I've started to amass brass left over from target practice. Mostly .40, some .308, .380, and .223 and other odds. Hate to throw it away. Especially, since there are re-loaders and ammo is in short supply. It's all in one big bucket and I not sorting it out.

Sell it on gun boards to reloaders.

Better luck selling it locally on facebook or craigslist. With it not bring sorted your probably going to have to sell for a lower price since the buyer doesnt know exactly know what they are getting.

The local gun range used to buy it from private individuals. Unsorted sold by weight.

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If you want to sell it... you'll probably want to sort it. If you don't want to sort it... and you're not looking to get paid, plenty of people will take it off your hands. Ask at your local range.

Call a local recycling center and see what they are paying per pound on brass. Weigh your brass. Decide if it is worth the hassle of driving it to the recycling center. Use that price as a floor for what you might accept from local reloaders.

Depending on how full the bucket is, it may or may not be worth dealing with the recycle center, let alone reloaders who may or may not want to whine about how much of this caliber versus that caliber.

If you have space and buckets, you can sort the brass as you pick it up. That’s what we do, have a bucket for each caliber we shoot, plus one for junk brass and one for aluminum cases.

I’ll take it, no sorting required, box it up and send it in one of those priority boxes at the post office.

Ask around at the range...I'm sure you can find somebody to take it off your hands. As a reloader, I'll take any brass I can get!

Looks like mixed brass could be worth 80 cents to $1 per pound at scrap yards. https://www.metalary.com/scrap-metal-prices/

That'd be the easiest, most likely - Google search 'brass recycling' and your town's name, and there should be a couple of starting points for a quick call.

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See if you have a company that does reloading as a business near where you live.
If there is a local company see if they are interested in buying it unsorted.
Ask how much before you visit them, how much a pound they might pay you to see if it is worth the trip.

A little bit internet sleuthing, current price for scrap brass is $1.84 per pound. Monthly high was 2.22 and low was 1.21 per pound. That will give you a starting price for 'bucket of empties'. The caliber's listed are all popular ones, so I would hazard a guess you'll find some buyers. Flip side is the shopping cost may or may not negate the price as those prices are likely at the recycling center.

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Originally posted by Tn226:
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Originally posted by joel9507:
Looks like mixed brass could be worth 80 cents to $1 per pound at scrap yards. https://www.metalary.com/scrap-metal-prices/

That'd be the easiest, most likely - Google search 'brass recycling' and your town's name, and there should be a couple of starting points for a quick call.

A lot of recycling centers are leery of brass from expended ammo since they might get a few that still have primers and/or bullets in them. Some will, but some won't.

I think Capital Cartridge still buys brass.

https://www.capitalcartridge.c...ss-casings-s/106.htm

Some recyclers have equipment that basically “cook” the brass. These are metal belt conveyors that safely fire live cartridges before they try to melt the scrap brass. It involves an armored oven with the belt going through it. If memory serves, the one I saw was good up to 50BMG.

All of the stuff we know as “brass” go through the “Popper” before further processing.

I sold a couple of five-gallon buckets of brass to a recycler once. You could also sort it, bag it and sell it at a gun show to someone who reloads.

And I'll take what Mike doesn't. Although I'm mostly looking for 223, .44 &9mm.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Great karma! I’m in!!

Ditto that thought!