I lay awake in bed last night pondering this one.
When you are out in the paddocks (or wherever) taking care of wallabies, bunnies, roo's etc etc, how do you handle your empties. ?
Over the Easter break, I spent 2 nights in the horse pasture clearing up wallaby and some rabbit and across the course of 4 hours each night I reckon I spent 100 rds of 22lr , the same in 223 and probably 30 rds of 12 gauge
Now, the 12 gauge are easy to pick up, even in the dark, they eject in pairs and they're big and east to find. But the 22lr and 223 out of a bolt action go everywhere in the dark and because you're always straight onto the next target, or running to the last target for a follow up shot, its kinda hard to stop and hunt for small brass in the grass in the dark. personally Im not so worried about reclaiming the LR empties, but I kinda want to keep the 223 for reloading.
My other concern is that these paddocks are used for grazing livestock, I hate the idea that my spent cases start to become an environmental problem for the local stock, and worse, over the course of months and years on the same acreage, in the same vermin hot-spots that my brass is just going to build up and up and up..
upon sleepless reflection last night, I seriously considered buying something like a Taurus Circuit Judge in 22lr/22wmr for paddock work.. limited to 6 shots per load-out, but the brass is captive, easy to control and the ranges Im shooting are generally well under 100 mtrs.
I would love to hear your thoughts guys n gals. .. and Merry Chocolate Jesus Non-religious Candy Holiday to all... I hope everyone got plenty of trigger time across the break.
Peace Y'all