Clark
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In work ups for semi auto handguns, I wrap my pistol and hand with a towel.
Best way to catch brass indoors?
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If you have specially preped cases for your benchrest rifle, you would hate to lose your brass.
For me, I accept that I will lose 1-10 cases at the indoor range. If I am shooting 9mm, .40, or .45, I will probably pick up more cases than I shot.
I considered it with my 9x21 and .38 Super, but at, say, 5 cases lost per session and about 55 trips to the range per year, I would lose 275 cases per year if all I shot were 9x21 and .38 Super. At that accelerated rate, I would have lost maybe $41 worth of brass per year. This worst case means that a brass catcher would, at best, pay for itself after 2 years. In the real world, I would expect pay back to be more than 10 years.
So, given a good broom to collect brass, I expect that is all I need. Last time out with my 9x21 guns, I lost one case for the 300 rounds I fired--and I am pretty sure I could see it about 12 feet down range.
For me, I accept that I will lose 1-10 cases at the indoor range. If I am shooting 9mm, .40, or .45, I will probably pick up more cases than I shot.
I considered it with my 9x21 and .38 Super, but at, say, 5 cases lost per session and about 55 trips to the range per year, I would lose 275 cases per year if all I shot were 9x21 and .38 Super. At that accelerated rate, I would have lost maybe $41 worth of brass per year. This worst case means that a brass catcher would, at best, pay for itself after 2 years. In the real world, I would expect pay back to be more than 10 years.
So, given a good broom to collect brass, I expect that is all I need. Last time out with my 9x21 guns, I lost one case for the 300 rounds I fired--and I am pretty sure I could see it about 12 feet down range.
OldmanFCSA
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This is going to get me in trouble ...................................
The best way to catch brass, two methods come to mind. First shoot a revolver, Second, find yourself a large-breasted lady with a low cut top. Best method I've seen and quite entertaining.
The best way to catch brass, two methods come to mind. First shoot a revolver, Second, find yourself a large-breasted lady with a low cut top. Best method I've seen and quite entertaining.
thorn-
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1. Take son/daughter to range with you.
2. Be SURE that child is wearing a baseball cap.
3. Assume shooting stance.
4. Position child at 4:00 position.
5. Child removes ball cap.
6. Commence shooting.
7. Child uses ball cap to catch flying brass in midair.
thorn
2. Be SURE that child is wearing a baseball cap.
3. Assume shooting stance.
4. Position child at 4:00 position.
5. Child removes ball cap.
6. Commence shooting.
7. Child uses ball cap to catch flying brass in midair.
thorn
Lost Sheep
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Isn't it be hard to see the sights, not to mention operating the slide?Clark said:
Not really practical for practice, but for working up loads, probably a good idea for more reasons than brass recovery.
Better still, a small-breasted lady wearing a large-breasted blouse. More room for the brass before emptying.
Yeah, you're in trouble. Probably both of us.
Or, you could wear the blouse yoursel?
Aside from the tent I just bought, I thought of another possible solution.
I have placed my devices on the ground, on the shooting bench, mounted on my gun hand, on the gun and hanging from the overhead. I have tried shooting from the inside of a refrigerator box through a window in front with a door in the back.
I just thought of another place (it hit me when I read Thorn's post). Get (or make) a hat with a 4' long bill about 2' wide with netting hanging down from it. That would solve my problem of having to adjust for height of the catcher as I change positions from seated to standing. Also allows me to use my peripheral vision to keep watch to my right and left and lets other shooters keep an eye on what I am doing (which some of my other ideas did not).
As long as the draped cloth/netting does not direct the brass bouncing back towards my face (or into my blouse?)
Lost Sheep
Clark
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There was an indoor range, WSI, that had a guy who was the bottom employee, pushing a broom, and noticed that I was not hitting my target. I was not looking at the target, but trying to see where each piece of brass landed, so I could look for guppy belly case bulges.
The guy tells me that if I can't hit the target, I have to leave.
I had a tool chest full of handguns with me, so I took out my most accurate, an S&W29-4 44 mag. The guy was right behind me watching me like a hawk, but I took careful aim before firing that cannon. When I shot, the noise must have caused the florescent light in front of my shooting rest came out of the ceiling and crashed right in front of my revolver's muzzle.
Rail Driver
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in regards to brass catching, why not rig up a tarp on a couple target stands? Cheap, portable, and it will stop all your brass if you make the frame big enough.
Lost Sheep
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Some of my brass flies forward and other go straight up. (No kidding! I have had my 45 Auto brass land on top of my head from my Colt Officer's Model) After it hits my head, where it goes is anybody's guess.
A shower curtain solution like you suggest (probably with a ceiling thrown in) should work, but asking for 100% is probably not realistic, though I do keep trying.
Lost Sheep
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Lost Sheep, I'm NOT a 45 shooter, but ejections can be controlled in most pistols by either shaping the ejector tip and/or changing the recoil spring weight.
With a heavy factory spring using light loads, my CZ used to eject cases into my shirt pocket. A lighter spring got them all going to the right about 5-6' away. The tip of the ejector itself can be angled a little to help "aim" the ejected cases at the target---a case catcher.
With a heavy factory spring using light loads, my CZ used to eject cases into my shirt pocket. A lighter spring got them all going to the right about 5-6' away. The tip of the ejector itself can be angled a little to help "aim" the ejected cases at the target---a case catcher.
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