From: efk00@cd.amdahl.com (Eddie Kieger)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Recommend a Brass Catcher?
Date: 15 Dec 92 00:54:32 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


If you want a brass catcher that DOESN'T attach to the gun, I have 
a solution for ya......

This works best for pistols, but I have used it for rifle (prone & 
sitting)& it worked OK.

Get a large (width and height) cardboard box about 9-12" deep.

Cut a hole in one of the large sides (width >= 2' & height >= 2.5')
almost the size of the side. 

Then hang a light piece of cloth roughly the inside dimensions of 
the box (width & height) 2/3s of the way back into the box.

Stand this up next to the shooting station. Brass goes into the 
hole, hits the c loth, and drops into the bottom of the box. Without 
the cloth (or with cloth too heavy) brass will hit and bounce back 
out of the box.

I've used mine for a couple months now, and it works pretty well. 
In the worst case, with a gun that throws brass randomly, you 
have to collect LESS than before. Of course it's big & bulky, but 
not heavy. Reinforce corners (especially cutouts) with duct tape, 
and it should last a long time (as long as it stays dry :-)

One modification I have been thinking of doing is to weight the 
bottom. Sometimes (outdoors) it likes to blow over.

See below:

+---------------------+  ^                 +--------+
|                     |  |                 |     |  |
| +-----------------+ |  |                 |     |  |
| |            ^    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |<- This is -+--->| |                    |     |  |
| |   the hole |    | |  >=                |     |  |
| |            |    | |  2.5'              |     |  |
| |            |    | |                    |     |  |  
| |            |    | |                    |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            |    | |  |                 |     |  |
| |            V    | |  |                 |     |  |
| +-----------------+ |  |                 |     |  |      
|                     |  |                 |        |
+---------------------+  V                 +--------+
<--     >= 2 '  ------>                    ^     ^
                                           |     |
                                           |     +-- cloth
                                           +-- front edge

Front view                             Side view

Enjoy, Eddie

Don't tread on me..........................................I bite
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Eddie Kieger                             efk00@cd.amdahl.com 
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