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Posted: 1/19/2008 7:00:59 AM EDT
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Anyone know of a place that can process once-fired 50 BMG brass? I would like to have some of my brass tumbled, primer pocket swaged or reamed, sized, & trimmed but I can't seem to find a place to have it done. I can do it myself, but looking at the time/$ tradeoff I'd rather pay a reasonable rate to have it done. |
| Ask Mr Ben [email protected] he has a commercial loadeing license, you'll have to work out a price with him. |
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50_Shooter, Dumb question for you. Why would someone need a commercial loading lic.? If no powder is loaded and bullet I don't understand. Could you enlighten me if all that is being done is to prepare the brass for loading. Tanks Max this is just a curious thing for me. Might keep me out of trouble in the future if I was to do this for a few people say one day in the future. But right now I have yet to acquire a trimmer. |
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Max: You don't need a commercial loading license to prep brass for someone. What 50-shooter was saying is the MrBen has a commercial loading business and is therefore setup to prep brass for someone and would probably be interested in doing so for hire. I think 50 shooter was just referring to him being in the reloading business for hire, nothing more. I sure wouldn't load anything (or prep bras for that matter) for anybody else without being licensed and insured. TOO much liability. I've got several friends that load over at my house. Fine if they use my equipment but if they blow themselves up, i'm not getting sued by the widow for assembling their ammo for them. Besides, folks couldn't afford me. My leisure time is $35 an hour and 50 BMG brass prep is SLOW!!! -David Edgewood, NM |
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Hi David, Well the "Run together" was not clear and thats why I thought to ask. I agree in our sue happy society now days. It would be foolish to put ones neck out to far. I suppose it is even prepping brass could put one up for the risk of liability. Thanks for clarifying Max |
I guess I don't get it....I have seen people send off 223 brass becau its a pain to do one at a time. With 50 or any other precision round its not like your going to be shooting hundreds of rounds at a setting. Why not just do it yourself? My 200 rnds of brass will last me awhile  ETA.....I understand the "my times too valuable" argument. But if thats the case, why not just pay somebody to load for you. |
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Give me a call or email me. I am sure I am sure I can help you with what you are looking for. Nick 330-674-3244 [email protected] |
I have a lot of brass to do. I bought it cheap & stacked it deep. 
It's not that my time is too valuable, it's that I'd like to spend my limited free time doing things other than processing brass. For instance, I'd rather spend time on batting practice with my kids or dinner with my wife & family. I'd also rather spend time on what, to me, is the value-added part of handloading: developing the right load. I already process brass to handload for my other rifles and I'll continue to do my own processing for those smaller calibers. I already have a good bit of loading gear, but it's for low volume work and isn't physically capable of handling the BMG cartridge. So, if I add up the cost of tools to do a large quantity of BMG brass (large Giraud trimmer, large tumbler, quantity of media, polish, etc.) it's going to be a tidy sum. I would like to at least find out if it would be cost-effective to have it done by someone who already has a facility set up. If having it processed costs at or near what it would cost me for just the tools & materials, then it only makes sense to send it out. This will be a one-time deal so I have a lifetime supply of brass ready to load. Plus this way everybody wins. I get to use my time the way I'd like, and someone gets to earn a fair compensation for what they do. |
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Just a little info if you do decide to have your 50 BMG brass processed. "Processing" brass is not the same as with 308 or 223. You can't swage out primer pockets, they have to be reamed. The primer pockets tend to vary in depth so they need to be uniformed. There is no SAAMI standard chamber so the processor needs to know what kind of gun you have. Necks are often not uniform so you need the necks turned and uniformed. In short, you need to let whoevever does you brass know what you plan to use it for and what you expect. Also what kind of gun you'll be using it in. With the kind of brass prep I do, I couldn't charge any less than $3 per case for fired OR pulldown so depending upon what you want, expect to pay handsomely for your time savings. -David Edgewood, NM |
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