Something to keep the shells from flying out of my auto-loader?

Hook_N_Bullet · April 8, 2002, 10:13 AM

I have a Beretta 391-A Urika. I love shooting trap with it, but am always worried about hitting the guy to my right with the ejecting shell. The short term solution has been to put my Brother on my right, therby erasing any guilty feeling when he gets hit with one

. One of the regulars at the trap range told me there is some device I can add to the gun to "hold" the shell.

Anyone know of this strange and wonderful accoutrement?

SDC · April 8, 2002, 11:04 AM

I haven't seen one specifically for the Urika, but I've got one of these for my 1100; it's just a folded piece of thin steel that snaps over the edge of the ejection port, and over the bottom edge of the receiver. This makes the ejection port narrow enough that when the bolt comes back to eject the spent case, the rim on the case can't make it out the port. I'm sure you could make the same thing out of a short piece (3/4") of narrow plastic or rubber tubing with a slit down the side, and just slide it on or off as you need it. When the bolt locks back on an empty mag, the fired case is left protruding out the ejection port, with the rim still inside, so all you need to to is slide the case forward, then out of the receiver once the rim's clear of the block. I hope this helps.

K80Geoff · April 8, 2002, 11:33 AM

Or...

...You can use the old standby, a large rubber band around the receiver and over the ejection port.

K80Geoff · April 8, 2002, 11:41 AM

http://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/products2.html

Scroll down the page to find it!

Coronach · April 8, 2002, 11:54 AM

IIRC Dave McC said that the rubber bands that the grocery store uses to bind Asparagus and Broccoli together works perfectly.

I'm not sure if he was partial to the asparagus or the broccoli. Try one of each and see. The stuff's good for you, anyway.

Mike

PJR · April 8, 2002, 02:29 PM

They can be ordered from here:

http://www.tandsshellcatcher.com/prod02.htm

Dave McC · April 8, 2002, 06:44 PM

Broccoli, actually. I've given these to various folks who had no shell catchers with them and had them tell me the band works better.

Most gun clubs have the stamped metal catchers available, they sell lots of them to folks shooting next to an auto fan(G).

April 8, 2002, 10:13 AM	#1
Hook_N_Bullet Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 127	Something to keep the shells from flying out of my auto-loader? I have a Beretta 391-A Urika. I love shooting trap with it, but am always worried about hitting the guy to my right with the ejecting shell. The short term solution has been to put my Brother on my right, therby erasing any guilty feeling when he gets hit with one . One of the regulars at the trap range told me there is some device I can add to the gun to "hold" the shell. Anyone know of this strange and wonderful accoutrement? __________________ Dave "You are what you do, when it counts" The Massao

April 8, 2002, 11:04 AM	#2
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	I haven't seen one specifically for the Urika, but I've got one of these for my 1100; it's just a folded piece of thin steel that snaps over the edge of the ejection port, and over the bottom edge of the receiver. This makes the ejection port narrow enough that when the bolt comes back to eject the spent case, the rim on the case can't make it out the port. I'm sure you could make the same thing out of a short piece (3/4") of narrow plastic or rubber tubing with a slit down the side, and just slide it on or off as you need it. When the bolt locks back on an empty mag, the fired case is left protruding out the ejection port, with the rim still inside, so all you need to to is slide the case forward, then out of the receiver once the rim's clear of the block. I hope this helps. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936. Last edited by SDC; April 8, 2002 at 11:27 AM.

April 8, 2002, 11:33 AM	#3
K80Geoff Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 1998 Location: NE Pennsylvania Posts: 3,639	Shell Catcher Or... ...You can use the old standby, a large rubber band around the receiver and over the ejection port. __________________ I am no longer a member of this forum. Bye!

April 8, 2002, 11:41 AM	#4
K80Geoff Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 1998 Location: NE Pennsylvania Posts: 3,639	Here's a link to one! http://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/products2.html Scroll down the page to find it! __________________ I am no longer a member of this forum. Bye!

April 8, 2002, 11:54 AM	#5
Coronach Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 1999 Posts: 3,147	IIRC Dave McC said that the rubber bands that the grocery store uses to bind Asparagus and Broccoli together works perfectly. I'm not sure if he was partial to the asparagus or the broccoli. Try one of each and see. The stuff's good for you, anyway. Mike __________________ The axe bites into the door, ripping a hole in one panel. The maniac puts his face into the hole, cackling gleefully, "Here's Johnny...erk." "And here's Smith and Wesson," murmurs Coronach, Mozambiquing six rounds of .357 into the critter at a range of three feet. -Lawdog "True pacifism is the finest form of manliness. But if a man comes up to you and cuts your hand off, you don't just offer him the other one. Not if you want to go on playing the piano, you don't." -Sam Peckinpah "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

April 8, 2002, 02:29 PM	#6
PJR Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2000 Posts: 1,127	They can be ordered from here: http://www.tandsshellcatcher.com/prod02.htm

April 8, 2002, 06:44 PM	#7
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Broccoli, actually. I've given these to various folks who had no shell catchers with them and had them tell me the band works better. Most gun clubs have the stamped metal catchers available, they sell lots of them to folks shooting next to an auto fan(G).