CQB45ACP
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Amazing! You got me.Well I didn’t make those devices. I am the guy that shows up at the range the day after the sanctioned match after everyone has picked up the easy cases with tools like the bag a nut and nut wizard but neither can get all the cases that fall into cracks in the ground.
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The nut wizard does a little better on uneven ground but still leaves a lot behind.
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So I made a manifold that would seal to two 5 gallon buckets and connected a leaf blower/mulcher connected to the rear bucket. On the end I machined a hunk of aluminum to use the quick connect shop vac hose I had with a PVC extension to keep my back straight.
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Set the throttle high enough light debris like grass and dirt, stay in the air stream and exits through the mulcher back to the range. Low enough it won’t pick up heavy debris like clods of dirt or rocks and then the brass gets sucked up and drops out in the buckets. You get it all at that point, like you were on your hands and knees picking them out with needle nose pliers.
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On the drive home you think more about cleaning the 17 gallons of brass you just sucked up than marking them for next time you leave them on the range.
But! Did you make a separator that humanely removes the moles, voles, and shrews? Or are they used for your new organic case lube?
BTW, I found the DAA thing but it’s 119 Euros? and only works on progressives. Where does the manual stripper come from?