Range pick ups.

[JeffinNZ]

There must be a HEAP of cheap .223/5.56 being sold in my neck of the woods right now as in the last 6 months I would have picked up at least 500 cases at my range most of which are boxer primed. I have more .223 brass than I know what to do with but my frugal/non wasting nature will not allow me to leave the brass on the range. I can't keep up with the case prep in the evenings.

Mostly good head stamps too like FC, FNB and LC.

The other day I picked up 3 stripper clips for 8X57 that someone had been shooting. The boxes were Egyptian marked. Thing is you can't get stripper clips much here other than .303 British (can't hardly give them away) yet someone binned these.

I guess not everyone is as 'thrifty' as me ah?

[imashooter2]

Around here, even the .22 rimfire has been snatched up. Scrap metals prices are driving a hoard of scroungers.

[Mk42gunner]

I went to the range today. The only piece of reloadable brass that I found was a S&B 7.62 x 25mm; upon seeing it I realized that I only thought 7.62x39 had ashort neck.

Robert

[Rick N Bama]

I went to the range today. The only piece of reloadable brass that I found was a S&B 7.62 x 25mm; upon seeing it I realized that I only thought 7.62x39 had ashort neck.

Robert

Check out a piece of 357Sig!

[Mk42gunner]

That's what I thought it was when I saw it lying there all cold and lonely.

[testhop]

you guys should come to my range last weekend i pick up about 300 223 most remingtonsome was put backin the boxs and left on the bench also got carbine brass
auther kind was 3006 ==120 some 280s a mix of magums all total about 1/2 a 5 gal bucket
thay looked so loney i just had to take them home i think i am going to start up dateing my invvtoryi try to keep a 5 gal bucket of each cal i have

[georgeld]

testhop:
Sounds like the consolidated gunclubs to me.
Been told the brass is a foot deep around the firing lines, that right?

www.ammobrasstrader.com has lot's of guys asking for .223 and other brass.

You can sell a flat rate box full of it for around $50 pretty easy. Be a way to finance a new gun, or loading press if you're interested.

Don't know what to tell you about NZ. Might be guys looking from over there that would contact you too.

I've had two 5 gal buckets full, traded six boxes of them for brass I needed. Am now down to a bucket full loaded, and two gallons ready to process after the last two trips out have refilled it. I shoot them by the thousands in summer at p/dog's.

Value of brass for scrap nowdays would pay well to gather it up.

[testhop]

you got peged it is but its now called associated gun clubs of baltimore
BUT how did you hear about our little range way out in co. you live in the U.S.A.
no the brass is only 3 or 4 inches high brass prices are up but some of the brass?is rusty but how can brass rust most 22s ak stuff and the alumaum junk that you cant reload but you see a lot 223s also behond help i have been helping the hunter sigth in foor 4 weekends so far i have got 2 5 gal buckets fulland we got 1 more weekend to go
so far i have gotten 300 wm , 7mm remington mags ,3006,270,280 308,a few 243s, 30-30,and 4 or 5 hunderd 223s some were gi some was remington some winchester i even got a box or two of wsms

[JeffinNZ]

SHOCK, HORROR. Yesterday I recovered NO brass at the range!!!!!!!!!

[JMax]

Little brass is left on the ranges here in SoCal making it tough on reloader's. It is being scrounged and sold to scrap dealers and going to China.

[Bigjohn]

I collect all the brass I can from our little local range; mostly handgun cases.

At home I sort into reloadable and scrap. I have two 20 litre buckets (about 5 gal) out in the shed which I am filling with scrap. The reloadable gets sorted, cleaned/deprimed and packed away.

Now and again someone comes looking for some brass; always handy.

With this and the salvaged lead, it is the ultimate in recycling.

John.

[Fireball 57]

Cheers, Gents! Just took a 5 gallon pail to the recyclers. Forty-two pounds worth. seventy-five dollars and change. Now the club managers say they will slap hands and spank butts after the first of the year, if they see brass pluckers. I guess I'll have to go after dark, under the headlights of my car.

[JeffinNZ]

Back to normal today.

10 x Win .303 Brit cases (very valuable to ME)

33 x S&B and FC .308 Win cases.

[fal_762x51]

I go when the Coast Guard and PD has their bi-annuals there; lots of 5.56 and 7.62x51. I even pick up berdan primed brass and reload them.

[armoredman]

Hmm, can't find any .223 out here, that's the only one I am short of...