How much are shotgun hulls worth?

[Bacchus]

I have access to a shotgun only range where I've been able to pick up a sizable number of used hulls. In two trips, I've picked up about 500 hulls of various makes. I could easily pick up several hundred more each range trip.

I don't reload for shotguns--should I keep them/try to sell them?

 

[P95Carry]

There are hulls - and hulls!! I keep stuff I have shot from past and collected some if they are what I want. One local gun shop supplies shells at good price to a club and does a deal whereby they get empties back .... not sure what they sell for exactly but if good stuff then I think maybe 4c each.

A lot of hulls are not good for reloading ... I am currently using some Rem black ones with an 8 star crimp .... parallel formed. With wads I have and charge I use they work great and last for many reloads.

I used to use Win ''AA'' in the past .. compression formed and also IIRC 8 star crimp .. they were good. Also a Rem peters blue case with 8 star was another i liked way back

If you can collect and sort ..... and find out what reloaders may want then, you could make a few Bucks IMO. But you won't get rich!

 

[m1911joe]

It all depends on the brand. Some ones imported stuff toss it. Winchester
AA's are good. Maby 2 or 3 cents a piece. This is what I use for trap
shooting they last a long time. Federal and Remnington hulls are good to.
But they all need to be the same hull or you will have a night mare on
your hands. You will need a different load for each different hull.Did that
when me and my dad started to reload them each hull a different primer,
powder charge and wad most of the time. Gets confusing fast..:banghead:

Best to just pick up what you plan on using and pitch the rest. At the
indoor range that I work at we just pitch all the shoot gun hulls. If they
are from slug rounds pitch them to

 

[Bacchus]

There are definitely some Win AAs in there, as well as Remington. But it sounds like it's probably not worth sorting 500 hulls---plus, I imagine they would be fairly difficult to ship since they are so bulky.

 

[m1911joe]

The shipping should not be bad they are light when empty. Get the buyer
to pay for the shipping.

Other wise don't waste your time.

On the other hand $30 for 1000 hulls= 2 lbs powder

 

[HSMITH]

AA or STS hulls will bring 4 cents each in 12 gauge, 6 cents in 20 and 12-15 in 28 and 410 gauge.

All the other hulls are basically just junk from a resale point of view even though lots of them load well.

 

[Mike Irwin]

The only hulls that I've seen commonly for sale are AAs and Federal Gold Medalist.

 

[Dave R]

Anybody tried reloading the hulls from Fasteel?

I have saved quite a few over the last coupla duck seasons, in anticipation of getting into reloading shotshells.