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Title: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: asilcot10 on June 14 2017 08:30:48 PM MDT
 I finally got out with the Witness Hunter after installing the Henning trigger. Love the new trigger and the way the pistol shoots now. The problem was that I lost close to half of my brass and these were powder puff loads. I spent some time on the internet and found this brass catcher design. I had everything on hand to make it except the fiberglass rods. I found them for a couple of bucks each at Lowes.

I will try to get out again when satisfactory weather comes around. Either too hot or pouring rain lately. By the way, does anyone know what the trigger pull is with the Witness factory trigger? I neglected to check mine before removing it. It is 4.25# now. That may not be much lighter but I polished it while I had it out and it feels a lot better now. I really like the flat trigger.

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Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: tommac919 on June 14 2017 09:18:51 PM MDT
Very nice, should stop the flyers
Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: asilcot10 on June 14 2017 09:34:29 PM MDT
I sure hope so. I have three 10's now and I don't shoot any of them as much as I would like because of the brass loss.
Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: sqlbullet on June 15 2017 07:57:57 AM MDT
The problem I have is something that small misses brass if I set up targets for transitions.

Since I usually don't go to a "range" and just find an empty section of desert, I plan to get a 10X10 canopy, and then put that mesh on three walls.  I can put down a tarp, put the canopy over it, and put the mesh on the walls, and all my brass will stay in a 10X10 space.

We will see how reality aligns with expectation once I finally get time to build it.
Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: asilcot10 on June 15 2017 09:36:43 AM MDT
My range has two banks of 8" steel plates and a dueling tree so I am shooting from a fixed position most of the time. Still miserable hot outside today so it looks like I will be a while before I try this out.
Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: Brad_Holmes on June 17 2017 06:18:16 AM MDT
At the private range I go o we have brass catchers between the shooting lanes. Works great for .45, 9mm, .380 etc., but the 10s just go up and over. Or bounce off the overhead.

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Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: asilcot10 on June 17 2017 11:41:40 AM MDT
I bought the first Delta Elite I could find when they came out along with a 20 round box of Norma ammo. I had a buddy standing behind me to retreive the brass as I shot. I think we ended up with less than half of that brass on that trip and it has not improved much over the years.
Title: Re: Trip to the range with the Witness hunter. I came back home and made this
Post by: Kenk on June 02 2018 12:53:17 AM MDT
The brass catching guy concept is awesome, just don't have anyone to do that when I go out