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Posted: 2/17/2013 1:01:54 PM EDT
| What do you guys think about keep the brass that you fire off at the range. I was wondering if I should start policeing( not spelled right one of those usmc terms I cant spell) up my stuff. Not sure if I would try to reuse it or what. Any ideas? |
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Police up all your brass and keep it and any other you find. You can sell it for scrap value, $1.50-$1.80 per pound =/-. You can start reloading, although this is not the time to try and find componants. You can trade or sell the brass to someone who reloads... I do all of the above. I reload what I shoot, I trade what I don't reload for and I sell the worn out or damaged brass to the scrap yard. I usually get about $85 for a mostly full 5 gallon bucket full.
Semper Fi, 1DD |
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pick it up and eitiher a) keep it in case you start reloading one day b) give it to a reloader c) put in a scrap bucket and when you get a bunch, scrap it, I got about $2/lb last year for brass I couldn't use d) trade or sell it - it has real value to a reloader |
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Quoted: Quoted: pick it up and eitiher a) keep it in case you start reloading one day b) give it to a reloader c) put in a scrap bucket and when you get a bunch, scrap it, I got about $2/lb last year for brass I couldn't use d) trade or sell it - it has real value to a reloader I'm a reloader so I was hoping he'd give it to me for free  |
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pick it up and eitiher a) keep it in case you start reloading one day b) give it to a reloader c) put in a scrap bucket and when you get a bunch, scrap it, I got about $2/lb last year for brass I couldn't use All good ideas. I pick up mine since it's range policy anyway, the only thing annoying is the .22 but that goes in the range brass bucket for scrap. I may get in to reloading one day, but as it's been said, now is a tough time to get in to it with component availability. I'll often have someone ask what caliber I am shooting and offer to pick it all up- bonus! I have enough brass I will probably never do anything with for awhile. |
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Quoted: All good ideas. I pick up mine since it's range policy anyway, the only thing annoying is the .22 but that goes in the range brass bucket for scrap. I may get in to reloading one day, but as it's been said, now is a tough time to get in to it with component availability. I'll often have someone ask what caliber I am shooting and offer to pick it all up- bonus! I have enough brass I will probably never do anything with for awhile. These are more useful for reloaders to sort brass, but it does work on getting the 22LR separated from the rest of the brass http://www.shellsorter.com/index.html Here's an archived thread I wrote up describing their use http://www.ak47.net/forums/t_6_42/342747__ARCHIVED_THREAD____Update__Sorting_in_progress___Pics_____Brass_score____.html&page=1#i3104395 |
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I belong to a private club with a indoor range and some outdoor ranges. Always has been a bit of brass to be had.
I will freely admit I am a major scrounge. I can't hardly stand to let some good brass lie. Last couple of years there have been some guys grabbing lots of it for scrap. I still get plenty. Every once in a while somebody gets the bright idea of picking,sorting,cleaning and selling it to fellow club members. This is all fine but it doesn't stop me from handing out brass to guys I know and to other club members that I have heard are getting started in reloading. It gives me a big boost when somebody I have given brass to is selling a gun or something else and I get to hear about it (at a discount price )
before any of the cheap bastards trying to make money selling club member's brass back to them! what goes around comes around! |
| I don't reload but I keep them anyways because first, they are mine to begin with and second they have monetary value. I would keep them anyways. The ranges I go to make us clean up our "mess" before we leave and they have the proper recepticles for brass or steel. My brass never makes it in those buckets since I have to clean up my mess. |
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