Value of .308 and 7.62x51 brass
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rnbra-shooter
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Known to be once-fired?
commercial brass w/o primer pocket crimp, or military brass?
All the same headstamp, or mixed?
Clean, as-fired?
commercial brass w/o primer pocket crimp, or military brass?
All the same headstamp, or mixed?
Clean, as-fired?
Well, NEW brass (308) is $32/50 or 64 cents each at one store I know, so I figure 1F brass is worth about 1/2 to 1/3 of that so 20 to 30 cents each is what i would be asking.
Closer to 30 if you cleaned it up and sorted it by headstamp and bagged it in 50's or 100's
Closer to 20 if you dont.
This is my opinion, and I am sure others have different opinions......
Closer to 30 if you cleaned it up and sorted it by headstamp and bagged it in 50's or 100's
Closer to 20 if you dont.
This is my opinion, and I am sure others have different opinions......
rnbra-shooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Brunswick
I haven't bought brass in a long time and the OP asked for the current price of brass, so you should probably ignore this post...!
Having said that,....
- it would be pretty silly to pay more than 50% of the price of new brass, so that's sort of an upper bound
- an absolute floor on the price would be its value as scrap. If you can get $2/lb for scrap brass, then each case is worth 5c as scrap.
- for once-fired good commercial brass (e.g. Winchester), I would consider 20c to be the "buy lots and lots" price; 30c and beyond would be pretty uninteresting.
- for military brass, I would want to pay less, due to the extra prep work involved. If I could get 1X fired commercial brass for 20c, military brass would have to be 10c or cheaper in order for the work to be worthwhile.
- having said that, for some people (M14 owners, arise.....!) military brass is more desirable because it is heavier and stronger. For the right market, military 1X fired brass is perhaps worth just as much as commercial 1X fired brass is in another.
Having said that,....
- it would be pretty silly to pay more than 50% of the price of new brass, so that's sort of an upper bound
- an absolute floor on the price would be its value as scrap. If you can get $2/lb for scrap brass, then each case is worth 5c as scrap.
- for once-fired good commercial brass (e.g. Winchester), I would consider 20c to be the "buy lots and lots" price; 30c and beyond would be pretty uninteresting.
- for military brass, I would want to pay less, due to the extra prep work involved. If I could get 1X fired commercial brass for 20c, military brass would have to be 10c or cheaper in order for the work to be worthwhile.
- having said that, for some people (M14 owners, arise.....!) military brass is more desirable because it is heavier and stronger. For the right market, military 1X fired brass is perhaps worth just as much as commercial 1X fired brass is in another.
Agree
Around here Higginsons has New Win for $23/50 and Lebaron would be around $20 (with their membership) although Lebaron hasn't had it in a while.
Around here Higginsons has New Win for $23/50 and Lebaron would be around $20 (with their membership) although Lebaron hasn't had it in a while.
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Commercial brass
Sorted by head stamp
If you want to sit on it for a wile $10/50pcs
if you want to sell some of it $9/50pcs
if you want to sell it Quick $8/50 or less
Millitary brass even lower $$ and it has to be reloadable
If the person you sell it to can pick it up you will sell it even Quicker
Im interested in 2-300 for the right price
Sorted by head stamp
If you want to sit on it for a wile $10/50pcs
if you want to sell some of it $9/50pcs
if you want to sell it Quick $8/50 or less
Millitary brass even lower $$ and it has to be reloadable
If the person you sell it to can pick it up you will sell it even Quicker
Im interested in 2-300 for the right price
