What to do with no-longer-needed reloads?

[winterwood]

It looks like medical issues may lead me to empty the gun safe. I have been selling a few at a time, and only a dozen or so remain. I plan to sell commercial ammo, brass and bullets with or without the appropriate gun, but what do I do with the several thousand reloads I have on hand? Many are common pistol calibers such as .38sp, .357, .45acp, etc. Is it worth it do break them down for components? Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks, Jim

 

[turbo111]

You could mail it all to me. I'd pay for shipping of course.

 

[rugerjunkie]

Sorry to hear about your predicament. Hope whatever it is you are dealing with works out ok.

That being said , if you are going to liquidate , why not just advertize the reloaded ammo as such with the disclaimer that its sold as components only. Then its up to the buyer to decide if its safe to shoot or tear down. And if you shot them , chances are its pretty safe. My opinion is that its easier for you that way and if the price was set at cost of components , maybe a little less. , you'd have no problem getting rid of it.

Good luck,
Jeff

 

[427mach1]

I think there might be some legal issues with selling reloaded ammunition. I believe you have to have a license to do so. Breaking it down into components prior to sale might be the best option but probably more work than you are up to.

 

[volshooter]

Sorry to hear about it. I have always gave reloads to friends and let them decide if they want to shoot them or break them down. That way there is no risk to me. Perhaps you could list them here with a disclaimer as they are free reloads. I bet some of us would be willing to kick more shipping charges to offset your situation.

 

[rugerjunkie]

Nothing wrong with selling reloads with the undersranding its as components only.
And if you really dont want to sell the relaods , break it down and you'll get decent money for the brass n bullets. Also , there is no need to deprime the brass. Sell it as primed. You can ship primed brass without any special hazmat fee.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Yep ,
Send them to me

 

[Kevin]

I know it is possible to buy reloaded ammunition at gun shows. Not from dealers. My dad bought some that turned out to be bad, bad, bad. It was some 45-70 reloaded with some sort of black powder, not smokeless. I gave them to Contender. It's his problem now. (Yes, I told him.)

 

[contender]

I would not advise selling the ammo as is. One big word,,, "liability." And, as noted, even if you advertise the ammo as "sold for components only" it could still be used etc, as well as counted as fully functional ammo. A license is required to sell any completed ammo. The dealers at gun shows either have the license, or buy the stuff from small reloaders who do.
Do you have family you could give it to?
Do you have friends who could use it?
If it's $$ you seek, then careful pulling the ammo apart & selling as individual components is the best. But, unless you have the original powder containers,,, you'll lose that portion. Same with the primers. The most you'll recoup will be for the brass & bullets.

PS; Kevin made a full disclaimer. That stuff is gonna be pulled apart soon!

 

[rugerjunkie]

Why would you lose the primers Ty? No reason to deprime unless you lost the load data and cant remember what primer is in them. The only thing you would be out is a little bit of powder...

 

[Richbaker]

You could mail it all to me. I'd pay for shipping of course.

Dang..... beat me to it!

 

[Jim Puke]

Why would you lose the primers Ty? No reason to deprime unless you lost the load data and cant remember what primer is in them. The only thing you would be out is a little bit of powder...

Can't legally ship primed cases through the post office...would have to use common carrier and pay hazmat fee.

 

[No-1]

Why would you lose the primers Ty? No reason to deprime unless you lost the load data and cant remember what primer is in them. The only thing you would be out is a little bit of powder...

Can't legally ship primed cases through the post office...would have to used common carrier and pay hazmat fee.

I'm pretty sure primed brass ships without the hazard fee. But they do have to go by ground FedX or UPS. Not sure if you have to put the ORM-D sticker on it.

 

[Kanook]

You are not required to have a license to sell your reloads. You are selling off your no longer needed supply. Perfectly legal.

If you decide to sell ammo for "lively hood" and "profit" you will need a license.

 

[#1rugerman]

I have the same problem, I have sold a good bit of my components (brass, bullets) but I still have a bunch of primers and hand loaded ammo. Pistol caliber brass sells pretty fast (38/357/41/44/ 45 colt) some is pretty slow (40 doesn't seem to move at all and I have the same problem with 45 acp) rifle brass is really slow. The loaded ammo (hand loads) is a large liability issue, even if you sell it as components to be broken down if someone were to shoot your reloaded ammo say for a 45 colt modern load in a old colt that blew up even though you told them not to you would be in a world of hurt if it went to court. And you can't ship powder or primers due to hazemat rules so if you were like me and stocked up to carry you thru the bad times you are going to be stuck with a bunch of stuff that will be hard to get rid of. I would give it away but even if you give away your reloads you are still on the hook if someone does something stupid with your old ammo. I don't have any commercial ammo (except 22's) so I have lots of loaded ammo that I would like to get into the hands of someone who could use it but I'm afraid to even give it away.

 

[rugerguy]

Best reason in the world to have a "range session", invite your group and shoot 'em all up...this is the ONLY way we undo any and all our "reloads".........emphasis on OURS 8) :roll: :wink:

as Grandpa always used to say .." practice, practice, practice......"