What do you do with random brass

[kf4zht]

Whenever I go to the range I end up picking up all the brass on the ground. Club rules are to pick up everything but 22 so I end up cleaning up for the people who didn't want to.

I reload 9, 45 and 380. Soon to start on 223 so I have been saving that for a while. I also save the common calibers (40, 38, 257, 44, etc) to give to buddies that reload those rounds.

Not sure what to do with the really random stuff. Last night I found 2 45 GAP, 1 5.7, 3 7.62x25, and a few other oddballs. I know that some of these are work something, especially in rifle cases, but it seems like a pain organizing and storing if you are going to find 1-2 a month. Thinking that the scrap bin is the best place for them but maybe there is a trick to it.

 

[Vincent Vega]

Make some earrings for your wife Alternatively it will give you a good excuse to go buy a gun they will fit or you can post them on here under "Free Stuff" and maybe someone can put them to good use.

 

[therubberduckie]

1 or 2 pieces I'd just throw in my scraps with used primers. Take 'em and get a few bucks from the scrap yard.

 

[hamburglar3]

i take scrap metals of all kinds and spread them around in the yard of the cabin. In case anyone wants to search with metal detectors

 

[FrogHunter]

Use them for ear plugs

 

[SpeedyR]

I put them all in marked baggies and sort them. Every so often I post up what I have or its good to have a few extras if I post something else reloading wise and offer to throw in some extra. If I end up with a decent quantity (50+) that I might post them for sale if I'm cleaned/deprimed them. or trade for something I need. I just bag all of the rifle into one bag and pistols in another bag and when I get bored I go thru and sort them further.

I've got a few Sig, Gap, and other rifle calibers. your odds and ends are someone elses gold.

BTW if you happen to have any of the following, let me know: 218 bee, 22 hornet, 32-20, 32 WS, 348 win, 35 rem, 45 schofield, 44 special/mag, 357, 280.

 

[D_Max]

I trade them for brass I can use

 

[lokidogg]

I have a pile of .45,.223,.308. Don't reload so I sell to recycler to purchase more ammo.

 

[Flashover16]

I throw them in a seperate bin for calibers that I do not reload, eventually someone will need them, I have a few buddies that also reload calibers that I don't , so I just give them the brass they can use.