Advise on brass catching? Especially semi-autoes

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I know it sounds stupid but... How you guys catch your brass? Home made brass catcher or just try to find them during ceasefire?
I got so annoyed when I tried to find my brass that is all over the place :(
 
Pretty painless to recover 100% of your brass from a revolver, especially with a static shooting position....
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Back in the day, a couple of the bullseye shooters at my old club used to have a brass catcher that strapped to their hand, and stuck up and to the right of the slide. I've been watching for one for a while, but no luck.

For rifles, I picked up the same sort of thing that attached to the side of the receiver,covering the ejection port. That worked pretty well.
 
I have Tactical Brass Recovery Operator mid length that is an absolute unit. Very pricey, but works flawlessly. Got it from 4gt.com, they were great to order from and Lew at TBR is great to deal with if you have any questions. They have a few mounting options and a bunch of colours, so you can boogaloo it as much as you want.
 
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I have Tactical Brass Recovery Operator mid length that is an absolute unit. Very pricey, but works flawlessly. Got it from 4gt.com, they were great to order from and Lew at TBR is great to deal with if you have any questions. They have a few mounting options and a bunch of colours, so you can boogaloo it as much as you want.
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I have used similar for a Tavor and they are awesome. Strong, easy to fit / remove, folds out of the way to clear jams etc. Pricey though.

I have also used the Caldwell and its a decent option for the cash - link

For pistol - tarp maybe?
 
Lol. In the old days, I had my son held up a bucket and stood on my rear right for those hot flying objects. My Mini 14 shoots the casing up to 15 feet to the right rear). The range installed screens between the shooting positions and my son can shoot next to me now. :)
 
I was using one of the Caldwell Universal brass catchers on my AR when I was able to shoot it. Worked great until that drunk piece of crap Bill Blair came along.
 
And what I did to mine to make it more versatile, was cut the handle, install a 1/4-20 nut coupler. So for bench I have a piece of plywood with a stud on it, and then the tripod.

Never was really a fan of paying 50 + $ for brass catchers for 1 gun.
 
+1 for 3bucc. Work great on just about any semi from a bench or on the move. Plus you can buy 1 catcher and multiple mount blocks so you can switch to different rifles with the same pattern.
 
Seems like this topic triggered too much good old memories lol

Thanks for the advises! I think I will go with a catcher that fix to my rifles, but unfortunately I mostly shoot old stuff that do not have rails (i.e. garand, g43, arisaka...). I probably need to utilize my 3D printer and do-it-myself...
 
 
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I am with HasegawaYamato. Mostly bolt action. For the Garand I mostly do bench shooting so I came up with an inexpensive option. I dont have a picture handy but if you can imagine, a pex pipe with copper pipe ends to basically make a small hockey net. Put a mesh laundry bag around it (was navy so had a few) and it worked pretty good. I put used AA batteries in the bottom section to weight it down. All the pieces could be assembled and disassembled and thrown in the laundry bag for later. Label the pieces so assembly is easier to remember. Im using it now to catch the shavings coming off my wood lathe.
 
Before our club had sand, it was mostly grass on the pistol ranges. I would lay out a cheap tarp to the right and slightly aft where the brass would land and catch about 95% of the spent casings. Of course this only really works with static positions and a pistol that chucked the brass consistently.
 
So true. It’s still the time spent looking for that one or two, especially when you want to go home. I found the hockey net works. I got lazy last time and didn’t use it. Never found the one casing.
 
I use two Caldwell's. One attaches to the carbine and works great on a couple of carbines. The other I attach to a tripod. When practicing around walls etc it is 52 pickup. I made a brass catcher and it worked well, just not as versatile as the Cardwell's.

The one I use for the one for the carbine is really is the handiest piece of kit. If you have a carbine I would look into it.

Take Care

Bob
 
i use a canadian forces type mesh material i staple one end of the string ends to a post infront of me.
and staple the other ends string to a post behind me, tie the two strings on the lower hanging end one third on each .
to form a trough across the bottom. that catches a large majority, if not all the brass. and pull the staples out roll up the mess
and home to the loading station they go for tumble cleaning.
 
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