Ammo brass?

[bersaguy]

I have a bunch of assorted brass that came from a range here in town that closed up. I have probably almsot two 5 gallon pails of it and I am thinking about sitting down in spare time and going through the pails and seperating out all the different calibers into different cans. Now with that said, are there any calibers that would be wanted more than another for reloading. I figure it will give me something to do this winter when I get bored. I know the 22caliber is junk but just looking to find out what might be the more popular calibers..............

[bvarnell]

Pistol, probably 9mm, 40 s&w, .45 acp, in that order.

Rifle, .223 and all the others.

[Raoul]

Not much money in brass these days. Probably the only thing that will raise the price is a democrat in the White House.

[BigPhil]

Look for the big bore pistol calibers like .500, 454, 45 colt, 44 mag etc.. No one cares about 9mm, way to common and it won't bring much, but .40 and 45 is a little better  Don't throw any away, you can take it to the scrap place and get a few bucks.  Even .22.  Look for .308 and .223 and sort between commercial and military brass.  

 

good luck.  You never know when you may find a bunch of a rare caliber that is worth a lot.  Have a friend that buys 5 gallon buckets and got over 300 .500 s&w brass in a bucket.  Jackpot

 

[Johnny Rotten]

It's all gold, I have my finest security alarm on my stash

2017-07-24_04-05-56 by Johnny Rotten, on Flickr

[owejia]

The 22 rimfire brass can be used to swage .223 bullets. The 40 cal. brass is also used to swage 45 acp bullets.

[bersaguy]

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2017 at 7:48 PM, Raoul said:

Not much money in brass these days. Probably the only thing that will raise the price is a democrat in the White House.

To begin with this was an indoor range so won't be no rifle brass. Also I don't plan on selling the brass. once I get it sorted out I am going to give it to anyone here on TGO that wants to reload it since I don't reload but hate to see it go to waste if someone can use it. Also is there anyone here that reloads 380 Caliber ammo?

[tnhawk]

The only brass I don't keep is .22.  I haven't had time to reload recently but eventually it will get put to use.

[gregintenn]

4 hours ago, bersaguy said:

To begin with this was an indoor range so won't be no rifle brass. Also I don't plan on selling the brass. once I get it sorted out I am going to give it to anyone here on TGO that wants to reload it since I don't reload but hate to see it go to waste if someone can use it. Also is there anyone here that reloads 380 Caliber ammo?

I reload 380, but am set for brass. I'm sure others here do as well.

357 magnum range brass is one that is rather hard to come by and pricey. I never understood why.

[Ronald_55]

13 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

357 magnum range brass is one that is rather hard to come by and pricey. I never understood why.

Being a wheel gun, people just dump the brass in a bag when reloading at the range. I am sure lots of them reload the brass too.

[Omega]

Yea, I'm pretty set for brass ATM, but I always police up my brass and any other brass around me that others didn't.   It all has value, even bad brass can be scrapped for cash.

[Raoul]

The last time I took brass to sell at the recycler locally they weren't buying.

[Ronald_55]

Just now, Raoul said:

The last time I took brass to sell at the recycler locally they weren't buying.

Just not buying ammo brass? I had some rusty steel case I mixed into some other steel a while back. 

[Raoul]

Seems to me brass is so plentiful at this time there's just not much of a market. Obama was good for brass sellers. On any given day at the range I could pick up a bunch. This glut will pass too.

Edited October 29, 2017 by Raoul

[Omega]

Seems strange that a scrap yard wouldn't take your brass, there is always a market for most metals.  Cases are not the only use, there are many things made of brass.

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, Omega said:

Seems strange that a scrap yard wouldn't take your brass, there is always a market for most metals.  Cases are not the only use, there are many things made of brass.

Yeah....like brass monkey parts!

[bersaguy]

Well since winter is not a good time for fishing bait orders so I will still probably sort it out and see what I come up with and it will still be free once I get it done.

[No_0ne]

4 hours ago, Omega said:

Seems strange that a scrap yard wouldn't take your brass, there is always a market for most metals.  Cases are not the only use, there are many things made of brass.

Most metal prices are so depressed that many of the yards are just sitting on scrap, waiting for prices to increase before selling.  Eventually the yards are full of scrap waiting to be processed, and they start rejecting some metals due to lack of space or interest ...

[Omega]

4 minutes ago, No_0ne said:

Most metal prices are so depressed that many of the yards are just sitting on scrap, waiting for prices to increase before selling.  Eventually the yards are full of scrap waiting to be processed, and they start rejecting some metals due to lack of space or interest ...

Sounds like I need to go to some scrap yards to see if they have any cheap lead.

[No_0ne]

28 minutes ago, Omega said:

Sounds like I need to go to some scrap yards to see if they have any cheap lead.

It's probably worth a try, but I doubt most of them are getting much lead in.  Wheel weights either have, or are moving away from lead, and a lot of the other sources of lead (old plumbing being removed, medical lead disposal, etc.) have pretty much run their course, or are being scooped up as it comes available by private buyers ...

[Sunfish]

What ya got to trade for some lead? I hoarded it for years and have come to the realization that I probably will never use it all. I got some big rolls of solder too.   

[Grayfox54]

If you come up with any 38 Super or .32acp, I'll be glad to take it off your hands. 

[bersaguy]

2 hours ago, Grayfox54 said:

If you come up with any 38 Super or .32acp, I'll be glad to take it off your hands. 

Once I get it completed I will let you know if there is any in it..........

[Grunt67]

On 10/29/2017 at 6:33 PM, bersaguy said:

Well since winter is not a good time for fishing bait orders so I will still probably sort it out and see what I come up with and it will still be free once I get it done.

bersa, I'll take the 9mm if no one else needs it. It'll give me something to do on cold, rainy days, LOL. Just send me a PM, Tks.

 

[xsubsailor]

 I'll take the .380 brass if you have enough to justify the shipping cost.

Edited October 31, 2017 by xsubsailor