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Tools and Uses => Firearms and Accessories => Topic started by: Aiea78 on May 15, 2015, 12:05:20 PM

Title: Brass pickup
Post by: Aiea78 on May 15, 2015, 12:05:20 PM
Check this!
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Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: Tom_G on May 15, 2015, 12:49:10 PM
Not bad!  Pricey, but a nice concept.
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: Surf on May 15, 2015, 02:40:54 PM
They work best on concrete, but still tend to fling brass around.  Even though I have access to one on concrete it is quicker to use a large curved push squeegee and makes piles that you can sweep up.  Never really tried it outdoors. 
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: Aiea78 on May 15, 2015, 03:33:06 PM
This looks like it works better than that rolling hamster cage thing but on smooth surface the squeegee probably the best tool.
I used one of those magnetic pick up sticks the other day for shotgun shells, worked ok, could do 3-4 at a time and then of course you had to shake or tear them off.  I forgot to wear gloves.
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: one2boost on May 16, 2015, 06:54:08 AM
GENIUS!!! 

10 years or so ago I spoke to some retired EOD guys that work for Army Corps of Engineers on an ordinance clean up project.  For some reason the subject of a genius way to pick up brass came up.  They all agreed it would be a multimillion dollar invention if it could pickup the same amount of brass as 4 people picking it by hand in 1/4 of the time.  I wonder if this company marketed it to the DOD.
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: dirtylickins on May 16, 2015, 08:48:09 AM
Was going to buy one for HDF from the past shot show but it wouldn't fit in my luggage. Down side is it picks up rocks too. So I asked the guys " does it pick up rocks?"  He says " yeah it does"  then he says " the good thing though is eventually you won't have anymore rock's though" then I said " meeh" and went to go see odin works for some free XMR mag releases. Lol
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: zippz on May 16, 2015, 10:02:08 AM
My idea was to get a bunch of trained monkeys that will pickup and sort brass for some bananas.
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: Aiea78 on May 17, 2015, 06:36:02 PM
Quote from: zippz on May 16, 2015, 10:02:08 AM
My idea was to get a bunch of trained monkeys that will pickup and sort brass for some bananas.

Would those be...  brass monkeys?  LOL  hahahahaha
Title: Re: Brass pickup
Post by: Aiea78 on May 18, 2015, 01:35:12 PM
Quote from: dirtylickins on May 16, 2015, 08:48:09 AM
Was going to buy one for HDF from the past shot show but it wouldn't fit in my luggage. Down side is it picks up rocks too. So I asked the guys " does it pick up rocks?"  He says " yeah it does"  then he says " the good thing though is eventually you won't have anymore rock's though" then I said " meeh" and went to go see odin works for some free XMR mag releases. Lol

ahhh, rocks.  mud too for that matter.  it was a slight mess yesterday.   no perfect solution I guess so have many tools including the ones we're born with.