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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:01:50 AM EDT
[#1]
Light brass around here, less than usual brass, don't know current price.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:03:58 AM EDT
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I realize its a commodity and will fluctuate, just looking for historical range.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:06:35 AM EDT
[#3]
I can buy scrap brass casings / range brass from local yard for $1.50 a lb.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:18:17 AM EDT
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Fired brass is probably viewed as "contaminated".
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:33:05 AM EDT
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Everything is starting to drop over the last 3 months.
Cu down about 40c/lb since spring. Brass follows suit. Most of the stuff I work with is #2 ( tinned braid ) It's down to about $2.10 now, I am at the point where I will probably just start squirreling it away |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:35:13 AM EDT
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Isn't firearm brass worth less due to the risk of live primers being in the mix?
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:36:09 AM EDT
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I sold a Rubbemaid tub of 30-06 just along with some aluminum channel from a project a few weeks ago. Netted $40 or so for the brass. iirc is was a little over a dollar a pound.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:37:31 AM EDT
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Isn't firearm brass worth less due to the risk of live primers being in the mix? |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:40:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Isn't firearm brass worth less due to the risk of live primers being in the mix? |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:41:22 AM EDT
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I got like $1.30/lb in my AO a few months back for some brass that was too dinged up to do anything with
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:43:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes sir, at least around my AO and none of the scrap yards will accept it. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:43:53 AM EDT
[#12]
Appreciate the replies guys.
Wonder if this tariff war with china will drive the prices up? |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:43:56 AM EDT
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brass shells are $1.60 here
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:45:21 AM EDT
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yall should melt it down and make cool stuff with it. some videos floating around of a coke bottle, cool statues etc.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:46:00 AM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Isn't firearm brass worth less due to the risk of live primers being in the mix? |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:50:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Really? Every yard here does. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:52:52 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Really? Every yard here does. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:55:45 AM EDT
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Fired brass is probably viewed as "contaminated". Some places won't take it because they fear live rounds in the batch. Also the primers make it mixed metal. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:10:12 AM EDT
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I'm saving mine up for a rainy day... between spent primers, brass that is damaged, and brass that's not worth reloading, I've got close to 50lbs in a bucket under my bench.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:16:05 AM EDT
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Buy wet tumbler and decapper.
Get busy. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:26:01 AM EDT
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Appreciate the replies guys. Wonder if this tariff war with china will drive the prices up? |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:30:39 AM EDT
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It will drive the prices down, not up. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:38:34 AM EDT
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I was thinking up as there would be reluctance to buy from China due to the high tariff, therefore the U.S. buyers would purchase domestically. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It will drive the prices down, not up. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:43:20 AM EDT
[#24]
Why wouldn't you hold onto your brass for now? Price will go up the next time there is either inflation or a metals shortage.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:18:53 AM EDT
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I just save it until no more will fit into my 3 gallon bucket. It is about 1" from the top now, so I should be good for another year before it fills up with unusable brass.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:33:06 AM EDT
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I can buy scrap brass casings / range brass from local yard for $1.50 a lb. Our local place wont recycle shells/cases/cartridged/whatever |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:37:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:41:58 AM EDT
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Why don't you sell it to reloaders? That price is MUCH higher. I keep storing the rest. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:46:25 AM EDT
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This. I sold 2K of 556 brass. Got .07 per for first 1K, told him he was over paying and sold next 1K for .04 each. This is to a friend. I keep storing the rest. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why don't you sell it to reloaders? That price is MUCH higher. I keep storing the rest. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:47:11 AM EDT
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Isn't firearm brass worth less due to the risk of live primers being in the mix? OP, if you want to get paid for spent casings, sort them by cartridge in lots of 1000 and sell them on the EE. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:54:25 AM EDT
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10 years ago a huge upsurge in base metal prices was caused by China trying to upgrade their housing. The Chinese .GOV built lots of high-rise housing but much of it is unoccupied today because the cost to put it up and the rents necessary, the people couldn't afford it because they don't earn that much. With lowered demand, many of the Chinese steel mills have gone bankrupt and the prices of the base metals have plummeted. The Chinese economy today is probably in recession, even thought the official numbers indicate that China is doing okay, but they will never admit it.
I know for a fact that much of the recyclable waste generated in the US is sent to China; but since China's economy is in recession, the value of the recyclable waste has plummeted to the point where the US trash haulers have to pay the Chinese to take it off their hands. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 12:19:56 PM EDT
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My recycle yard must love me then. About a month ago I took 101 pounds of brass shell casings and got $185.00.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 12:31:18 PM EDT
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1.30 to 1.60 locally depends if their contract is filled or they are low . I’m allowed to sort out any cases I want at mine for trade lb for lb or purchase barrels of it .
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Posted: 7/24/2018 1:13:28 PM EDT
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Q what is a five gallon bucket of mixed 9 and 40 worth found a bucket full to the top or how many cases is it approximately?
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Posted: 7/24/2018 7:37:21 PM EDT
[#35]
A friend was quoted .65/lb for brass by a scrapper/recycler, here, a couple weeks ago.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 7:44:45 PM EDT
[#36]
Has anybody here gone to a scrap yard to BUY brass shell casings off them?
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Posted: 7/24/2018 7:46:32 PM EDT
[#37]
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Why don't you sell it to reloaders? That price is MUCH higher. Had 29 lbs of it. Not anymore... |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:18:49 PM EDT
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Because its all Berdan primed. Had 29 lbs of it. Not anymore... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why don't you sell it to reloaders? That price is MUCH higher. Had 29 lbs of it. Not anymore... 
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:37:19 PM EDT
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Just checked price lists. One place by me is 0.90 for cartridge brass, the other is 1.20.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:47:42 PM EDT
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Q what is a five gallon bucket of mixed 9 and 40 worth found a bucket full to the top or how many cases is it approximately? |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:52:57 PM EDT
[#41]
If it’s anything like bitcoin. I’m holding, till the next panic. Hopefully there is never a next panic and I can pass on my brass from one generation to the next.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 10:39:12 PM EDT
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I'm holding on to my brass for now.
have 18 5-gallon buckets full. |
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Posted: 7/25/2018 2:07:12 PM EDT
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5 gallon Bucket is empty I ended up with 6x -9 pound bags of 9 mm , 1x 7 pound bag of 9 mm and 1x 11 pound bag of .40 cal,a couple hundred 380 handful of .45. Using a kitchen scale
72 73 lbs. |
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Posted: 7/25/2018 2:18:40 PM EDT
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Has anybody here gone to a scrap yard to BUY brass shell casings off them? 
Since most folks selling brass are selling stuff THEY cannot reload, I would not touch any of it. |
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Posted: 7/25/2018 3:05:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a scrap yard exactly, used to buy 5.56 and 7.62 by the bucket full off of Ft Hood PDO. Clinton put an end to that.
Since most folks selling brass are selling stuff THEY cannot reload, I would not touch any of it. http://m.govliquidation.com/c/fired-brass.html |
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Posted: 7/25/2018 3:13:35 PM EDT
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Scrap place around here won't take firearm brass anymore. A few years back they wouldn't take it unless it was deprimed. Someone probably gave them a bunch of mixed brass, steel, and aluminium stuff and they just said fuck it not worth the effort.
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Posted: 7/25/2018 3:42:26 PM EDT
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My LE agency used to send ours back to a commercial reloading company for cash or credit on any of our practice ammo purchase. We would send back on average 40-45K empties a year. We would generate about $1K-1.5K year cash/ credit. By no means a great amount of money but it bought 4-5 extra cases of ammo/yr or repair parts for the other weapons systems or essentials for new hires.
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