Brass catcher?

[BobM]

Now that I have a 300 BO pistol, I’m more concerned about recovering the brass. I’ve found very little discussion here
about the various brass catchers on the market. Has anyone found one to be a worthwhile accessory?

[rd62]

I've never used an actual brass catcher but I've heard reports of them sometimes causing brass to bounce back into the action causing malfunctions. Those with softer bags or nets may be less of an issue.

Whenever I have found myself wanting to save brass, Ive just drapped a towel or bandana out of my range bag across the top of the rifle and ejection port. It allows the rifle to cycle unimpeded and the brass when ejected kind of rides the fabric down into a nice little pile.

I normally have a towel or bandana in my range bag and it gets to serve multiple purposes. A shemagh, for those that carry them, may be handy for this purpose too.

Also if shooting from the prone in the sun, its helpful to keep the sun off your neck at the same time.

If your shooting and moving this may not work very well for you though.

[whomever]

I have been happy with one of these:

https://www.caldwellshooting.com/ran...er/530143.html

(but it ain't worth $50 ... I got mine from one of the usual culprits on sale for $25 or something)

If you do get one, it's handy to have the little attachment thingys on all your ARs, but they cost several bucks each, and that can add up. If you have access to a 3D printer this place:

https://farrow.tech/caldwell-brass-catcher-mount/

has the downloadable files for a DIY attachment thingy.

[mtnbkr]

I've owned and used the two Caldwell brass catchers. Neither caused any issues and kept my brass from flying away.
The strap-on version is cheaper, but more fiddly:
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cald...-brass-catcher

The rail mount one is great once you set it up and easy to put it on and take it off. However, it is 3x the price of the strap-on and additional rail mounts cost as much as the strap-on.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cald...-brass-catcher

Chris

[Tennessee Jed]

I've tried several brass catchers, and ended up using this one: https://gracomodels.com/bigcatcher.html

I've been using one of these for several years now. It sits on top of a camera tripod (I've got a $30 Wal-Mart version). I like having something that's not attached to the gun. Does a great job of catching brass both from rifles and pistols.

[SecondsCount]

A ball cap hung over the optic works pretty well

[rd62]

A ball cap hung over the optic works pretty well

Yep. Done that one too!

[boing]

If you’re into do-it-yourself, I made a collapsible brass catcher that clamps to a shooting bench, using PVC tube and fittings and a cut up mesh laundry bag from Walmart.

[DDTSGM]

I'd say I'm 1/4 bench, 3/4 position and movement. On the bench Ican find my brass on the concrete, on the range is grass and sand. I use painter's tarps spread in the general area I expect the rounds to eject. I started using the generic plastic tarps - still do for pistol, but I found the 5.56 brass kind of fused to the plastic and was kind of a minor nuisance. So I bought harbor freight canvas painter's tarps. I put tarp clamps on the corners so if it was windy I could stake them down. They are kind of like the picture below. I ended up screwing the jaws together because the sliders kept popping loose.



I generally find all of my brass on the tarps.

This is what I use:

https://www.harborfreight.com/9-ft-x...oth-38109.html

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-x-9-...oth-56510.html - for practicing at our firing lines - prone and sitting no problem, offhand some bounce off.

[Joshmill]

[QUOTE=mtnbkr;1118526]I've owned and used the two Caldwell brass catchers. Neither caused any issues and kept my brass from flying away.
The strap-on version is cheaper, but more fiddly:
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cald...-brass-catcher

And that is a high quality strap-on if I do say so myself!