Brass Catching

praetorian97 · May 11, 2011, 05:34 PM

What do you guys do to retrieve your brass?

I know when you are out at the range its easier to find your brass but on open shoots in the desert its kind of a pain. When I with others I feel like a bother when I have to hold them up so I can find all my brass on the ground.

Tarp or painters cloth?

FrankenMauser · May 12, 2011, 12:50 AM

Pick it up later.

Hire midgets (children) to do it.

Use brass that isn't important to pick up (near-the-end-of-its-life, for example).

....Or set up a proper firing line, where you don't have to stop all shooting activities, just to pick up some brass.

I shoot in the desert/mountains, as well. We generally help pick up each other's brass, and don't have issues with having to stop some one else's shooting.

It's pretty easy to draw a line in the dirt, if your fellow shooters don't understand how an improvised firing line works.

Roaddog · May 12, 2011, 08:14 AM

If your not walking around and just shooting in one spot I lay a small blue tarp down.

praetorian97 · May 12, 2011, 11:35 AM

Hehe I like the hiring kids part. My daughters only 11 months so we have a few more years left before I can use her for slave labor.

Brings me back to the days my dad use to make me pick up brass and I thought it was fun.

Diamond LawDawg · May 13, 2011, 02:25 AM

One spot..table/standing..targets out in front/down range ...I find my ejection pattern..1911 45acp/Tommy gun and Colt LE6940 I tarp the area and have at it................

Qtiphky · May 13, 2011, 06:28 AM

If I am shooting rifles from a bench, I have made a standing screen from old window screens that sits on the bench right next to me and deflects the brass down.

If I am standing, I watch where the brass goes and try and put a sheet in the area or hang it to direct it all down into one place. We pick up all the brass we can find after each round so it doesn't build up and get forgotten. Usuall one of us will watch or catch the brass so we don't lose any.

Lemmon · May 13, 2011, 01:38 PM

I have one of these brass catchers for my AR-15. It works.

Web site: http://www.elmfg.com/store/univbc.html

CATCHER WILL FIT ALL FLAT-TOP STYLE RECEIVERS THAT UTILIZE A PICATINNY RAIL.

Lemmon

carprivershooter · May 13, 2011, 10:32 PM

I took an old fishing landing net cut the net off; then took a mess laundry bag and wire tied it to the landing net frame. The frame is about 10 ins. in dia. on a 18 in handle. I then found and old tri-pod and was able to take the center tube and cut the head off' the the net handle fits inside the tube. works very well and is fairly adjustable. the only problem is using it prone

May 11, 2011, 05:34 PM	#1
praetorian97 Senior Member Join Date: May 9, 2011 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 455	Brass Catching What do you guys do to retrieve your brass? I know when you are out at the range its easier to find your brass but on open shoots in the desert its kind of a pain. When I with others I feel like a bother when I have to hold them up so I can find all my brass on the ground. Tarp or painters cloth?

May 12, 2011, 12:50 AM	#2
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Pick it up later. Hire midgets (children) to do it. Use brass that isn't important to pick up (near-the-end-of-its-life, for example). ....Or set up a proper firing line, where you don't have to stop all shooting activities, just to pick up some brass. I shoot in the desert/mountains, as well. We generally help pick up each other's brass, and don't have issues with having to stop some one else's shooting. It's pretty easy to draw a line in the dirt, if your fellow shooters don't understand how an improvised firing line works. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

May 13, 2011, 02:25 AM	#5
Diamond LawDawg Member Join Date: May 19, 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 75	Outdoors One spot..table/standing..targets out in front/down range ...I find my ejection pattern..1911 45acp/Tommy gun and Colt LE6940 I tarp the area and have at it................

May 13, 2011, 06:28 AM	#6
Qtiphky Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2008 Location: Upper Michigan, above the Mackinac Bridge Posts: 568	Screens or Sheets If I am shooting rifles from a bench, I have made a standing screen from old window screens that sits on the bench right next to me and deflects the brass down. If I am standing, I watch where the brass goes and try and put a sheet in the area or hang it to direct it all down into one place. We pick up all the brass we can find after each round so it doesn't build up and get forgotten. Usuall one of us will watch or catch the brass so we don't lose any.

May 13, 2011, 01:38 PM	#7
Lemmon Senior Member Join Date: December 25, 2009 Location: Rural South Carolina Posts: 445	AR-15 and other rifles try this site. I have one of these brass catchers for my AR-15. It works. Web site: http://www.elmfg.com/store/univbc.html CATCHER WILL FIT ALL FLAT-TOP STYLE RECEIVERS THAT UTILIZE A PICATINNY RAIL. Lemmon

May 12, 2011, 08:14 AM	#3
Roaddog Senior Member Join Date: July 16, 2010 Location: East central Minnesota Posts: 202	If your not walking around and just shooting in one spot I lay a small blue tarp down.

May 12, 2011, 11:35 AM	#4
praetorian97 Senior Member Join Date: May 9, 2011 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 455	Hehe I like the hiring kids part. My daughters only 11 months so we have a few more years left before I can use her for slave labor. Brings me back to the days my dad use to make me pick up brass and I thought it was fun.

May 13, 2011, 10:32 PM	#8
carprivershooter Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2008 Location: Michigan, Upper Pennsula Posts: 396	home made I took an old fishing landing net cut the net off; then took a mess laundry bag and wire tied it to the landing net frame. The frame is about 10 ins. in dia. on a 18 in handle. I then found and old tri-pod and was able to take the center tube and cut the head off' the the net handle fits inside the tube. works very well and is fairly adjustable. the only problem is using it prone __________________ CarpriverShOOter Finch, I don't like guns. Reese, Me either but if someone has to have guns I'd rather it be me. (Person of Interest). No trees were destroyed in the posting of the this message