How to remove brass inserts from plastic

I find a hammer works well. Just smash the plastic and the brass should fall loose.

An axe will do just fine if you hit right by it than u have a slot to pull it through.

A pair of wire cutters that open wide enough. Pinch the brass piece half way down threw the plastic, Then "Bite them off" while turning the cutters. Best when its cold, the plastic breaks easier.

Or the hammer method. Might loose half the brass pieces flying around during the smashing

I use a hammer

How many of those little bastards does it take to make a pound?

Originally Posted by Metalbestos

1,942 exactly

I hope you didn’t come up with that number from person experience.

IMO I would just grab em with a pliers and break that chunk of plastic off with it and turn it in as dirty brass. Should only take seconds rather than 10x that trying to get all the plastic off for only a 2x better price.

This is definitely a case of "how far do you want to take it" haha =P I don't think either way is very time efficient, but sometimes I do find myself sitting there spending 10 minutes trying to get a tiny piece of brass free from the tube its connected to... sometimes you just have to win the battle no matter how long it take haha

Only way I would remove them is if the plastic buyer wanted them off, and then dirty brass or clean brass depending on how they came off.

I've used hammer method, but got tired of chasing them. So I stick to the piler/visegrip/channelock method