I believe you'll find a brass catcher is a valuable addition to your shooting equipment. I load 32 ACP and would have lost most of my brass without the catcher.
I believe you'll find a brass catcher is a valuable addition to your shooting equipment. I load 32 ACP and would have lost most of my brass without the catcher.
It'd be even worse if adjusted to where my .380 throws the brass (almost perfectly over my right shoulder). And Photoshop in a tiny .25 pistol, and it gets downright silly. Then again, if it lets you reload instead of paying $18 a box for factory .25 ACP rounds, I bet you could get used to it...
I've seen small deflectors that mount under the right grip -- they don't catch the brass, just ensure it falls at the shooter's feet instead of scattering over a space like a golf course tee box. Don't recall who made them, and it's been a long time since I saw the little squib article, but I bet I could make one from sheet metal to fit my GT-27...
Grab your minnow net and what ever gun is around, put them both in your hand at the same time and bang.............you have a new product. Can you say "Pet Rock". I missed the boat again.
Tarps.................if I get back 60 or 70 percent I'm happy. Besides, that way I will have to buy more in the S7S section here. Right?
I had no idea that minnie mouse shooters were subject to such ridicule, but since my newly acquired Jetfire shot Remington factory ammo well enough, a Midway order for dies will happen shortly.
P.S. I recovered 47 of 50 from the first box, but that may have just been beginner's luck.
More "This is what happened when I,,,,," and less "What would happen if I,,,,"
Last of the original Group Buy Honcho's.
"Dueling should have never been made illegal in this country. It settled lots of issues between folks."- Char-Gar
I bet you can improve your find rate by choosing a load that doesn't fling 'em as far. My usual .32 Auto practice load for the Kel Tec deposits most of them close to each other about seven feet to the right. 0verkill, does Raccoon really have its own PD?
Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
Well they did, until the whole city was nuked by the U.S. Govt. back in '98.
As to the flinging, my little 25 throws them almost sstright up. The last round actually hits my hand sometimes (always the last round for some reason).
You can buy or make a brass catcher that sits on the shooting bench rather than attaches to your wrist or the gun. That's what I use. However I do know several people that use a catcher that attaches to their wrist, and they are happy with them.
I have both the colt 1908 vest pocket and colt (astra) junior 25. I like the hammer on the (astra) Colt and better sights. I lucked out finding a NOS Lyman mold for this gun. RCBS dies. I was worried that I didn’t have a sizer for the cast bullet but they load and shoot fine as cast. I simply can’t use a loading block so about 1/2 box( cases) just sit on the loading bench and I move them after completing a stage. Too cheap to pay $25 per box of 50 for factory. I am lucking if inshoot either gun more than once a year but I have over 100 handguns. Absolutely, if you have no preference between 25 auto and 22LR in a mousegun, pick the 22LR. Oops, I use a 22 short case for a powder scoop.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |