Brass Market Value
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If it's Hornady brass it's hard to give away, they are shorter than other brands and require Hornady dies to reload.
Anyone can buy brand new unfired Starline brass for $1.20ish from Budget Shooter Supply for your reference.
I would suggest 75c if you haven't decapped and cleaned it in a wet rotary tumbler with stainless steel media.
Anyone can buy brand new unfired Starline brass for $1.20ish from Budget Shooter Supply for your reference.
I would suggest 75c if you haven't decapped and cleaned it in a wet rotary tumbler with stainless steel media.
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That's a unique Hornady .45-70 issue from their decision to make .45-70 LEVERevolution ammunition to a different specification. Since the OP here was talking about once fired brass that is likely to be what is on hand if it's Hornady marked. Hornady also sells bags of brass as a reloading component, I have not used any to be able to measure and see if it's the standard length or not.
450 Marlin Hornady brass is usually the shorter leverrevolution stuff too but I’ve had no issue loading it with non Hornady dies and using normal cast and jacketed bullets instead of the ftx bullets
I would think it would be the same for 45-70?
Only issue I can think of would be crimping but you can prob use the Lee factory crimp die if you want to crimp
I would think it would be the same for 45-70?
Only issue I can think of would be crimping but you can prob use the Lee factory crimp die if you want to crimp
I have never needed any specific dies to load any leverevolution brass. If anyone has any of the "worthless" stuff to give away I will gladly give it a good home! That goes for the "too soft" Federal brass and whatever else...
In a general sort of way once fired brass in a meaningful quantity, all matching and preferably in factory boxes to suggest its not range pickups and not cleaned with stainless media which can hide a multitude of sins but not tarnished up much, and showing evidence of a factory crimp or perhaps primer sealant to indicate but not really prove that it is indeed once fired might be worth half of new price to the right guy.
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Because of the ogive on the bullets, when loading FTX or MonoFlex bullets the brass will be need to be trimmed to 2.040 rather than 'normal' trim to 2.095 for standard bullets. The Hornady factory ammo brass is shorter for this reason. The COAL is also over SAAMI spec when using those bullets.
I have no idea if their unloaded brass is standard length.
Standard dies can be used for any of them.
OP - de-primed and cleaned will get you a better price (say .90) and I agree with BlackPowderBurner that .75 is a fair price for unprocessed
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Hornady 45-70 brass out of a bag new is the proper length. (I have lots) When Factory loaded with FTX projectiles, the brass are shorter.
Between Starline, Winchester, Hornady, the Starline is my fave and cleans up the nicest. I've seen scalpers wanting $2 per.
Between Starline, Winchester, Hornady, the Starline is my fave and cleans up the nicest. I've seen scalpers wanting $2 per.
Lee makes a specific factory crimp die for the lever evolution brass. It is too short for the standard one.
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Only problem I had with the hornady brass is it’s too short to crimp with the regular Lee seating die. I just chucked the die up in my lathe and took about 1/16” off of the length on the end that contacts the shell holder, works fine now
Hornady brass for reloading is the standard spec for 45-70, not the shorter spec brass for Hornady Revolution factory rounds. No issue with their brass for reloading.
