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When selling "once fired brass"?
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Autococker07
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Either way is fine.... some folks will pay a tiny bit more for the effort of decapping and cleaning, but they still have to size them, so it really dosen't matter much..... do what is best for your customer.....
Geno44
Member
You didn't ask for pricing advice but there seems to be an opinion that brass should be priced the same as it was 10 years ago. I have noticed nothing else in reloading components is priced the same as 10 years ago so brass shouldn't be either. Don't sell it too cheaply. I think most anybody these days as a progressive press so sizing shouldn't be a big deal to a buyer. The correct primer in place helps to support the brass as once fired.
Ben_hutcherson
Member
I bought 500 pieces 38 special brass the other day...most of it was beyond "once fired", as several pieces had evidence of having once been nickel plated. I also found some "Super Vel" and other old headstamps in the bunch.
Much of this brass that I bought had already been deprimed and resized(although I don't think tumbled). Some of it had even been expanded. I dumped the whole lot into my "38 special to be processed" box and have been working through resizing and then sonicating it. In other words, I didn't treat it any differently from my other range brass.
Any brass I get from unknown sources get this same treatment, so I'd rather not pay extra for someone else to do it too.
Much of this brass that I bought had already been deprimed and resized(although I don't think tumbled). Some of it had even been expanded. I dumped the whole lot into my "38 special to be processed" box and have been working through resizing and then sonicating it. In other words, I didn't treat it any differently from my other range brass.
Any brass I get from unknown sources get this same treatment, so I'd rather not pay extra for someone else to do it too.
chipking
Member
As a frequent purchaser of brass I prefer that "once fired" come with factory primer and dirty. Cleaned Brass with no primer to me is a sure giveaway that it is not "once fired" and in fact may have been reloaded many times. I also do not believe that someone else's worn out brass is worth the same as true once fired brass.
There are folks out there that believe that their junk brass should be worth almost as much as new brass. I wish them well in selling it to someone else.
Not saying to give it away (although I have done so just to get rid of clutter) Ask what you feel is a fair price and it should sell. If not you may need to lower the price some.
Chip King
There are folks out there that believe that their junk brass should be worth almost as much as new brass. I wish them well in selling it to someone else.
Not saying to give it away (although I have done so just to get rid of clutter) Ask what you feel is a fair price and it should sell. If not you may need to lower the price some.
Chip King
If you plan on selling a lot, depriming them is a lot of work and you will not get much money for the time you spend. As posted leaving the primer in gives some indication that it really is "once fired" de primed and clean there is no way to tell.
I would leave it alone.
I prefer that the case and primer are untouched and won't buy brass that has been sized or deprimed. Now if you want to tumble it for a few minutes just to knock off crud that's fine but I don't want it shined to a bling. Would rather just buy it straight from the range.
Leave the brass as it is when you sell it because that gives the buyer a better look at it. Quite frankly on the auction sites when I buy once fired brass I realize that in most casts the sellers has no idea if it's once fired. That is because they usually either have a contract with a range to get it and sell it or they got lucky and bought a large quantity from someplace like a salvage shop.
gregintenn
Member
I expect to buy once fired brass in the condition it fell out of your gun.
ArchAngelCD
Moderator, SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
I completely agree... There are sellers out there who claim their brass is once fired but it is anything but. To cover that they decap and tumble the brass. If someone tries to sell me once fired brass that is decapped I will not buy it!
This is especially true with military rifle brass. If the primers are staked I know it's really once fired.
