Guest Pukin Dog, SASS#55356-Life Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Howdy, I have about 20 pounds of brass to take to the metal recycler and know that is worth taking. I also have about 10# of spent primers. What metal are they made of? And will most metal recylers pay money for them?? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adirondack Jack, SASS #53440 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I just toss primers. They are "mixed" metal and "dirty" mixed metal at that, drawing next to nothing. AAMOF this time around I will probably dump em in with the lead slag and WW clips when I "donate" them back to the scrap yard next time I buy lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Centerfire primers ARE brass (both the cups and the anvils), but with a lot of residual lead contamination. Shotshell primers, though, usually have a steel "battery cup" (the container around the actual brass primer cup). So, a good recycler should take CF primers at "dirty brass" prices. Last dirty brass I recycled brought about $1.25 a pound (a month ago). Whether any particular one WILL is just up to them. Most scrap yards/recycling firms are small operations run by tight-fisted old men who don't follow many "standards of operations." As such, it is often hard to predict what they will pay for. You just have to ask around. Keep them bagged separate from your cartridge brass and if you find a dealer who wants them, it's extra money in the pocket. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Hacker, #60477 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Kinda OT, but while making a move out of my home last week, I was cleaning off my old workbench. I noticed that there was a spent primer in one of the holes that I had drilled to mount some MEC reloaders using the bolts provided with the machine. I coudn't get it out, as it was a perfect fit. So, I just stuck one in all the other holes and called it good. First use for a spent primer that I have ever found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Dog, here are some prices across the US: NY prices Brass 1.65 Dirty Brass .80 Brass Shells .18 Iowa prices Brass 1.65 Dirty Brass .80 Brass Shells .18 Washington prices Brass yellow $1.00 Brass red $1.10 Brass mixed $1.00 My deal is save spent CF primers, split cases and anything I can find that is brass. Copper too. Off to the recyclers, receive what they will pay and pay for sheet lead that I find. I also keep my eyes open in the shed for pewter and Linotype,that I pay lead cost for. Why? The guys that work in the shed don't know that pewter is 80% tin and lino is desirable to the smokeless high velocity folks ... plus getting scarce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 My spent primers take a trip to the junk yard along with the "bad" brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pukin Dog, SASS#55356-Life Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 My spent primers take a trip to the junk yard along with the "bad" brass That is so un PC!! Think green my friend, green. Especially if there is lead at the end of the rainbow. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Dog, SASS #20401 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Load them into shotgun shells as the payload. Wicked home defense load. Make swiss cheese of the perp but don't over-penetrate walls or fly too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Mine go into an empty BP container and then to the dump. Figure spent primers are best kept sealed up and away from the cats etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Mountain Buzzard Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I'm with Adirondack Jack, The clips, slag and primers all go to the metal recycle yard. Prices are way up right now anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Know what egg shells are good for? Holding eggs together. Know what primers are good for?????? JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Tooth Zach Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Know what egg shells are good for? Holding eggs together. Know what primers are good for?????? JHC As little reminders to wear shoes when reloading. Have you ever stepped on one of those little SOB's in bare feet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 As little reminders to wear shoes when reloading. Have you ever stepped on one of those little SOB's in bare feet? 'Bout the onliest time I go barefoot is in bed or in the shower. They do like to embed in the soles of shoes and boots! They do bring to mind teats on boar hogs and screendoors on submarines. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 After a session of decapping on the rock chucker I'll find primers in my shoes days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Bucks #36386 Life Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 If you fill up a shot bag or something similar with spent primers and sew it up, they make great benchrest shooting bags. 4 Bux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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