Balls of Brass

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[quote author=Rumbler link=topic=1059.msg10721#msg10721 date=1372475786]
Talon does not sell/scrap ANY brass. It either goes back in an ammo can to be shot again, or it goes in the dumpster to be hauled off by the garbologist.
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That's pretty silly and a waste of resources.

A little bit of brass isn't worth much but as time goes by and more and more piles up, it becomes well worth a trip to recycle.
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Want a job decapping? Pays by the pound . . . . :)

[quote author=Rumbler link=topic=1059.msg11131#msg11131 date=1372675291]
[quote author=Quaid link=topic=1059.msg11128#msg11128 date=1372666926]
[quote author=Rumbler link=topic=1059.msg10721#msg10721 date=1372475786]
Talon does not sell/scrap ANY brass. It either goes back in an ammo can to be shot again, or it goes in the dumpster to be hauled off by the garbologist.
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That's pretty silly and a waste of resources.

A little bit of brass isn't worth much but as time goes by and more and more piles up, it becomes well worth a trip to recycle.
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Want a job decapping? Pays by the pound . . . . :)
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Since you mention decapping... yeah, I recycle spent primers from decapping too. You would be amazed at how much a gallon jug of spent primers WEIGHS... and weight = $.

As far as decapping for you/Talon... The only things that hold me back are: (1) wondering if you are serious, and (2) wondering about transportation logistics (burning more fuel than the brass is worth is senseless), and (3) wondering if I could handle that kind of volume in a timely manner. There is also the minor matter that the more haste involved the more likelihood of breaking decapper pins... and decapper pins cost $. It wasn't my proudest moment, but once I broke 3 decapper pins in an hour or less. One of the culprits is Privi Partisan .223 brass and I've gotten to where I segregate it and handle it with special care. It has super-soft primers that stretch so much they are difficult to press out before the pressure exceeds the tension that holds the decapping pin in the die... then it all goes south from there. Something insufficiently satisfying about knowing that brute force and slamming the press handle around not being a good idea doesn't always convince me that I shouldn't do it!

5.56 brass had to be invented by Bill Gates / the devil (I'm not at all convinced they are not one and the same).


I get cramps in my hands just thinking about processing that . . .stuff, for reloading. Which make the realization we have 50,000 empty 5.56 cases of we have 5, all the more annoying.


Oh, wait, recycle spent primers ?!?! THAT is what contains the stuff the recyclers say constitutes calling NON decapped brass hazardous waste. What the heck is up with that? :o

Sounds like the recyclers you deal with are taking every opportunity to fuck you over Mike.

[quote author=mattb link=topic=1059.msg12363#msg12363 date=1373165019]
Sounds like the recyclers you deal with are taking every opportunity to fuck you over Mike.
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I'm certainly beginning to think the same thing . . . . >:(

[quote author=Rumbler link=topic=1059.msg11341#msg11341 date=1372735353]
Oh, wait, recycle spent primers ?!?! THAT is what contains the stuff the recyclers say constitutes calling NON decapped brass hazardous waste. What the heck is up with that? :o
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Haven't run across that... but I haven't recycled any in awhile. My normal cycle is about once every three years, but I was on the sick lame and lazy list for a year and a half and I'm way behind on everything involving brass. I've heard that some recyclers won't take .22 brass because of the number of live rounds in it, so I segregate the .22 brass but so far all they have ever done at Leon is mix them with the rest... and the de-primed primers, too. But they aren't going to find any live rounds in what I recycle. I recycle the lead myself, and 39-41 gr. of lead is 39-41 gr. of lead!!!