Disposing of used brass

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Hi All!

I'm new to the sport and this site but I've enjoyed what I've read here so far. I have a question regarding disposing of brass.

I have a BL22 right now, and I'm one step away from buying a Marstar SKS. With the whole push to be environmental and all, is there a better way than throwing all the casings in the garbage?

I'm not currently planning on becoming a reloader for the 7.62mm rounds, and I don't think you can reload .22LR's (I could be wrong here, though).

Any thoughts?
 
if your buying surplus 7.62x39 rounds just throw them away. But if you are buying the non corrosive ammo, don't throw it away save it for reloading in the future (u may get into it) or sell it on the EE (always buyers for it)
 
rattle said:
Brass or metal SKS cases can be recycled at just about any scrap metal place.
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Tossing the mercury contaminated steel cases into the trash is bad environmental practice. I used to work @ All Ontario Recycling and we took brass from the local range but we gave them next to nothing for it. The boss said it was hazardous and was not going to go through all of them to make sure that they were ALL empty cases.
That being said you can make 22 and 6mm cal jackets for bullets. Or you can recycle them @ a scrap yard and not worry about the $$
 
There is no Hg in corrosive ammo. It is a lead styphnate/antimony trisulfide/ potassium chlorate mixture.

Scatter them around town. It will be funny.
 
sell your scrap brass and makes a few $ to help out your reloading costs, you will be surprised how much you can make selling scrap.
 
sell it on the EE, or save it up and bring it to a metal recycling place. I just use the military's amnesty boxes on base for all the non reusable casings
 
seems to me that you can use 22 casings for 223 bullet jackets- with a corbin swager- it may not be popular, but it is a use
 
... but PLEASE pick up your 7.62x39 casings... those casing are becoming a plague on most ranges, with the recent popularity of the calibre. (Just because we can blow through a crate as fast as a bolt action can go through a box, doesn't mean we have to leave piles of them around.) If I don't leave with at least as many casings as I came with, I'm not leaving the range in better shape than I found it, IMHO.
 
My last bucket of brass brought me in $58 from the scrap yard.

Separate your brass from steel casings. The scrap yard will still buy your steel. If you combine the two types you get a lot less as it's called dirty brass.
 
From what ive read, If you have a S**t load of it. Save it up and either a. Reload it. b. Scrap it for $$. or c. find someone on EE and im sure they'd be happy to take it off you.

Just me thoughts
 
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