Brass disposal

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

December 02, 2017, 02:20 PM

arfmel

Not much

December 02, 2017, 02:36 PM

egregore

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To revive a dim memory, am I right to recall that blazer aluminum can't be reloaded? Is there any use for that?

It can't be reloaded. The N and R on the headstamp stand for Not Reloadable. Not only is aluminum unsuitable for drawing down for resizing, Blazer cases are Berdan primed. The only use I can think of for it is scrap value as contaminated aluminum.

December 02, 2017, 03:21 PM

rburg

As a side story (thread drift), a buddy and I used to frequent a public range. We'd try to go on weekdays to avoid the idiots. One day a guy in an old pickup truck came rattling in with his kids. He was very polite and asked if we'd mind if he picked up brass, starting at the far end of the shooting line. We may be assholes, but not that much. We said sure.

So he and his young'uns started maybe 20 or so targets away, never going more than a few feet passed the shooters benches. He worked his way toward us, kids with beach toy buckets, him with a standard 3 gal. A couple of times along the way they all went to the pickup. They were dumping their treasure into the 55 gal drum in the back. We police our own brass, but didn't much care for the others range brass. We took a break and they moved over our lines and went a few more.

Just to make conversation, I asked what they were doing with it. He had a 4x4 post with a turned down handle. He was crushing the brass with it. They were taking it to a scrap yard and getting cash for it. As I recall, in the hundreds of $ each time for a full barrel.

My only concern was for the kids hands and lead. He knew all about it and had a jug of water and soap along just for that purpose. Smart guy. I'm easy to impress and he impressed me.