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PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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 Posted - 12/01/2009 : 17:09:47
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I have a friend who goes shooting quite often. She will often save me her brass and I turn it in for recycling.
I was looking at an online auction and they were selling spent casings for reloading. It was about 500 rounds and the bid was up to $15.
Is there much of a market for this? Should I be saving them to sell for reloading vs turning in for scrap?
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Edited by - Nickelless on 12/01/2009 19:14:48 |
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redneck
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 12/01/2009 : 20:00:00
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Is there much of a market for this? Should I be saving them to sell for reloading vs turning in for scrap?
Yes there is a market for spent brass for reloading.
But would depend on the caliber.
.22 and .25 - no
.32 to .50 cal. - yes
Try posting a ad at a local shooting range and gun shop.
Besides, you can always scrap them latter if need be...
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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2009 : 21:58:50
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| I just sold 179 Winchestor and Federal 270 shells for $0.20 each to a local reloader. He paid me $35.80 for what would have fetched $4.00 at my scrap yard. It takes longer to find someone who wants them but when you do they pay a lot more. |
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PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1720 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2009 : 05:03:24
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| DO you have to clean them? my friend said there is some special cleaning solution. |
SELLING COPPER PENNIES 1.4X FACE SHIPPED......“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” Thomas Jefferson |
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silversaddle1
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 12/02/2009 : 05:23:45
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Originally posted by PennySaved
DO you have to clean them? my friend said there is some special cleaning solution.
No, most reloaders will clean them themselves. Try a gunshop flyer or craigslist. |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/23/2009 : 01:18:28
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wow, that is a lot for those 179 and 270 shells!! How much are they new from the store? Must be $1 apiece! ??
Yeah, I'm saving up some shells. I'm sorting them for future bartering or sell. |
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Posted - 12/26/2009 : 17:16:41
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Once fired brass shell casing are worth way more than scrap value. Military Surplus brass shell casings are often Berdan primed (multiple primer holes) and very difficult to reload. Berdan primed cases are common on European ammunition and these are usually sold as scrap brass. Boxer primed brass (single primer holes) are sold to reloaders at a premium. NOTE: the primers often have steel in them and the scrap dealers will discount the price if the primers are IN vs primers REMOVED. It's not worth the time and effort to remove berdan primers yourself as this is very time consuming.
There are also steel shell casings with a coating on them, aluminum cased pistol ammo and chromium coated brass cases. Stick to the yellow stuff and you'll be fine. The rest is junk unless you have a huge quantity to recycle as in a gun club or shooting range. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2009 : 15:55:22
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Don't scrap the brass if it is centerfire. You should be able to find a buyer. Rimfire rounds can go to the scrapper as they are not reloaded.
Deal |
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Plain and simple.
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RollerCam
New Member
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Posted - 02/12/2010 : 14:16:43
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"There are also steel shell casings with a coating on them, aluminum cased pistol ammo and chromium coated brass cases."
Brass cases are never "chromium plated" but they are sometimes nickel plated. |
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Heartkill
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 02/12/2010 : 22:13:01
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| While I haven't invested in reloading equipment (yet) I've been saving all of my 5.56 brass for the last 2 years. I've amassed quite the hoard :) Like Deal mentioned, any centerfire brass is worth saving and selling to a reloader or fellow shooter. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2010 : 11:53:09
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Originally posted by Heartkill
While I haven't invested in reloading equipment (yet) I've been saving all of my 5.56 brass for the last 2 years. I've amassed quite the hoard :) Like Deal mentioned, any centerfire brass is worth saving and selling to a reloader or fellow shooter.
I have, and have yet to reload a single round. I'm slacking for sure. I have everything to reload several calibers, I just haven't. Keep saving that brass man.
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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