Pistol brass catcher

[Dimitri A.]

Anyone use one of these?

I'm old enough now to where I've gotten tired of having to bend over to pick up brass. I find myself shooting my revolvers more and my autos less. Wondering if anyone uses one of these and if they work decently enough.

https://www.esngadgets.com/products/pistol-brass-catcher

[sigstroker]

[Dimitri A.]

I considered one of those, but was wondering if the range would get annoyed seeing me use one.

[browndude]

I considered one of those, but was wondering if the range would get annoyed seeing me use one.

Short answer yeah they don't like seein a tool like that, besides an exspensive tool. Don't ask me how I know that. My best advise is two things.
1 Get to know your RO's like what energy drink (sugar free?)they like what deli sando puts a smile.on thier face.
2 Get a brass marking deal off etsy and the like. They fit a sharpie inside the deal and you mark your pistol brass with a ring and you pick what color sharpie ur brass will have. So it's easy to eyeball on the ground. I have on e for my rifle brass also since you put the effort into swagin and whatnot.
Hope this helps.

[Snoopy47]

Buy one at a home and garden store (walnut pick up device), not a rebranded firearms range device with double the price.

[XDJYo]

You go out hunting butterflies or something? That looks GHEYYYYY!!!

Yeah, I usually ask for a bench at either end so my brass isn't getting mixed up with other peoples brass. I also mark my brass. And, I shoot a few mags and then pickup my brass. No biggie.

For one of the ranges I went to often, I had a simple mesh that hung down from a magnet & PVC pipe contraption that kept the brass from bouncing all over the place. Most of the time, it would fall back down close by.

[TomReloaded]

I've been to a few ranges that have those roller things already there for public use.

They don't exactly work well. If mobility is an issue then it definitely has a benefit over bending over, but it is slower.

Other option... Buy nas3 cases. They're fairly affordable, and they're magnetic. You can retrieve all your brass with a huge magnet. By far the easiest.

[Corbin Dallas]

Fishing net on an arm brace... so much lolz.

If you're at an outdoor range, those wire wheel pickup devices will get rocks too.

Indoors, I just sweep the brass up next to me and then pick out what I shot.

Outdoors, I have a set of pickers from harbor freight and a bait net from the fishing store.

[Romeo_alpha01]

I made one years ago by cobbling up a broken mesh laundry bag, some wire clothes hangers, tape, and a wrist brace. Worked pretty well for catching precious 10mm and 5.7x28 brass. Desert Eagle brass on the other hand would just land inside my shirt. Misplaced that little doohicky but I sure liked it.

Wouldn't mind giving this a try honestly, as tacky as people think it may be.

[Tripplet918]

I have one of those. They only work well on hard pack.

[captn-tin]

brass catcher

I have, and still use a brass catcher made up of a small fish net attached to my arm.

[Tripplet918]

I have one of these I bought on sale. I jerry rigged a camera mount to out it in top of my spotting scope tripod. It doesnt work for drill when you move around.

[browndude]

For catching brass on ur semi autos, your least fav baseball cap hung over your scope might do the trick

[TFA777]

Try this

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4849915

[rhodesengr]

I have been using products from here

https://www.gracomodels.com/

I have the picatinny version and the big, tri-pod mount version.

They work fairly well but not perfect. Cases will occasionally miss or bounce out. The tripod version requires a fairly stable, heavy base or wind may knock it over. I bought a cheap tripod on Amazon and had to craft a heavy base for it. This is from bench height at a pistol range.