Scrapped primed brass to recylcers?

[TACTICAL111]

I have several thousand .308 & 30-30 brass, some of which is primed.

It's all pooched.

Can I bring it to the smelters for cash if some if it is primed?

Also, where would that be in the GTA?

Thanks in advance peeps

 

[coyote]

That would be foolish to bring primed brass for recycling someone will likely get hurt.
At least shoot off the primers so they are dead.

 

[Sleeper]

if the primers are dead it is ok, some places want you to use a tiger torch on brass casings for their safety

 

[NShunter1254]

I would guess that clean brass would be worth more than mixed steel and brass

no don't send live primers

 

[TERMINATOR101CA]

http://talmetal.ca/contact.php Steeles/Dufferin . Give them a try.

 

[TACTICAL111]

Thanks guys, glad I asked

 

[DrNick]

Define 'pooched' How bad is it? Some of it may yet be useful for people who wildcat or who make hard to find cases.

Doc

 

[Eagleye]

Our recycler here always asks if there are any primed cases in the lot.
If the answer is "yes", he will not accept them, apparently. [sounds proper to me]
I never take any primed brass to him.
Eagleye.

 

[wheaty]

Many recyclers will not take fired brass. However, if you assure them that you have personally checked each and every round for popped primers and loaded rounds most will take it. At the price they are paying for brass now, it is worth your time and effort.
My guy refused it at first, but when I assured him I had personally checked every round he did take it and I got $30.00 for a large shoebox of brass. Not shabby at all!!!!

 

[notsorichguy]

My local scrapper pays more for 'clean' brass than just brass.

The long and the short of it........ Deprimed is worth about a buck more a lb!

Cheers!

 

[INTIMIDATOR]

Is the brass worth more to sell on here to a fellow reloader or is it more profitable to take them for scrap?

 

[notsorichguy]

Is the brass worth more to sell on here to a fellow reloader or is it more profitable to take them for scrap?

It is worth more as reloadable brass.

The brass I was reffering to was the stuff with a blown-out shoulder or a crack. Anything that is NOT reloadable. I usually find that stuff just before or after I re-size my brass.

Cheers!

 

[Skinny 1950]

The scrap yard that I work at is paying $1.70/pound for cartridge brass,the boss says it is the same for primed (fired) or with the primers removed..no live rounds.
I have found many live rounds and some with the bullet but no primer ie. somebody forgot to prime it..so it probably has powder in it. One guy included a whole bunch of used copper jacketed bullets to bump up the weight
I just started loading .45Colt and found 300+ once fired cases a few weeks ago.