Brass
 

Is used brass better to be sold, or recycled? Want is the valve of used brass to a reloaded and to a metal recycler?

You can look up brass scrap prices on Google . I think if your brass is still in good shape you are always better to reload it since scrap will net you around $2 a pound and buying brass can be 1 to 2 dollars per shell depending on what caliber

If it's harder to find brass, and you can be certain it is once fired factory, someone will likely give you at least half of the cost of new brass, perhaps more. If it is range pickup, with no proof of how many firings, or it's history, it is worth a lot less.

A quick look at the primer will usually tell you if it is once fired.

Or ten times?

Really? How?

Please
 

Enlighten me....

lol

I always thought the brass that had the ink around the edge of the primers were once fired as reloaded primers never have the ink.

You win Lannie, Your the only one that has looked at the primer.

Some ammunition has sealed primers from the factory, many loads don't.

I thought that factory ammo has gold or brass coloured primers and reloads brass the primers are silver.
Has things changed.

Colour of the primer has nothing to do with whether it is reloaded or not. Eg Rem 9-1/2 primers are brass colour, Fed 210M are silver.

I look for that new once fired appearance with the new looking discarded empty boxes. Examining them to see if the necks have been trimmed and chamfered will tell if they've been reloaded. Picked up 80 once fired federal and 100+ Privi .308 brass last weekend. I love 308 brass, form it into 243, 260, 7-08 and of course 308. Have even used it to make 6.5 creedmoor cases in a pinch.