Where can I recycle or trade in brass?

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    Wheaton Hills Sportsman

    Wheaton Hills Sportsman

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    Jan 27, 2012
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    I was going to recycle about fifty pounds of brass, mainly .223 and .45, through Freedom Munitions, but, ahem, while they are reorganizing under the bankruptcy laws they have suspended the program.

    Does anyone have a good brass recycling program right now?

    Wasn't there a Pennsylvania company that sold reloads that let you trade in brass?

    Any information on recycling, or trade in, programs would be appreciated.
     
    davsco

    davsco

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    squaregrouper said:
    (In the first sentence, I think I used all of the two letter words starting with "I" in a row)
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    Id?

    i believe atlanta arms will take your brass and either $$ or credit for it. they sell to competitive shooters in the major calibers (9, 45, 223, 40, 38 super, etc)
     
    Pinecone

    Pinecone

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    Sell or karma here.

    Why not help out others on MDS that can use it?
     
    John from MD

    John from MD

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    May 12, 2005
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    As SG said earlier, sell them to someone on MDS as you won't get good prices for brass these days at a recycle center. There are a couple of reasons they won't pay yellow brass prices anymore. 1) there are some companies that plate steel cases and people don't separate them out. Another reason is that some people mix .22 cases with centerfire and the .22 cases have a lead component.

    The recycling business now cuts the price they sell at to make up for the stuff that really isn't brass. (This was explained to me by a farmer where I shoot full auto. We leave the brass for him to salvage for allowing us to shoot there. And, no, it is not in Marylandastan.)
     
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    ClutchyMcClutcherson

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    Aug 29, 2016
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    squaregrouper said:
    If it is in good, reloadable condition, sell it here in the classifieds. You will get a lot more than from a recycling center and help out a reloading person at the same time.

    (In the first sentence, I think I used all of the two letter words starting with "I" in a row)
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    I tried selling on here in the past. Maybe it was bad timing or something, but more likely I think most people who reload are in it to save money so buying brass isn’t an option for them. I think I only sold some 357 sig brass, and gave some other stuff away. What was left I scrapped.
     
    Squaregrouper

    Squaregrouper

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    Sep 10, 2009
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    ClutchyMcClutcherson said:
    I tried selling on here in the past. Maybe it was bad timing or something, but more likely I think most people who reload are in it to save money so buying brass isn’t an option for them. I think I only sold some 357 sig brass, and gave some other stuff away. What was left I scrapped.
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    I'm probably wrong, but I think "clean" brass (no primers, no rimfire) is bought as scrap for +/-$1 per pound. Any reloader would buy reloadable "dirty" brass for $1.50lb with the caveat they must take it all. I'm guesstimating 75rds per lb for .223/5.56
    $2 per 100 .223/5.56 with intact spent primers would sell quick- and you don't have to de-prime.

    What were you selling it for?
     
    TreadNot

    TreadNot

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    Yep, give it another try on the classifieds, and let everyone on this sub-forum know. A lot of people don't regularly check the classifieds.
     
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