I would think with a bit of playing around with the extractor claw and the nose on the ejector along with recoil spring change a person should be able to get the brass to stay resonably close. Maybe a short ejector so the brass barely hits it before the slide stops would work. Just have to make sure the brass is out of the way in time.
Does 10mm Launch Brass?
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Well, since you mention it. (Witness 10mm)
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Buck 13, that look's like a cheap fix. Great idea. Also a 22#-24# spring is your friend.I made a brass catcher out of a wire coat hanger, some elastic strip and an cut-off pant leg. It collects 80-90% of the stuff. Most of the rest bounces off the rim and ends up in retrievable territory. Still, I'm losing enough that I wish I had bought more when that was easy.
Having it on your hand is a bit distracting, but tolerable for just standing at a range bench. I bought a $20 Chinese laser sight that (not too surprisingly) doesn't hold a zero if you just wave it around a bit, let alone shoot it, so I may drill a couple of holes through that POS and use it as a mount on the rail for another catcher.
Yes! It launches them with force.
Shooting outdoors it is not such a huge deal, the same power load will predictably have launched your brass a certain distance.
If you are shooting from a fixed position without stall dividers it will all be in a similar area. You walk over and should be able to just pick up 95%+ if nobody has stepped on any and ground them in.
Indoors it is a nightmare. It bounces with such force off the dividers of your typical range that where it ends up is completely random.
Some goes down range, most behind you, and it can go left or right, or be three stalls away after bouncing off a wall or something else behind you.
Even collecting my brass after every magazine or two I manage to lose about 10-15% of my brass.
If I shoot a lot and try to find it that can go up to 30%.
This increases the cost of shooting at such a range a good deal, and collecting my brass constantly brings down the enjoyment as well.
Shooting outdoors it is not such a huge deal, the same power load will predictably have launched your brass a certain distance.
If you are shooting from a fixed position without stall dividers it will all be in a similar area. You walk over and should be able to just pick up 95%+ if nobody has stepped on any and ground them in.
Indoors it is a nightmare. It bounces with such force off the dividers of your typical range that where it ends up is completely random.
Some goes down range, most behind you, and it can go left or right, or be three stalls away after bouncing off a wall or something else behind you.
Even collecting my brass after every magazine or two I manage to lose about 10-15% of my brass.
If I shoot a lot and try to find it that can go up to 30%.
This increases the cost of shooting at such a range a good deal, and collecting my brass constantly brings down the enjoyment as well.
Glock 29. Reloading for it makes it that much easier to find your brass since you can make them light. I bought a tarp and put it down. Make sure you put something on each corner and stand a few feet from it.
Most of my cases landed on the tarp and they were nickel so there even harder to find at the range if not for the tarp.
Most of my cases landed on the tarp and they were nickel so there even harder to find at the range if not for the tarp.
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My 3 10MM's would launch the brass about 15 yards until I replaced the recoil springs with Wollf 20 pound springs, now the brass lands about 5 feet to the right of me.
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