.45 ACP brass
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I don't know anything about selling brass but I do have a friend that visit 3 free ranger ranges and pick up brass last haul he got 6000. Dollars crazy what brass can get . He does it like a hobby he goes almost every day. I sure it takes years to get that kind of money
I don't shoot nickel cases. If I can find it all I shoot out my semi auto pistols is aluminum cases. Sweep up and throw in trash. When I do shoot brass I sweep it up, put it back in the box and donate it to the club. 45 acp, 9MM, 40 SW, 10MM, 380...it all gets donated. I only save revolver casings....easier on the back.
As for your question, those can be bought new/unprimed for about 30 cents a piece. May not have too many interested unless you price it pretty low.
As for your question, those can be bought new/unprimed for about 30 cents a piece. May not have too many interested unless you price it pretty low.
I do the same I have a couple of boxes left of aluminum but it kinda a hassle cause I have to shoot the aluminum ones first thst goes in the trash and the brsss goes to the club to save
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On average,, I see .45 acp brass sell for .10 to .15 cents each!
A medium FR box is under $20,, and you can get a LOT of brass in one of those boxes,, if you have that much!
A medium FR box is under $20,, and you can get a LOT of brass in one of those boxes,, if you have that much!
NikA
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American Reloading has had primed .45 ACP brass regularly available for months, typically 13-15c/per with shipping. I would probably pay half that for fired brass that needs cleaning, slightly more for clean.
My favorite source for reloading brass on GunBroker has mixed headstamp nickel .45acp cases for $4.00 per pound (~75 cases per pound) with up to 10 pounds shipping in a USPS Priority flat rate padded envelope (which I think costs ~$11?). Doesn't specify small or large primer so I assume it's unsorted - if yours are all SPP or LPP they might sell for more (or maybe less if they're all SPP, some guys refuse to use those).
As always FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc..
I usually avoid nickel plated .45 acp brass - in the past i have found it to sometimes be kind of "springy" and not take a tight grip on bullets. That may be brand-specific, or not a problem anymore - I haven't loaded any in years.
I have about 19 lbs I started saving when brass/ammo was almost impossible to find. Had thoughts of reloading it all, so far loaded around 300 rounds, decided to save my primers for other loads, such as .45 Colt and .41 mag/spccl. Now that primers are coming back, I may resume.
I am not fond of nickel plated brass in any caliber. In the past when I used nickel plated, in time the plating wears off and is deposited on the inside surface of the reloading size die. This will cause deep linear scratches on the outside of the next batch of cases. Yes, with crocus impregnated cloth attached on a mandrel and an electric drill the nickel can be polished away but does this change the inside dimension of your die? The first time I experienced this I was using a Lyman plated die, that was 48 years ago, a few years later I switched to carbide dies for straight wall cartridges. I use no plated cases for my bottleneck rifle cartridges because they seem to be more brittle and fail sooner the nickel will build up in those too..
This is a once fired case. That nickel went down the bore of my revolver. I'm thinking that that is not a good thing. I sure will not be reloading it.
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I like nickel cases. Are they small or large primer? Mixed or same?
I decided to keep them for the time being..... I have so many that I could reload them once, and throw them away. Never really worried about the bore...at my age, it would take a ton of nickle to wear it out before ME.
))J
Don't throw it away, Brass was bringing around $2.30 a pound a couple weeks ago.I decided to keep them for the time being..... I have so many that I could reload them once, and throw them away. Never really worried about the bore...at my age, it would take a ton of nickle to wear it out before ME.
J
