Brass

Originally Posted by starbits

Some are brass, some aluminum and some steel with a brass coating. Pull the steel with a magnet. The silver colored ones can be nickel plated brass or aluminum, you should be able to tell the difference in hand easily. The common types .223, 9mm, 40 S&W pretty much sell for scrap prices, the uncommon types can sell for much more than scrap, but that means you have to separate and clean them.



Starbits

Yep, some of the larger calibers are worth more selling as casings. There are target shooters and hunters that reload their own ammo and finding good casings at decent prices are hard.

Before anybody starts cleaning up the shooting ranges, you had better ask for permission first. Even though its on the floor and considered garbage, it is considered steeling if you take them without permission.