fatelk
04-11-2012, 12:05 AM
I finally took my various buckets of accumulated brass, copper jackets, and other scrap metal in to the scrap yard today. I accumulates for a couple years before I have enough to bother with.
It surprised me how much I got: $2.20 for cartridge brass, $3 for #2 copper. I had a bunch of old 30-06 shells that were questionable (tarnished, etc) that I contemplated keeping but decided to not mess with them and threw them in the bucket.
Out of curiosity I weighed a few different shells to see what the average scrap value is. At $2.20/lb, an '06 case is worth 6 cents in scrap. I have another big bag of old 30-06 brass I guess I should have tossed in. It's all good brass, just a wide mixture of old military and commercial, most likely more than once fired but still plenty good. .40 S&W brass is worth 3 cents scrap. I've seen folks on the trader selling it for that or less shipped. Some really good deals for brass there, if you need it.
BTW, I saw a barrel of wheel weights and asked about price to buy some: $.65/lb. For that price I think I would be better off buying ingots off the trader, if I needed lead.
It surprised me how much I got: $2.20 for cartridge brass, $3 for #2 copper. I had a bunch of old 30-06 shells that were questionable (tarnished, etc) that I contemplated keeping but decided to not mess with them and threw them in the bucket.
Out of curiosity I weighed a few different shells to see what the average scrap value is. At $2.20/lb, an '06 case is worth 6 cents in scrap. I have another big bag of old 30-06 brass I guess I should have tossed in. It's all good brass, just a wide mixture of old military and commercial, most likely more than once fired but still plenty good. .40 S&W brass is worth 3 cents scrap. I've seen folks on the trader selling it for that or less shipped. Some really good deals for brass there, if you need it.
BTW, I saw a barrel of wheel weights and asked about price to buy some: $.65/lb. For that price I think I would be better off buying ingots off the trader, if I needed lead.