Range Brass Trends

[Oathkeeper1775]

6 pounds today; 9MM and 5.56

 

[jordanka16]

6 pounds today; 9MM and 5.56

Do you process and sell this brass? Or use it yourself or just scrap it?

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Do you process and sell this brass? Or use it yourself or just scrap it?

I keep a basic load of fully processed brass.

Sometimes I sell the surplus in the NWFA classified section; face to face brass transactions have resulted in meeting some really nice guys; not much profit in fully processed range brass...

I also pay it forward with a couple of older gents at the range, or via PM with a couple NWFA members.

Pay it forward is my favorite; I received brass and some beautiful leather holsters, sheaths, slings, and belts from one gent, and reloading components and equipment from another.

The damaged or marked brass always goes to scrap; 2 or 3 five gallon buckets/yr.

A 5 gallon bucket brings @ $116.00; range membership is $125.00/yr.....

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

6.5 pounds today; 9MM & 5.56.

5.56 was in a bucket

I had to hound the 9...

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Almost 10 pounds today; 60% 9mm & @ 30% .40 Cal from last weekend's pistol competition.

10% mix if .357 Sig, .380, and a few .38sp.

Same blend and @ weight as Monday but + a few 5.56.

Hoping for sunshine and Black Friday brass....

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

8.5 pounds today; .308, 5.56, .40, and 9mm.

Two handfulls of .357 & .38sp

Became tired of picking up 9mm.

 

[gunnut38]

Where are you selling your scrap brass? If you don't mind me asking.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Where are you selling your scrap brass? If you don't mind me asking.

Incidental stops in Salem; at Cherry City Metals.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

9MM and 5.56 galore this week..some gifted, some hounded..

Lots of time processing, but gotter done....worth the effort.

 

[cookie]

i rarely find 38 special and I have noticed 40 has dropped off and there are tons of 9mm. 45 acp is as rare as hens teeth.

 

[cookie]

So am the only dufus that sorts 45 acp spp from the lpp and reloads them in a separate batch?

I do that andI pickup the 40S@W and 45 acp metal casings and reload them once, they work great.

 

[Kurt82]

9MM and 5.56 galore this week..some gifted, some hounded..

Lots of time processing, but gotter done....worth the effort.

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I just got into reloading. My nice family bought me some various equipment for Christmas. Good score on the brass! I hope you use a broom and dust pan to collect it all or do you have some other fancy pickup tool? My back started hurting just thinking about it!

 

[skeezix]

So am the only dufus that sorts 45 acp spp from the lpp and reloads them in a separate batch?

No, you're not. As long as it goes bang and hits where I aim, I don't care what size primer it has. It is relatively easy to just swap out the prime feed on my Dillon from Large to Small and keep on going. I didn't know it was 'faux pas' to shoot spp in a match until it was pointed out to me in a rather rude way. Since then, I make sure that at least 25 of the rounds I shoot are spp.

 

[jordanka16]

No, you're not. As long as it goes bang and hits where I aim, I don't care what size primer it has. It is relatively easy to just swap out the prime feed on my Dillon from Large to Small and keep on going. I didn't know it was 'faux pas' to shoot spp in a match until it was pointed out to me in a rather rude way. Since then, I make sure that at least 25 of the rounds I shoot are spp.

Why would it be a 'faux pas'? I don't think anyone has a right to complain about what ammo you shoot in your own guns, especially if they're getting free brass.

 

[RVTECH]

I have been lucky lately - two weekend consecutive visits to an area I go shooting close to home yielded about 400 pieces of 9mm and on Sunday while out Jeeping & shooting I rounded a corner and saw the ground covered in .45, 9mm, .40 and .223. I picked up the .45 and 9mm and left the rest.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

I have been lucky lately - two weekend consecutive visits to an area I go shooting close to home yielded about 400 pieces of 9mm and on Sunday while out Jeeping & shooting I rounded a corner and saw the ground covered in .45, 9mm, .40 and .223. I picked up the .45 and 9mm and left the rest.

A lot of "Black Friday" and Christmas brass?

 

[RVTECH]

A lot of "Black Friday" and Christmas brass?

Ha! Probably so - and non-reloaders as well!

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

$1.46/pound at CCM today; a full 5 gallon bucket today was 78 pounds.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

13 pounds today; 8.5 pounds of it was 5.56, then mostly 9mm.

Nice weather on Sunday May have played a role.

 

[scrandall01215]

I just got into reloading. My nice family bought me some various equipment for Christmas. Good score on the brass! I hope you use a broom and dust pan to collect it all or do you have some other fancy pickup tool? My back started hurting just thinking about it!

I use a big tarp works great!!

Stacy