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Posted: 8/11/2009 2:50:08 PM EDT
| Is everybody full on brass?? Did everybody get there fill in the last few months? |
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For me there is no such thing as too much brass. I just have been able to get .223 locally for $2 a pound, yes I have to sort 1st and 2nd tier headstamps but 85 to 90% is my tier 1 stuff.
I saw 1x fired LC for $45 shipped on the EE... for that price I would take some. |
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I am not trying to really sell anyhting here. I am trying to get a feel for why the brass I am selling for my brother is not selling. Is the price to high? Are people broke. I know the economy is slow, but things are picking up.
Take a look at these and tell me what is wrong please. Mods if this is against the rules, let me know please. Edit What is a fair price for military once fired 223 and 308 brass? Unpolished polished Completely processed. |
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I get all the 223 I want for free locally. I bought a bunch of it on e-bay 3 or so years ago for $20/1000. I couldn't see paying 90/1000 for 223. I'm set for 223 brass for at least the next 5 years, if I don't aquire any more for free.
I have enough 308 brass to last me at least 5 years and to shoot out the barrel in my M1a, but I would be willing to pick some more up if the price was right. I know people are asking about what you are asking but I can't see paying 150 for 1000 once fired 308 brass. I bought 308 ammo (boxer primed too) 5 years ago for .10 cents each shipped. I know I can't get that price now but I can't see spending that kind of money unless I was completely out of brass and needed some to reload. I might shell out 100/1000 (depending on cash flow) for LC 308 brass but I'm sure that no one is selling for that price. I personally believe that the price of components, including brass, is going to drop when panic buying subsides. I believe about a year ago, 308 LC brass was going for 95/1000. I believe that sometime in the future, you are going to see 223/308, ect start coming back to sites like hi-tec, gibrass, pat's ect. Just trying to be honest and not trying to pee in your cherioes so I hope no offense was taken. |
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I am not trying to really sell anyhting here. I am trying to get a feel for why the brass I am selling for my brother is not selling. Is the price to high? Are people broke. I know the economy is slow, but things are picking up. $90 per 1k is pretty steep, especially if it's not 100% LC. Usually when people buy crates of brass from the military auctions like the picture above, it goes for $60-$65 per 1k and it's 100% LC, usually $10-$15 per 1k to polish. Maybe a little more per 1k if it was all a single year LC headstamp. The last 3 times I've order 3k lots of LC brass that's what I paid ($60 per 1k), I order all 3 lots in the last year. That is for .223, I don't know about .308. Also people are too busy still trying to hord ammo and primers, so many are probably broke, credit cards charged to the max, and brass isn't their priority, 10,000,000 primer's the;ll probably never use is all they want to spend their $$ on. For me, I have about 10k worth of .223 brass sitting around the house I haven't had time to process yet, so I told my self i'm would not buy any more brass untill I could got what I have processed. -Masta |
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I am not trying to really sell anyhting here. I am trying to get a feel for why the brass I am selling for my brother is not selling. Is the price to high? Are people broke. I know the economy is slow, but things are picking up. Looks to me like you are selling... Links to your ad and all... 
The price is way too high IMHO. Especially for mixed headstamp stuff... The prices on factory ammo are slowly returning to normal. At your prices, you will be sitting on that brass for a while. 
Even if you half that price, You will be sitting on it for a while... You might catch an occasional idiot that would pay that but as the price of factory ammo continues to drop, brass like this will have to get cheaper and cheaper to sell. 
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I am not trying to really sell anyhting here. I am trying to get a feel for why the brass I am selling for my brother is not selling. Is the price to high? Are people broke. I know the economy is slow, but things are picking up. Looks to me like you are selling... Links to your ad and all... I am asking for opinions, not selling.
The price is way too high IMHO. Especially for mixed headstamp stuff... Mixed headstamp, but all nato stamped. The prices on factory ammo are slowly returning to normal. At your prices, you will be sitting on that brass for a while.
Even if you half that price, You will be sitting on it for a while... You might catch an occasional idiot that would pay that but as the price of factory ammo continues to drop, brass like this will have to get cheaper and cheaper to sell.
So what do you think the price should be? The price is compedative to many of the other places, such as Top brass, Brassman, etc. Precision brass is the only one I see that is significantly lower in price. |
I think you should sell in the appropriate forum and keep this one as it was... This is a forum for learning bro... 
If you can't price things right, That is your issue. Just because a few other people/companies are asking too much for their garbage does NOT mean that it is a fair or 'normal' price... I could sell an apple to a retard for 50 bucks but that does NOT mean that apples are worth 50 bucks.
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I think you should sell in the appropriate forum and keep this one as it was... This is a forum for learning bro...
If you can't price things right, That is your issue. Just because a few other people/companies are asking too much for their garbage does NOT mean that it is a fair or 'normal' price... I could sell an apple to a retard for 50 bucks but that does NOT mean that apples are worth 50 bucks.
You andded nothing to the thread you should have stayed out if it. Learn please. |
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I noticed that Top Brass is no longer a month or two behind, so I am guessing demand and supply have reached equilibrium and probably tipped over to the surplus side now. This will happen with everything, just like in the 90's. But they are $120 for 1K of 100% processed, no way I would pay that much, I bought processed and primed for $65 two years ago.
Also, some of the issue might be that newbies didn't realize what it takes to process a mil catridge until after they already bought a bunch and now are getting rid of it locally. I have picked up two 500 piece lots that way, they are taking the $$ and buying factory loads. Go figure. I like to measure my brass in 5 gallon buckets..... so I'll still be buying if the price is right. Cash is still king in this market. |
. I don't even mind cleaning, sizing, and trimming, but for the prices asked...
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I won't buy mixed brass myself. It's all about consistency of the loads which means I want consistent brass. I won't buy MG brass either. That's just me.
If it's advertised as LC brass for example, it needs to be 90-95% or better. Don't want to sort? Lower price... if you can sell it. Demand and all that stuff. But sorting may be the only way to move it. And add extras if you want. As in mixed lots, some by headstamp for a premium and the leftover mixed stuff. That's a big pile of brass to sort through. I'd get started was I you. USPS flat rate is your friend. Boxes are free, shipping printed at your computer. ETA: That big pile is Andy's, my bad. |
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I am not trying to really sell anyhting here. I am trying to get a feel for why the brass I am selling for my brother is not selling. Is the price to high? Are people broke. I know the economy is slow, but things are picking up. Looks to me like you are selling... Links to your ad and all... I am asking for opinions, not selling.
The price is way too high IMHO. Especially for mixed headstamp stuff... Mixed headstamp, but all nato stamped. The prices on factory ammo are slowly returning to normal. At your prices, you will be sitting on that brass for a while.
Even if you half that price, You will be sitting on it for a while... You might catch an occasional idiot that would pay that but as the price of factory ammo continues to drop, brass like this will have to get cheaper and cheaper to sell.
So what do you think the price should be? The price is compedative to many of the other places, such as Top brass, Brassman, etc. Precision brass is the only one I see that is significantly lower in price. I already answered this question. $60-$65 per 1k of 100% LC brass (Unprocessed/Uncleaned), $50-$55 per 1k of mixed headstamp (Unprocessed/Uncleaned), add $10-$15 per 1k for cleaning, as for fully processing that one I can't help because I don't know what the 'going' rate for processing is, I'd say $25-$30 per 1k. But IMHO processing brass is a huge liability because if someone blows them self up, you can bet it'll come back to you, that and the fact that anyone reloading should be processing their own brass to match their chamber anyway. You said yours is 100% NATO brass but not 100% LC brass, so If I were you, I'd sell it for $60 per 1k and see what happen, then lower the price if it's still not moving. It's up to you to charge or include shipping, usually ship in UPSP Flat Rate box, when I bought my 3k lots of 100% LC brass for $60 per 1k it included shipping, after many thousand were sold, the seller began charging a $5 shipping fee, which is fair. Sort of 60/40 share the shipping cost. -Masta |
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