Recycling brass

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I'm in the lock, key, and safe business. We recycle a lot of brass. It varies, but currently, about 35 cents a pound.

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It's worth a lot more to sell it as cases rather than as scrap.
Most any caliber is worth $35-$50 per 1000 (or more).
You will not get this amount on a per-pound basis.

To take it a step farther, a 5-gallon bucket of mixed range brass might approach 100 lbs--call that $35 for scrap. Just 1000 rounds of any given caliber will net you that $35. Any idea how many thousands of rounds in a 5-gallon bucket? Well, I'm just guessing, but I think that 1000 rounds of 9/40/45 will weigh about 2-3 lbs. Thinking that bucket might hold 30-50 times that much. :)
 
Like bigfatdave says, the best thing to do is call your local scrap yard. Make sure that you specify you want a quote on what they are paying for "cartridge brass". Many yards won't accept the stuff and those that do often pay slightly less for it than they will for straight brass. Make sure you get the name of whoever you speak to. Right now, 25-35 cents/ pound sounds about right.
 
Any idea how many thousands of rounds in a 5-gallon bucket? Well, I'm just guessing, but I think that 1000 rounds of 9/40/45 will weigh about 2-3 lbs. Thinking that bucket might hold 30-50 times that much.
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A 5 gallon bucket will hold approx 5000-.45, 6000-.40, and 8000-9mm.
 
As I hear it, range brass will get you a different rate at the recycler than will straight brass due to the fact that range brass has steel primer bits and other such things that render it more difficult to process.
 
Is that .22 brass once fired?
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Guaranteed once-fired factory brass!
What am I supposed to do with this stuff, seriously? If I have rimfire only brass at the range, I toss it in the brass bucket, but I keep the centerfire, and I can't sort it at the range unless I sweep up between calibers.
So I have a gallon baggie getting more and more full since I got my indoor range access, and I shoot a lot more rimfire than centerfire, so I suspect the .22 bag will be full before the 9mm bag.
 
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