gunner40sw Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Why are so many places out of once fired brass? And powder and primers are getting harder and harder to find also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Why are so many places out of once fired brass? And powder and primers are getting harder and harder to find also. How much do you need? I can get 9mm and .45 (and sometimes .40 S&W) pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 When scrap metal prices went up over the past few months, I know of buckets that were sold to scrap yards (despite my best efforts). Primers went into training ammo shipped to Afganistan and Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I know that there is a SH!T load of .40 and .45 in my garage Could that account for the shortage??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el pres Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Why are so many places out of once fired brass? And powder and primers are getting harder and harder to find also. Most of them are in people's closet's and safes, loaded or not !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWard Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 All I know is... it's 1" deep on the floor of my local range... I just go over in the evening and take home 200% of what I shoot. I have about 1000 9mm cases, and 500-600 of 45 and 40, and I don't even reload those.... yet. JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) I just started on my last 55 gal drum of 9mm brass. I may have to turn the "Brass Magnet" loose again. There is just something about shiny objects they can't resist. Edited January 16, 2009 by Joe D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I just started on my last 55 gal drum of 9mm brass. I may have to turn the "Brass Magnet" loose again. There is just something about shiny objects they can't resist. 55gallon drums??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV man Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I thought I was doing good with 5 gallon buckets...55gallon drums, I'm impressed. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenTX Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 There are a number of people that have never wanted a lot of brass or ammo that are now stockpiling it. Just like the run on black rifles some people are concerned about future availability and want to get it whilw they can. Combine this additional demand with the normal flucuations in supply and you have a shortage. I was at the Buda, TX Cabellas last week, one guy with a shopping cart bought almost every box on 9mmm they had on the shelves. Left the 147gr and S&B. The black rifles frenzy appears to be over and they seem to be easily available again at resonable prices, the same thing should happen with brass, primers etc. There is also goofy legislation proposed in some states that, if passed, could fuel the frenzy on ammo and components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I know that there is a SH!T load of .40 and .45 in my garage Could that account for the shortage??? Where you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I know that there is a SH!T load of .40 and .45 in my garage Could that account for the shortage??? Where you live? LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Boz, I swapped American Classic in Norcross some maintenance steel for a couple of boxes of brass. The owner said why don't you just take it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I've got it all! See? (insert evil laughter here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Funny thing, this brass hunting. My local range has brass laying on the floor too, which they will gladly sell me for $8 a 100, after I pick it up. The Cincinnati police firing range "recycles" all of their brass in order to help pay for ammo. Went to the scrap yard they use to see if I could buy it and was told they only bring a 5gallon bucket of brass every once in a while. I think some cops are not aware of the "recycle" memo. Another scrap yard says brass is so cheap they have not seen any in months. So, to quote the op,"where has all the brass gone"? Went to CCW training and watched nearly all 100 people shoot 100 rounds each of 9mm. Asked 3 different people if I could get some brass. Found the right guy and he told me I could not have it because there might be some .40 in it. I said I would polish it and bring it back to him. No deal. Like someone said just plain hording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Fewer and fewer police departments are using 9mm now and that's going to remove some of the supply....just a matter of time. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonAnne9x23 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 back in the 80s I bought 100k of .45acp brass. It came in 2 drums. Each was 12" wider than a 55 gallon drum. One was the same height. The other was about 18" tall. Looked like an oversize hockey puck. Never saw anything like either of them before or since. Kinda wish I had kept 20k of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I think Cincy just bought 9mm M&P's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I've got it all!See? (insert evil laughter here) that's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Looks like Fort Knox's ammo dump. I almost cry every time I think of how many truckloads of brass we hauled back to that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWard Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I thought I was doing good with 5 gallon buckets...55gallon drums, I'm impressed. Bill And I thought my kitty-litter tub, half-full was a nice collection... ROFLMAO JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hoarders are probably getting a lot of the readily available supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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