I was asked recently by a reloading buddy why you don't see much prepped brass for sale. Is it that no one will buy it?? Or no one will do all that work and then sell it??? It would seem like somebody out there would just as an example pay for 223 lake City cases that have been sorted by year, cleaned, decrimped, full length resized and trimmed ready to prime and load. But again you almost never see it that way. Maybe it's a liability thing. Just as you would think somebody out there has a lot of brass cases and the time to sit down and do it...but I guess not.
Question regarding brass cases for sale????
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I like to get my once fired lake city raw & untouched so I can custom bump the shoulder back to what my rifle requires... this way, I know it is done correctly also.
Both of these answers have it covered. I like to do my own case prep and having the satisfaction that the brass is in fact once fired factory ammo.
Sometimes I just don't get what I expect when I buy used brass and I don't get to inspect it first...I'm a little hesitant now. I'm sure there's others out there the same way....thus, "prepped" brass doesn't get much sales unless you personally know the person doing it and know their reloading skills/habits....that's my opinion on it anyway.
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I agree with others for PRECISION reloading I prefer prepping my own, but for bulk, plinking, general use etc the above suppliers provide a good product. Bypassing all the sizing, trimming and swaging primer pockets is worth the cost when you're doing several thousand rounds.
Top Brass, Inc. | Rifle Brass, Pistol Brass, Reloading Supplies
I agree with others for PRECISION reloading I prefer prepping my own, but for bulk, plinking, general use etc the above suppliers provide a good product. Bypassing all the sizing, trimming and swaging primer pockets is worth the cost when you're doing several thousand rounds.
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at each step in processing, if truly producing premium brass, you will cull some - lets say you start with 10,000 brass that you tumble and would try to sell for .10 each - now you size, sort, swage, anneal, trim and try to sell this premium product for .20 - but there are now only 6000 of them that qualify - so you have done more than.10 of work for .02 return - price it to get a reasonable return on your work at .30 and no one buys
that is why
reloading is a hobby, and as such little value is placed on time spent
that is why
reloading is a hobby, and as such little value is placed on time spent
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You have point here, but at my house, when it's time to load 223 ammo, it's 5-6K, an all winter project. I'll take the processed stuff any day.
And I don't have much faith in private clowns selling once fired range pickups. The only brass I'll pick at a range will be from someone I witness dumping it out of a factory box.
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faster, cheaper. Really need a single stage press to run it on. All the work is done on top of the press where there's plenty room. Takes about 1 or 2 inches handle travel rather than full stroke. Swage as fast as you can swap out brass in a shell holder.
"lets say you start with 10,000 brass that you tumble... but there are now only 6000 of them that qualify"
Dude??? Really?? You are throwing away 4 out of 10 cases???? Wow. Either:
1. You are getting your brass from the wrong source.
or:
2. You are way pickier than I am.
or:
3. I am not throwing away no where near enough bad brass and if that's the case I freely admit I don't know why I should be.
or:
4. You have an extremely aggressive system you tumble with that tears up 4 out of 10 cases.
Not to mention, 10 cents a piece tumbled??? That's $10.00 on the hundred tumbled. I wouldn't tumble your brass for that, much less provide it.
Dude??? Really?? You are throwing away 4 out of 10 cases???? Wow. Either:
1. You are getting your brass from the wrong source.
or:
2. You are way pickier than I am.
or:
3. I am not throwing away no where near enough bad brass and if that's the case I freely admit I don't know why I should be.
or:
4. You have an extremely aggressive system you tumble with that tears up 4 out of 10 cases.
Not to mention, 10 cents a piece tumbled??? That's $10.00 on the hundred tumbled. I wouldn't tumble your brass for that, much less provide it.
Im finding culled, sorted, polished but otherwise unprocessed Lake City 223 brass for $80/1000 around these parts.
And I live my dillon super swage. I can do 500 rounds in well under 45 mins and my hands dont hurt or get tired. Knocking out 1000 in one morning before work is cake. Now if I only had a giraud trimmer...
And I live my dillon super swage. I can do 500 rounds in well under 45 mins and my hands dont hurt or get tired. Knocking out 1000 in one morning before work is cake. Now if I only had a giraud trimmer...
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