Brass sorting today and debating on what to do with it?

[intercooler]

I pick up my own and many others that just leave them laying at the range. In the past I usually just turned in the .22 brass and any caliber I didn't have like .40 or others for $1.50/lb. I sent some 9mm, 10mm and .357 back to Underwood Ammo for reloading but may change that up. By the time I pay shipping the brass out and ammo back 9mm isn't any savings. I think I am better off just buying the 9mm and collecting the brass after firing for recycle. The 10mm I think sending in for a reload plus having real 10mm rounds is worth it. I'm debating tonight whether the .357 is actually worth it to have reloaded? It may make more sense to buy a $25 box of new and turn that brass in.

I was saving the .45's I picked up to possibly have reloaded or sell but doesn't look like they are fetching much (maybe not even brass recycle price) on GunBroker.

 

[Tilos]

I'm not sure I know what you mean by "turn that brass in" but any caliber, except maybe 40, has value for reloading.

What I've done is tumbled it, bagged it by 100 pcs in ziplok bags and then sold or traded it to a brass seller at a gunshow.

Tilos

 

[FROGO207]

If you have any amount of brass at all of the same size you could list it in the reloading for sale area of the site and someone will buy it if the price is reasonable. There are no brokerage fees here to deal with here either. Just don't forget to put your state location in both the title and body of the thread. I have purchased several small lots of brass from members here as long as the price/shipping was reasonable to begin with. That way the brass is "used up" before it is recycled for scrap and we all win.

You may be able to sell your brass for better prices and just go out and buy the finished ammo with the proceeds. I personally find a lot of savings reloading my ammo using inexpensive components.

 

[intercooler]

I'm going for scrap value on the 9mm. The cost of a new box is cheaper than shipping 500-1000 pieces to and back. The .357 and 10mm still show it as a savings versus buying new boxes all the time and recycling the once fired.

 

[greyling22]

see if you can swap it for a couple of live rounds to someone at the range who reloads.

 

[1SOW]

Advertise "locally". Craig's list is one place.

I got $136+ for an 80% full 5 gal. paint bucket of culled or wrong cal. pistol cases at the scrap yard a month or two ago.

 

[popper]

Reload what you shoot. Sell the rest Use your profit to pay for dies and press. 9mm is hard to justify reloading $$.

 

[dnmccoy]

I reload 9mm for around 6$/box of 50....the cheapest "plinking" stuff is 12$/box of 50...you do the math

 

[gamestalker]

I find deals on bulk jacketed bullets that gets my reloading cost down to about $6 per 50 box of 9mm, .357 mag, and .40 S&W, give or take a $1 or so. And the really cool part about reloading is you get to pick the performance level of your loads.

Being that you are a "factory guy" you know just how expensive the top quality self defense stuff is and it only comes in a box of 20, some times less. A good example is loading Gold Dot for my .357's runs about $13 per 50 round box if I buy them without shopping around. Factory Gold Dots are about $1.25 per round and don't perform as well as my reloads, in my opinion.

 

[leadcounsel]

I save buckets of 'em, and advertise for sale on Craigslist or other spots. Make a little cash, like $40 for a bucket or something.

 

[kennedy]

I also save it up and sort into baggys and take to gun shows and trade with the reloading vendor for powder or primers

 

[beatledog7]

9mm is hard to justify reloading $$.

That might be true if you reload FMJ back into the brass. If you load something that's either not readily available as a factory load, such as LRN or SWC, then it's easily worth it. Same can be said if you reload with JHPs.

 

[Dr_B]

Reload what you shoot. Sell the rest Use your profit to pay for dies and press. 9mm is hard to justify reloading $$.

Someone local said the same thing to me a couple weeks ago. Whatever, man. If I'm reloading 9mm for $6 a box and it sells new for $12 then I'm happy.

 

[dsb1829]

I reload 9mm for around 6$/box of 50....the cheapest "plinking" stuff is 12$/box of 50...you do the math

Depends on what you got locally. I can pick up factory reloaded 9mm for $8/50 or $10/50 for new factory stuff locally, so personally the saving $4-8 in ammo for an IDPA match night is less important that saving the 2+ hours it would take to reload 100rd. YMMV.

I am just setting up to reload, so I am hitting 10mm, 45LC, 30-06, and 45acp first to drop my shooting costs. The savings recoup the setup costs a lot faster with these rounds than 9mm.

 

[Claude Clay]

9 & 40 resell usually at 2 cents each; $20/1000
and you get 2K in a USPO $10 box.
other calibers are market dependent.

 

[hAkron]

The stuff that we reload for $6.00 is cleaner and potentially more consistent than the $12.00 stuff as well. Also you seldom get a choice on $12.00 ammo, it is what it is. I can choose pretty much any powder, bullet weight, or bullet profile, and how light or how hot I want it, still for that $6.00 price range.

 

[NWDave]

Lots of people on the many different "gun" forums sell range brass through their respective sites. It's a great way to recylce. Figure the price you want, add for shipping flat rate box, request payment by USPS M.O., ship when the money shows up. Pure profit virtually. I just picked up 2000 of .38 range brass from a member on another site for $100. plus $12 for flat rate shipping. I'll do the cleaning, sorting etc, etc. He get's what he wants, cash for the holidays, I get some brass. What better way to recycle? You sell to a recycler, you don't get fair value for your effort. And yes, I shoot 9mm as well and I also reload 9mm. I'm not worried about prices as much as learning to reload to my own specs. I have to drive way too many miles to get "good" prices for ammo. My local LGS's know it and charge more for the privilege to buy ammo from them.

It's up to you but there are plenty of reloading buyers for brass out there, just waiting for you to put some up for sale at reasonable prices. Think in lots of 500 or 1000. I know for a fact that any quantity of .45ACP range brass sells faster than the "ink" on the post dries.