?


They shouldn't be so nosey should they. I hope the coppers tore a strip off them for being so silly.

to be honest , i think they were just arseholes lol