Brass Catchers

CWeeks

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Do any of you use them? I am already pretty tired of picking up brass. I am looking at the mesh ones with the velcro because it is lighter and not so obtrusive hanging off the side.
For our rochchuck hunting we lay in a lot of taller sage and grass and once you drop the brass they are pretty well gone so I need something reliable.
 
Thats the same one I use.
On the bench I keep it unzipped and they drop into a tupperware container, otherwise they tend to bunch up at the top and will sometimes cause a jam after a bunch of the empties stack up.
In the field its not a problem as you just shake it a little after a few shots and they fall into the bag.
 
I have been looking into them too, my 243WSSM brass is to pricey to lose in the prarie grass and when i do the 458 socom they will be as well.But I have heard that they can cause some ejection problems and jamming /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
When I'm groundhog hunting, I hook the adjustment strap of my baseball cap over my top target knob of my scope and let it dangle over the ejection port. The hat bill pushes the brass straight to the ground next to the rifle. It ain't pretty as a brass catcher, but works. I switched to a boonie hat this year, not sure how well that will work /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif.
 
I bought this one on ebay for 15 dollars works great. Has a zipper in the bottom to empty out the cases. When I shoot at the bench I shoot two or three and tip the gun to right just to make sure they all fall to the bottom.





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I bought this one on ebay for 15 dollars works great. Has a zipper in the bottom to empty out the cases. When I shoot at the bench I shoot two or three and tip the gun to right just to make sure they all fall to the bottom.





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I have that same one too. Haven't had any problems with it, except the last range trip. My casings were burning right through the mess. I believe my loads were just running hot.

25gr of varget w/69 hpbt. I've loaded up them before and never had a problem.
 
If they stack up at the top of the bag they can cause a jam.
While you are hunting its no big deal as it takes very little movement to make them fall to the bottom of the bag.
It usually takes several rounds to get to the point of a jam any ways, thats why I leave it unzipped when I am on the bench.
 
Thanks for all the input guys I found one for 10$ at aim.com but they are charging me 9$ to send it to me ground which will take 4-7 business days to get to me. And 16$ shipping to get it here by Friday. I will order it tommorrow and get it shipped to where I will be hunting for the next couple of weeks.
 
Boy if I knew how to do that, that would be great. I don't know why on earth those suckers need to flip brass 15-20 feet anyway. 2-3 feet would be sufficient I would think.
Given I have limited knowledge of AR's right now would it be feasible to do for a novice? If so give me the info that I need to get it done by this weekend, I haven't ordered the catcher yet.
 
Thanks Jack, I did mean ejector. Here is how I did mine. It will take three hands. Find a buddy. You will need two drift punches. Take the bolt from the rifle. Clamp a round drift punch or steel rod just smaller than a 223 case headin a vise horizontally. This will be used to depress the ejector button. Now another drift punch to push the roll pin from the ejector. The ejector button has a small window in it to allo w this roll pin to hold the ejector in the bolt. With slight pressure on the ejector button push the roll pin out. (note if you can move it just enough to let the plunger and spring out it will hold in one side. makes reassembly easier.) Onece the roll pin has been moved enough to remove the ejector button, tap the face of the bolt on a block. there will be a small spring in there. With dykes, cut about 2 coils off the spring and reassemble. Test fire the rifle. If they still toss too far, take 1 more coil from the spring and try again. If you take too much of it will smoke stack on you and you will have to replace the spring and start over. If you take it a little at a time, you can get them to all fall in a ball cap beside the rifle when shooting prone. Standing they will land in a carry all box at your right leg. From a bench they will land in a cigar box on the table.
 
Thanks Cajn! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

If we do that modification, does that mean we gotta carry around a ball cap, carry-all box, and a cigar box with us every time we shoot? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I got enough crap to carry around the way it is! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

(Just kidding. Thanks for the instructions) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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