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    How much are you getting for Ammo Brass?

    Prices vary a lot around Hampton Roads VA. Last I checked (last week) anywhere from .73 to 1.70/lb.



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    i always get the same price as regular brass, it just has to be seperated

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    In case you havent noticed, The USA is on a ammo shortage.

    You could try to sell to someone who reloads for a much better price

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    The only two places I know of that buys them pay 1.00#, I don't know why.

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    I would try to find a reloader or 2 to sell to.
    Or sort them out and sell the sorted bass. With the ammo "shortage" lot of people reloading again.
    Last edited by ron22; 02-19-2013 at 06:56 PM.

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    Im getting $4 pound on armslist.com, thats sorted out by caliber and ultrasonic cleaned. Sorted by caliber at a minimum. Some brass goes alot higher like .44 and larger handgun and rifle larger than .300.
    .50 ae and .500 s&w im seeing going for $6 pound

    i have 23 pounds of 9mm and 250 rounds of .44mag that im having a hard time moving, but the rest has pretty well sold

    i sold 7 pounds of .45 acp at $4 pound and the buyer covered shipping and paypals fee

    i have 50+ pounds of 22lr thats gonna have to go for scrap
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    I buy and sell all types of scrap and escrap. I buy specialty and hard to sell escrap. I buy resale items. PM me or contact me at jghilino@hotmail.com
    I AM ACTIVELY BUYING ESCRAP OF ALL TYPES. BOARDS, RAM, CPUS AND MUCH MORE

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    I tried selling several different calibers of ammo - couple hundred pounds - that I'd picked up at an estate cleanout. Thought I had it sold. Then the guy backed out cause I had no idea how many times they'd been reloaded. Not fooling with that again - it's all going to the scrap yard.
    People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.

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    Mick that just about takes the cake as the lamest excuse ive ever heard. But like any other deal its not sold till its gone. I just keep modifying my ad for caliber and quantity and it all sells in good time. Like anything else your gonna have good experiences with people and bad ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by landmine View Post
    In case you havent noticed, The USA is on a ammo shortage.

    You could try to sell to someone who reloads for a much better price
    Just to clarify I'm talking about junk ammo brass that is not re-loadable. I would never scrap good brass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick View Post
    I tried selling several different calibers of ammo - couple hundred pounds - that I'd picked up at an estate cleanout. Thought I had it sold. Then the guy backed out cause I had no idea how many times they'd been reloaded. Not fooling with that again - it's all going to the scrap yard.
    Sort it by caliber and sell it on Gun Broker as range brass. I'd bet that a lot of the brass that's advertised there as "once fired" has been reloaded.

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    I turned in 10 lbs of .22 the other week for $1.78/lb


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