Caldwell Pic Rail Brass Catcher with Picatinny Mount and Heat Resistant Mesh

works as advertised

Very useful! Its good to have extras.

As it should

I'm shocked that it took so long for this concept to be released from an actual manufacturer. Of course paying 20+ USD for an additional/spare mount is a little absurd if you ask me, the modularity and well thought out design of this product keeps the 4 star rating firm and probably won't involve talking myself too hard into buying a couple spare mounts for other rigs. This purchase was directly related to a Mini-14 project where the Archangel Sparta stock was incorporated. Your conventional Velcro mounted brass catchers fail miserably at this application. The modular aspect of this Caldwell Rail Brass Catcher is _exactly_ what the doctor ordered for capturing the barrage of brass flying from the action of a Mini-14, which as many know gobbles its way through anything you feed them and equally launches the spent casings well into the adjacent county. Digging through western stinging nettles and loganberries for those precious brass are a thing of the past now! Over other brass catchers on the market, this wins hands down for simplicity & modularity.It must be noted that asides from the detents for perpendicular adjustment (width of firearm), it is also adjustable in the parallel fashion where the rail receptacle rides the two inner wire rods. The catcher itself is secured to the heavy duty wired frame by Velcro and the receptacle can be adjusted for nominal positioning with the ejection port &/or optics being used. The included T15 key, though a nice thought, is a horrible fit, so using a real T15 (torx) makes short work of mounting the base & adjusting the linear position.***True case capacities are as follows and are approximate values prior to FTF/FTE (Failure to Feed / Eject Issues)5.7x28 = 1507.62 (.308) = 40 rounds, 3 of the 10 tests captured 50 rounds before FTF/FTE, but crunching the necks on 7.62 brass on a less than average stat constituted no further testing. We hit the 50 round mark comfortably with 7.62x39 as an fyi.5.56 (.223) = 75 rounds, @ 80 rounds, we started crunching necks very repeatably.In conclusion, the "100 round capacity" as advertised is untrue in the actual use category. However, to the defense of someone sitting in an office seeing how many empty 5.56 cases they could fit in before they began falling out constitutes as "capacity", we were able to squeeze 100 empty cases foooorrrr transport purposes?! Sure, that's what they meant. ;)***Would I recommend this product to others? Absolutely!Would I recommend a real T15 & a little medium strength thread locker, most definitely!

Works exactly as advertised. I’m very pleased.

I use this on an AR-15 hunting hogs and such at night. I've had the same one for over 6 years and have been hunting about 1,000 nights with it (I have many places nearby to hunt...it's easy to get out several nights a week if not nightly). The mount has worn and doesn't *click* into place anymore, it just slides on but it stays. It sometimes falls off when I lay the rifle next to a hog for a proof picture and I've had to walk back to find it (thank God). I've hung it crossing barbed wire fences but it's still in great shape. I reload so losing brass in fields isn't conducive to that; this is worth it's weight in gold. The quick on-off is great for stowing the rifle in my truck and not lying on a weird angle. I just bought a second one to rig up a day rifle...yeah, I like these catchers. I tried a velcro attached unit from Caldwell for awhile but I hated it...although a friend I hunt with likes his velcro unit just fine.

Exactly what I was needing to prevent the loss of valuable spent brass.

The Caldwell Pic Rail Brass Catcher is an excellent gift/accessory for a reloader. I use it on my Sig 556xi. Every spent 5.56/.223 case is caught neatly in the mesh bag so that I can reload it again. No more bending over and hunting around in the grass for spent cases!Initially, I was worried that the metal frame of this brass catcher might dent the cases (they eject very vigorously from my Sig), but so far it hasn't been a problem. Out of every 100 rounds, perhaps five casings end up with noticeable dents (presumably from striking the wire frame that holds the mouth of the bag open), but the rest look fine.The included picatinny rail mount locks on solidly, but its edges are sharp. I was able to mount it forward of the charging handle area on my Sig, so it doesn't really get in the way of my hand/knuckles when operating the bolt. Nonetheless, I didn't like having such a sharp-cornered mount so to be safe, I rounded down the edges with a file. Of course, that removes the bluing, so you'll either need to touch it up afterward with some gun blue or just live with the exposed silver edges after filing it. Aside from that quibble, the mounting base is a nice idea, as you can leave it in place on the rail, and then simply slide the catcher bag on and off as desired.When shooting with this catcher in place, the spent cases collect neatly in the bag. It can hold a lot, but one thing to keep in mind is that after you empty a magazine and your bolt locks back, if you tilt the firearm sideways to lay it down on a bench, the casings can spill out of the bag back into the chamber. That means you'll need to clear them when you pick up the firearm to reinsert a magazine to resume shooting. Instead, I open the zipper on the bottom of the mesh bag and leave it open for my entire range session. That way, each spent casing gets ejected into the bag, gets caught and stopped by the mesh, and then drops straight down onto the benchtop where I'm shooting. This method makes it easy to collect all of my casings, without needing to periodically empty the bag or be annoyed by casings spilling back into the chamber when the Range Officer calls a cold condition and I have to lay the rifle down. So far, I find this the most convenient way to use this catcher.What more can I say? If you're a reloader and you want to eliminate the tedium or effort of bending over to look for and retrieve your spent brass, then BUY THIS CATCHER! If you're NOT a reloader, but you want to save your back from the strain of bending over repeatedly to clean up your spent brass at the range, then BUY THIS CATCHER!True, you could probably jury-rig something for less money, but this catcher is well made, attaches securely to the rail, detaches from the mounting base easily, and looks nicer than what most folks would be able to cobble together on the cheap. I think it's worth the price.Highly recommended!