Alpo Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Leave us suppose that you have an overabundance of one particular type of brass. 38, 45, 9mm, doesn't matter. And you think that instead of selling it you might trade it, since you have a gun with very little ammunition as you have just a small amount of brass for that cartridge. Would you offer to trade case for case, or pound for pound? There is a guy on another board who has an excess of 9mm Luger and is short 380 Browning. He wishes to trade. But his trade offer is pound for pound. He give me a pound of 9mm and I give him a pound of 380. Seems like a wonderful deal for him, since 9mm is heavier. He sends me 500 cases and I in return send him 650 (or thereabouts). I would not make that trade, but I was curious as to whether anyone here would think that was a good trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I would trade even up - 100 rounds for 100 rounds, if I needed the brass. By weight? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Seems to me 9mm brass common as dirt and dirt cheap. 380 might be a little more valuable, you’ll be getting short changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I guess you would have to determine the going rate for used brass in each caliber to answer your question. https://www.starlinebrass.com/380-auto-brass https://www.starlinebrass.com/9mm-luger-brass Prices are comparable, so I think you are right to turn down the offered deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 It would depend on what I had and what I wanted. I can go out and pick up .223 and 9mm all day so it has low value to me, basically a little more value than dirt. On the other hand .45 Colt is hard to find. So, if I had them in hand, I wouldn't mind trading my "dirt" for brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I just did a similar trade here. The way I looked at it, the brass I had to trade had little value to me. The brass the other cowboy had to trade was very valuable to me. We were both happy with the trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I traded with a pard even up and we didn’t even count the pieces, I gave him .44-40 for .38,s. It was a friend he actually gave me more .38’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 What Sarge said. I'd trade two pounds of 'dust collector' for one pound of 'useful' every time, regardless of any monetary difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/6/2020 at 10:11 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I would trade even up - 100 rounds for 100 rounds, if I needed the brass. By weight? Nope. Right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Trading pound for pound is IF you'll going for scrap value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 By weight? Probably not. One for one? Maybe, with the most common cartridges... but I'm not trading .25-20 one to one for 9mm, or .56-.50 one to one for .40 S&W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 my humble oppinion is that if you were looking at it as scrap you weigh it , if your looking at as cartridge's case you look at it per piece , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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