A Brass Catcher For Semi Auto Pistols With Light Mounts

Sherwood Akuna is a long time marksman, gun enthusiast and inventor of an innovative gun accessory for semi-automatic pistols, the Akuna Brass Catcher, a better way for us to collect and manage our spent brass. His invention catches cases as shot, before they hit the ground. No more picking up shells, brass burns, or spending extra time finding and picking up brass. Akuna is a craftsman who makes his ABC brass catchers by hand and sells them exclusively on the internet.
When the problem is flying ejected shells, the solution is to catch the shells as shot, before they can hit the ground or do any damage. There are several age old problems with brass being ejected out of the pistol. The shells fly through the air onto the ground to be stepped or slipped on, damaging the brass, making it more difficult for reloading. Pristine cases prevent the need for truing the brass for re-loading, which weakens it. Sometimes ejected brass can hurt people that are standing behind the firing line, but still in the wrong place to avoid being pelted with brass. There are reports of brass going down the collar of a fellow shooter or an innocent onlooker which can cause burns, depending on the caliber or the metal the shells are made from, such as nickel as used for the 10mm which actually holds the heat longer. Hot flying brass has also been known to injure an eye or two. Currently, some pick up their brass after shooting on the range, some do not. Some leave their brass where it fell. Some try to reload, many succeed, and some just trash spent brass shells or surrender their valuable brass to whoever has the gumption to pick it up.
Akuna described his journey that led to the ABC. “As kids we picked up brass in exchange for shooting at the Joint Forces Training Base – Los Alamitos and also the San Pedro LAPD Range in California. I was able to practice and shoot matches from those ranges for three years starting at the age of 12, becoming a NRA certified marksman and beyond by competing in the NRA mail-in target matches.
Yet even back then as a young brass rat I knew there had to be a better way to collect the casings off the ground so we could spend a lot more time practicing to make as tight a grouping as possible in the bulls eye. In the early 80’s I built a brass catcher for a mini 14 that had a long relief scope mount on it which placed the picatinny scope mount above the breach and lent itself to a simple brass catcher design that could be installed and removed quickly.
To make a long story short, fast forward 45 years and the innovation of the firearm industry by making semi auto pistols with tactical light/laser mounts on the frame at the chin strap. This innovation afforded me the opportunity to place my brass catcher idea on a pistol. The result, I could catch the brass as fired rather than pick it up off the ground, just as I did for the assault rifles of which I had built a prototype that caught 100% every time.”
The ABC is an evolutionary gun accessory item that saves time, money for reloaders, prevents brass burns and maintains good range etiquette by eliminating the need to pick up one’s brass after shooting. Positioned for perfect catching over the ejection port when properly installed of which should be done on an unloaded pistol. The catcher’s pouch is precision placed where the brass is expelled when shot. After two rounds of shooting, easily remove the detachable pouch, dump the shells, then reattach without removing the brass catcher from the pistol.
ABC is light weight, helps frame your aim and is non-invasive in the shooting process. The ABC locks typically in the second slot from the front or muzzle. Some newer pistols have only one slot that is at the proper position for the ABC to slide into, but others have 4 or 5 slots to lock into so Akuna hand crafts his ABC’s so that they are custom fit before shipping. Proper sight frame adjustment insures proper operation.
“I made my ABC so I would not have to pick up my shells. I’ve received a lot of encouragement over the years from my family, friends and ultimately customers that I am doing the right thing by solving the problem and taking the solution to market. With proper positioning, ABC catches 100% of brass shot in pristine condition. I’ve sold my first 150 ABCs with only one return. A customer found after purchasing 2 discovered he really needed only one.
One more thing. Always attach or remove an ABC onto an UNLOADED PISTOL!” For more information visit Akuna’s website http://www.sherwoodakuna.com
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