Yes, as a soon-to-be reloader (.223 and .308), I'll be expanding my efforts to collect all my useful brass from here on out. That might be tricky at my range though. My ARs throw the brass slightly rearward, so I usually can find a high percentage of it, and its in good shape.
My FALs throw the brass every which way, and often smash the case mouths pretty good. Just about all the .308 I've shot up till now has been foreign Berdan primed surplus, so I haven't really collected much brass. I think I have 20 once fired .308 cases from some hunting ammo I tried or something... its sad. I'm thinking that once I get the FALs shooting reloads I'm going to have to turn the gas way down, or off entirely to keep from smashing up the case mouths.
I hear the XCR ejects forward, which means I might lose a lot of the brass in the grass that is forward of the firing line at my range. Especially during the break in period with the gas turned all the way up and the brass likely flying a good distance. I guess we'll see.
I would like to put some kind of barrier on the bench to knock the brass down, but I shoot left handed, so that might be a tricky endeavor all by itself... not much bench real estate available to the right of the gun when you are shooting off the right side of the bench.
Are there any brass catchers out there that can hook on via the top rail that would work with the XCR?