current scrap brass price?

[rondog]

Anybody sold any brass cases lately for scrap? I'm wondering what the current price is for scrap brass, and who's the best place to sell it to without getting boned. Got a bucket I can barely pick up, figure it's time to empty it.

That, and I'm getting a hardon for one of those stainless steel pin wet tumbling kits, so I'm thinking of selling the scrap brass to apply to buying that kit.

[Jamnanc]

I would think you could get about 2 per pound, could probably double that by selling it as reloading brass, even more if you separate it by cal and sell it that way.

[68Charger]

If they take it, they will give bottom dollar for it.. Their "dirty brass" price
Many won't take it for fear of live rounds.

[ray1970]

I'm not sure on current prices but the place I take mine to usually pays good prices for it. I've found a five gallon bucket usually weighs about 55 pounds depending on what type of brass you have in it. I was getting $1.83 a pound last time I went.

[bryjcom]

Depends on the place and the price changes day to day.

call some places first and ask them what empty brass casings are going for.

[TRnCO]

I was told that most scrap metal places wouldn't take ammo. brass...........obviously there are places that will. So for you guys that have sold brass for scrap, can you name the place and location to take it to?

[rondog]

Yeah, I was selling copper a couple years ago at this place and they had buckets full of cases they'd just bought. GOOD cases too, from a range. I was heartbroken and it was all I could do to turn away.

Now MY stuff is all junk. Split & damaged cases, Berdan primed, spent primers, etc.

[Jamnanc]

Call atlas in Denver, prices are good in my experience, many of their customers make me nervous. Near you is Oxford recycling.

[Pancho Villa]

Be aware, prices don't just change day to day, but can vary by as much as 10-20% from place to place - on the same day. So call around, not just one place.

Rocky Mountain Recycling, up north (near 76/74th Ave) had the best prices most consistently in my experience, back when I scrapped for a living, but YMMV.

[rondog]

Call atlas in Denver, prices are good in my experience, many of their customers make me nervous. Near you is Oxford recycling.

Atlas is too much of a madhouse to deal with unless you have a pickup load of copper to make it worthwhile. That place is nuts.

[muddywings]

Freedom Munitions?

http://www.freedommunitions.com/Brass-Credit-Program-s/48072.htm

I haven't done it myself and have no idea of their backlog right now...

[Caithford]

I love Rocky Mountain Recycling, but I'm biased, they're my client :) Since I reload, my contact and I are always talking about it... right now they're buying brass for just over $2 a pound. And yes, they will take cases.

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

Ill buy it

[rondog]

Ill buy it

I replied to your PM - this isn't usable brass cases, this is all scrap. Berdan primed, or split, mangled, smashed, or otherwise unusable cases. Plus a couple of liters of used primers and a couple of old brass faucets. I'm FAR too frugal to sell good, usable brass cases for scrap. I just couldn't fathom that.

[Jamnanc]

Atlas is too much of a madhouse to deal with unless you have a pickup load of copper to make it worthwhile. That place is nuts.
Walking out of there with cash on my pocket always makes me a little nervous, but they seem to be the place the smaller yards sell to and they have always paid well.

[Danimal]

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[Danimal]

I have been picking up every piece of brass that I find at the range for a while now. I reload and shoot only a few choice calibers and the rest really is no use to me. There is some good stuff in there I found from last hunting season, not a lot of each type maybe 10 or 20 depending on the caliber, but I dont feel like breaking it all down and selling it individually. I guess it will be easier to state what is not in there. 9mm. 45 ACP .223 .308 357 mag. Other than that there are some 30-06 220 swift, 270 WSM and a lot more. If someone was willing to give me $2 a pound for it I would sell it to them and they could sort it out or take what they wanted and scrap the rest. Really if you just give me a 12 pack of beer I would be happy, but it has to be something decent, like Sam Adams Creme Stout, or Sierra Nevada.

There is also quite a bit of scrap in there as you can see in the pictures, but it is all cases, not primers or anything like that.

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/harthand/20130204_171303_zpsb7afb369.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/harthand/20130204_170926_zps0cbb98be.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/harthand/20130204_171321_zps5070854c.jpg

[Hedley Lamarr]

Top Brass in Salida (formerly Scharch) will give you $2.00 a pound credit on scrap brass but they have a huge back log on new orders like everyone else right now.

http://www.topbrass-inc.com/reloading-supplies/page.php?page=brassexchange

[rondog]

Walking out of there with cash on my pocket always makes me a little nervous, but they seem to be the place the smaller yards sell to and they have always paid well.

Funny, I took a couple of truckloads of huge copper cable in there once to sell, and it got the attention of the owner so he came out to BS with me, probably to get a feel for me to make sure I didn't steal it. Anyway, the subject of security regarding such a large sale came up, and I informed him of the .45 on my hip under my shirt tail. He seemed impressed, and mentioned that he'd been thinking of getting a .25 or .32 for a pocket pal. I advised him to consider something a little more "real" that wouldn't just piss somebody off.

But yeah, that whole neighborhood is sketchy city. But Denver Bullets is right around the corner!