Speedluvn
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How much would you offer for a 5 gallon bucket of unprocessed .223/.556 cases?
Estimate on empty cases
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platekiller
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It’s probably worth around $250. A quick google search said about 3500-4000 depending. And cases go for about 7 cents each.
hard to know for sure without knowing weight and weight of bucket. but someone told me about 3,500-3,700 typically. I would weigh a case, weigh the empty bucket, weigh the full bucket and do the calculations.
EDIT. DISREGUARD MISREAD QUESTION, THOUGH ASKED HOW MUCH WAS IN BUCKET. IM DUMB.
EDIT. DISREGUARD MISREAD QUESTION, THOUGH ASKED HOW MUCH WAS IN BUCKET. IM DUMB.
Scrounger
Active Member
The value is dependent on what kind of brass. Is it mixed range pickup, or all once fired military? For most reloaders, mixed cases are not worth as much as cases with the same headstamp. 7 cents a case is about average for once fired military in quantities that large. One can figure around 13.6# to the 1000.
ohen cepel
Ultimate Member
Condition, dirt level, all reloadable, etc? That would come into play for me a bit also.
Big difference for me from indoor range brass from a known maker vs outdoor stuff mixed with steel cases and some dirt.
Big difference for me from indoor range brass from a known maker vs outdoor stuff mixed with steel cases and some dirt.
Speedluvn
Active Member
Can you explain?
Speedluvn
Active Member
This is from an indoor range. I’m trying to get an idea of what’s an acceptable offer. I was way low. I was going to wait to see what they would offer first.
platekiller
Ultimate Member
Now I see. So the 1/3 of a bucket in the barter thread is about $70 worth depending on how accurate that measure is.
Scrounger
Active Member
1000 5.56/223 case weight around 13.6 pounds. As an example, 5000 5.56/223 cases weight 68 pounds. Counting how many cases that are in a 5-gallon bucket is on my to do list. I can say that there are around 1160 cases in a 50 cal can. If you can weight the bucket of brass, then you can figure how much brass is in it.
One of the problems with range pickup brass is that there are usually a lot of different manufacturers. I have never liked working with mixed brass. I prefer to set my equipment up and run with it. With different manufacturers the brass will process differently. If one isn’t worried about consistency it doesn’t matter.
Speedluvn
Active Member
Thanks!
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