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Posted: 5/11/2009 5:52:29 AM EDT
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So, I used to use a brass catcher to keep the rounds close and it worked well for that but chiped the hell out of my ejection port. So, besides looking around on the ground for the casings, what do you reloaders do for retrieving the spent casings you shoot? Any good ideas would be appreciated. Mike |
| I've been wanting to get one of these as well, I heard lots of complaints about the mesh catchers, and have been looking for one of the solid (metal I guess?) catchers but haven't come across one yet. So far, i've been just sweeping / picking up the brass by hand though. |
| I bought a crab trap at sports auth. ($1.69) screwed to a peice of 1x4 14" long (scrap). Used a wire hanger (free) in the middle to bow it out and wire tied some tool box liner (left over) on the inside to keep the shells in. I just clamp it to the bench and shoot away. Cheap and works great! Oh and a peice of tape on the upper to prevent marks. |
| If shooting off a bench or prone you can use a good sized cardboard box. Simply place it at an angle that will catch the brass during ejection. I've also used attachable brass catchers but many of them can effect function. They also make a case deflector that attaches to your upper, it simply knocks the cases to the ground at your feet. Sinclairs sells those. |
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I have been going to the same range here in Az since I was shorter than a 20" AR and shot .22's off dads lap. We were the brass monkeys, and it was a very small price to pay for getting to tag along. Then dad bought his HK-91, and picking up brass meant a mile long hike, two meals and a change of socks to find it all. But hell, it was still fun, and at times it was our first intro into a new caliber, or led to a search through old gun rags to find out what kinda gun shot that huge ass or tiny ass piece of brass we found. While mundane, and not too fun in the summer, it was an enriching experience for young shooters, some would say a right of passage.
Sadly, however, the range no longer allows ANYONE to police their brass, at least not like we used to do in the old days, and that factor along with a lesser quality of human beings who show up to the range these days has soured me on public ranges. A tarp works great, but melt holes happen. We use a packing pad, which handles the heat much better and offers a little cushion for the shooter, but the collapsable laundry bag idea sounds like a winner to me, and a quick dunk in some water should keep it from getting melted. I have never been a fan of brass catcher, although I must admit, I would have loved one during M-60 requals during my service days. |
Here's a Pic of my silly brass catcher. It works great for the AR sitting right on the bench next to me. I made a modification for pistol shooting, I added 2 plastic clamps to it. I mount a another pipe clamp (with about a 6 ft pipe) vertical to my bench when pistol shooting. I then can adjust the height or the catcher on the pipe to catch pistol brass. Works great!!!! Also worked for 50 BMG.... 
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