What do you do with brass you dont reload anymore?

[Shivahasagun]

Asking because I may stop reloading .32 S&W Long in favor of .32 Magnum cases. (For hot and powder-puff loads)

I've only been loading a short time.

Do I just store these 1000 .32 long casing after firing again? Sell them?

I dont plan on ever buying a .32 Long gun. Only .32 mag and .327 fed mag guns.

What do yall do?

 

[.38 Special]

I tend to run them through the tumbler and then seal them in ziplock bags. Then I put them away and forget about them and discover them a couple of decades later while looking for something else and then I think about what a dummy I am because I just bought a thousand new pieces of the same brass last week after I decided I should probably have a good supply of the stuff.

 

[MFInc]

I usually smash any brass I'm not using any more with a hammer so it doesn't somehow through Murphy's law get back in the rotation of useable brass. But that's bad cases only. If you have room just put them away and maybe you could sell them to someone who would use them. You might change your mind later.

 

[Walkalong]

If it’s good brass, clean and store, if it isn’t, it goes in the scrap bucket

 

[.308 Norma]

What do yall do?

I store brass that I don't load anymore in old, clearly marked (felt-tip on a piece of masking tape) coffee cans or Christmas fruitcake tins. I put the cans and tins on shelves near my loading bench in the basement. Eventually (by the time you run across someone who wants that particular brass, or you decide to start loading it again) it will have disappeared, and you'll have to solicit help in order to find it. I'm glad my wife is tolerant and loves me.
Edited to add: as others that got in before me already said, if it's "bad" brass I smash it with a pair of pliers and throw it in the trash.

 

[Thomasss]

Scrap brass is going for $1.80 to $2.25 a pound. Let keep America beautiful.

 

[Dunross]

Clean it up, pack it in some sort of container that will keep it clean, then label it. Be sure to use some form of labeling that will fade over time so that in the years hence you'll stumble over it wondering "what's in this can?" You'll then be amazed you have so much brass in that caliber!

 

[kidneyboy]

When I stopped reloading 9mm I bartered all my 9mm stuff for 45colt and 45acp stuff.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Melt them down and make a statue of myself

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Unusable brass I smash and toss in the recycle bucket.

Good brass that I'm not going to use for whatever reason, I clean, bag, and stash in the barn on my 'excess brass' shelf. I trade it, sell it, give it to folks that need it.

If you're going to sell that brass, keep me in mind.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Melt them down and make a statue of myself

I'm thinking that most likenesses of you are made of soft material, so pins can be stuck in it....

 

[Charlie98]

In a time of lean, and assuming it's serviceable brass... you can sell it (which I have done,) give it away to someone in need (which I have done,) or just scrap it (which I do on a regular basis.)

 

[Mark_Mark]

I'm thinking that most likenesses of you are made of soft material, so pins can be stuck in it....

NICE!!

 

[Jim Watson]

Do I just store these 1000 .32 long casing after firing again? Sell them?

Sell them, trade them, give them to a .32 shooter. A shame to scrap usable cases.

 

[EricBu]

Save it, sell it, or recycle it. Based on the condition and it's value. Every few years, my big bucket of rejects fills up, and I haul it to the recycle center...keeps me in beer for a day or two anyway.

 

[Mark_Mark]

You can use old brass to make FMJ’s… So I was told

 

[FROGO207]

You shold be able to sell that brass for a fair amount. It is hard to find lately. If I were you I would hold onto it until you are tripple sure that you will never need it again. Selling for scrap would be my last option. Many on here would purchase that from you.

 

[SnowBlaZeR2]

Asking because I may stop reloading .32 S&W Long in favor of .32 Magnum cases. (For hot and powder-puff loads)

I've only been loading a short time.

Do I just store these 1000 .32 long casing after firing again? Sell them?

I dont plan on ever buying a .32 Long gun. Only .32 mag and .327 fed mag guns.

What do yall do?

Trade it for stuff I do use or give it to my buddy who also reloads.

 

[Shivahasagun]

Great answers and excellent points. Thanks!

It's only 1k peices. (Not all fired yet) Good PPU ammo / brass. I'll clean it after firing and store it, properly marked as suggested.

 

[Bassfishing54]

Asking because I may stop reloading .32 S&W Long in favor of .32 Magnum cases. (For hot and powder-puff loads)

I've only been loading a short time.

Do I just store these 1000 .32 long casing after firing again? Sell them?

I dont plan on ever buying a .32 Long gun. Only .32 mag and .327 fed mag guns.

What do yall do?

Over the years I have ended up with cases that I received from friends that aren't going to be reloading and they are cleaning out their late father's stuff. If it is a caliber that I don't have or have no interest in owning, I usually try to pass it on to someone out that can utilize it.

If the cases are damaged, they get trashed.

 

[bullseye308]

If you are sure you won’t be needing it, I trade it for what I need all the time. Keeps my overall costs down. Selling it outright can be beneficial as well and can get you stuff you need also. Storing it just in case has its place also.

 

[cfullgraf]

If it is good, serviceable brass, sell it. Somebody would like to get the cases for his/hers use.

I generally do not get rid of guns so I always have use for cases for my guns. I keep the cases for my future use.

 

[Archie]

There's a fellow lives nearby (40 miles, anyway) who has a business selling reloads. Especially lately, he's always looking for brass of one kind or another. He appears at most local gunshows.
I've got so much 'stuff' to store into my rapidly shrinking house, I'd rather see old brass (I don't use) go to him rather than be thrown out. He'll buy it (not at top prices) but it will be used.

 

[Gone Hiking]

Worn out and damaged brass goes into the "old brass" bucket for eventual recycling at the scrap yard. I store calibers I don't shoot in Zip-loks, for "just in case" or to give away.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I don't throw away or scrap any good brass, Odd brass, I deprime and clean, I have a box I put it all in and keep it until I find someone that needs it, then I give it to them or trade it to them for more of something I use.
I'm working on a bag of .380s and 45 Auto, right now. I don't load either one but I know people that do.