Pistol/Rifle Brass

[Ryan1979]

Do your scrapyards take pistol/rifle cartridge brass? The one here goes nuts if you try to bring these used casings in.

 

[snake35]

Nuts in a good way or a bad way? The casings\are worth more to reloaders than scrap brass price. Good luck!



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[Ryan1979]

Nuts in a bad way. They even have a sign stating that they don't take spent cartridge casings. I'm wondering who does since I know of a few gun ranges that collect their's in 50 gallon drums and then sell them. I think I better ask them when I get around to it.

 

[Goes4ever]

why would they go nuts? they are brass right?

 

[2muchstuff]

I think it has something to do with un-burnt powder residue and the heat from the smelter. There is also the possibility of a un-fired shell in the pile of brass. That would not be a good thing, hot molten brass a live ammo.

 

[eagle77]

We send ours to our ammo supplier.

 

[pygmy]

Maybe because a lot of cartridges are cadmium plated steel to give that brassy look.
I know tool cartridges use the latter.