How much brass is to much

[4006]

How much brass is to much
1 5 gal bucket of clean in 40 cal
1 5 gal bucket of deprime an resize in 40 cal
1 5 gal bucket of unprocessed brass in 40 cal an more
1 5 gal bucket of clean in 45 acp
1 5 gal bucket of unprocessed brass in 45 acp
1 5 gal bucket of clean 38
1 5 gal bucket of dirty 38
an i have 2 bucket 9 mm 3 bucket of 223
thahks Joe R

[brass410]

4x4x4 frieght bin full of mixed 223 40s&w 9mm 45auto 30-06 and 308 and could have more if swmbo would park her truck outside the garage

[Gunslinger1911]

How much brass is to much
1 5 gal bucket of clean in 40 cal
1 5 gal bucket of deprime an resize in 40 cal
1 5 gal bucket of unprocessed brass in 40 cal an more
1 5 gal bucket of clean in 45 acp
1 5 gal bucket of unprocessed brass in 45 acp
1 5 gal bucket of clean 38
1 5 gal bucket of dirty 38
an i have 2 bucket 9 mm 3 bucket of 223
thahks Joe R

No such thing as too much.
Too much to use in your lifetime ? Sure. (look at the member with 28,000 lbs range scrap)
But never too much, period.
LOL

[Moleman-]

Humm, when you crack the foundation you're almost there.

[Nueces]

If you have to shift much of it just to make coffee, that's not too much brass, it's not enough space. Build a shed.

[Shawlerbrook]

Same as how much is too much money !

[hornet112]

No such thing as to much. Just one change in the president and you'll be sitting on a gold mine

[brass410]

our range sent 1680 lbs for scrap this fall, I kept one bin back for me, its all once fired stuff from the leos and conservation officers training. I doubt you could have too much Its kinda like money.

[maxreloader]

@ $1.76/lb right now for "range brass" its hard for me to justify keeping more than a 5 gal bucket of anything. Well maybe just pistol cals :bigsmyl2:

[HATCH]

You have too much brass when you can no longer store it.
I have 7.5 gallons of 45 Gap brass and don't own a 45 gap any more.
I have 20K + rounds of once fired police 40 cal brass, 20K once fired military 9mm brass (already processed)

Think of all the people that had piles of 22 hornet brass when it was plentiful.
Bet they are wishing they had it now.....

[JimB..]

I felt that I had too much when I had significantly more than 30 buckets of 45acp, 9mm, 38special and .380, so I gave away most of the .380 since I don’t load it. You’ve got a good little stash going.

[lightman]

Ones thoughts on too much can change after you have weathered a shortage or two. Most of us remember 2008-2009 but some of us remember the one before that and even the one before that one.

I've been several weeks in processing a bunch of pistol brass with several weeks of brass yet to do. But I'm comfortable knowing that I can load and shoot as much as I want, no matter who gets elected at the next election. But there is a point where you just don't need another bucket of 9mm, 40 S&W or 223 brass. At that time, its whatever makes you feel comfortable.

Its the same with our lead stashes, primers and powder. You're either going to leave your survivors something to deal with or at some time you are not going to be able to shoot whenever you want. You just can't balance it out.

[runfiverun]

that's 15 gallons too many of the 40 brass.
everything else your a bit short of.

[bruce drake]

that's 15 gallons too many of the 40 brass.
everything else your a bit short of.

Unless he wants to swage 44 and 45 caliber bullets...

[Hickory]

If it falls over on you and you die, you might have too much.
Friendly advice, store it ground level in several different places.
I don't think you can have too much.

[Iowa Fox]

Joe, if your over 60 with no sons or grandsons you might be ok for the calibers you listed. If you have sons & grandsons like mine you better get a bunch more empty 5 gal buckets.

[kingstrider]

Agreed, no such thing as too much. That said I have started taking excess brass and selling it after I clean it up. I pick up so much when I go to the range that it basically pays for the gas there and back.

[dale2242]

At $1.52 a lb. I am selling a lot of the more common brass and trading for other components.
Keeping a few thousand of the ones I use....dale

[Lloyd Smale]

if you have a 100 pieces you have to much. Get casting and loading and load up that brass. Empty brass isn't any fun at all!

[edler7]

You have too much 45 ACP. Send it to me for disposal.

[NavyVet1959]

You don't have too much brass... You have too small of containers...

Switch to the plastic 55 gallon drums...

[fatelk]

Depends on how much you shoot. That would be way to much for me, but my circumstances are such that I’m seriously trying to downsize.

[gunauthor]

Sounds like you're doing OK on brass, how many bullets do you have?

[4006]

gunauthor not enough

[Plate plinker]

That is not enough for me. For you well that depends on your age and volume of shooting.

[azrednek]

Ones thoughts on too much can change after you have weathered a shortage or two. Most of us remember 2008-2009 but some of us remember the one before that and even the one before that one. .

My feeling as well. At the height of the Obozo shortages brass and other reloading components were selling for way to much. New brass was scarce, over priced and fired brass, rifle cartridges in particular were selling for ridiculous prices. I avoided the price gouging by good ol'fashion horse trading here and other gun boards. One can never have enough brass, lead, primers or other components after politicians decide to end all crime.

[mold maker]

Too much is a misnomer for some not loaded YET. I have several gals that need loading, but it's not too much till I'm dead.

[shaper]

With all that brass you should ask yourself if you have enough lead to go with it. I have the same problem but with lead. Maybe we should get together and do some trading to level things out.

[bob208]

never too much. clean sort it and sell it to reloaders.

[lightman]

never too much. clean sort it and sell it to reloaders.

I probably have a lifetime supply of what I shoot the most. I still pick up what I see but I'm more likely to trade it or even give some away. I have sold some too! I also think I have a lifetime supply of lead.

[DCM]

Since I don't have a 40 I have to go with what R5R said about that. Other than that you have a good start. :)
I would need more of other cals. in inventory.

[MT Gianni]

Life for me is about balance. If you are short primers, powder and lead to load for it you have too much. At todays prices for brass sell some and get what you need to shoot. Like a flintlock without hardened steel it doesn't do much good to store what isn't useful. I believe you have a lot of the easiest to obtain necessity of what makes a cartridge and may not have enough of the hardest to get, reprioritize. JMO.

[Budzilla 19]

I don’t have enough! ( swmbo once said,” MORE brass?”) I’ll even pick up calibers I don’t own! Oh, btw, if you gotta buy a forklift to move your empty brass containers,you are almost there! Hahaha! Keep accumulating it, you MIGHT need it! Good luck.

[Reverend Al]

As my old hunting partner always used to say about any hobby he was involved with ... "Lots is good ... More is better ... And too much is ALMOST enough!"

Words to live by ...

:smile:

[merlin101]

When you have so much piled up in your gun room that the dining room ceiling starts cracking your well on your way!

[4006]

shaper i do have 30-30 / 30-06 / 308 /45 lc no 38 no
send me your address all i wood wont is pay for shippin

[Smoke4320]

as long as I am alive I don't have "too much"

and when I am dead THEY have too much and can sell it for cash

[Skipper]

Too much? What is this "Too much" that you speak of??
210993

[robg]

When you have to prep it it's all to much .when its loaded it's never enough.

[lightman]

When you have to prep it it's all to much .when its loaded it's never enough.

Lot of truth in this statement! My goal for the winter is to process all of my pistol brass and restore some order to my store room. I spent several weeks on 9mm's and 40's. Not through with the 40's yet.

[DerekP Houston]

Now that I have to move it all to a new house I think I might have too much...... When i first started I thought brass wore out much quicker than in reality...I have a ton of bags of range brass purchased from this forum that are still sitting awaiting usage. I've lost more brass to the shooting lanes than I've actually worn out. All pistol brass though of course, rifle is much smaller for me and still jacketed.

[dragon813gt]

You will be glad you have it when you're settled in at the new place. I'd rather move buckets of brass than any containers of lead. I'm regretting loading 50cal cans up w/ bulk jacketed bullets.

[mold maker]

Good thing I own both homes since I only moved half of the lead. It's only a couple blocks and I have casting equipment at both. At one I cast indoors with a hood, but under a carport at the other. Which I use depends on the weather.
My brass made the move with most of the equipment, so loading is done at the new place, which is my childhood home.

[RogerDat]

Well since it is straight walled you might not need to trim it but between swaging primer pockets and trimming a couple or three buckets of .223/5.56 brass looks like way more than I want, until I'm shooting it, then I be all about picking it all up, and any other you can find.

I keep a couple of coffee cans worth of some calibers I don't shoot. In times of shortage the primers or powder that cash money can't buy a thousand 45 acp cases just might make the deal happen.

I generally sell the brass I can't use here, it helps offset my own brass costs and puts the brass into the hands of a re-loader rather than a scrap yard. I don't bother with 40's or 9mm or 45 acp for the most part because they are worth less for reloading than the scrap price right now. I collected a couple cans of each and called it good.

At 285 rounds to the pound of Varget and 3 buckets worth of .223 I figure I need 9 boxes @ 1k each of primers and 32 pounds of powder to make those cases anything but scrap brass. Only about 90 pounds of lead so I at least have that covered. Little short on the primers still but way short of the powder.

You can only have too much if buying it deprives you of the funds to make it useful with the other components. On the other hand if there was this deal where you could pick up a pallet box or buckets of useful brass for cash today it would give you a target for the inventory of other components. It is how I'm going to justify that 8 pound jug of Varget in my future. "Need" it for all that .223 brass I got a deal on :-)

[CASTER OF LEAD]

I know nothing of this "How much Brass is too much" . Use it or not i scrounge the range everytime i am there. May use it someday, or it can be trade fodder, or if none of those. Just plain brass scrap. I have helped several folks by giving them some range brass to get into the reloading hobby. In my case there is no such thing as too much. Couple thou of each pistol and 5-600 for each rifle may last me my lifetime, but ain't taking any chances. Lol - CASTER

[lightman]

Well said! I too have spotted new loaders to a start. I've also sold it, traded it or gave it away.

[gwpercle]

When you get on the TV show....hoarders....then it's time to stop collecting brass.

[DerekP Houston]

yup what all these guys said. as long as you have it sorted or have a system, I dont see an issue.

[Smoke4320]

if 6 guys can't lift the coffin ....Then I might have too much :)
tell them to open the lid , scrape a little out, close lid and proceed on

[mold maker]

I have too much,,,,,,damaged, split, loose pockets, and dented. Otherwise I'm still collecting.

[texasnative46]

TOO MUCH BRASS is MORE than you have any place to store.

yours, tex

[Smoke4320]

TOO MUCH BRASS is MORE than you have any place to store.

yours, tex

and at that point its time to get building again

[CASTER OF LEAD]

When you get on the TV show....hoarders....then it's time to stop collecting brass.

Lol I respectfully disagree with those sentiments. You need only to have some where to store the overflow. :kidding:

[FISH4BUGS]

How much brass is to much
1 5 gal bucket of clean in 40 cal
1 5 gal bucket of deprime an resize in 40 cal
1 5 gal bucket of unprocessed brass in 40 cal an more
1 5 gal bucket of clean in 45 acp
1 5 gal bucket of unprocessed brass in 45 acp
1 5 gal bucket of clean 38
1 5 gal bucket of dirty 38
an i have 2 bucket 9 mm 3 bucket of 223
thahks Joe R

You should try being a machine gun shooter. Your stash looks very light to me. :bigsmyl2:

[AllanD]

"Too much brass"? is when you give serious consideration to push it around your yard with a bulldozer
(like Scrooge Mc Duck with his gold & silver coins)