There is provided a free-standing portable cartridge brass collector which includes a container having two side walls, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and an open end. The top wall includes an overhang portion defining a firing space for a brass ejecting weapon. A baffle is received within the container for segregating the inside of the container into two sections. The top wall guides the ejected brass into one of the sections within the container as determined by the baffle.