glockman19
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As of today scrap brass prices are $1.33-$2.00 a lb. I save my .45, .308 and 30-06 brass for future reloading.
If you figure you could collect a couple of hundred lbs. of brass per weekend at the local outdoor range you could probably pay for all of your ammunition needs. Melt it down in a smelter and sell it to a local metals dealer.
Brass melts @ 1650 degrees Fahrenheit
If you figure you could collect a couple of hundred lbs. of brass per weekend at the local outdoor range you could probably pay for all of your ammunition needs. Melt it down in a smelter and sell it to a local metals dealer.
Brass melts @ 1650 degrees Fahrenheit
metals have higher melting points than alloys because they are not combined with other metals to bring the temperature of the melting point down. For an artist, it would be much easier to manipulate an alloy rather than a metal because of the lower metling points. For example, it would be much easier to cast a brass sculpture at 1650 degrees F than a copper sculpture at 1800 degrees F