Shooting storage stand and reloading hopper

Abstract

An improved spent shell carriage container, storage and dispensing hopper system provides two structures which can be added to a standard sized bucket, one structure through direct mounting and the other through drop insertion, to produce a spent shell carriage container and dispensing hopper. The direct mounting structure is simply a latch to hold a lower portion of the drop in structure in the closed position. The drop in structure includes a first member which can be shaped to gather support from the inside of the bucket to provide an angled approach to a second member acting as a door. The second member is sized as a partial cup to prevent, limit and stabilize the spent shells appearing and passing through the opening so that a hand sized accumulation will be available for quick manual engagement and loading on the reloading equipment. The door is surrounded on two sides with generally perpendicular walls, and on the end with a fore wall which is back angled with respect to the door at less than a perpendicular angle in order to provide a closer clearance with respect to the opening and to further limit and collect spent shells pouring through the opening.

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