Brass Catcher

[Powder_Burns]

I’ve been running the caldwell design with the velcro strap for over 10 years. I think it was UTG when I bought it. Had to tweak the frame a little bit so the brass wouldn’t bounce back into the ejection port and get mangled by the bolt, but once I got it sorted out it worked as intended. I leave the bottom zipper open as others have mentioned, the mesh is nylon and will melt with prolonged contact with hot brass.
The one cool feature with that setup is after you use it for a decade, the velcro wrap chafes against the metal frame until it wears through the strap and starts scratching up your handguard. Mine is now reinforced with tactical duct tape. There are a dozen better designs on the market and I should have replaced it by now. B&T made a rigid plastic brass catcher a while back and it looked pretty legit. I’ll have to check out some of the products mentioned in this thread.

For shooting pistols from a bench for load development I use these collapsible mesh/wire frame clothes hampers from wallmart. Lay them on their side with a rock or something heavy inside so they don’t blow away and keep the ejection port close to the opening. Works good enough and the hampers are usually under $5. When I pack up to leave the range I just fold up the hamper with the brass inside. Its smaller than 1.5sqft folded up.

 

[southerngolfer]

I just picked up the brassgoat and it works suprisingly well on my ar-15 DD. I'm not\w looking for one for my Seekins sp10. mpa use to make one, I'm not convinced I need that tacticalbrassrecovery one. unsure if the brass wrangler has a long enough arm for a scope mount setup. caldwell has some promising decent looking ones

 

[godofthunder]

I just picked up the brassgoat and it works suprisingly well on my ar-15 DD. I'm not\w looking for one for my Seekins sp10. mpa use to make one, I'm not convinced I need that tacticalbrassrecovery one. unsure if the brass wrangler has a long enough arm for a scope mount setup. caldwell has some promising decent looking ones

Post a pic of your setup and I’ll tell you if my brass wrangler will work or not.

 

[jetsurgeon]

+1 Tacticalbrassrecovery.com

 

[db2000]

Post a pic of your setup and I’ll tell you if my brass wrangler will work or not.

I’ll take one. Please check your PM.

 

[samnev]

I bought the Brass Goat for my AR15 a number of years ago. They Just came out for one for 308 AR's. Works on all my AR10's except foe 1 that has a forward assist.

 

[db2000]

Just waiting on the invoice to order. Maybe went to spam folder. Check PM

 

[Darryle]

Post a pic of your setup and I’ll tell you if my brass wrangler will work or not.

I have the RND brass wrangler, works great and shipping was fast.

I have used it on 6.5 Grendel, 223/5.56, 9mm so far

 

[rpoL98]

I bought the Brass Goat for my AR15 a number of years ago. They Just came out for one for 308 AR's. Works on all my AR10's except foe 1 that has a forward assist.

i'm guessing that's an AR-10 where the FA is integrated with the brass deflector bump.

The 308 version of the Brass Goat works fine with my Aero M5 uppers, where the FA is a separate fixture than the brass deflector bump.

 

[samnev]

I’ve been using the Caldwell Brass Catcher on a few rifles (SP10, SCAR 20 ect) and happy with the purchase.

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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Take a look at the Brass Goat.

The Brass Goat

 

[samnev]

They also now make one for AR10's. But they will not work on an AR 10 with bolt assist.

 

[rpoL98]

They also now make one for AR10's. But they will not work on an AR 10 with bolt assist.

the Brass Goat works fine on my Aero M5 AR-10, which does have the Forward Assist (bolt assist). The Brass Goat for large-frame AR's (AR-308, LR-308, AR-10) comes with a set of shims to adjust for the varying shapes of the mag well. The shim snaps into place on the bracket that wraps around the mag well, so that you can fine tune the fore-and-aft location of the top part (hood) so that it clears the Forward Assist and brass deflector, and lines up with the front of the ejection port.

The Aero M5 front-of-the-magwell has an angled shape, and my DPMS-styled LR-308 lower has a flat front of the magwell, so if I want to switch the Brass Goat from my Aero M5 to the DPMS LR-308, I need to change the shim to make up for the different magwell shape. I think in the future, it might be easier to have a 2nd Brass Goat dedicated to the LR-308-style lower, and leave the first one shimmed to fit the Aero M5, those shims snap in pretty tight, they're not about to fall off any time soon.

I guess if you really wanted to use the Brass Goat with an AR-10 upper where the Forward Assist housing is integral with the brass deflector, I guess you could dremel-clearance the plastic hood to clear the Forward Assist bump. You already know that everything about AR-308's is NOT STANDARDIZED, some user-customization is expected in the realm of large frame AR's.

The only thing I don't like about the Brass Goat, AR-15 & AR-10, is that the plastic bracket leaves slight scuff marks on the anodizing, polishing marks on the anodizing from sliding contact, not scratches, just scuff marks, from repeated removal/attachment, but, the rifle is a tool, not an art object. So I'm told.

but it works very well. I have Brass Goats for my AR-15's and AR-10's.

I also have the Caldwell that attaches to the receiver pic rail (adapter bracket, basket slides on/off), and I also have the 3Bucc for my throw-back vintage-style Carry-Handle AR-15's.

as always, "Your Mileage May Vary".

 

[samnev]

rpol98, I got my AR 10 Brass Goat when they first came out but it did not come with any shims.

 

[Edsel]

Watch the rims of your ejection ports with the more rigid, non - net designs.

They can get really dinged up from the brass bouncing back from the catcher, onto the port, then into the catcher - particularly with larger - caliber ARs.

 

[rpoL98]

rpol98, I got my AR 10 Brass Goat when they first came out but it did not come with any shims.

I got the "exclusive preview" email august 7th last year (2024), and ordered mine the same day. Shipped on the 8th. It came with shims, just as described in the ad copy. If yours are missing, you should send them an email or something.

I vaguely recollect they were in a small plastic bag in the wrapping paper, almost got thrown out.

 

[ToddM]

I've used a lot of these over the years, today 99% of the time all I use is the Caldwell Universal with the 2 velcro straps that swings out of the way. I've yet to find a setup it doesn't work on, has a large opening and doesn't seem to impact function/ejection, and it easy swings out of the way without removal for getting access to the action or showing clear on cold ranges.

The other one I still have on some guns is the Caldwell Pic Rail version. The thing I found with the pic rail version is it works great on AR's with small optics on them where you have lots of options to position the attachment on the rail. However for precision guns with larger optics on them, often you can't get the tall mount under the optic (there are clones of it that have smaller profile mounts. I also found that on some guns I wished it had attachment optics farther away from the action. If it fits your guns, it's the easy button. I also found that while you can slide the attachment point forward/backward on the brass catcher itself, it always loosens up over time. If you tighten it down solid, you have to get tools to adjust it too often when switching guns.

The other one I liked for awhile was the TacStar universal on rimfires. Mostly because it was small and easy to toss in a range bag, but the downside was it's solid cloth so you can't see what's happening with the action without removing it. You also can't show clear on a cold range without removing it.