Handgun brass catcher?

[turd]

Anyone know of/have a brass catcher that works for semi=auto handguns? I have bad knees, and don't look forward to crawling around on the floor of the range picking up my brass. Also, no matter the rules that call for folks to clean up after themselves, few do, so you have to find yours amongst the detritus. I used to have one for my AR, seems like it could be done if built with a loop for your shooting hand. Anyone ?

 

[Cheesewhiz]

If you are shooting in a lane with a ledge, this may work:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/942827/ctk-precision-universal-brass-catcher?cm_vc=ProductFinding

Not real cheap but I've seen them used in indoor ranges.

 

[Cholo]

Nobody, I mean nobody, is more anal retentive about finding every piece of reloadable brass I shoot. I, too, am interested in brass catchers for my auto loaders, .40 S&W and .45 ACP.

 

[cadillo]

About six years ago I was at the range and a partially disabled chap was picking up brass with a gadget known as a "Gopher". I don't bend at the waist any more, so right then I decided that I had to have one. I now have three, and will not shoot a semi-auto without one. I keep one in my garage workshop, one in the truck, and one at my buddy's ranch where he has a range. I think that they are still available on Amazon and EBay. I bought mine at Walgreens, but they no longer carry them.

I place my brass collection bucket on the ground, and then pick the cases up and toss them into the bucket without having to bend over or kneel down. It takes just a little practice to get through the learning curve, but it comes to you pretty fast. It's amazing how quickly one can recover a hundred cases with comfort and little effort. The last one I bought was $10.00 plus tax. On the off chance that you don't warm up to it, at $10.00, what do you have to lose?

 

[contender]

Well, they make a brass monkey that is great on harder surfaces like an indoor range. It's a rolling affair that picks up brass easily between the spring steel wires. It'll work on many outdoor surfaces as well. I use it to save my back a LOT as I own an outdoor gun range.
Next, a tarp spread out on the ground is an easy way to catch brass. I also have been known to hang a tarp upright to give the brass something to hit & fall down onto another tarp.
I have also seen a homemade PVC affair that was square, about 2-1/2' x 2-1/2'. It was mounted on a PVC stand to be placed beside the shooter. A tight weave fish net material was used to catch the brass. Worked quite well.
Mounting something on the gun or wrist area can throw off you shooting accurately.

 

[Cholo]

My problem isn't bending down to pick them up. My gun club has an overhang that can bounce them in any direction, sometimes 40' away! Plus, there's no way a brass picker-upper can sort mine from the tens of hundreds of old brass laying on the ground.

 

[turd]

Thanks for the ideas, especially the one about looking on ebay, should have known. :mrgreen:

Cholo, there is a seller called Graco on ebay that has several different ones, one mounts to the light rail on the pistol (assuming your pistol has one), one is hand-held, and one is on a stand similar to the one Cheesewhiz indicated from Midway (much less $).

Thanks again for all the replies.

 

[powder smoke]

All my shooting is outdoors, I use a couple of tarps.
I hang one vertically off of a piece of cloths line rope
and another on the ground. When done just pick up the
tarp on the ground to round them up.
Same method as Contender works slick. ps

 

[contender]

Cholo, if you use one of the brass monkeys, and get a lot of old unusable brass, just sort it later & sell for scrap. Then use the $$ to buy more ammo.

 

[Cholo]

Cholo, there is a seller called Graco on ebay that has several different ones, one mounts to the light rail on the pistol (assuming your pistol has one), one is hand-held, and one is on a stand similar to the one Cheesewhiz indicated from Midway...

I looked him up and saw the 3 he offers. The hand held would seem to catch the most brass but as contender says, probably wouldn't be the best for the kind of sandbag accuracy I'm wanting to test with my .45's this winter. I also need to practice more with my main carry gun, a Kahr PM40. Talk about slinging brass :shock:

Tyrone, I don't mind bending over to pick up the brass. It's a matter of finding it after it's bounced off the metal roof and goes in all directions. On this range at my gun club it's not a requirement to clean up your brass. They do like you to sweep it off the concrete. It's DEEP in old brass and it's hard to find even a nice new Starline piece if it falls just right. I mentioned tens of hundreds of old brass. I should have written tens of thousands. If someone told me they cleaned it up and counted 1/2 million pieces of brass, including .22's, I'd believe him. There's that much for mine to get mixed up in.

 

[6gun]

They make a brass net to take to the range, it comes in a ammo can and folds out you set it at the side of the bench to catch your brass, don't know how well they work never used one, I shoot revolvers my brass never touches the ground and never lost one yet.

 

[Justice B. Swift]

HEY... I once saw a guy at the range using a simple catcher. It attached to his wrist with Velcro straps and held a small catch net close to the ejection port. It had NO attachment to the gun, just simply stood vertically off his wrist. I have no idea where he picked it up, but it's out there in the market just waiting for you to find it. Try all the usual outlets, Midway, Brownell's, Mid-south shooter's, Dillon, Natchez, Somebody has this simple device.

 

[Chuck 100 yd]

I grab everything that is brass colored at the range,sort it at home to recover mine and any others I can use. I fill a five gallon bucket with the unwanted brass and sell it for scrap.