Range brass for sale by the pound?

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Simon B

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Well I just moved to South Texas and found a decent out door range. while I was there last weekend I noticed how much brass was on the ground and got to thinking what the guy who owns the place does with it. some of it looked like it had been there a while. Today I stopped by and asked the guy who owns/runs the place what he does with the brass laying around and he said $4 a pound or $125 for a 5 gallon bucket full you chose either from the rifle side or pistol side. What do you all think? is this a good price? keep in mind this is not sorted or cleaned and you don't really know what you are going to get. i would appreciate some ideas and feed back. thanks
 
I'm sure you can sell it to either other reloaders or a scrap metal place

*swyped from the evo so excuse any typos*
 
Current brass scrap price is about $1/$2 per lb in Oklahoma.

By that standard, I'd say it's a very crappy deal.
 
He's about double the going rate for scrap yellow brass at the current time. You can do better through regular dealers who will sell you sorted and cleaned brass of one caliber for less than that a pound.

Hope this helps.

Fred
 
All good info. Thanks for the help. I will save my money and buy cal. specific from a dealer on line. Thanks to every one for the input.
 
Simon,

Be sure to check the deals on this forum. We have members who sell sorted brass at very reasonable prices.
 
<thinking differently> I would probably ask him which scrap metal dealer he is selling it to so that I too can get $4/pound for my scrap brass </thinking differently>

(One important thing about scrap metals is that higher quantities being higher per-pound prices.)
 
I have a local guy who sells cleaned, inspected, sorted, 1x brass $4/100 any caliber. Mixed headstamps, but no rejects.

Not sure if that's a great deal, but since he will meet me near work on my lunch break, even if it's not the best price the convenience is worth it.
 
Local indoor range in Tucson sells 9mm tumbled range brass for $20/500.

That guy is not where I would buy. Better luck with brassmanbrass.com or other suppliers.
 
He may have said $4 a pound, but it you buy a full bucket, it is $1.60 a pound. About-full buckets are 80 lbs.

If I had your opportunity I would score several rifle buckets. Keep what you want - sell the rest.
 
I took 76 pounds of cartridge brass to the recycler in Eugene, OR, today and received $2.05 a pound. The price in this area seems to be holding pretty steady.

Hope this helps.

Fred
 
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