shell-catcher
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oneounceload
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T&S makes one for several semis - I use one on my 1100 in 28 guage (those empties are WAY too valuable to let them hit the ground! 
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http://www.tandsshellcatcher.com/products.htm
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and 4 old guys will hurt their backs ....reaching and fighting for those 28ga hulls ... ...if you don't get them on the first bounce .....or threaten them OneOunce ......
On the cheap - you can accomplish the same thing with a rubber band ( but it makes it look like a "Bubba" job ...
There are some that permanently mount to the reciever / which are really ugly.... and the one's OneOunce recommends that snap on and off ( but they scratch the receiver as you clip them on and off ) unless you put some electrical tape or something under them ....
I don't use them on a 12ga or 20ga ..../ but a semi-auto isn't my primary gun for target shooting either ... ( if I don't want to pick up / or keep the hulls for a 12ga or 20ga --- I shoot something cheap like Rio's or Estate's - instead of Remington STS or Nitro's which I do keep).
and T&S doesn't make one to fit my Benelli Super Sport models anyway ...
On the cheap - you can accomplish the same thing with a rubber band ( but it makes it look like a "Bubba" job ...
There are some that permanently mount to the reciever / which are really ugly.... and the one's OneOunce recommends that snap on and off ( but they scratch the receiver as you clip them on and off ) unless you put some electrical tape or something under them ....
I don't use them on a 12ga or 20ga ..../ but a semi-auto isn't my primary gun for target shooting either ... ( if I don't want to pick up / or keep the hulls for a 12ga or 20ga --- I shoot something cheap like Rio's or Estate's - instead of Remington STS or Nitro's which I do keep).
and T&S doesn't make one to fit my Benelli Super Sport models anyway ...
Your shell catcher choice depends on what you want it for. Are you going to be shooting Skeet or sporting Clays where you'll want to remove it for doubles presentations -- or, use it the full round like in Trap shooting? Like 1-oz, I've had good luck using a T&S clip type on my R-1100. One word of caution, some of the older metal clip-in holders have sharp edges.
Years ago, I recall seeing the local USMC Skeet team using a simple rubber band for a shell catcher on their R-1100s - for doubles, they'd pull it back from over the ejection port. Another method is to drill two angled holes in the top of the ejection window, one at each end. A curved piece of piano wire is bowed between the holes. It's simpler than a clip; but, the wire is easy to lose.
I don't know if there are any in current production, there are the "basket type" shell collectors. They are probably more appropriate in trap shooting where there is less gun swinging.
Years ago, I recall seeing the local USMC Skeet team using a simple rubber band for a shell catcher on their R-1100s - for doubles, they'd pull it back from over the ejection port. Another method is to drill two angled holes in the top of the ejection window, one at each end. A curved piece of piano wire is bowed between the holes. It's simpler than a clip; but, the wire is easy to lose.
I don't know if there are any in current production, there are the "basket type" shell collectors. They are probably more appropriate in trap shooting where there is less gun swinging.
oneounceload
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There IS another brand (which I cannot remember at the moment), that will allow you to shoot doubles and catch them both. IIRC, it looks like a wire loop of sorts that catches the first, then the second without needing to remove it
I use a Birchwood-Casey on my Rem 1100, for trap. It works flawlessly, and can be folded down for doubles. The guys shooting to my right are appreciative and my hulls never hit the ground. It can also be removed, with no marking of the receiver.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/...for-12-gauge-semi-auto-shotguns.aspx?a=556081
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/...for-12-gauge-semi-auto-shotguns.aspx?a=556081