Posted: 4/12/2007 9:44:31 AM EDT
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http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=1194096 Current bid is $50...requires (2) 20' open top containers! hock.gif |
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Just need to find someone with a dump truck and pay someones kid(s) to sort it all. Too bad the lots arent smaller. I mean thats 24 tons (approx) of brass. Can see it now, some dump truck with flames painted on the front cruisin down I-5 with the occasional shells whippin off the top. Too bad some scrapper will probably buy it all up. |
| I'm sure it'll go for a lot more, I'd say at least $1k, it's probably worth that in scrap. But you never know I used to watch a lot of government auctions and the deals were crazy. That being said, you just need to find a transportation broker that can set up hauling it. I used to book a lot of freight but it's been a while, it would run several hundred to have it shipped down here. Still that much brass is probably worth well over a couple thousand. The only real problem I see logistically is that the wife would be pissed if I took up her parking spot in the garage with all that. |
Split the brass up between a handful of people. Have them sort the brass and package it. Give them a % of the sale of what they sort. If they try and sell it behind your back, we beat them down. Blank brass to the scrap yard, reloadable brass inbulk at the gunshows and online. You could also sell in bulk to the ammo mfgs, hsm, miwall etc. |
| I called one of the people that was listed as a shipper on the auction site, just to get an idea on freight. He said that the scrappies always buy it. I guess there's also a requirement for mutilation on it, so it can't be reloaded. Government requires that there's documentation that it has been "disposed" of. That almost made me cry, what a crying-ass shame. The guy thought I was crazy, he said, "what in the hell else would you do with all that brass." I just laughed, "reload it". |
Guys, did you see the following?
I'm guessing this means the brass went through an oven of some sort. If so, you don't want it. Brass is softened by heating, and hardened by cold working it (i.e., drawing). If case heads are annealed, they aren't as strong - and can blow out on firing. Most 7.62 NATO brass these days is fired through M60s or M240s, and is badly stretched after passing through the weapon. Due to the stretching, it takes a fair amount of effort to resize, and case life is short. Note some brass in this lot is from blank ammo. These casings may not be suitable for reloading - at least not without a lot of work. On the bright side, the stuff is worth more than you think. Last year, I sold 45 lbs. of brass (a 5 gallon bucket filled about 3/4 full of spent brass, brass shavings, and fired primers), and got about $70 for it. 48,000 lbs. of brass is worth at least $50,000. |