GTN
.308 Win
What do you guys do with your brass thats not good for reloading anymore? I have more than a 5 gallon pail and was wondering what to do with it? Is there a place in the Rochester area that I can turn it in for a little cash?
Junk brass
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Take it to the scrap yard. A five gallon bucket should net you between 40 and 70 bucks. Also your spent primers are scrap able too.
Joe Blow
.45 acp
At current scrap prices a 5 gal. bucket would be ~$35 at the scrap yard (depending on the scrap yard). Some pay less per pound because it's brass w/ primers, some pay less because it's ammo brass and they shred it before reselling it.
.............Why the hell am I dumping my brass in the range pail?! I think I'd fill a 5 gal pail in two range trips! Three trips tops!
Yep, I collect all my rimfire and scrap brass in a bucket then give it to the kid to turn in for money.
Joe Blow
.45 acp
It can add up quickly. Last trip to the scrap yard brass was $1.25 per lb. (no deduction due to it being ammo brass with or w/o primers). There's a different local scrap yard that deducts $.05 per lb because they "have to shred it". Keep your brass, steel, and aluminum, cases sorted (steel 'aint worth the time or effort) for the best return at the scrapper.
Would anybody here offer me a better price than $35 for 5 gals worth of once fired brass?
I can start saving it instead of giving it away.
I can start saving it instead of giving it away.
Yes, yes they would.
Welp, I'll start saving it up then. Once I have a sizable quantity people can make me an offer.
Joe Blow
.45 acp
Resale price versus scrap price is a whole different deal... Assume ammo brass is $1.25 per lb at the scrapper. ~115 pieces of 9mm brass = 1 pound. 1K pieces of 9mm brass needing full processing is $25 - $30. Do the math...
K, I shoot around 500 9mm monthly (if I'm hoke that month) and up to and even over 1k of 5.56 in the same period. I favor IMI ammo most of the time.
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
Recycling? You guys turning into liberals?
Just kidding. Been funding my bad habbits with junk money for years. Brass, nickel brass and center fire primers all go in the same bucket. Hit it with a magnet to confirm no steel. Shotgun primers are part steel.
Jacketed bullets in another bucket.
Straight up lead in it's own bucket.
Aluminum cases in another bucket. Those non-deposit cans can go in there too.
If you take in 400 pounds of steel cases, worth about 2 cents a pound. I take in washers, dryerss and appliances fill them with steel cases just to get rid of them, clean up the range.
Car batteries are their own separate category.
Just kidding. Been funding my bad habbits with junk money for years. Brass, nickel brass and center fire primers all go in the same bucket. Hit it with a magnet to confirm no steel. Shotgun primers are part steel.
Jacketed bullets in another bucket.
Straight up lead in it's own bucket.
Aluminum cases in another bucket. Those non-deposit cans can go in there too.
If you take in 400 pounds of steel cases, worth about 2 cents a pound. I take in washers, dryerss and appliances fill them with steel cases just to get rid of them, clean up the range.
Car batteries are their own separate category.
Speaking of nickel brass, is it suitable for reloading?
Yes.
The brass scavengers at the range seem to shy away from it. Perhaps they think it's aluminum maybe? I don't shoot much of the nickel brass stuff anyway, too expensive.
Some think it's harder due to the plating process and that weakens it. I've never see that. I've got Nickle Plated 357 that I've shot and reloaded countless times, and lots of nickle 40.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
The nickel brass tends to go for a premium.
If you sort and tumble in your sleeper during your down time, you can clean up!
If you sort and tumble in your sleeper during your down time, you can clean up!
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
My friend that sells brass and bullets online has started scrapping almost all of the brass.
He has two awesoem aorting machines. He used to sort em, clean em, bag em , and sell em.
The commercial reloaders are cheap bastards.....regular reloaders are cheap bastards...... so now he scraps several tons per month.
The rfile magnums get sorted obviously.....but the rest gets shredded.
So in the end all the cheap ass reloaders are going to end up paying more for brass one way or another.
He may get out of the reloading/component business altogether and tuen into a full time scrapper!! And he sells tons of components and millions of primers.
He has two awesoem aorting machines. He used to sort em, clean em, bag em , and sell em.
The commercial reloaders are cheap bastards.....regular reloaders are cheap bastards...... so now he scraps several tons per month.
The rfile magnums get sorted obviously.....but the rest gets shredded.
So in the end all the cheap ass reloaders are going to end up paying more for brass one way or another.
He may get out of the reloading/component business altogether and tuen into a full time scrapper!! And he sells tons of components and millions of primers.
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
I put it at the gun clubs recycle bin where it is recycled and the funds are used to organize youth leagues and range maintenance.
This is what I do also. It's only fitting most of the brass came from there in the first place.
But I could make monies!
gun_slinger_boy
.338 Win Mag
I deprime all my junk brass but never thought about scrapping it. I want to melt it down and make something cool one day. I've been thinking about casting a solid brass ak or something. Should be pretty easy to do.
GTN
.308 Win
I forgot about this
Xtreme Bullets/Freedom Munitions has a brass credit program.
Right now they are paying $1.40 a pound
No 22's
No steel
No aluminum
Brass Credit Program
Xtreme Bullets/Freedom Munitions has a brass credit program.
Right now they are paying $1.40 a pound
No 22's
No steel
No aluminum
Brass Credit Program