Scrap brass

Tomme boy

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Scrap brass. Have any of you seen what copper is going for? The place i take mine you look up what #1 copper is then take a $1 off that price. It is aT an all time high right now. Or was a couple days ago.

We need a new roof and I can pay for it if the price is how it was in the past for the brass.

What are your yards paying?
 

Ole_270

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Just sold my scrap brass casings and used primers for $1.50/lb, cleaned bullet jackets after smelting went for $2.65, #2 copper
 

Ole_270

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The place I went to marked the jackets as #2 copper, the scrap brass and primers(separated when I went in) as yellow brass.
 

Tomme boy

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This place will no longer take the bullet jackets. Someone brought in a bunch that were not sorted out. Lots of steel and lots that did not melt. Pisses me off as they payed my #1 copper for them.
 

Spindrift

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My local gunsmith is a pretty resourceful guy. Last time I dropped by, he showed me a cool project.
He had smelted a lot of old brass cases, and cast a brass bar. He had machined this into a 10/22 reciever, with integral picatinny. Should become a pretty cool rimfire gun when it is completed!
 
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fiver

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I seen a guy sand cast an AR lower out of cartridge Brass, and then machine it into a working rifle.
I couldn't help but think Henry AR the whole time though.
 

glassparman

"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
I got $1.35 I think for brass about six months ago here in SOCAL. I needed the space and realized I would never use a full 55 gallon drum of .223 and 5.56 brass. I only have one rifle in that caliber. Used the money to buy other reloading items.

Mike
 

Dimner

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Just sold my scrap brass casings and used primers for $1.50/lb, cleaned bullet jackets after smelting went for $2.65, #2 copper
How does one go about cleaning copper jackets off after smelting?

I just smelted 500 ish lbs of indoor range lead, have alot of left over jackets.
 

Ole_270

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I had 3 five gallon buckets of the jackets. I'd put one in a cement mixer, a healthy squirt of Dawn dish soap, a bucket of water and turn it on. Good thing I had it out on the driveway, came back a few minutes later to find a pile of dirty suds I couldn't jump over. Let it run awhile, poured out most of the suds, refilled with fresh water, added some vinegar to help cut the stubborn stuff and ran it some more. Took quite a bit of rinsing.