Buying pistol brass

I throw my brass in a cement mixer with crushed walnut for a couple of hours. Cleans about 3000 at a time and requires almost zero effort. So cleaned would add little value. I have thought about deprimed cases though. If I could choose the primers, it would be convenient. I would need to calculate cost.probably just buy factory loads on sale just as cheap. So I think you are looking for a rare bird that is OCD enough to want brass processed a certain way, but also trusts you to do it for them. Good luck.
 
its rare that I buy any pistol or rifle brass as I have access to a decent amount of free range brass. When I do buy brass (usually large calibers such as 460sw, 50AE, 50 BMG) I prefer it to be dirty as I have a nice stainless steel tumbler that makes tarnished black brass new again.
 
madcow said:
Just a question to the various loaders on this board.

Due the surplus brass I have access to, I am looking at various ways to make it more desirable for sale.

I usually sell it at less than market already cleaned and bagged.

My question is, would it be a little more desirable if the brass was in the following stages?

Cleaned and deprimed
Cleaned and re-primed

For a slight additional cost?


I know that I prefer it dirty myself, because I have access to everything I need to reload from dirty brass onwards.
Click to expand...

Forget about primed imho. Shipping price, primer type, etc...

If you wanna know for real, try depriming and cleaning a batch, then place an ad on the EE for both dirty and cleaned/deprimed, and you'll see how much of a premium you can ask for cleaning and depriming your brass. My hunch is it's gonna be very little. I would pay a very tiny bit of extra for depriming, pretty much nothing for clean.

Rifle brass is a different beast. From dirty 1Fired, crimped brass to fully prep ready to load brass there are a lot of steps.
 
The rule of "economy of motion" would suggest that rendering extra effort or steps into your brass project by de-priming would not be reciprocated in value. This also implies a further step of tumbling that brass first or risk ruining or scratching your sizer die.

All reloaders are basically cheap & want your efforts for free or peanuts. Cleaning or tumbling before sales is a courtesy & might add some value over dirty or soiled brass.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom