OK, ya all made your respective comments. It was just a thought I put into action, and clearly I have over thought the process. I've got too much time on my hands I guess. OCD best explains some of my quirks.
But seriously, I just don't like dumping my brass on the ground, and not just because I don't like grit to get all over it. I have a friend who was reaching down to pick up his brass, and he got tagged on the hand by a rattle snake. That incident cost him his index finger, and half of the middle finger, on his right hand, he is right handed. This has had a profound effect on his shooting abilities as a result. Seriously, I have nearly been nailed by them suckers numerous times while shooting in the large public lands of Arizona. It's the tiny little 10" one's that you don't notice that present this threat.
But I'm not arguing that there is a better way to get around this issue. I use brass catchers for the AL guns, and because I don't like grit. in my defense, let me elaborate a bit more about the grit issue. When I reach down and pick up grit laden brass, it gets on my hands, between my fingers, and then on the firearm, and then the loaded rounds going into the firearm. This becomes a pretty big problem when your hands are wet with sweat too.
GS
