brassgoat's articles 7 Cool and Useful Accessories to Tack onto Your AR-15 Building your own AR-15 from an 80% lower and a jig kit? There’s nothing like creating a functional machine from scratch, from start to finish. Building your own AR-15 from an 80% lower and a jig kit? There’s nothing like creating a functional machine from scratch, from start to finish. Once the project is done, here […] July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked AR-15 Shell Catcher Woes and How to Solve Them AR-15 shell catchers are important shooting accessories even if they aren’t exciting. Many brass catchers, like Caldwell AR-15 brass catchers, attach to the forend of the rifle via hook and loop webbing and covers the ejection port to catch spent brass. 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There are a lot of them, and many brass catchers […] May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Best AR15 Brass Catcher: Solving a Problem Associated with Covering the Ejection Port Properly Let’s talk about what brass catchers do before we can try to qualify the best AR15 brass catcher. They catch brass. That’s basically the main function. It’s bad enough with a brass catcher is difficult to empty, incompatible with a popular cartridge, or exhibits any other sort of inadequacy. It’s downright unacceptable when a brass […] May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Are All AR-15 Bullet Shell Catchers Only Compatible with .223/5.56? To be honest, it’s not like it’s classified information that the vast majority of AR-15 rifles are chambered in either 5.56 NATO or .223 Remington. That’s like a standard for this platform, and the light cartridge is so popular that many other sporting rifles that aren’t even Armalites are also chambered in the same. The […] May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Can I Use Rubbing Alcohol to Clean My Brass Catcher? Depending on what type of brass catcher you have, it can actually be one of the hardest firearm accessories or parts to clean – despite the fact that it’s one of the easiest to access. So let’s take a look at a question that we’ve heard before – can you use rubbing alcohol to scrub […] May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked .224 Valkyrie: Great for Long Range Competition, but Is It Practical for Hunting? AR 15 shell catcher May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Must It Be a Tactical Brass Catcher? [What’s with “Tactical?”] tactical brass catcher May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What’s the Ammo Crisis all About? AR 15 shell catcher April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Putting Money into an AR Shell Catcher AR shell catcher March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Three Places a Casing Catcher for an AR 15 Can Be a Necessity Whenever you can throw aside a few dollars for a new shooting accessory, there’s a good chance you’re going to want to put it into a new optic, a new gun light, or even something like a mag loader. It’s not entirely likely that you’re going to get amped up about the possibility of getting […] February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cleaning an AR Brass Catcher AR brass catcher February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Do All Shell Catchers for AR Style Rifles Mount to the Rail or Handguard? Most shell catchers for AR-style rifles mount directly to the rifle’s handguard or rail space over the receiver, but not all of them. The Brass Goat, Magwell Mount’s flagship brass catcher, does not. Instead, it mounts directly to the magwell of a mil-spec AR-15 lower receiver. It does not require tools and this brass catcher […] January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Why the Best AR15 Brass Catcher Is Not Made of Mesh ? If we’re going to be objective here, some of the most popular AR15 brass catchers on the market today feature some sort of plastic mesh bag. Typically, these sport some sort of wire frame that holds a heat-resistant mesh bag rigid, partly covering the ejection port, catching brass casings as they action spits them out. […] January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Is There a Casing Catcher Compatible with .50 Beowulf? casing catcher January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How to Identify the Best AR 15 Brass Catcher AR-15 owners love accessories and attachments. These rifles are made for them, with tons and tons of rail space and mount mounts for slides, side saddles and more. One such accessory is a brass catcher. Not every shooter uses one, but they are highly convenient for managing and recovering spent brass, and some rangers require […] December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Why the Best Brass Catcher Does Not Mount to the Rifle’s Forend: and Other Common Questions, Answered For too long there have only been a few viable options in brass catchers. It’s the unfortunate case that a categorically inferior design has become mainstream and tainted shooter expectations of what the best brass catcher should be. Let’s answer some of these questions. What is a brass catcher?First off, let’s start with the basics. […] December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Attention Hunters, Yes, [Some] of You Should Use Shell Catchers for Your ARs Shell catchers for ARs are more common in competitive shooting circles than they are amongst sportsmen. The vast majority of sportsmen don’t use autoloading rifles, and half of them are wingshooters slinging scatterguns, anyway. All the same, there are some hunters who choose to roam afield with an AR in the sling instead of a […] November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Are There Better Bullet Shell Catchers That Don’t Have Mesh Bags? Some collections of the best AR 15 attachments include picks like bullet shell catchers, which are typically made from a rigid wire frame that attaches to a portion of the rifle’s Picatinny rail handguard and catches spent brass. These AR-15 brass catchers typically hold a mesh bag (often made of nylon that makes claims of […] November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked A Brass Catcher for Squirrel Hunters? It’s a Better Idea Than You Think The debate between squirrel hunters regarding the fitness of scatterguns and .22 rifles for chasing bushy tails has raged for generations and is not likely to be settled anytime soon. Some insist that only a shotgun is suitable for chasing chicken off the tree whereas others wouldn’t even dream of taking one with anything but […] October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
7 Cool and Useful Accessories to Tack onto Your AR-15 Building your own AR-15 from an 80% lower and a jig kit? There’s nothing like creating a functional machine from scratch, from start to finish. Building your own AR-15 from an 80% lower and a jig kit? There’s nothing like creating a functional machine from scratch, from start to finish. Once the project is done, here […] July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AR-15 Shell Catcher Woes and How to Solve Them AR-15 shell catchers are important shooting accessories even if they aren’t exciting. Many brass catchers, like Caldwell AR-15 brass catchers, attach to the forend of the rifle via hook and loop webbing and covers the ejection port to catch spent brass. These feature a zipper at the bottom of the bag to empty the brass […] July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
9 Things That Actually Make the Brass Goat the Best Brass Catcher best brass catcher June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Brass Goat Casing Catcher for AR 15 Rifles: Answering Some Common Questions casing catchers for AR 15 June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Shell Catcher for an AR – How Important Is It? Best Ar Brass Catcher June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Shell Catcher for Your AR: Why It’s Time to Quit the Mesh Bag Models If you look up something along the lines of “what’s the best shell catcher for an AR,” most of the top entries are going to be those models that are made with heat-resistant nylon mesh and have a wire frame that covers the ejection port. There are a lot of them, and many brass catchers […] May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Best AR15 Brass Catcher: Solving a Problem Associated with Covering the Ejection Port Properly Let’s talk about what brass catchers do before we can try to qualify the best AR15 brass catcher. They catch brass. That’s basically the main function. It’s bad enough with a brass catcher is difficult to empty, incompatible with a popular cartridge, or exhibits any other sort of inadequacy. It’s downright unacceptable when a brass […] May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Are All AR-15 Bullet Shell Catchers Only Compatible with .223/5.56? To be honest, it’s not like it’s classified information that the vast majority of AR-15 rifles are chambered in either 5.56 NATO or .223 Remington. That’s like a standard for this platform, and the light cartridge is so popular that many other sporting rifles that aren’t even Armalites are also chambered in the same. The […] May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Can I Use Rubbing Alcohol to Clean My Brass Catcher? Depending on what type of brass catcher you have, it can actually be one of the hardest firearm accessories or parts to clean – despite the fact that it’s one of the easiest to access. So let’s take a look at a question that we’ve heard before – can you use rubbing alcohol to scrub […] May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
.224 Valkyrie: Great for Long Range Competition, but Is It Practical for Hunting? AR 15 shell catcher May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Must It Be a Tactical Brass Catcher? [What’s with “Tactical?”] tactical brass catcher May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What’s the Ammo Crisis all About? AR 15 shell catcher April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Putting Money into an AR Shell Catcher AR shell catcher March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Three Places a Casing Catcher for an AR 15 Can Be a Necessity Whenever you can throw aside a few dollars for a new shooting accessory, there’s a good chance you’re going to want to put it into a new optic, a new gun light, or even something like a mag loader. It’s not entirely likely that you’re going to get amped up about the possibility of getting […] February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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Do All Shell Catchers for AR Style Rifles Mount to the Rail or Handguard? Most shell catchers for AR-style rifles mount directly to the rifle’s handguard or rail space over the receiver, but not all of them. The Brass Goat, Magwell Mount’s flagship brass catcher, does not. Instead, it mounts directly to the magwell of a mil-spec AR-15 lower receiver. It does not require tools and this brass catcher […] January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why the Best AR15 Brass Catcher Is Not Made of Mesh ? If we’re going to be objective here, some of the most popular AR15 brass catchers on the market today feature some sort of plastic mesh bag. Typically, these sport some sort of wire frame that holds a heat-resistant mesh bag rigid, partly covering the ejection port, catching brass casings as they action spits them out. […] January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is There a Casing Catcher Compatible with .50 Beowulf? casing catcher January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Identify the Best AR 15 Brass Catcher AR-15 owners love accessories and attachments. These rifles are made for them, with tons and tons of rail space and mount mounts for slides, side saddles and more. One such accessory is a brass catcher. Not every shooter uses one, but they are highly convenient for managing and recovering spent brass, and some rangers require […] December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why the Best Brass Catcher Does Not Mount to the Rifle’s Forend: and Other Common Questions, Answered For too long there have only been a few viable options in brass catchers. It’s the unfortunate case that a categorically inferior design has become mainstream and tainted shooter expectations of what the best brass catcher should be. Let’s answer some of these questions. What is a brass catcher?First off, let’s start with the basics. […] December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Attention Hunters, Yes, [Some] of You Should Use Shell Catchers for Your ARs Shell catchers for ARs are more common in competitive shooting circles than they are amongst sportsmen. The vast majority of sportsmen don’t use autoloading rifles, and half of them are wingshooters slinging scatterguns, anyway. All the same, there are some hunters who choose to roam afield with an AR in the sling instead of a […] November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Are There Better Bullet Shell Catchers That Don’t Have Mesh Bags? Some collections of the best AR 15 attachments include picks like bullet shell catchers, which are typically made from a rigid wire frame that attaches to a portion of the rifle’s Picatinny rail handguard and catches spent brass. These AR-15 brass catchers typically hold a mesh bag (often made of nylon that makes claims of […] November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Brass Catcher for Squirrel Hunters? It’s a Better Idea Than You Think The debate between squirrel hunters regarding the fitness of scatterguns and .22 rifles for chasing bushy tails has raged for generations and is not likely to be settled anytime soon. Some insist that only a shotgun is suitable for chasing chicken off the tree whereas others wouldn’t even dream of taking one with anything but […] October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
