1976B.L.Johns.
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^^^ Correct ^^^
Rough night so someone check me but...
At $1.50 per pound for spent primers, there would be 1750, 4 grain spent primers in a pound.
So dividing $1.50 into 1750 pieces gives a value of $0.00085714285, per spent primer.
Every 12 you save will earn you a penny. 100 would get you $0.08 and 1000 would get you $0.85.
Instead of throwing away usable brass, you could try "Paying It Forward" to THR members in need.
Never know, I have found goodwill seeded/paid forward has a way of coming back many folds.
ohihunter2014 just PIF some .308 brass I am going to PIF to a coworker to reload for his dad's rifle who passed away (along with complete single stage/Pro 1000 reloading set up and a new scope as additional PIF to replace the old blurry scope that's on the rifle now).
I have saved spent primers for the last 3 years or so. I have 2 of the one pound size powder containers full of them and another almost full. They feel like 8-10 pounds each
Around here, the scrap metal places give you NOTHING for range brass or primers. A few years ago I got a little over $1/lb. Now it's like 0.37 cents/lb
The just don't want it. Aluminum cans are worth more per pound.
My collecting brass from the range for a retirement fund is done! It costs more in gas to drive to the salvage yard.
As I said, around here they give about a buck and a half for brass. Aluminum cans only pay around .30 a pound on a good day. A bucket of brass gets me more monies than a whole trailer full of aluminum cans. Still, it isn't about making money, it's about being responsible and recycling. The scrap/recycling guy is less than a mile from me, and as I said before, when I have a trailer full of aluminum cans to take in, I take the bucket of brass along. Iffin my grandkids help load it and come along for the ride, they usually get the monies.
Sweet. I have a new retirement plan.Every 12 you save will earn you a penny. 100 would get you $0.08 and 1000 would get you $0.85.
Me either, but when I eventually go to sell the scrap, I take them with me, no sense throwing them away.I am not driving over 20 miles to drop off a coffee can of primers.
Me either, but when I eventually go to sell the scrap, I take them with me, no sense throwing them away.
Please do.Can we give this a rest?
Please do.
Why me?
So its "being responsible" to make sure a tiny primer gets in the proper place but not a lead bullet that weights 50 times more?