Best brass for reloading?

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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by scrolllock » 17 May 2014, 5:56 pm

They must sweep thousands of $$$ worth of brass onto the dirt there every weekend.
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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by Westy » 20 May 2014, 3:16 pm

scrolllock wrote:They must sweep thousands of $$$ worth of brass onto the dirt there every weekend.

Not a chance the range officers pick it it up and sell it again as once fired Brass,had one tell me to stop picking it up and he got the s**ts when I told him to go to Hell!!!!! :evil: :P :twisted:
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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by Baldrick314 » 20 May 2014, 8:00 pm

Westy wrote:
scrolllock wrote:They must sweep thousands of $$$ worth of brass onto the dirt there every weekend.

Not a chance the range officers pick it it up and sell it again as once fired Brass,had one tell me to stop picking it up and he got the s**ts when I told him to go to Hell!!!!! :evil: :P :twisted:


A lot of ranges sell used brass to scrap yards. My mate got 7kg of 303 brass today at scrap price which was about $5 a kg. He said he reckons there's close to 700 cases there
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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by jeebo » 21 May 2014, 11:06 am

Westy wrote:Not a chance the range officers pick it it up and sell it again as once fired Brass,had one tell me to stop picking it up and he got the s**ts when I told him to go to Hell!!!!! :evil: :P :twisted:


Ha ha.

Tell him you shot it all and are just picking up your litter like a good citizen :D
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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by Seik » 21 May 2014, 11:07 am

Baldrick314 wrote:My mate got 7kg of 303 brass today at scrap price which was about $5 a kg. He said he reckons there's close to 700 cases there


Bargain.

Gotta get me to some brass scrap yards :lol:
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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by Lyam » 21 May 2014, 11:09 am

Westy wrote:had one tell me to stop picking it up and he got the s**ts when I told him to go to Hell!!!!! :evil: :P :twisted:


Poor baby.

God forbid someone else pick up the free brass that other people left there.

Good on ya.
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Re: Best brass for reloading?

Post by Oldboy 7mm Dakota » 25 May 2014, 11:20 am

I don't think most buy because its lap brass and other like norma / hornaby / bertram what about the calibers there are running.There are so many factors to weigh up here.

If they could run cheaper brass for 6x47 lap , 6.5x47 6mm br /dasher / brx / 338 edge 7mm Dakota 6.5 creedmoor 375 cheytac and so on they probably would.You have to take into account how long the primer pockets last in some cals.I run 7mm Dakota /norma brass / 6mm Dasher lap brass / 338edge bertram brass if I could by brass for the cals as good and cheaper I would. 223 run rem brass no probs/7mm rem brass no probs ect. And some brass is better than others and we do anneal after every 2 nd fire with larger cals.

It's what shooters want to pay and about availability at your LGS as well.
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