r/canadaguns • u/thxxx1337 • Apr 02 '26
Buy recommendations Has anyone ever tried one of these brass retrievers? Are they any good?
if not, got any recommendations for picking up brass for someone with sciatica?
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u/Defiant-Bass9034 Apr 02 '26
https://www.basspro.ca/p/caldwell-universal-brass-catcher-sa
I have one of these. There could be fancier ones out there I don't know but I'm happy with this one. Just gotta unzip the bottom once in a while to dump it, the downside I guess is you always have it dangling off the side of your gun. It works fine on rifles in general, might not work as well on a handgun lol. So I guess it depends on what kind of shooting you're doing.
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u/Response-Cheap Apr 02 '26
That's what I was going to suggest. I can shoot at home legally and I try to retrieve the brass off my deck but shit flies everywhere and bounces around. Been contemplating buying a brass catcher.
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u/HappyCan7250 Apr 03 '26
I'm so jealous of you guys who can shoot at home. I have to drive a whole 20min to crown land to shoot! (Allowed in my area but shotgun only and our lot isn't quite big enough legally either).
Must be awesome being able to shoot at home. Kind of a pain to load up all the rifle cases and ammo boxes every weekend just to drive 20min into the woods
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u/Response-Cheap Apr 03 '26
I limit myself to .22 and occasionally 12 gauge. I'm safe and legal to shoot, but I do have neighbors not too far from me, and try not to be too loud too often. Don't need to be riling up any potential nearby Karen's with sustained shotgun or center fire shooting. But nobody has complained when I've spent all afternoon plinking or blown up the odd pumpkin or melon with a slug. I still travel 10 mins to crown land if I want to bring out the big guns for more than a handful of shots.
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u/airchinapilot Apr 02 '26
I saw one in use on a range. It doesn't work well on concrete but seemed to work okay on softer surfaces.
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u/5hane7rain Apr 02 '26
There is one of these at an indoor range I frequent. Works pretty well but I prefer a grabber on a stick with the suction cup fingers paired with a basket on a stick. The brass is kind of a bitch to get out of the roller basket.
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u/No_Win_9797 Apr 02 '26
These work the best in my experience
https://www.uline.ca/Product/Detail/H-2761/Dust-Pans/Lobby-Broom-and-Dust-Pan-Combo
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u/Blue_ech0 Apr 02 '26
We use one of these at our indoor range. They work kinda OK.
9mm is hit and miss for staying in the basket. Watched a shooter cleaning up after a stage and he looked to leaving just as much as he was collecting. The more brass that's in the basket makes them work better. Cases don't get a chance to align with the wires to fall out I guess.
As for outdoor... unless you're collecting on grass, you better like sorting rocks with your brass.
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u/BreakfastNo7687 Apr 02 '26
My local range has one and find it easier to use the broom. Maybe it would be fine for anything other than concrete.
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u/goshathegreat Apr 02 '26
At my indoor range we use a dustpan and broom for brass, it’s probably the easiest way to do it indoor. Now outdoors is a different story, at my trap & skeet club, we use MOJO Pick Sticks to pick up empty hulls, however it won’t work for rifle/pistol brass. If you want something for outdoor rifle/pistol, buy one like you posted and let us know how it works.
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u/sr4004 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
I use my golden retriever, not brass. Once they get accustomed to the taste they’ll swallow brass by the handful and poop out a few mags worth of reload components every week.