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Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on June 21, 2006, 03:55:45 PM
http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=897895&convertTo=USD
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: P95Carry on June 21, 2006, 06:11:52 PM
Reloader here Harry but shucks - that has to be a tractor/trailer load Cheesy

I'll pass but thx anyways Wink
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: Guest on June 21, 2006, 11:43:09 PM
That's 10 or 12 truckloads.

I don't know what scrap brass is going for right now, but that has to be worth close to a million bucks.
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: 280plus on June 22, 2006, 01:35:39 AM
Brass is a little over $2.00 / Lb   Cheesy
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: griz on June 22, 2006, 02:06:46 AM
Half a million pounds!  That's more than I can deal with.

What is the 42 caliber to which they refer?
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on June 22, 2006, 04:01:09 AM
prolly 40 mm cases from a big toy
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: K Frame on June 22, 2006, 05:11:46 AM
"What is the 42 caliber to which they refer?"

That had me wondering, too.

The cases for the grenade launcher aren't brass, they're aluminum, so I don't think that's it.

The only other 40mm I know of would be the 40mm Bofors, and I think that they're all out of service now.

At one time the military collected every piece of spent brass and sent it back to Frankford Arsenal for reloading for practice. Made tight military budgets go farther.
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: roo_ster on June 22, 2006, 05:44:12 AM
I am a reloader.

No, I don't want that much brass, etc.
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on June 22, 2006, 07:10:01 AM
we could make one heck of a windchime with all that brass
Title: any reloaders on board?
Post by: Bob F. on June 22, 2006, 04:33:14 PM
I think the Navy, at one time, had 40mm guns, maybe still do. 42 cal? Dunno.