Weight of Brass in .22 LR cases

[sturmruger]

I am wondering if anyone has any idea how much the brass weighs in 500 .22 LR cartridges?? I have been all over the internet and there is a lot of conflicting information. I don't have a good scale to weight anything so I am not sure. The lead portion of the .22 is pretty easy to figure out they are usually 1-3 grains from what list on the box.

 

[MErl]

10 fired 22LR brass weight 6.54grams.

 

[sturmruger]

This is exactly why I love this forum.

 

[rcmodel]

The lead portion of the .22 is pretty easy to figure out they are usually 1-3 grains from what list on the box.

No they don't say that on the box.
.22 LR bullets weigh between 36 & 40 grains in HP & Solid configuration.
And that will be what it says on the box, in the USA anyway.

A typical .22 LR empty case weighs about 9.6 grains.
A typical .22 LR bullet weighs about 40 grains.
A typical powder charge & primer compound about 3.0 grains.

So, 175 40 grain bullets = 1 pound.
729 empty LR cases = 1 pound.
About 132 loaded rounds = 1 pound.

rc

 

[FROGO207]

A 30 gallon trash can full of them netted about $320.00 at the recyclers a year or so ago. IIRC the price was $1.95 per pound for cartridge brass that day.

 

[chris in va]

A typical powder charge & primer compound about 3.0 grains.

RC, I hold your posts in the highest regard. I have to question your powder charge weight though. 3 grains sounds about triple what it should be. Heck, my 9mm charges run 3.5gr.

 

[rcmodel]

I mentioned the powder & primer compound combined weight.

But I didn't weight it exactly.
It was a WAG.

It might be closer to 2.0??

PS: O.K., I just weighed it.
Powder & Primer compound combined = 2.5 grains.

Powder = 1.4.
Primer compound = 1.1.

I was off half a grain.

rc

 

[mac66]

So, I have 20 people at my weekend 22 rifle class each of them expends an average of 400 rounds. That's a total of 8,000 rounds. Divide that by 720/lb for the brass equals 10.97 lbs x $2.09 lb (spot price in my area)= $27.10 I am leaving laying on the ground. :banghead:

 

[Bull Nutria]

you are leaving a brick of ammo on the ground not picking up that much brass. you could make the student police it up for you!

bull

 

[rcmodel]

+1

Part of the learning experience is to police up your own brass and leave a clean range for the next guy.

Every ex-GI knows that!

PS: Just Make them put it in Your Brass Bucket.

Call it a 'Fringe Benefit' of being the Instructor.

rc