Scrap Yard $$ for Range Pick-Ups

[jds holler]

Since I've started using a bass catcher, I realize that I only need a fraction of the brass that I thought I would.

I've got one of those big "boxes from hell", that is filled with various bags and boxes of different brands and conditions, that is starting to look a lot like scrap to me. jd

 

[Jerry Snyder]

WOW! I only got $1.90 here in Az yesterday!

I am in Phoenix, but only get 1.00 for my scrap. Maybe I need to clean it in the dry tumbler first so it looks nice...

 

[Jsjac]

I just got $2.50 per pound for 5 five gallon buckets of 40 S&W brass that I don't use anymore. I kept one for a backup supply.
I thought about selling it to shooter but most people want to pay with electronic payments. I don't do that yet.

 

[tmwinds]

The range I frequent allows you to collect and keep the brass you fire if you desire. You are not allowed to collect other brass. It is placed in buckets and helps offset the operating expense.

 

[FNSafari]

Made the 44 mile one way trip about 1pm. Delivered 112 lbs. mostly .223 range pickup. Got $2.40 lb. fifteen cents up from my last visit. Hit a great BBQ place with some of the scrap cash. Beat most of the early rush hour traffic home. Placed an order with Midway, cracked open a beer and turned on ABC evening news. My wife and I had a good afternoon.

ABC?

 

[divingin]

That could be lucrative especially if it’s a 5 gal bucket. I got 17 bucks a pound for mine

Be careful. A 5 gallon bucket full of brass may cost you more in chiropractor fees than you get from scrap. They get heavy.

 

[AckleymanII]

ABC News? Better to watch Cartoons!

 

[ToddKS]

Do primers need to be out? Can loose spent primers be mixed in?

The issue of spent primers can vary by operation.

I would recommend keeping them separate and discussing how that operation wants to categorize those when you get there. The answer will depend on that operations contract with whomever they are selling to.

 

[SecondsCount]

You are forbidden to pick up range brass at Manatee, where I often shoot. They have cans for it because that brass is a good source of range income.

The last time I shot at Manatee, about 15 years ago, there was an abundance of brass in the grass. Had to be tens of thousands of cases.

 

[Lee Whitsel]

That could be lucrative especially if it’s a 5 gal bucket. I got 17 bucks a pound for mine

$17 or $1.70????

 

[Gman]

ABC News?

I Agree, don't watch any of the "fake news".

 

[paperpuncher]

$17 or $1.70????

Scrap carbide and yes 17.00 a pound

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

Most carbide recyclers are super picky about other materials(steel) mixed in. It's not like they can easily separate out the HSS tooling with a magnet, as almost all carbide tools are magnetic on account of the cobalt binder.
A total refusal to pay anything for a shipment has happened before, according to legend.

 

[Webster]

Made the 44 mile one way trip about 1pm. Delivered 112 lbs. mostly .223 range pickup. Got $2.40 lb. fifteen cents up from my last visit. Hit a great BBQ place with some of the scrap cash. Beat most of the early rush hour traffic home. Placed an order with Midway, cracked open a beer and turned on ABC evening news. My wife and I had a good afternoon.

Your in luck. Prices are up. A few years ago someone told me they didn't like buckets of brass. They were afraid of a live primer when they melted it down.

 

[Tangent]

Unless it's .22 brass nothing is left behind over here. Too expensive to be throwing brass away! Some pistol calibre brass with light target loads seems to go on forever.

 

[bobm]

So, one month later I have another 180 lbs. of mixed range pickup brass. I called the Arvada, CO scrapyard just now and cartridge brass shells are way up from the $2.40 lb. paid in Dec.

The current paid price is $2.60 lb and $2.65 over 100 lbs. I am heading there in a couple of hours. Looks like a good payday for me.

Wife said we eat at the Chinese place today, not BBQ. OK with me.

 

[Charlie-NY]

The last time I went to the scrapyard they paid me $1.00/lb for deprimed cases. It sure wasn't worth the effort. Now I leave all of my exhausted cases at the club. If I see any quantity of once-fired brass at the club (excluding .223), I pick it up and try to find someone that could use the brass. It's a shame to see good cases being sold for their brass weight.

 

[hogpatrol]

Called last week, in Delaware, $2.60 a pound.

 

[bobm]

The last time I went to the scrapyard they paid me $1.00/lb for deprimed cases. It sure wasn't worth the effort. Now I leave all of my exhausted cases at the club. If I see any quantity of once-fired brass at the club (excluding .223), I pick it up and try to find someone that could use the brass. It's a shame to see good cases being sold for their brass weight.

I have been visiting this scrap yard every couple of months for 15 years or more. Our club membership has exploded in recent years. The majority are proven mag dumping blasters that don't reload ammo. The empty brass is everywhere. Few bother to pick it up. EZ money for those that do. I do keep anything I can use or know shooters that can use it.

I got paid $460.50 for the four shown buckets of brass. I have better things to do than to sort and ship range brass all over the country.

 

[J_Hensley]

I don't do any scrapping, but I purchase copper tubing (soft K coils) and I get market updates weekly. Copper is currently higher than it has ever been. 3/4" coils in December of 2015 cost $2.32/ft today they're at $9.57/ft. Great for scrappers, plumbers are not happy.