I recently bought a large lot of ammo guns and reloading equipment from a local fellow who's brother passed away. Literally more than a ton and a half(no joke). Quite a bit of the ammo is factory. But much is reloads. I won't shoot the rifle reloads... or any of the magnum handgun stuff. 38sp 44sp and 45acp and Colt I will pull down and use. What can I do with the other stuff? I have at least a couple thousand rounds of 357 maybe a thousand 44 mag and hundreds of rounds of rifle ammo I don't even have rifles for. Some of the handgun ammo is marked with the loading data so may check random rounds and shoot it if it is as marked. What is the best way to dispose of the rest of the ammo? There must be 500 rounds of just 7mm Rem mag. Hate to dump all that stuff... in fact the local landfill will not take it. No....didn't pay much for it all but it seems such a waste.
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What to do with reloaded ammo?
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If it were me, I might try to dismantle any ammo that was not crimped.
Crimped lead and jacket ammo is not worth it for me.
It depends on what you think your time is worth or the work involved.
Good luck.
Crimped lead and jacket ammo is not worth it for me.
It depends on what you think your time is worth or the work involved.
Good luck.
Turn it over to an auction company that is having a "Sporting goods auction". It will sell, not as high as factory, but worth your time to do it.
StakeOut
US Veteran
Set yourself a daily task of xxx rounds to separate.
The only thing I'd dispose of would be the powder.
I would never shoot someone else's reloads in any of my fine revolvers or rifles.
The only thing I'd dispose of would be the powder.
I would never shoot someone else's reloads in any of my fine revolvers or rifles.
hdwhit
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Disassemble the reloaded ammunition, dispose of the unknown powder and sell the remaining components.
I don't shoot anyone else's reloads unless I know them and their technique - and there's only one other reloader I know that well.
I took 20 rounds of 45 Colt apart...it was supposed to be 8 gr of Uniques and all of the m weighed within a 10th either way. Didn't look the load up yet. I just went through the rest of the stuff kinda seperating rifle and pistol. I have over a thousand rounds of 357 and almost 2000 rounds of 38 sp... Not going to break that all down. Have 600 rounds of 44 mag loaded with 231 and 220 lead bullets. There is at least 1200 rounds of 45 auto. I have shot others reloads in the past but mostly shotshell loads. Never rifle or pistol. Heck I got 47 boxes of 12 ga trap loads..reloads of course. 21 boxes of factory 20 ga shells. He had 1 box of 9mm reloads but doubt he did them..he had no 9mm dies and a lot of brass...11 boxes + of factory loads though. I don't think I want to pull all of those bullets. He had more than 4000 rounds of rifle reloads from 22 Hornet to 375 H&H...lots of 45-70 too.
StakeOut
US Veteran
Before you bought all that reloaded ammo what was your thinking on it?
The price had to be extremely good and there are other items in the deal that are a lot more desirable.
The price had to be extremely good and there are other items in the deal that are a lot more desirable.
fredj338
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I won't shoot others reloads. So I would either spend the time to pull it down & salvage components or toss it.
ArchAngelCD
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I would sell off the reloads but not as ammo, as components. This way if someone dies shoot it and something bad happens you are not liable. When sold as components they are agreeing to break them down. I also like the suggestion above to sell them to an auction house. Again you have no liability.
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I'd pull the bullets with a kinetic puller, burn the powder in my driveway at night and re-use the brass and bullets. I certainly wouldn't throw it away.
muddocktor
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I would get a collet type bullet puller and pull down the rifle stuff at least. The 500 rounds of 7 Mag would net a nice little pile of profit by itself, just selling primed brass and the pulled bullets. And pull down the 22 Hornet also as that brass should sell pretty quickly and the bullets can be sold or reused too. I would also do this with all the other rifle reloads you got; all you need is the proper shell holder and collet for the puller. I would take all the powder and make myself a few piles in the yard and satisfy my pyromania by lighting it up. 
As for the pistol stuff, maybe try selling it as components to be broken down by the buyer to get the liability off yourself.
As for the pistol stuff, maybe try selling it as components to be broken down by the buyer to get the liability off yourself.Got it all really cheap.. There is a bunch of factory loads in the batch..I will mostly sell it off. I also got 5 reloading presses and approx 75 boxes of bullets for reloading as well as almost 20 lbs of powder..and another 12 cans of powder that were partially used. Except for the red dot and green dot it will all get burned. Got some extra barrels for shotguns and 3 rifles. One of the bbls is a Super X 1 skeet bbl.
When I used to end up with reloaded rifle and pistol ammo,,and the stuff looked nice and clean,,I would sell it at a gunshow 'for components only'.
I priced the stuff for about 1/2 of what the bullets cost if purchased for reloading
Jacketed commercial softpoint bullets are not cheap for the reloader to buy,,so if priced very affordable, they seemed to sell quickly.
Especially when stacked in lots like the 500rds of 7mm Mag together, the buyer quickly realized he/she is getting a great deal on the bullets and the cases w/ primer are free,,for their labor of pull-down.
Trying to squeeze a lot of $$ from it and you end up carrying it all back home again.
Get it cheap,,sell it cheap and make a couple bucks on it.
Pulling the large lot down is just too much to think about for me. Maybe if there was something extra special of interest in the lot for me personally, I'd set that aside. A big bore caliber,,ect where the brass would be worth the time to reclaim as well as the bullets. Some of the rare big bore calibers can sell for many dollars a single case.
I admit to shooting shotshell reloads not of my own making. They were $1/box.
1 1/4oz 12ga loads. Couldn't help myself.
4 flats all gone in a Remington Sportsman 48 at skeet. Real shoulder pounders.
My good angle said to reclaim the lead,,,so much work though..
You almost have to give away reloaded ammo,,and sometimes that's the solution if you don't want a lot of work for yourself.
I priced the stuff for about 1/2 of what the bullets cost if purchased for reloading
Jacketed commercial softpoint bullets are not cheap for the reloader to buy,,so if priced very affordable, they seemed to sell quickly.
Especially when stacked in lots like the 500rds of 7mm Mag together, the buyer quickly realized he/she is getting a great deal on the bullets and the cases w/ primer are free,,for their labor of pull-down.
Trying to squeeze a lot of $$ from it and you end up carrying it all back home again.
Get it cheap,,sell it cheap and make a couple bucks on it.
Pulling the large lot down is just too much to think about for me. Maybe if there was something extra special of interest in the lot for me personally, I'd set that aside. A big bore caliber,,ect where the brass would be worth the time to reclaim as well as the bullets. Some of the rare big bore calibers can sell for many dollars a single case.
I admit to shooting shotshell reloads not of my own making. They were $1/box.
1 1/4oz 12ga loads. Couldn't help myself.
4 flats all gone in a Remington Sportsman 48 at skeet. Real shoulder pounders.
My good angle said to reclaim the lead,,,so much work though..
You almost have to give away reloaded ammo,,and sometimes that's the solution if you don't want a lot of work for yourself.
Give it to my brother in law. Maybe there's a double charge in it some where.
I would get a collet type bullet puller and pull down the rifle stuff at least. The 500 rounds of 7 Mag would net a nice little pile of profit by itself, just selling primed brass and the pulled bullets. And pull down the 22 Hornet also as that brass should sell pretty quickly and the bullets can be sold or reused too. I would also do this with all the other rifle reloads you got; all you need is the proper shell holder and collet for the puller. I would take all the powder and make myself a few piles in the yard and satisfy my pyromania by lighting it up.
Have an old Herter's collet puller(made by RCBS) and got another in this batch of stuff. The Hornet 243 22-250 and some of the other rifle stuff I will break down 444 45-70 too. All 4 boxes of 375 H&H are factory. Doubt I would ever shoot 300 gr solids though. Y'all are right about selling the rest as components cheap.
Hang-Fire Hank
Member
DON'T DO IT !
Skeet:
In no way either shoot or sell those reloads! I saw part of a friend's cheek & nose ripped off from a .44 Mag cartridge that was supposed to have 24 grs. of W296 in it, but instead had a full case of Unique. Guy firing the Ruger SBH was just to the left of my friend. Am I trying to scare you? Damn right I am!
BTW, some people put their reloads into factory boxes, so look at them carefully too (e.g. different color primers or different bullets in one box).
Don't sell them with the agreement that the person will disassemble them. Probably wouldn't hold up in a civil suit.
Just have the patience to pull the lead bullets w/a kinetic puller & the jacketed bullets w/an RCBS puller that fits into a single-stage press. Do a little at a time.
Respectfully, Hank M.
Skeet:
In no way either shoot or sell those reloads! I saw part of a friend's cheek & nose ripped off from a .44 Mag cartridge that was supposed to have 24 grs. of W296 in it, but instead had a full case of Unique. Guy firing the Ruger SBH was just to the left of my friend. Am I trying to scare you? Damn right I am!
BTW, some people put their reloads into factory boxes, so look at them carefully too (e.g. different color primers or different bullets in one box).
Don't sell them with the agreement that the person will disassemble them. Probably wouldn't hold up in a civil suit.
Just have the patience to pull the lead bullets w/a kinetic puller & the jacketed bullets w/an RCBS puller that fits into a single-stage press. Do a little at a time.
Respectfully, Hank M.
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