Recycle your brass!!

[FROGO207]

I just took six 5 gallon buckets of .22 empties to the recyclers and got a serious pile of cash. The buckets were full to about 1 1/5 inches from the top. I don't remember the exact weight but at $1.60 a pound I got $330.15 Another interesting thing is they said it needs to be separated from the regular brass as cartridge brass cannot be exported.

Those of you who don't bother save your .22 brass are missing out on some serious savings IMHO

 

[Neutered10mm]

a 5 gallon bucket of brass in .22 weighs what ... 45-50 lbs. give or take? That's not bad ... over $1 lbs. for range pickup that you can't reload. That right there will buy a nice amount of bullets.

 

[Constrictor]

WHAT do you mean regular brass cant be exported? where would it get exported to? is the only market for our brass out of the country? they cannot use regular brass?

 

[Salmoneye]

Heaven forbid we should export our old dangerous brass for our enemies to reload...

 

[WardenWolf]

Reloadable brass is still considered a munitions component, and is thus subject to export laws. Rimfire brass is, obviously, non-reusable, and thus good only for scrap.

 

[edfardos]

ORM-D small arms ammunition. That's the postal designation, and the D is for Domestic-only. I bet they set off the nitrate alarms at customs too.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

My local recycler says they run cartridge brass through a shredder (and hate to receive primed cases (bullets pulled and powder dumped) for that reason). I don't know it that is thier reason, but shredded brass would not be considered ordnance material.

A 1 gal freezer bag full of brass cartridge casings nets more than two lawn-and-leaf bags of aluminum cans. I just hate to see reusable metal go to the landfill, and besides, there's a gunshop on the route home.

 

[jack44]

I think I should start to pick up the .22 left on the ground!

 

[CHALK22]

I started picking up. 22 off the concrete at the range while I was waiting for my barrels to cool during workup shots. I figure a little each time will add up after a while, when added to my other bad brass.

 

[fol4321]

cases get sold overseas all the time. my buddy runs a recycling business where they buy containers full of whatever and sell it. BVAC buys fired brass to keep in in the counrty just watch a show on them

 

[CHALK22]

Where did you see a show on BVAC? I would be interested to see it, they are pretty local to me, and out of the two major local supplier/manufacturers, I would go with the other one first.

 

[cougar1717]

I would probably spend $330 at the chiropractor after picking up that much 22 brass!

 

[DoubleSawbuck]

don't forget your spent primers! They seem to add a decent amount of weight to the mix.

 

[FROGO207]

Those were just spent .22 casings saved separately. I just turned in my primers and split brass casings for almost $465 a couple of weeks ago. My back is fine as the whole pile was delivered in a bunch of 5 gallon buckets that weighed around 55 LBS each when mostly full. That was lots easier to handle for sure.

 

[clone]

I have been saving for a while now and have about 1/4 of a bucket. But mine is all mixed together.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

The sad thing is, when I, get a chance to make it to the range, I, can't find any .22's laying around. If I, can ever get enough, I, will invest into the swaging die's needed to make them into bullet's (boolet's).

 

[dnmccoy]

$1.40/lb here yesterday

 

[fol4321]

i saw the bvac show on where in the world is colardo buck. he is alwys hunting with the owner and his daughters. i guess friends or sponsored but one show was at his facility and showed there process. pretty cool

 

[armoredman]

Our local recycler offered only $.40 a pound for cartridge brass, half of the $.80 they offered for regular brass scrap, AND they have to all be deprimed of even dead primers. I'll give my stuff to a guy who lives next to a good recycler rather than let these local buffoons rip me off.

 

[Strongbad]

Took mine to the recycler a few weeks back and they wouldn't take it! Apparently the foundary or whoever they have that melts it down says "no" to empty cartridge casings. Probably a liability issue, they don't want to have a loaded round come through or something.

 

[engineermike]

Yea, one scrap yard here says he can't take it account the law will will not allow him too.(I have no idea what he is talking about) About 6 miles from this place is another scrap dealer and he offered $1.70 as long as it was clean of other metals and no live ammunition. My bucket is about full so I guess I will find out next week what it is worth.

 

[Blue68f100]

I went by the recycler today with scrap Al and brass. The weighed the primer separate from the 22 and brass. I had 53 lbs of Al and none of it was cans. I forgot to take my copper stache with me.

 

[crracer_712]

My boys always pick up the empty 22 cases after we get done shooting. We save it awhile, then sell it and buy them some more ammo.

 

[jack44]

I just started picking up 22's and every brass I see now.