Shot gun shells

[6Corsa6]

I went shooting last weekend and picked up some shot shells. Does anyone reload them or should I just toss them?

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[Stomper]

I went shooting last weekend and picked up some shot shells. Does anyone reload them or should I just toss them?

How many? Hi-base or Lo-base? 12ga? 2-3/4" or 3"?

 

[6Corsa6]

Maybe 100 at most

 

[Member 34319]

You could. It's not worth it anymore with the price of lead shot being so expensive.

You can by reclaimed shot from some of the ranges for pretty cheap.

Otherwise it's pretty easy to load really.

 

[bbbass]

Those look like Win AA clones or knockoffs... If you look inside the shell and the plastic goes all the way to the primer, then they are very reloadable. If they have a paper base inside, not so much.

If I was still reloading shotshells, I wouldn't drive more than 10min to take those. If it was 2000, that'd be diff. Nice of you to pick them up tho!!

Edit: $12.99 for 200 empty hulls at Cabela's... even cheaper on Ebay. Free is good but then there's time and gas money too.

 

[Member 34319]

Ya, hard to beat preprimed hulls these days.

Buckshot can be made for really cheap if you roll your own.

 

[Flymph]

Recycle those, and if you're really nice take the plastic off.

 

[Member 34319]

Recycle those, and if you're really nice take the plastic off.

I've discussed this with Waste Management and my local Garbarinos. Both prefer they just be added to the trash. It sucks, but they don't want them in the recycling bins.

 

[DirectDrive]

I would like contact info for the slob that let them lay.

 

[Flymph]

I've discussed this with Waste Management and my local Garbarinos. Both prefer they just be added to the trash. It sucks, but they don't want them in the recycling bins.

So melt them down and then throw them in?

 

[Member 34319]

So melt them down and then throw them in?

It's not something they want, mostly due to not having good machinery to separate it correctly from other metal scrap.

Most of these places get so much stuff they can't recycle in their recycling bins, that they have a hard time requesting new stuff in that's considerably recyclable.

It sucks, trust me.

I had a conversation about steel cases. They like them, they are recyclable, but they don't want to advertise it as they get live rounds all the time and it falls back into they can't separate it correctly, currently.

It would be cool if they could do more, but they are actually doing a huge service already that no one really sees or understands.

As for reloading.

I've reused tons of short base hulls. I have a tendency to pick the more expensive hills over the cheaper stuff simply because the plastics tend to be thicker.

 

[Flymph]

I'm sure it also falls under the catagory of being of two different materials which are not easily seperated. Like how you can't recycle boxes with paper and foil or plastic.

One thing I do understand is they aren't funded as well as they should be.

 

[6Corsa6]

I would like contact info for the slob that let them lay.

We were shooting on private property and it was my friends hulls

 

[6Corsa6]

I will probably just toss them then

 

[DirectDrive]

We were shooting on private property and it was my friends hulls

Well that takes the fun out of it.


I was on National Forest last weekend and picked up a 5 gallon bucket of shotgun hulls.
And I didn't get them all.
Many of these hulls have steel bases and are easy to pick up with a magnet picker.

 

[ma96782]

For me...…
I've found that reloading SG shells to be waste of my time. Considering the cheap promo SG shells that can be frequently found at less than $5 a box.

BUT...….if I was shooting something other than the promo stuff.....I might just consider it.

Aloha, Mark

 

[Crohnos01]

I still reload shotshell, but mostly because the females in the household (and to be honest, me too) like the "powderpuff" load I developed for trap loads that you can shoot all day long without getting sore. I have reloaded those Estate hulls. You get two maybe three cycles out of them before the crimp folds break.