RTSP PRESENTS TRAINING TIPS
Dealing with the brass
Shooters who reload their own ammunition often find
that the hardest part of the process is not what they
originally thought it would be – the actual reloading.
Instead, they find that recovering their own brass after a day
at the range surrounded by other shooters can be a daunting
task.
Recently, a retired police officer came to me at RTSP in
Randolph for one of his two yearly qualifications. He asked
if he could recover his own brass at the conclusion of the
HQC, which is always acceptable.
He then showed me how he marks his shells for quick
recovery: When he opens a new box of ammunition, he takes
a straight edge and a permanent marker. Placing the
straight edge over the center of the primers of the rounds in
the end rows, he proceeds to draw lines on the primer ends
of the rounds. When it comes time to pick up his brass after
shooting, they can easily be picked out by the lines.
~ Rich Nicoletti
is true when your eyes see the wavering laser dot on the target.
There are options a shooter must take into consideration: either only
momentarily illuminate the target (less difficult), or program oneself to
understand that this is not nervousness (more difficult). The most noteworthy fact to mention is that it is completely normal to see the dot
moving; unlike what we see in the movies.
A final common error that I see has to do with zeroing or sighting in
the laser. The key to this is to not have the laser marking the target where
the projectile is going to strike. Instead, you have to imagine that the
projectile leaves the muzzle of the weapon on a straight line before other
variables change its course. The laser also projects out at a straight line,
therefore the laser and the projectile cannot mark the same spot on the
target. Keeping this in mind, the laser dot should mark the target in
direct correspondence to its position on the weapon in relation to the
muzzle. For example, if the laser is mounted to the lower frame of the
weapon, then it is likely that the laser will mark the target about