30 06 brass ?
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I recently saw a "trendy" boutique in Vancouver where the owner was selling necklaces which consisted of a .30-06 (or .300 Win. Mag) case with a leather band going through the flash hole (for hanging around the neck) and a large feather coming out of the mouth of the case. If I recall, they were asking something like $60 or $80 apiece.
So jewellery-making may be something for you to consider with your brass.
Seriously, you're asking a Reloading forum if it's worth reloading .30-06? That's like asking a photography forum if it's worth using a camera to take pictures. What do you think we're going to say?
hk33ka1 answered this query well.
So jewellery-making may be something for you to consider with your brass.
Seriously, you're asking a Reloading forum if it's worth reloading .30-06? That's like asking a photography forum if it's worth using a camera to take pictures. What do you think we're going to say?
hk33ka1 answered this query well.
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where should i ask this question in the cooking section of home and garden, who better to tell me if it would be really worth it to reload it some might say not some might say yes. if i was experinced i would know but i am not so i leave the question to you guys. how else am i to get answers about anything if i dont ask people who know better or more then i do about a subject...
Another question i have is what a going price for it or could someone point me in the direction of where i would get a list of prices? mailing to bc i dont think would be worth they time as i dont have a ton of it maybe 100 casings a year , but thanks for the offer
also its fedral brass i forgot to mention that
Statement - "p-17"
where should i ask this question in the cooking section of home and garden, who better to tell me if it would be really worth it to reload it some might say not some might say yes. if i was experinced i would know but i am not so i leave the question to you guys. how else am i to get answers about anything if i dont ask people who know better or more then i do about a subject...
Another question i have is what a going price for it or could someone point me in the direction of where i would get a list of prices? mailing to bc i dont think would be worth they time as i dont have a ton of it maybe 100 casings a year , but thanks for the offer
also its fedral brass i forgot to mention that
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How much brass are you talking about, 100, 1000, etc?
Single headstamp, or multiple manufacturer.
Deprimed?
Resized?
Tumbled?
All this effects the going rate, with no prep work done, expect $10-15 per 100, if all the above are done, then expect $20 per 100.
I may take some if you have enough for the right price. Looking for at least 500, as I just bought a belt fed and it needs to be appeased.
Single headstamp, or multiple manufacturer.
Deprimed?
Resized?
Tumbled?
All this effects the going rate, with no prep work done, expect $10-15 per 100, if all the above are done, then expect $20 per 100.
I may take some if you have enough for the right price. Looking for at least 500, as I just bought a belt fed and it needs to be appeased.
The answer is a resounding yes, it is worth reloading.
If it's military brass with crimped primers, it's a little harder to work and deprime etc.
Otherwise, craft people selling at gun shows etc.
I don't know if you have enough to really interest a scrap dealer.
If it's military brass with crimped primers, it's a little harder to work and deprime etc.
Otherwise, craft people selling at gun shows etc.
I don't know if you have enough to really interest a scrap dealer.
i dont think i would have 500 for a while
yeah 500 would take me along time .. but i thinkn if i combind my fathers and mine it would be around that.
its is mostly federal with a few boxes of winchester.
just straiht tho shot and reboxed no work done on it at all ... but your saying if i take out the primers and tumble it i can get more ?
yeah 500 would take me along time .. but i thinkn if i combind my fathers and mine it would be around that.
its is mostly federal with a few boxes of winchester.
just straiht tho shot and reboxed no work done on it at all ... but your saying if i take out the primers and tumble it i can get more ?
Yup.
If you spend the time to do it, people will pay more because it saves them time.
Consider the break even point though, how much time you invest in it versus the extra few dollars per hundred. I will let you be the judge of if it is worth it or not.
Yes it is worth reloading . Every moose in my freezer was from reloaded 3006. My guess it's worth any where depending on condition 50 to 100 bucks. I again might be low. I just bought a ton of new from Mystic last year. And you can neck them down to 270 cal range.
Your first post, Sir,
30 06 brass ?
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I have a ton of 30 06 brass and was thinking i should do something with it other then just have it sit in a box
-but is it worth reloading ?
-can something else be done with it ?
Your second post (part of)
mailing to bc i dont think would be worth they time as i don’t have a ton of it maybe 100 casings a year , but thanks for the offer
So which is it? A ton or 100 cases?? Really, you mislead us.
You come on making a statement and then go asking a couple of questions. You get an answer that you didn’t like, rail on the guy for his answer and then tell us, after someone offers to buy them from you, that you really only have about 100. Well to most reloaders, that is about 1/5 of what we keep per rifle.
If you only shoot 100rds a year, then you should find someone near you to GIVE them to. Not many people are going to pay for 100 cases and then pay the shipping as well.
And if you go to the trouble of de-capping and tumbling, then you might as well just reload them yourself. You are halfway there and you must have the equipment to finish. Get yourself 500 cases, get your Father’s. Start loading your own ammo.
Or, you are trolling.
30 06 brass ?
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I have a ton of 30 06 brass and was thinking i should do something with it other then just have it sit in a box
-but is it worth reloading ?
-can something else be done with it ?
Your second post (part of)
mailing to bc i dont think would be worth they time as i don’t have a ton of it maybe 100 casings a year , but thanks for the offer
So which is it? A ton or 100 cases?? Really, you mislead us.
You come on making a statement and then go asking a couple of questions. You get an answer that you didn’t like, rail on the guy for his answer and then tell us, after someone offers to buy them from you, that you really only have about 100. Well to most reloaders, that is about 1/5 of what we keep per rifle.
If you only shoot 100rds a year, then you should find someone near you to GIVE them to. Not many people are going to pay for 100 cases and then pay the shipping as well.
And if you go to the trouble of de-capping and tumbling, then you might as well just reload them yourself. You are halfway there and you must have the equipment to finish. Get yourself 500 cases, get your Father’s. Start loading your own ammo.
Or, you are trolling.
Trolling is being a #### disturber basically. I don't think you are, but theres lots of guys on CGN that wear little tin foil hats and think every new member is Wendy Cuikier.
Ikido, your once fired brass is worth a few cents each. To deprime it, you must buy a set of appropriate tools - typically a press, and dies at a minimum. To tumble it, you would need a tumbler, and medium. These all cost $$, and will not increase the sale value of your brass anywhere near what it would cost for the tools.
Redding, RCBS, Hornady, Lee, and I am sure a few others all have good web sites which explain the whole reloading process, including case preparation, and detail the kit you need. They also have on-line catalogues with prices, so you can estimate the set-up cost, as well as compare them to the price of new, unfired brass offered by several on-line vendors.
A couple hundred cases probably are not worth selling, but would create significant good will were you to give it to a fellow shooter at the range one day. Or, it also makes a good start on a brass supply for a new reloader. Reloading will result in a per shot saving of about 50 to 60 %, if you do not count the cost of the equipment. Since the gear will last a lifetime, (I'm using some dies that are at least 40 years old) that is probably fair. What reloading will do is provide you with a better understanding of your rifle, your bullets, your shooting, and will probalby allow you to shoot many more rounds per year, for not too much more money.
It can be confusing, intriguing, risky and rewarding. If you are patient, capable of learning relatively intricate cause and effect concepts, and careful by nature, go for it. If you have the attention span of a gnat, want instant answers and feel there is one simple solution to any problem, or like multi-tasking while indulging in the use of mind altering substances, then I don't recommend reloading as a pastime. It helps enormously not to have an ego the size of Ontario, and to have healthy love for your eyes and fingers. Much of what you will see advocated here on CGN reflect both a huge ego and a complete disregard for physical well-being.
if you meet the proper criteria above, I heartily recommend getting into reloading.
Redding, RCBS, Hornady, Lee, and I am sure a few others all have good web sites which explain the whole reloading process, including case preparation, and detail the kit you need. They also have on-line catalogues with prices, so you can estimate the set-up cost, as well as compare them to the price of new, unfired brass offered by several on-line vendors.
A couple hundred cases probably are not worth selling, but would create significant good will were you to give it to a fellow shooter at the range one day. Or, it also makes a good start on a brass supply for a new reloader. Reloading will result in a per shot saving of about 50 to 60 %, if you do not count the cost of the equipment. Since the gear will last a lifetime, (I'm using some dies that are at least 40 years old) that is probably fair. What reloading will do is provide you with a better understanding of your rifle, your bullets, your shooting, and will probalby allow you to shoot many more rounds per year, for not too much more money.
It can be confusing, intriguing, risky and rewarding. If you are patient, capable of learning relatively intricate cause and effect concepts, and careful by nature, go for it. If you have the attention span of a gnat, want instant answers and feel there is one simple solution to any problem, or like multi-tasking while indulging in the use of mind altering substances, then I don't recommend reloading as a pastime. It helps enormously not to have an ego the size of Ontario, and to have healthy love for your eyes and fingers. Much of what you will see advocated here on CGN reflect both a huge ego and a complete disregard for physical well-being.
if you meet the proper criteria above, I heartily recommend getting into reloading.
thanks a ton kevin and ykkid for you assistance this is just the kinda of help i was told i would find on this site .. hopefully i will get more in the future.
i have always thought of reloading but i never knew if it was worth it but i am thinking now it my be time to give it a try.
i have always thought of reloading but i never knew if it was worth it but i am thinking now it my be time to give it a try.
Now that's the best decision you have made in a while (even though I don't know you, or what decisions you have actually made in the past), you certainly won't lose out if you start reloading your own.
Congrats!!
