just thought i'd confirm what every one else said, my standard mini-14 tosses emptys out to the front in a neat little pile about 4 feet in front of me, (makes it easy to pick up my brass), my brothers ranch model throws the out the right side HARD, the scatter all over the place about 25 yards away and are ussually dented in the case mouth. he uses a brass catcher so he can find them to reload.