How the Military recycles small arms brass

[rjmt]

found this today

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgiv5sURRXw

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[SE Scrounger]

In the past, I swear I've seen large totes of "mutilated" brass for sale on government auction sites. Wonder if that's no longer a thing?

 

[Stomper]

Man… I remember policing the brass from the firing line during semi-annual weapons quals…. after your entire battalion burned through six 5-ton truck loads of ammo.


That's a LOT of spent brass!

 

[MikeInOr]

In the past, I swear I've seen large totes of "mutilated" brass for sale on government auction sites. Wonder if that's no longer a thing?

...or brass that can only be purchased by businesses that can verify they will/have mutilated it.

 

[rjmt]

...or brass that can only be purchased by businesses that can verify they will/have mutilated it.

I used to buy reloaded ammo from Surplus Arms and Ammo in Tacoma Wa that used old Lake City brass
Ft Lewis goes through a lot of ammo in training
in fact in the video, I recognized Mt Rainier in the background

 

[NikonGuy]

Recently rented a dumpster for work. Showed up "empty" with hundreds of casings from 9 to 50bmg. Called the garbage company and they said it was last used by the national guard.

 

[Subsonic]

At Calbag, we do in fact buy mutiliated brass, we do also mutilate it ourselves depending on the requirement.

 

[arakboss]

Some of my guns mutilate the brass.