Selling brass

[jmaglipay]

I have about 50lbs of brass that I have collected from my range trips. It is stored in a plastic ammo box. It comprises of 9mm 45acp 223 556 and 308. I was planning on keeping them when I start reloading.

Now I just want to sell them. What is the going rate for them? I have called ASR reloading store and they said about 2$ per pound and freedommunitions.com buys them for 2.50 per lbs plus shipping

Where is the best place to sell brass at a fair price?

[Rwnielsen]

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/forumdisplay.php?f=323

[MrElectric03]

If you just want to get rid of it post it for a low price in the reloading sales section and someone will buy it. Going this way you can expect to get whatever the weight is measured on a scale for the cheapest brass in there, in your case 9mm.

If you want the most out of it buy some sorting pans and sort it yourself, then weight what you have and list it that way.

[bruce381]

$2.50 lb is about 3 cents each.

Sort and sell for 5-10 cents each or about 4.00- 8.00 per lb for 45 acp.

[JMP]

Pull out the 308 and sell it separately. I've noticed that some folks will buy once fired 308 even if it isn't a consistent headstamp or volume as they may want cheap blasting ammo and the case is otherwise expensive and is less abundant on the ground as folks that shoot 308 have a greater propensity for policing their brass.

If you have a lot of it, you will command a higher premium if you can sort the rifle brass by headstamp. For example, if you can find 100 small primer 308 Lapua cases, I am sure someone would buy that for $30, easily as a new set is close to $100.

[jmaglipay]

Thanks for all the advice. I will sort out the calibers when time permits.

[9mmepiphany]

Does sorting and separating by headstamp add that much to value?

How about Depriming? Resizing?

Nickel vs. Brass?

I have several hundred once fired .357 Magnum cases sorted in a box in the garage, just wondering if prepping them adds significantly to their value.

If I deprimed them, I'd be inclined to wet tumble them also.

Thoughts/Experience?

[roc_my_tims]

It depends every buyer is different. I personally wouldn't want my used brass resized. Some dont want it cleaned as they say it hides the condition after firing.
some would be happy with ss tumbling if they didnt have a tumber or a ss one. But i found out after buying ss i still jad to tumble it to add a coating of polish for long term storage or free dust lube.

All this to say most doing stuff to them will make some happy and turn some off. Easiest way is just leaving them dirty, as all the work done resizing or tumbling might get you $5 more at best if not lose you a sale.

[liber]

For example, if you can find 100 small primer 308 Lapua cases, I am sure someone would buy that for $30, easily as a new set is close to $100.

And if pigs fly...LOL

The fact is that the chance of even having quality cases from range ammo is quite slim...but get the guy's hopes up for sure!

[stilly]

I have about 50lbs of brass that I have collected from my range trips. It is stored in a plastic ammo box. It comprises of 9mm 45acp 223 556 and 308. I was planning on keeping them when I start reloading.

Now I just want to sell them. What is the going rate for them? I have called ASR reloading store and they said about 2$ per pound and freedommunitions.com buys them for 2.50 per lbs plus shipping

Where is the best place to sell brass at a fair price?

So if someone offers you $1000 for it all you will refuse because it is NOT fair?

Nobody wants to sell for fair, they want money.

If you want ammo- GOOD idea to send it in and do the brass credit thing with Freedom Munitions.

Else just go to gunbroker and sell it starting at $.01 plus flatrate shipping price for shipping. Be DONE with it... You should start an auction for each caliber though for best results. When I buy brass there I am only looking for 1 caliber at a time usually.

[JMP]

Does sorting and separating by headstamp add that much to value?

If you are shooting bottleneck rifle cases, you have no prayer of accuracy with mixed headstamps. Even if they are the same headstamp, you need to hope that they have had a similar life. A good once-fired type of case is FC as it's easy to identify whether or not it has been reloaded as the new cases have some blue markings around the primer that comes off with a bit of tumbling. For just blasting, generally folks will mix up .223 ammo since it's usually for an AR that isn't that accurate and the cases have less variances among the brands. Plus, with 223, it's often bulk loaded on a progressive machine. Anyone who takes his time to single stage and make proper rifle ammunition is going to use matching sets.

However, it is somewhat of a catch-22 as those that are concerned about accuracy purchase their own ammo as new.

And if pigs fly...LOL

The fact is that the chance of even having quality cases from range ammo is quite slim...but get the guy's hopes up for sure!

That's not true. If you shoot near a 416 Barrett shooter, he isn't all that likely to reload the ammo as most folks do not reload for that cartridge. That brass is the very nice thick 50 BMG gauge brass. It ain't no lapua formed to 416 Barrett, but it ain't cheap and forming your own 416 Barrett isn't an undertaking many are willing to do. That's the one type of expensive case that I've gotten a fair amount of from the range.

Small primer Lapua brass is rare as it would be shot by someone who reloaded. If you pick up a piece of Lapua ammo, it has probably been shot 17 times and won't hold a primer, but you don't see much small primer Lapua as those primer pockets are hard to kill.

[SonofWWIIDI]

And if pigs fly...LOL

The fact is that the chance of even having quality cases from range ammo is quite slim...but get the guy's hopes up for sure!

I disagree. I have a large number of 5 gallon buckets from my own range trips. 95% is my own (or friends) spent, once fired factory new brass (I plan to start reloading eventually). The other 5% is most likely new also. Especially since most of the people who shoot at my local ranges that reload are very diligent at retaining their brass, or people are shooting factory new rounds purchased at the range.

I don't spend any time going up and down the lanes grabbing whatever brass is there. I sweep up and save my own. Occasionally from the lane next to me if they are not reloaders.

[Socalman]

My personal experience at the range I frequent (Burro Canyon) is that the vast majority of handgun shooters are shooting factory new ammo, based upon watching them open box after box of ammo. When I go down to the rifle area that is not the case and I will see many using what appears to be their own reloads and picking up their cases.

[roc_my_tims]

Most indoor ranges sell people reloaded ammo by the bag. So be careful if the person is renting a gun there probly shooting range reloads

[SonofWWIIDI]

Most indoor ranges sell people reloaded ammo by the bag. So be careful if the person is renting a gun there probly shooting range reloads

The only indoor range I go to (Reeds I'm Santa Clara) does not even sell reloads AFAIK. So most all the brass in the bays is factory new.