Brass deflectors

Kimber84 · June 20, 2013, 09:21 AM

Anyone use a rail mounted brass deflector? I couldn't take it any longer and just bought a varmint rig AR, but I can't afford to be tossing brass halfway across a bean field and never finding it. I've seen numerous different flavors but I'd like to see if anyone currently runs them and what does or doesn't work.

Thanks

wogpotter · June 20, 2013, 10:43 AM

Hang a baseball cap over the scope tube by the adjustment strap in the rear.

Fishbed77 · June 20, 2013, 10:50 AM

You could always get one of those brass-catching bags that attaches to an AR:

http://www.amazon.com/Caldwell-12223.../dp/B004SKCUME

mehavey · June 20, 2013, 11:28 AM

Have you ever seen the old-timers just fold a bandana/pocket handerchief in half (diagonally) and
tie the two ends to the carrying handle front and rear? The loose end/triangle portion drapes over
the ejection port and the brass drops right there. (I mean right there) ...either at your feet or 3" right
of the gun on the bench.... slick.)

I've also got one of these (one of each type: 1@ carry handle and 1@ space gun):

http://www.sinclairintl.com/gun-part...prod34305.aspx

They work extremely well.

mehavey · June 20, 2013, 06:23 PM

Or just this....

Kimber84 · June 20, 2013, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mehavey

Have you ever seen the old-timers just fold a bandana/pocket handerchief in half (diagonally) and
tie the two ends to the carrying handle front and rear? The loose end/triangle portion drapes over
the ejection port and the brass drops right there. (I mean right there) ...either at your feet or 3" right
of the gun on the bench.... slick.)

I've also got one of these (one of each type: 1@ carry handle and 1@ space gun):

http://www.sinclairintl.com/gun-part...prod34305.aspx

They work extremely well.

I came across those today. Sounds like they work. Maybe I'll try one.

I just want something clean and small that'll get the job done. I'm sure there are various ways, but that one looks the cleanest.

Thanks

RC20 · June 21, 2013, 02:06 PM

One of the problems with the screw on type is that if you are at a range when a cease fire is called, the action has to be open and empty and or a flag in the chamber.

What I found worked well was the Velcro starp on type. Not 100% as they can loose an occasional case through the edges and sometime hot cartridge will melt the plastic (not suppose to but) , but overall works pretty well.

Also easy and quick to put on and pull off for the cease fires.

Take a bit of working with it to get tight and figure out how it snugs up best

Kimber84 · June 21, 2013, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RC20

One of the problems with the screw on type is that if you are at a range when a cease fire is called, the action has to be open and empty and or a flag in the chamber.

What I found worked well was the Velcro starp on type. Not 100% as they can loose an occasional case through the edges and sometime hot cartridge will melt the plastic (not suppose to but) , but overall works pretty well.

Also easy and quick to put on and pull off for the cease fires.

Take a bit of working with it to get tight and figure out how it snugs up best

This gun will never see a range, fortunately I've been blessed with my own farm big enough I can regularly shoot up to 600 yards.

mehavey · June 21, 2013, 07:04 PM

Any cease-fire merely requires the rifle be laid down on its left side to fully
expose the open chamber (and magazine out)

wogpotter · June 22, 2013, 09:25 AM

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Any cease-fire merely requires the rifle be laid down on its left side to fully
expose the open chamber (and magazine out)

Perhaps where you are but not everywhere has the same rules. The local Isaac Walton here rules are racked, empty, bolt open, & chamber flag inserted.

mehavey · June 22, 2013, 08:06 PM

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The local Isaac Walton here rules are racked, empty, bolt open, & chamber flag inserted.

The IWLA here in Manassas has bolt open/magazine out. Most of us use flags and/or bright inserts (like pencils), but I can't see how a brass deflector would negate that open-bolt observation in racked mode.

wogpotter · June 23, 2013, 09:38 AM

Possibly by blocking the RSO's ability to actually see the flagged chamber?

kraigwy · June 23, 2013, 10:53 AM

I use this guy, not sure who made it. It just snaps on under the carrying handle and you never know its there until you DON'T HAVE TO CHASE BRASS IN THE SNOW.

I got it in the late 70s and it still works today.

Takes as instant to snap on and off, faster then installing an Empty Chamber Indicator (which I'm quite fond of).

Like I said, I don't know who made it, a while back this topic came up and I found it doing a google search so its still out there.

mehavey · June 23, 2013, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Possibly by blocking the RSO's ability to actually see the flagged chamber?

Not me.... (and I'm the RSO)

greentick · June 26, 2013, 08:12 AM

Quote:

kraigwy I use this guy, not sure who made it. It just snaps on under the carrying handle and you never know its there until you DON'T HAVE TO CHASE BRASS IN THE SNOW.

This look fairly similar:
http://www.elmfg.com/store/brasscatcher.html#_133

Kimber84 · June 26, 2013, 07:19 PM

Just got mine in the mail today, its either this one, or a close variant. Had to do a little fittings to get it between the scope bases, but man does it work great. Drops them within 6" of the ejection port... No more hunting for brass.

zukiphile · June 27, 2013, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mehavey

Or just this....

I love that.

June 20, 2013, 09:21 AM	#1
Kimber84 Senior Member Join Date: April 8, 2013 Location: US Posts: 455	Brass deflectors Anyone use a rail mounted brass deflector? I couldn't take it any longer and just bought a varmint rig AR, but I can't afford to be tossing brass halfway across a bean field and never finding it. I've seen numerous different flavors but I'd like to see if anyone currently runs them and what does or doesn't work. Thanks

June 20, 2013, 10:43 AM	#2
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	Hang a baseball cap over the scope tube by the adjustment strap in the rear. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

June 23, 2013, 09:38 AM	#12
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	Possibly by blocking the RSO's ability to actually see the flagged chamber? __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

June 23, 2013, 10:53 AM	#13
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	I use this guy, not sure who made it. It just snaps on under the carrying handle and you never know its there until you DON'T HAVE TO CHASE BRASS IN THE SNOW. I got it in the late 70s and it still works today. Takes as instant to snap on and off, faster then installing an Empty Chamber Indicator (which I'm quite fond of). Like I said, I don't know who made it, a while back this topic came up and I found it doing a google search so its still out there. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071

June 26, 2013, 07:19 PM	#16
Kimber84 Senior Member Join Date: April 8, 2013 Location: US Posts: 455	Brass deflectors Just got mine in the mail today, its either this one, or a close variant. Had to do a little fittings to get it between the scope bases, but man does it work great. Drops them within 6" of the ejection port... No more hunting for brass.

June 20, 2013, 10:50 AM	#3
Fishbed77 Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2010 Posts: 4,862	You could always get one of those brass-catching bags that attaches to an AR: http://www.amazon.com/Caldwell-12223.../dp/B004SKCUME

June 20, 2013, 11:28 AM	#4
mehavey Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,896	Have you ever seen the old-timers just fold a bandana/pocket handerchief in half (diagonally) and tie the two ends to the carrying handle front and rear? The loose end/triangle portion drapes over the ejection port and the brass drops right there. (I mean right there) ...either at your feet or 3" right of the gun on the bench.... slick.) I've also got one of these (one of each type: 1@ carry handle and 1@ space gun): http://www.sinclairintl.com/gun-part...prod34305.aspx They work extremely well.

June 20, 2013, 06:23 PM	#5
mehavey Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,896	Or just this....

June 21, 2013, 02:06 PM	#7
RC20 Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 7,014	One of the problems with the screw on type is that if you are at a range when a cease fire is called, the action has to be open and empty and or a flag in the chamber. What I found worked well was the Velcro starp on type. Not 100% as they can loose an occasional case through the edges and sometime hot cartridge will melt the plastic (not suppose to but) , but overall works pretty well. Also easy and quick to put on and pull off for the cease fires. Take a bit of working with it to get tight and figure out how it snugs up best

June 21, 2013, 07:04 PM	#9
mehavey Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,896	Any cease-fire merely requires the rifle be laid down on its left side to fully expose the open chamber (and magazine out)