Picking up &#^%!@ brass ideas...
Ok gang. I am tired of scooting around the range floor (indoor range, concrete floor) looking like a cross between a duck and a crack addict in an effort to collect at least 75% of my brass.
I am looking for a device that I can use (like a pooper scooper or something) that will pick this up without bending down and losing all sense of dignity. It also has to be portable enough to fit in my range box. I was thinking maybe something based on a 3-pc shotgun cleaning rod would work.
Wanted to hear what you guys have made or invented for this.
I am looking for a device that I can use (like a pooper scooper or something) that will pick this up without bending down and losing all sense of dignity. It also has to be portable enough to fit in my range box. I was thinking maybe something based on a 3-pc shotgun cleaning rod would work.
Wanted to hear what you guys have made or invented for this.
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I used the wife for a brass scrounger, three of them have not made the grade, they missed too many........[;)][}:)]
There is a brass catcher thing that springs open when pushed down on the brass, it looks sort of like a wire whisk with a long handle.0 -
My wife is too much of a princess to bend down...[:D] 0 -
Have you ever seen one of these? I haven't, but looks like it could work. Seems like a pretty low capapcity for cases though. Maybe a home made one could hold more.
http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T13100 -
take a look at www.BrassMagnet.com. I have one, it works great 0 -
Can't put anything on the floor...I'll take the girl though 0 -
If you are shooting Bulls-Eye you can buy a BRASS CATCHER. For lack of better term this is a Net like device.that sets between your pistol box and the shooter on your right or wall when the pistol ejects the empty the net will catch it. I can give you the name of a very good maker but would have to go down to my shop . My suggestion is to look at WWW.Champchoice.com and contact Homer at this site. ask him about any Bulls-Eye products you want and get them to send a Catalog . This and Champions shooters supply both cater to Bulls-eye shooters at Camp Perry and also have a shop they sell out of all year. Get Rule Book from both NRA and CMP. to avoid buying something that you will not be allowed to use at a match. you will find that for the most part good shooters will be very glad to help you . Even Brian Zines the current 10 time National champion has a Web site 0 -
I like your idea Bruce. Something like a tennis ball hopper. The capacity would not have to be large because the people at my range are sweep happy and I pick up after every 2-3 mags of .45 0 -
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I use a new pooper scooper. Looks like an aluminum dustpan with a long handle 90 degrees from the pan and a broomstick with an aluminum paddle at the end.
The pan lays flat and just push them in. (Except my 91 which throws them 15 yards downrange)0 -
Ok I just thought of this...no one laugh. Small coffee can upside down with an "X" cut in the soft plastic lid. Hole drilled in the bottom for a 3pc shotgun rod with a nut to keep it in place.
"Kaching, Kaching" the brass would go in, but wouldnt come out, sort of like a wasp trap. To empty, simply remove the lid
Take it apart and throw it in my MTM range box.0 -
quote:Originally posted by badchris
Have you ever seen one of these? I haven't, but looks like it could work. Seems like a pretty low capapcity for cases though. Maybe a home made one could hold more.
http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1310
That is the contraption I saw being used. It picked up .45 brass, slicker than snot on a door knob!0 -
I don't have any problems with brass collection. I use a new fangled device called a revolver. 0 -
The only other handgun I own is also a revolver. Open, push, dump, done...love it 0 -
As much as I love my 1911's I never found more than 6 out of 7. Yep with wheel guns I spend my time shooting instead of looking for brass. Perhaps you rig up a wind sock on a tripod to catch that flying brass. And any training with an autoloader is done with High Sandard HD Military or the Mark II Ruger 0 -
It can be done but only one shooter has ever broken 2600 in a NRA bulls-eye match shooting revolvers . "PRAISE THE HARD-BALL GUN" 0 -
90% of what I shoot is rimfire and there are some scrappers that are cleaning up daily. I don't reload but I try to save CF brass, but I also usually take one of my kids to the range with me, so they do the picking up... 0 -
Get a hinged dust pan on a stick (long handle)with the little broom like the ones used in stores and restaurants. Thats what we use, just sweep them into the pan and dump the pan in a bucket with a screen that has sqaures that allows debris to fall through but small enough to stop the brass, brass stays on the screen for you to pick out. 0 -
just start shooting that russian steel cased stuff, all you need is a magnet. 0 -
When I'm only shooting for practice, I use a little net device that attaches to my right hand across the palm. It catches 90+% of my brass. When I'm doing load development off a rest, I set up a cardboard box to my right. I fold up the bottom flap so brass doesn't roll out. That catches virtually all the spent brass. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bpost
quote:Originally posted by badchris
Have you ever seen one of these? I haven't, but looks like it could work. Seems like a pretty low capapcity for cases though. Maybe a home made one could hold more.
http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1310
That is the contraption I saw being used. It picked up .45 brass, slicker than snot on a door knob!
I watched a couple vids on youtube. It looks alright, but not sure I want to spend $45 for one. Guess I'll keep doing "sqats" at the range!0 -
$60 w/shipping[:(] 0 -
Can't you use one of those grabbers that fold up? They have them at wally world for about $10 0 -
do you have a link? ...and what is "wally world" 0 -
He means Wal-Mart, and the device is meant for disabled folks to grab stuff off high shelves or the floor. It would work - one piece of brass at a time. 0 -
Does no one think my $5 coffee can idea will work? 0 -
It might, but the problem is going to be that the flat bottom edge of the can will hit the floor before the case can push past the "fingers" of your slit. The case will just sit there and not push up inside the can. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
It might, but the problem is going to be that the flat bottom edge of the can will hit the floor before the case can push past the "fingers" of your slit. The case will just sit there and not push up inside the can.
Plus if it did work on level concrete, it would probably not work at all on grass or dirt unless the case happened to be resting on a little mound. That almost never happens, they usually find the deepest darkest crevices to hide in.[:D]0 -
True and noisy as heck. I may rethink my idea... 0 -
Look at the local hardware stores for a pecan pickup tool .Uses spring steel fingers to allow pecans to slip thru them into a collection hopper . Havent tried it on brass but might just work 0 -
Lay out a 10x10 tarp. Shoot weapon to where the brass hits the tarp in the middle. Pick up tarp by the corners, pour into container. 0
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