heypete
Member
After a bit of full-auto shooting over the weekend, and having to pick up brass of various sizes (.22LR and .223 mostly), I was thinking that there's got to be a better way of picking up brass than kneeling down on rocks and dirt.
Some put down tarps and whatnot, but I can't imagine that pouring the brass into a bucket is too clean and easy.
Here's my idea, and I haven't tested it yet and wonder how well it'd work:
1. Get a large sheet/tarp/ground cloth that can put up with people standing on it and hot brass landing on it.
2. Get a 5 gallon plastic bucket.
3. Cut a hole in the center of the tarp such that the bucket can be placed under the tarp and the edge of the hole duct-taped to the inside of the bucket like a big funnel. (In two dimensions, think of how your shower curtain rests inside the shower...water can roll down the curtain into the tub, but it doesn't [or shouldn't! ] leak out onto the floor. Same idea, only imagine it'd be duct-taped to the tub wall.)
4. Place the bucket in the center of the shooting area and spread the tarp out such that you can stand on it without ripping the taped-down bit inside the bucket.
5. Shoot.
6. Have a four people, each holding a corner of the tarp, lift the tarp so all the brass slides down the tarp and is neatly collected in the bucket.
It seems a bit more self-contained, but who knows? I always come up with the zaniest ideas.
I'm curious how others police their brass, if simply for the sake of being tidy, for salvaging, or for reloading.
Some put down tarps and whatnot, but I can't imagine that pouring the brass into a bucket is too clean and easy.
Here's my idea, and I haven't tested it yet and wonder how well it'd work:
1. Get a large sheet/tarp/ground cloth that can put up with people standing on it and hot brass landing on it.
2. Get a 5 gallon plastic bucket.
3. Cut a hole in the center of the tarp such that the bucket can be placed under the tarp and the edge of the hole duct-taped to the inside of the bucket like a big funnel. (In two dimensions, think of how your shower curtain rests inside the shower...water can roll down the curtain into the tub, but it doesn't [or shouldn't! ] leak out onto the floor. Same idea, only imagine it'd be duct-taped to the tub wall.)
4. Place the bucket in the center of the shooting area and spread the tarp out such that you can stand on it without ripping the taped-down bit inside the bucket.
5. Shoot.
6. Have a four people, each holding a corner of the tarp, lift the tarp so all the brass slides down the tarp and is neatly collected in the bucket.
It seems a bit more self-contained, but who knows? I always come up with the zaniest ideas.
I'm curious how others police their brass, if simply for the sake of being tidy, for salvaging, or for reloading.