Brass

[TH3180]

I have a ******* of it. Is there anywhere to sell it?

Depending on what you have, I could recycle it for you. I am doing such for another member. What I sell or can use myself, you will be paid a percentage. The scrap I am saving for a sale with proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald house in Rochester in care of another member of Mn Gun Talk who has a child at the Mayo.

Thanks man.

[MaryB]

7.62x54r is in high demand.... at least with me not an easy find for reloading.

[BigDog58]

7.62x54r is in high demand.... at least with me not an easy find for reloading.

Mary, I was at Gunstop in Minnetonka about two weeks ago and they had new 7.62x54R brass in stock. If you want some, I can go by, get it and ship it to you for the exact cost. If this is something you would want, PM or call me (if you still have my numbers). I can go Monday morning or most of this coming week.

[Pat Cannon]

I have yet, buy a single piece of New Unused brass. I guess that makes me earth friendly and a major recycler.

Hah, same here.

[andrewP]

I have yet, buy a single piece of New Unused brass. I guess that makes me earth friendly and a major recycler.

Hah, same here.

Likewise, unless you count factory ammo that I've bought, shot, and then reloaded the brass from. I mean, I guess it'd be kinda cool to work with fresh, clean stuff, but it'll be dirty, used stuff soon enough anyway, right?

[SIGP240]

from a reloader's perspective, brass is the new coinage. If it is a usable casing in good condition, it has intrinsic value. We reloaders consider it our stock in trade. As long as we have propellant, projectiles and primers we are in business. The brass (scrap) Meltdown prices seem to have risen lately. It is upsetting to see tons of once fired cases go to Kirschbaum's for cooking. The day of 70$/5 Gal. Of 45's is gone. At this current moment, a forum like this is a sensible trading platform for fired brass if not dispatched in other ways.

BTW: what is so funny, In the old (single stage) days (before everybody owned SEVERAL progressive loader).. We bought 100 casings and lovingly reloaded them some 5-8 times before replacing. I am glad those days are gone...I'll stick with the Dillons and thousands of empties in each caliber I enjoy.

[20mm]

I'll give you a $1 a pound for any cartridge brass you want to sell.

[Rodentman]

I lay it out on the carpet for the cat to guard. Then I reload it.

[MaryB]

Do that with my cat and your brass will be scattered all over the house. I caught tigger stealing it from the bucket as I was cleaning primer pockets the other night.

[BigDog58]

Do that with my cat and your brass will be scattered all over the house. I caught tigger stealing it from the bucket as I was cleaning primer pockets the other night.

If you switched to Wet Tumbling with stainless steel pins, you would never have to clean primer pockets again. When other people see my reloads they have accused me of taking factory ammo and putting my own lables (reloading labels) on the plastic bags and trying to fool everyone. After I show them a cleaned empty case, they laugh and tell me my ammo actually looks better than the factory ammo does. A few have shot some of my handgun loads and love them. They aleays comment about how well they shoot and how clean their guns are afterward. One good friend has even decided to begin reloading himself, just because of these facts.

Before I met OldmanFCSA and he showed me how nice the brass came out after wet tumbling, I thought my cases were "super clean" , but they weren't even close. I wondered how I ever properly inspected my brass before? As an aircraft technician I learned in a/c school that metal cannot be properly inspected unless it is CLEAN. I guess that's what made me change over and unless something drastic happens, I won't go back to dry tumbling as my main cleaning process. I still dry tumble. I do it when I first get the used brass sorted, just to knock off the outside crud, so my resizing dies don't get all fouled up. I then tumble it again in walnut shells and Nu Finish car polish, before I prime and load. I found that the one drawback of wet tumbling is the brass gets TOO clean, and when my flaring die is doing it's job, the brass was sticking and causing me to work harder at my loading. Now, they have that little bit of polish on them, and they glide through the flare and loading process, and it only takes about 15 minutes in the dry tumbler.

[OldmanFCSA]

Another pervert, I mean convert, to SS Pin processing.

You guys wouldn't believe the crap I got when first introducing and training with this process.

Seeing is believing. Anything else you need to know?

[BigDog58]

Another pervert, I mean convert, to SS Pin processing.

You guys wouldn't believe the crap I got when first introducing and training with this process.

Seeing is believing. Anything else you need to know?

NOPE, I now know EVERYTHING!


Sorry, I couldn't help it

[OldmanFCSA]

Another pervert, I mean convert, to SS Pin processing.

You guys wouldn't believe the crap I got when first introducing and training with this process.

Seeing is believing. Anything else you need to know?

NOPE, I now know EVERYTHING!


Sorry, I couldn't help it

In that case, what is the Brinnell hardness change using this process vs. actual firing of loaded round?

[BigDog58]

Firing will change the hardness due to work hardening. Tumbling will not effect the overall hardness because the brass is not being "worked" nor stressed.

[wasfuzz]

NOPE, I now know EVERYTHING!


Sorry, I couldn't help it

I heard someone say, just the other day - they thought you were a "****ing know it all" LOL just kidding Jim!