Could we be having a flood of brass coming our way?

General Firearms Reloading & Ammunition
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Last week I ordered 3,000 pieces of brass, some powder, and bullets from Hi-Tech Ammo in St.Louis. The owner was pretty busy but we talked a couple minutes. He mentioned that he was asked to bid on de-milling ammo coming out of Iraq. He said it was so much that he couldn’t de-mil it in a lifetime.

It sounds great, could it be possible that we could see an abundance of brass in the very near future?

I thought of calling him back and asking more questions, but never think about it till late in the evening.

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The reloading and ammo forum maybe?

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Maybe, but I thought something like this might affect everyone. Maybe we’ll see more ammo on the shelves soon. I doubt it lowers the price, but maybe we won’t have to look so hard.

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Or at least an influx of military pulls for the reloading community?

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I hope that is the case, if we get a HUGE influx of mil ammo maybe it will drive prices back closer to normal.
The prices of pulled bullets and powder have gone up enough that I only get to order small amounts at a time.

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Maybe some more really cheap WC844 also. I know some folks don’t think much of it, but I find it to work well and it’s cheap. More of it and at a cheaper price would be a good thing I think.

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+100 on this. WC844 makes practicing with 223 ammo much more affordable.

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I’ve bought pulled .mil bullets before, but never considered powder. I usually buy that locally to avoid hazmat fees, as I rarely get more than 1-2 pounds at a time. Where do you get surplus powder?

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Do they have a crew that follows firefights around and polices their brass?

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The last time I bought some it was $85 for 8lbs, so I bought 16lbs and went in with some guys to split the shipping and haz mat. I think my cut of the cost was like $10-15.

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I’m pretty sure this is live ammo that is being de-mil’d. Broken down into it’s components…brass, bullets, powder and then sold in the civie market.

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They should keep it all assembled I’d buy some :wink:

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What’s the reason it’s not sold surplus as complete rounds?

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Yeah, it’s ammo that’s been pulled apart. I was able to buy it with good primers still in. Virgin brass with good primers at the cost of once fired brass… not a bad deal.

I’m sure there are issues with selling it as live ammo. Who knows why they can’t sell it together.

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where do u buy stuff like this?

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I don’t like to advertise for companies, but in this case… it’s called Hi-Tech Ammo. Do a search for it, you should be able to find it. I won’t discuss prices, find out for yourself.

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Our good buddy Clinton stopped the resale of military ammo to the civilian market.

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Obummer stopped the sale of demil brass for a very short while, the uproar was enough to get it saved - for a while.

Looking at the surplus sales sites, it is COMMON the bidders have to sign statments the metal will be destroyed and used as scrap metal. Just look at the 50BMG market for an example.

Do hope it comes true!

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Would really love to see this happen:)
It would make my whole year!!!

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Sounds awesome! Cheap brass!!!