70 pound bucket-o-brass

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I bought a 70 pound bucket of mixed range brass for $120 from the range I use. I'm a long time revolver fan and reloader but just bought a 1911 style pistol, a new STI Trojan. Being retired, I've got the time to sort it so I grabbed all the .45 auto out and wound up with 786 pieces after chunking anything bent or rough looking. I had hoped for more than that. But is there ever a ton of 9mm, at least 5,000, probably lots more.

I've been thinking about reloading 9mm since anything better than white box stuff gets pricy quick. This was all I needed. Just got back from Cabelas with dies and a variety of bullets. I can now start shooting my only 9mm, a Beretta M9, lots more. Plus, now that I will have lots more ammo, another 9mm is obviously needed….
 
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Probably all semi-auto rounds I suppose? Don't recon there'd be any 44 mag or - even less likely - any 44 special in all that brass would there? If you had any you didn't have a use for, I'd sure be interested in helping you get back some of your $120 :D
 
BC38 said:
Probably all semi-auto rounds I suppose? Don't recon there'd be any 44 mag or - even less likely - any 44 special in all that brass would there? If you had any you didn't have a use for, I'd sure be interested in helping you get back some of your $120 :D
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There were a few .38's, a very few .223 and maybe 20 or so .44's. This stuff is basically all auto handgun. After culling all the .45 earlier, I went through enough more of it to get 300 pieces of 9mm. If reloading the 9mm works out, I'll cull for more as needed. Once all the 9mm is gone, the remainder will be almost all .40 S&W and 10mm, maybe 30-ish pounds of those.

The .45 is fast and easy since they're very different looking than anything else. The 9mm's are a bit harder to cull, even mind numbing after a while with all those 380's and .40's rolling around...
 
.40 cases make good HP bullet jackets for home swaged .44 and .45 bullets.
 
You may need to sort through the 45 brass again and separate the small primer brass from the large primer brass.

bob
 
A real big percentage of the 45 ACP brass that comes from the indoor range I shoot at is small primer as that is what the LGS 45 ammo has. The range was just selling it as scrap brass till I decided it was the answer to not having to change out the primer feed on my 550. it has worked out well. I no longer have to buy large pistol primers for the one caliber that needs them. Don
 
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