CaldwellBrass Trap with Heat Resistant Mesh and Tripod Mount for Range Brass Collection

Have you ever gone to the range where a guy next to you firing his AR and the brasss keep landing on you? I bought this for two purposes. One is to keep my shells from hitting the next guy. I just want to be considerate, and besides, you don't want to piss off people with guns. The second purpose is I just want to collect all my brass, including handguns'.The recent CA laws requiring gun manufactures to microstamp their guns means that the cops can trace the gun owner by following the brass. In other word, someone can collect your brass, go on to commit a crime then leave your brass at the crime scene instead. That's why I just want to clean after myself when I'm done. On the other hand, if you're reloading, this is a great tool to collect your brass for reloading. At the bottom of the net, there is a little zipper which you can unzip to empty your brass. Great product, very easy to put it together. Just connect all the plastic rods, and you're done. The trap is big enough to cover virtually all types of small firearms used a the local ranges. Given the typical size of the shooting bench, which is quite small, it means that you'd have to place this close to the gun ejecting port. So I would imagine that it's nearly impossible for the brass to escape this trap. If you worry about the brass hitting the next guy over, this will keep that from happening.

As a reloader and bullseye shooter, I was looking for a net that collapsed or folded, so it would fit in my range bag. Watching your brass bounce off the side wall and landing in the next lane over (where you can't pick it up) gets expensive; not to mention annoying. Looking online, I kept coming back to this net. It seemed that most of the complaints (other than the net melting and rods snapping) were that it was too light, too short, and couldn't be adjusted at an angle. Fortunately, about a year ago I was able to snag a prototype of a spotting scope clamp from Fairfax Shooters Supply that allowed me to adjust the scope from table level to over 6 feet high, and looking at the base of this net, I knew (hoped) it would work. All tripod thumb screws are the same, so the odds were with me and I ordered it.It worked beautifully!! I can raise the net to a height of almost 8 feet (I am 6'3) or leave it at table height for a sitting position. FSS is developing a swivel so that it can be angled in any direction, so all of my problems are solved.Have not experienced the melting issue, maybe because of the loads I am using. Have also had no issues with the rods breaking. I'm assuming Caldwell has already fixed this, or is going to. Plus, there has to be an aftermarket solution if not.Have put in 2 photos of different heights. Sorry about the kitchen table, but the range doesn't allow photos, and my loading bench is too crowded. Photos are sideways, sorry.Again, can't say enough good things about this product.

It took me while to get the darn thing together,. In fact, I had to put the metal base on my tripod to get it together. I didn't understand about the 3 points of contact, until I get it on the tripod and foerced it tosether,. Now, I understand. I like to shoot my silenced Ruger Mark IV pistols off my back porch at steel targets. Once you determine the trajectory of the expended .22 cases, it works fine.

Great for rifle practice. No looking for brass and bending down a zillion times. Brass stays clean, too.

Having been a pistol and high-power rifle shooter for many years, who reloads to derive optimum performance from my ammunition and economy, the biggest problem at the gun range is collecting my fired brass. Screen barriers and poly mats spread on the ground are generally less than effective, with spent brass casings ejected in all directions from my various firearms. I've even attempted to make my own brass traps out of plastic tubes and nylon netting with little success.On seeing the Caldwell Brass Trap in a shooting publication, I immediately ordered one. The design was well-thought out, it is easy to assemble, and has attached base fittings to couple to a table-top or floor model photographic tripod. This feature allows the shooter to tilt the opening of the brass trap to catch spent brass casings from vertical-ejecting weapons, such as my Walther .40S&W PPS pistol.In a follow-up trip to the rifle range, all but a few of the ejected brass cases were caught by the trap, and the failures to catch were a consequence of not properly adjusting the trap's opening to the firearm in use.The weight of 50+ .308 cases might off-balance the brass trap mounted on a lightweight tripod, but attaching a sand- or water-filled plastic half-gallon container by cord or wire to the tripod corrects this minor inconvenience.The Caldwell Brass Trap is a well-built alternative to the other commercially-available brass traps offered through shooting supply companies and on the Net. Once one is seen in use, you will want one for yourself.

Pita to assemble. I take the net off the stand and just leave it hanging out of my range bag.