Brass catcher for AR

I’ve been using the Tacstar one and have had great luck with it. A little bit spendy but can be found on sale at times. I think I picked up on Midway. I purchased 4 spare mounts to save on swapping time. Hope this helps.
 

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I have one of these which works well with AR pattern. I need to try it on my ruger PCC but I think it will work on that as well if the charging handle is on the left side.
 
The Caldwell one that attaches to the top pic rail.

Or Tactical Brass Recovery if you’re feeling gucci and need to quickly collect brass (evidence) on the go.
 
I forget who made the one I have. It was a group buy here in in 2012 or so and has a mount for a rail and the catcher slides into it with two prongs that have spring loaded tiny ball bearings that lock it in place. It has a velcro bottom that you can leave open and put a bucket underneath to empty as you shoot.
If I decide to empty my mouse bucket I will take a pic.
 
peterk123 said:
I usually just hang a baseball cap off my scope, but it isn't 100% effective. Anyone have something else they use that will catch all of them?
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I think I have a couple of the Caldwell ones in totes packed away with a ton of other stuff from when I closed up the shop. I will have to go through a bunch of totes to find them but if I do I will message your for your address and ship one to you.
 
I had a Caldwell-style one years ago. It always wanted to drop down as it got loaded up. The brass also did not always clear the mouth to enter. I ditched mine years ago.
 
The Caldwell that velcros around the hand guard is okay. It’s cool you can use it with a wide range of firearms. But it falls out of place and doesn’t catch everything a lot of the time. Caldwell makes one that attaches to a picatinny rail and it’s a lot better at catching brass and doesn’t have the problems that the velcro one does
 
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I usually just hang a baseball cap off my scope, but it isn't 100% effective. Anyone have something else they use that will catch all of them?
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in my signature. works very well, as i designed and made it for myself and use it on all my rifles.
same box/deflector goes on any of the mounts used, it slides in. i hated all other commercial versions i tried, so, made my own.
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Modular Picatinny Rail Brass Catcher with 2 brass boxes and DOPE Card Holder | eBay

The main feature of this design is the sliding mount for the cage, the idea here was to let you have this mount on ANY part of the picatinny rail. 1 standard size 55x85mm competition DOPE card. IT IS THE ONE AND ONLY BRASS CATCHER YOU'LL EVER NEED.
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From a lot of research, folks seem to like the Brass Goat the best, but also the TBR unit as well. Problem I have is that other than the Brass Goat, which I am going to try, all of the other designs seem super bulky to me. And apparently the Brass Goat can be used as a simple downward deflector if you don't want to deal with any limits on how much brass you can have in the container/bag.
 
LittleCalm said:
From a lot of research, folks seem to like the Brass Goat the best, but also the TBR unit as well. Problem I have is that other than the Brass Goat, which I am going to try, all of the other designs seem super bulky to me. And apparently the Brass Goat can be used as a simple downward deflector if you don't want to deal with any limits on how much brass you can have in the container/bag.
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It has several very annoying issues, that brass goat design, but find out for yourself.
 
paul73 said:
It has several very annoying issues, that brass goat design, but find out for yourself.
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Thx. It’s cheap enough to give it a try. A lot of folks seem to be happy with it. Most importantly, it isn’t bulky. If I don’t like it I’ll try yours.
 
LittleCalm said:
Thx. It’s cheap enough to give it a try. A lot of folks seem to be happy with it. Most importantly, it isn’t bulky. If I don’t like it I’ll try yours.
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There are no ideal designs out there. It may be ok, but the issue there is how it latches to the mag, how you have to deal with mag swap and height of the box that may be annoying when shooting from the bench and 8” bipod.
And it will not work with bolt guns well.

Mine uses same system of mounts to keep on always then slide catcher cage into it. Some may not want to keep mounts all the time, anyway, like I said, it is personal preference business.

What I made for myself is a solution with various mounts that accepts same cage I throw into range bag, and every rifle I got - ars and bolt ones - have a mount on it permanently.

So, here are 2 shots to illustrate the issue. When you have multiple rifles and different scope mounts with or without any actual space under the scope- it gets tricky. My solution may not be the most elegant one, but it works for me.
 

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paul73 said:
There are no ideal designs out there. It may be ok, but the issue there is how it latches to the mag, how you have to deal with mag swap and height of the box that may be annoying when shooting from the bench and 8” bipod.
And it will not work with bolt guns well.

Mine uses same system of mounts to keep on always then slide catcher cage into it. Some may not want to keep mounts all the time, anyway, like I said, it is personal preference business.

What I made for myself is a solution with various mounts that accepts same cage I throw into range bag, and every rifle I got - ars and bolt ones - have a mount on it permanently.

So, here are 2 shots to illustrate the issue. When you have multiple rifles and different scope mounts with or without any actual space under the scope- it gets tricky. My solution may not be the most elegant one, but it works for me.
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That does look like a nice design. Any way to make the catcher more streamlined? I usually run red dots on my ARs but do have lpvos too.
 
LittleCalm said:
Any way to make the catcher more streamlined?
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i found it to be counterproductive. i had it slimmer, and extended it out on purpose, to make cage deeper to reduce amount of brass getting stuck or getting bounced back.
it becomes more of an issue for ar10s than for ar15s.

i did not look to alter the design in a long while, as i do not advertise, do not promote and frankly do not care overly too much about this stuff at this point. it is always a tradeoff between compactness and efficiency of deflection.
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in the end nothing can compete with cheap chinese shit, as stupid cheapness wins every time.
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CVLIFE Brass Catcher Tactical Cartridge Collector Mesh Heat Resistant - 3 Colors | eBay

The brass catcher is made of high-density soft nylon, easy to attach and remove. 【Quick Installation】 This especially brass catcher with strap design and soft nylon hook is convenient and quick to install on the rail.
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Just get the 3 bucc already. And mounts for as many railed weapons as you want. They are the best.
 
Today I tried out my Pic. mount Caldwell brass catcher. It's awesome.
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Caldwell Brass Catcher AR-15 Picatinny Rail Mount Nylon Mesh Black

The Caldwell Picatinny Rail Brass Catcher offers a convenient, consistent and easy to use method of collecting brass while shooting at the range. Unlike...
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It has a zipper, but it slides on and off its rail mount on detents so I just pull it off the mount, dump the brass in a bag and slide it back on. You can move the bag's mount point anywhere along its length so you can work around most scope mounts on the rail. It says it can hold 100 cases. I think I believe that.
 

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