Keep or sell? Cases.......

[AJ]

Picked these up a while ago at an estate sale. All are NIB. Worth taking the time to sell them or just leave them set on the shelf as a display?

 

[The Preacher]

Now is the time to sell.... Unless of course they fit into your needs, future or otherwise. JMHO

Preacher

 

[Sevens]

I think those are definitely neat. I would imagine that someone would pay a premium to get them. I would pay a buck a box if the boxes were empty because I love to display things like that, but I wouldn’t pay what they are worth as new brass.

 

[AJ]

Now is the time to sell.... Unless of course they fit into your needs, future or otherwise. JMHO

Preacher

Don't need them as I have ammo cans full of those calibers, cleaned and deprimed on the shelves.

 

[AJ]

I think those are definitely neat. I would imagine that someone would pay a premium to get them. I would pay a buck a box if the boxes were empty because I love to display things like that, but I wouldn’t pay what they are worth as new brass.

Sevens,
I have two rooms of display stuff. Boxes galore.

AJ

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Sell, Sell, Sell!

 

[BE Mike]

To me guns are to be shot and ammo/ reloading accessories are to be used. That being said, I do enjoy looking at things, including guns/ ammo at museums, but my man cave ain't a museum. A while back I threw a lot of "display boxes" in the trash. I got no enjoyment out of looking at them. It was all part of a big clean-out of the man cave. I feel better and have more room to move around.

 

[AJ]

To me guns are to be shot and ammo/ reloading accessories are to be used. That being said, I do enjoy looking at things, including guns/ ammo at museums, but my man cave ain't a museum. A while back I threw a lot of "display boxes" in the trash. I got no enjoyment out of looking at them. It was all part of a big clean-out of the man cave. I feel better and have more room to move around.

That is my problem, not enough room. Have a 12 X 16 and a 12 X 20 rooms that are full floor to ceiling. Have paths to walk around in to get to stuff.

 

[zeke]

Like using Rem 9mm brass, it seems thicker than others. Have used the 38 special brass for wadcutter loads, cause it was thin and didn't damage the soft lead at all. Only use the 45 rem brass for full diameter lead target loads, as the ones collected over the years were thin, hard and shorter than other makes. Really don't have any room to just consider displaying brass boxes.

 

[tmd17]

Sell the boxes separately to collectors, the brass to us loaders.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

.38/9mm brass is very cheap. Most reloaders use plastic boxes cuz originals tear up quickly. Plus those boxes aren't that old. If that was mine mine I'd chunk the boxes and reload the brass.

 

[AJ]

.38/9mm brass is very cheap. Most reloaders use plastic boxes cuz originals tear up quickly. Plus those boxes aren't that old. If that was mine mine I'd chunk the boxes and reload the brass.

Mike,

I have about 40 pounds of .45 ACP brass and approximately that much of .38 Special and 9 MM brass each. No sense reloading NOS brass. Have access to all the brass I want. May just keep it and leave it on the shelf.

AJ

 

[diyj98]

Sell the boxes separately to collectors, the brass to us loaders.

I agree. The box collectors I know mainly keep empty boxes.

 

[Troystat]

For me I would use the 38's and 45's and sell or give away the 9mm. I don't think the boxes are collectables.

 

[mikld]

When faced with a similar situation, I often store the items (somewhere) and forget about them. They may be a welcome surprise when found later. I recently "found" a large coffee can of 38 Special brass (cleaned, sized and flared) and a plastic shoe box full of 357 nickel brass I had stored away when I ran out of room in my shop. Eureka!!

 

[Cdog]

I’m no collector. I’d either use, sell, or trade them.

I don’t have enough space for the stuff I use.

 

[AJ]

Know the feeling I put stuff up and then "find" it months to years later. Have two rooms like this. Plus some storage totes in the garage. I have enough brass to fight a small war on hand.

 

[rockquarry]

You guys must huge homes and shops. I've been throwing away empty cardboard ammo boxes, old and new, for decades. Otherwise, I'd have run out of room years ago and would be sleeping in the yard.

 

[AJ]

You guys must huge homes and shops. I've been throwing away empty cardboard ammo boxes, old and new, for decades. Otherwise, I'd have run out of room years ago and would be sleeping in the yard.

Home is not huge, about 1400 sq.ft. under air. I did enclose a portion of the back porch and connected it to my computer/library/gun room to make another gun room, that gave me another 240 sq.ft. of play room. In my area most of the new houses are much bigger.

 

[racoonbeast]

As far as a financial decision, if you choose to sell you will probably get the largest price you will ever get for these. But, lets face it. The difference between a "normal price" and a "great price" on this number of these items is not going to put your kid through college. So, financial gain is probably not going to be the driving factor behind this decision.

I would say sell because these days it is almost certain that there is some poor reloader out there who needs these cases, and being able to get them makes the difference over whether or not he can continue his shooting program, whatever that might be.

If they were mine, and I did not have a direct use for them myself, I would sell them at a very reasonable price to someone who needed them and would use them. Heck, I probably would give them away to him. We are all in this together.

 

[2152hq]

Keep it,,,and just look at it.

Or sell it and get a few bucks and buy something you can use .

It is exactly what the boxes say,,new, unprimed factory brass.
The count is exact if the boxes are full.
The boxes make it convenient for count and they help sell the brass.

I don't think the boxes are anywhere near the condition that collectors want. Maybe a couple are.
But those guys usually start crying over degrading paper colors and folds I can't see. So I leave that side of the world to them if boxes don't look 200% perfect.

Tally up the going price for the amt of Factory new Unprimed brass/caliber you have.
Price it as a good deal from there so that it sells.
Sell each caliber as a 'lot',,not per/box.
Ship in USPO Flat Rate box and charge actual shipping.
If someone takes both calibers/lots, ship in one FRBox and split the shipping cost.

It'll all fit into a smaller FRB if it's separated from their boxes. Cheaper to ship. The customer may not want/need the boxes.

Just my idea.

I should take my own advise and start doing the same with 'stuff'...

 

[reddog81]

Keep a box of each for display and sell the rest. They’re neat but not anything thats going to be super collectible in the next 50 years.

 

[Nevada Ed]

I noticed the different heights of a ammo box, as the companies went from cardboard to foam, to even plastic, to hold the cases in the box.

I have had old boxs that I have kept and even used but as mentioned, they wear out and get torn and I usually go to a plastic ammo unit to store my ammo, now, that come in 20, 50 & 100 per unit.

Nice find, though.

 

[five 0]

Know the feeling I put stuff up and then "find" it months to years later. Have two rooms like this. Plus some storage totes in the garage. I have enough brass to fight a small war on hand.

Is the spool cabinet filled with boxes or just the front of the cabinet?

 

[SS336]

Know the feeling I put stuff up and then "find" it months to years later. Have two rooms like this. Plus some storage totes in the garage. I have enough brass to fight a small war on hand.

I really like rooms like this. Would love to have a tour if you were closer. You never know what you will find.

I have 4 boxes of .357 magnum brass like you have. Have had it a long time. I would keep it, you never know what you could trade it for. Or maybe you might use it someday.

 

[AJ]

Is the spool cabinet filled with boxes or just the front of the cabinet?

Yes, the spool cabinet is filled with .22 short, long and LR, the bottom drawer is for .22 Mag.

 

[AJ]

Listed them on the for sale page. Had more than I thought I had. If they don't sell, will throw them back on the shelf. Won't use them ever, no need to do so.