I've been of a similar mindset for years, generally avoiding semiautos. That's changed in recent years and I've been shooting semiautos more. As others have said, if you keep plenty of brass on hand losing a few here and there isn't bad. I used to spend a lot more time looking for every last case, but not so much now.
I do most of my shooting in the winter and snow on the ground can really make finding cases interesting...
