Should i really save my brass

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I go through a fair amount of 270 just punching paper and killing pop cans etc. Is there actually a market for used brass, i mean is it worth my time to save it and try to sell it. I have no idea what i can get for it. I generally shoot about 100-200 rounds a month. I have no intrest in reloading.
Sorry if this isnt the right place to post this question.
 
If it were me id save the brass anyways, that way IF you ever decided to reload you would have a bit of brass banked. (this is what i did)

Then also on the other hand if you had a larger quanitity you could sell it all and make a few extra bucks rather then try and sell 20 at a time at whatever the price is, sell those 100-200 for a little less per piece and get a larger lump sum.

This is what my plan was, but i started reloading instead.

Just my thoughts

Thanks

Dave
 
1000 9mm brass will go for 30-35$ rifle brass up to .30 per round (47-70 eg) same them clean then and sell or give to a reloader. ship to me unclean if you do not wish to keep them around to long
 
If you are in a fairly populous area there is a good chance another Gunutz member who reloads that calibre is close enough to feel it is worth meeting you to buy it or you can probably find a local buyer by advertising on kijiji.
 
Save it in the original box, if you have a place to store a banker's box. One day you can sell it for $100 or start loading and have a batch of brass all fired in your gun that only needs neck sizing.
 
snibbort said:
I go through a fair amount of 270 just punching paper and killing pop cans etc. Is there actually a market for used brass, i mean is it worth my time to save it and try to sell it. I have no idea what i can get for it. I generally shoot about 100-200 rounds a month. I have no intrest in reloading.
Sorry if this isnt the right place to post this question.
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Whatever you do around here, sit on your items until you have a good idea of the fair value. I recall a thread started not too long ago with a guy wondering the value of a slightly used sks with about 800 rounds of ammo that had guys offering him $175 or $200 shipped IIRC.....when the ammo would have nearly fetched that by itself.
 
In a general sort of way, once fired brass in common rifle calibers goes for about half of new price. That's assumeing you have enough matched stuff to make it worth bothering with for the buyer.
 
I save all mine and I save the other stuff I find at the range . Surely there are always people looking for brass. There is always the chance to trade for something of use.
 
Once fired brass any caliber is worth keeping, assorted stock of brass assure you to reload any caliber without to many cost, that what i do... JP.
 
I'd throw it out if you never plan on reloading. If you're the type that likes to sell things, you can probably unload 250 pieces for $50.00, so that may make it worth keeping.
 
paininthe10 said:
I save all mine and I save the other stuff I find at the range . Surely there are always people looking for brass. There is always the chance to trade for something of use.
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I do the same. Plus, you never know when some orphan 270 will tweak your heart strings and you end up adopting one. I know I can't resist those big, teary muzzles, the look of hope and anticipation, and those soft voices that ell me "Nuzzle my muzzle', "Rub my stock 'til I glow", heck, here I am getting all teary-eyed, and heck, I promised no more adoptions until the LGR is gone;)
 
thank you to all who responded. maybe i'll just start holding onto the used stuff. at least it isn't going to landfill. maybe when i've got a bunch i can find someone to take it. i'm not much of a "selling stuff on the net" kind of guy.
 
snibbort said:
thank you to all who responded. maybe i'll just start holding onto the used stuff. at least it isn't going to landfill. maybe when i've got a bunch i can find someone to take it. i'm not much of a "selling stuff on the net" kind of guy.
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Then take it to the scrap yard. "Yellow brass" is worth money and no haggling on the net required.
 
Or, you know, if you have a hundred or a thousand on hand, and some other shooter does you a favor at the range, like letting you pop a few of his SuperWinRem Extra Long Short Magnum Match at a gazillion bucks a pop, well, if he has a .270, you can gift him a bunch of brass. Not all value has to be defined in dollars and cents. Sometimes a generous gesture reaps more reward than a few bucks from a scrap metal sale.
 
Save it. Perhaps some day it'll be useful to you if you ever start reloading. Or perhaps it'll be useful to another shooter you meet someday, at which point you could give it to him or swap it for something directly useful to you.

A fair price for good once-fired brass is something in the neighbourhood of one-third or one-half the price of new brass (certainly 15c/each, perhaps 25-30c each).

The price of scrap brass is pretty high now, but good once fired brass sold as scrap will always be worth less than if you sell them as good once-fired useable brass.
 
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