I'm pretty sure you can just go out and buy one of these somewhere online or in a brick-N-mortar store but I'm to cheap to do that so I thought I'd make my own. I've seen the Brass-Catchers that are made for automatic rifles and a few for semi-auto pistols but those are mainly for pistols that have the short rudimentary light or other attachment rail on the underside of the frame. Neither of my semi-autos have such a rail so this is another reason I've decided to make my own.
One of the very few things I hate about going out and shooting my guns as a reloader is having to go hunting for my spent brass; especially the having to bending over and picking it up part. The older I get, the more I dislike that part of shooting my guns. When I'm out bumming around in the desert doing some stump shooting my spent brass becomes darn near invisible once it hits the ground.
I'm talking about shooting with my Kimber 45 or my Khar Arms 9mm. Brass isn't cheap anymore like it used to be; especially the 45 brass. I used to have a bunch of it but over the years I slowly but surely stopped looking for it once it hit the ground. Now I don't want to have to buy more so out of necessity I make an effort to retrieve all my spent cases. If I can get this Brass-Catcher to work for me it will bring me one step closer to not having to be constantly on the lookout where my empties are flying off to.
The first part of this project has been completed and printed. It took a bit of post-print sanding and filing after the third try to get it to fit my Kimber Classic Custom just right. I just finished modeling the small basket portion of this Brass-Catcher so tomorrow I'll be printing that also. I'm hoping that the little basket that the brass will fly into will fit perfectly the first time around. The little basket is designed to be swappable; meaning that it should fit the 3D printed section I'll be making for both pistols.
I'll post some pics as soon as I get them edited. I think it's going to work; at least it looks like it will. I'll just have to wait and see how long the ABS plastic I'm printing it out of will hold up. If I lined everything up just right, when they're ejected from the pistol I should get nothing but net. As long as my empties don't hit the plastic frame of my catch-basket it should hold up indefinitely.
I'll be back with those pics later. This post was just a primer.
HollowPoint