spent primer disposal

[hogcowboy]

I recycle lots of things but it would take me 40 years to make it worth while to recycle spent primers. In the mean time they would be in the way getting spilled all over the place. I'll reconsider it the next time I'm reloading though. I doubt that I'll change my mind since I don't have any other brass to recycle.

 

[HOWARD J]

We here in S E MI have to recycle every 2 weeks by law---HAPPY NOW
35 years ago I could have made some money on recycle brass--NOT TODAY--I don't
shoot enuf.
I hope recycle will come to you folks so you can enjoy the project--BTY--we don't get paid for our recycling.

 

[ReloaderFred]

I'm with jcwit. Reloaders were recycling before there was recycling, so wasting any material just goes against that. The mountain men used to reclaim the lead balls from game and remelt them. So did the buffalo hunters. If they could do that, then we should be recycling everything usable, including primers.

If you had ever seen the mining process for copper ore, or any other ore, and then the manufacturing process to make the final product, you'd have a much better appreciation for the time, effort and money that went into making your simple little primer, or anything else you use on a daily basis.

I'm anything but a tree hugger, since I think there should be a season on them, but waste is waste, especially when it's not necessary.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[zxcvbob]

Primers are heavy. I just collect the spent ones in a coffee can. Probably have about 10 or 15 pounds of 'em, and it really didn't take that long to get them (a few years.) At some point I'll take them to the scrap yard and see what they are worth. Maybe next time I haul off the aluminum cans.

 

[Walkalong]

I'm with jcwit. I'm anything but a tree hugger, since I think there should be a season on them, but waste is waste, especially when it's not necessary.

I'm with jcwit and Fred

"Waste not want not" and all that.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

I, have a bucket that I, collect them in, in order to have a ruff ideal how much I, have loaded over the year's. So far I, am not impressed.

 

[RustyFN]

Yep, I have a small bucket for spent primers and a large bucket for brass.

 

[Walkalong]

When this small canister I keep inside in the reloading room/man cave gets full, I dump it in a five gallon plastic bucket in the shed.

 

[Walkalong]

have to recycle every 2 weeks by law---HAPPY NOW

Happy recycling is happening, but not happy it's law. We should do it because it's smart, but not because .gov mandates it, but that's off topic. Just save your primers along with your brass, and buy bullets or primers etc with the money it brings.

 

[1SOW]

Fill a container (say a coffee can) full of waste brass and weigh it.
Now dump spent primers in--shake to fill the brass- and weigh it again.
It's A LOT heavier (as in pounds) = more dollars for new primers

I, have a bucket that I, collect them in, in order to have a ruff ideal how much I, have loaded over the year's. So far I, am not impressed

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Shoot more

 

[coloradokevin]

Never realized there was an actual scrap metal value to spent primers. I guess you really do learn something new everyday.

Anyway, I've always just tossed mine in the trash. They are probably less hazardous than the AA batteries you throw away from time to time.

 

[Johnny Guest]

Enough

Some good suggestions, some amusing comments. All in all, this thread has about run its course.

CLOSED.