Dad's Reloading Equipment

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Good Afternoon all;

I posted in the introductions, but I'll repeat here...I'm here to get some idea of the value of some of my dad's reloading equipment (if any). Long story short, my dad has been entered into long term care and we're selling all his gun related gear to pay for his care.

I also have my PAL but I wouldn't call myself tremendously knowledgeable beyond the basics re safety etc. My uncle (his brother) who is also a firearms owner has helped facilitate sale for some of the more straightforward items but he is not a reloader so he doesn't have much knowledge in this area. So here I am!

I've got some pictures of the items that I want to get a sense of the value of if some of you fine people don't mind lending me your brains :)

From what I can tell we have a:

-Tumbler (it's what he called it when we were growing up, maybe this is the wrong name)
- Press ( currently attached to a table, would not be if we sold it)
- Bunch of smokeless powder and primers and miscellany that I don't have enough knowledge to name

To be clear, I am not soliciting sale at this time. I read and understood the forum rules regarding the equipment exchange. I am just looking for an educated guess as to what the items I have listed and pictured might reasonably fetch to an interested party on the second hand market.

Thanks in advance and let me know if I can answer any questions. Assume everything works.

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I'm not trying to beat you up here, but your Dad's "stash," in the photos, isn't going to bring you a lot of cash.

You may want to take that stuff to a local auction house, or advertise it on Gun P ost, or the EE here. Shipping costs would be horrendous.

I avoid that stuff when attending estate sales, the powder and primers sell easily, bullets can be slow, presses are very difficult to sell, etc.

Your drill press is a low end, bench type, fully functional and serviceable but a look on the Princess Auto or CT website will give you a ballpark price for new. Used toos usually sell for half or less than half of new value, depending on condition.
 
A drill press is not a reloading press, not sure why that photo is in there.

A Lyman vibratory tumbler is a little over $200 new, you could probably get $100.

Lee die sets bring $30-40 used.

IMR brand powder might bring $70-80 per pound if it's still sealed. Less if it has been opened.

Common rifle brass maybe $30-60 per 100. Unless it's .223 in which case you'll be lucky to get 20. Bullets vary a lot, from 30 cents to 2 bucks each, depending on calibre, brand and design.

All told it is not a valuable-looking stash.
 
As noted above, best bet is find someone local. Chat with people at the local range. Not much value after someone pays shipping on most of that. Sorry about the issues your dad is dealing with, maybe it's a sign for you to get into reloading to carry on your family tradition?
 
Try a Kijiji post but watch what you label it as or it'll get pulled by Kijiji. There's a few items on FB marketplace in my area.
You maybe have a few hundred worth of stuff there.
Answering questions and digging through stuff to find out if you have any 193 grain 47 caliber projectiles for a person who wants that and nothing else is very annoying. If it was me I would try to sell it in 1 lump for a little less than what you would get if you went item by item .
An auction is an option but you may end up with pennies on the dollar if it's some small local in person only auction.
If I was to keel over tomorrow my wife has my blessing to send all my reloading gear to switzers auction. (My rifles she would keep though she has asked me for a list of approximate values.)
 
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A drill press is not a reloading press, not sure why that photo is in there.

A Lyman vibratory tumbler is a little over $200 new, you could probably get $100.

Lee die sets bring $30-40 used.

IMR brand powder might bring $70-80 per pound if it's still sealed. Less if it has been opened.

Common rifle brass maybe $30-60 per 100. Unless it's .223 in which case you'll be lucky to get 20. Bullets vary a lot, from 30 cents to 2 bucks each, depending on calibre, brand and design.

All told it is not a valuable-looking stash.
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Gun show vendors must be doing very well in your area, at those prices.

OP, he's listing prices quite high IMHO. RCBS and other used die sets might bring $45, Lee $25.

His powder prices are store prices, whether unopened or not, expect at least 20% less.

That Lyman tumbler, maybe $50 on a good day.

If a person comes to you and makes an offer on the whole lot, expect to get between 50-60% of what they will sell for at a gun show or on a used sale site.
 
BattleRife said:
A drill press is not a reloading press, not sure why that photo is in there.

A Lyman vibratory tumbler is a little over $200 new, you could probably get $100.

Lee die sets bring $30-40 used.

IMR brand powder might bring $70-80 per pound if it's still sealed. Less if it has been opened.

Common rifle brass maybe $30-60 per 100. Unless it's .223 in which case you'll be lucky to get 20. Bullets vary a lot, from 30 cents to 2 bucks each, depending on calibre, brand and design.

All told it is not a valuable-looking stash.
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I'd love to sell to you! Your prices are veeeeery optimistic lol.

The powder is either worth nothing or $ maybe $40 per tin if full and unopened.

The ONLY reason why I say this is because I would surely not buy powder, even unopened stuff in the tin for even close to current retail, being that is at least 50 years old. I see these tins at shows regularly for $50-60 which isn't a bad price being say IMR 4350 is near $100+, but at the end of the day, they are still on the table when I leave.

I know that if properly stored powder will last forever, but if at all possible for $70-$80 a tin, I'd want recent production.
 
Easiest way to liquidate would be to deliver the whole lot, including the drill press, to an auction house. There are three within a reasonable round trip day's drive. Kidd, Landsborough, and Switzer. Switzer even does pickups (fee); don't know about the others.
 
Looks like there are:

~ 1200 bullets, at $0.20 average each, that’s
$240.00​
The powder looks good, and there are at least 4lbs, at $40.00 each
$160.00​
8 Lee die set (complete?), at $20.00 each
$160.00​
2 RCBS dies (complete?), at $30.00 each
$60.00​
2 Lee Auto Prime, at $20.00 each
$40.00​
Miscellaneous
$15.00​
Tumbler looks very tired
$30.00​
Old brass, looks ugly, who knows how many times fired
$15.00​
JobMate Drill Press
$40.00​
TOTAL
$760.00​


Therefore, $500.00, if you have use for all this stuff, is a good deal for both, the buyer and seller.

Most importantly, you must do some "staging", this stuff is very dirty.
Clean it up and take some nice pictures.
Everybody I know like shiny brass.
 
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It’s a bunch of odds and sods, no reloading press in the pics.

The first $250 you get offered, take the money and run….
 
Lefty #### said:
It’s a bunch of odds and sods, no reloading press in the pics.

The first $250 you get offered, take the money and run….
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I was going to say, if you are local to me within a 30 min drive, i'd probably offer $200 in passing for the lot. It all looks pretty neglected and beat up. And I would be hoping to find a gem in the lot i could actually use and not just put everything on a shelf and forget about it.
 
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