JusticeOfToren Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Does anyone know a roller that works well on gravel surface for 9mm brass? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 either way whichever you get will pick up stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hello: No good way using a nut picker cage type brass collector. Best way is to use a pickup tool that you can pick up one piece at a time. They come in different lengths so get one that suits your height. A dust pan with a vertical extension to put the brass in is also handy. The rake type brass collectors will pickup the gravel as well. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty79 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'm fat old and arthritic. I put on knee pads and bike gloves and crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeOfToren Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 So if I don't mind picking up some gravel along with brass, the Brass Wizard type roller would work on soft gravel ground? I have degenerated disc on the back and won't be able to bend down anymore... Crawling may be a problem too. Thanks everyone for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 We got one of those roller deals, it works ok on a cement slab, on any other surface it kind of sucked those extended pick up tools work great http://www.drleonards.com/reach-grabber/43027.cfm?cm_mmc=PaidSearch-_-GooglePLA-_-FreeShip-_-43027&key=1GOOG46B&gclid=CKyXzOan588CFcOBfgod9UMGdQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I've had the best luck with the "Brass Mower" brand and use mine a lot. We have some gravel bays and for our bays it works fine on gravel. Of course your gravel may differ from our gravel...so YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick179 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On October 19, 2016 at 7:54 AM, JusticeOfToren said: So if I don't mind picking up some gravel along with brass, the Brass Wizard type roller would work on soft gravel ground? I have degenerated disc on the back and won't be able to bend down anymore... Crawling may be a problem too. Thanks everyone for the input. I use the garden weasel from ACE hardware. When at a gravel range I don't roll it I "stab" at the cases so the gap in the wheel parallels the case. Seems to work just fine and I get almost no gravel in the cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeOfToren Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Just to report back: I have tried the Nut Wizard and the grabber thingy, none works well at my range where the ground is soft gravel. When I press down the Nut Wizard on the brass, most times the brass just sink into the gravel. The grabber works but it took me 12 min to collect 200 brass. Not efficient at all. Then I tried the Harbor Freight mesh tarp. Wow - they worked wonderfully. I got two of them, both 8x10 feet. Works perfectly, because most drills I do are 1 or 2 shooting positions. No more bending down. Hope this helps others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) for gravel and other unfriendly surfaces either the tarp or if that's not practical (multiple positions etc) then use something like this: it's not exactly super fast but it beats bending over and scrounging around on the ground. Edited October 31, 2016 by BeerBaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 grown ups use these ones a lot at matches I go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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