Scrap spent primers

[retrieverman]

So how much are you getting for these spent primers? Is it even worth it with the price of gas?

 

[hunter966]

Never heard of or thought about selling spent primers.

 

[dlbleak]

Use them to add weight to something else…

 

[sherrick13]

I just throw them in with damaged cases and .22 lr cases I happen to end up with.

 

[rickm]

I save mine for when i run out of lead shot to load shotshells with can load with spent primers for defense if i ever have to when SHTF if i live that long.

 

[GHArms]

I read the used small primers will fit the .177 cal pellet rifles.

They sure used to. There was once an old man (who I strangely resemble and share the last name) who showed me how to load a primer in the pellet gun he bought me some 35 years ago. Of course, that was back when we all had Primer Trees in our backyard and when we dropped them on the floor we didn't bother to look for them unless they were easy to see. Ohhh the days of $10/1000. TG&Y folks.

 

[Mad Professor]

I just throw them in with damaged cases and .22 lr cases I happen to end up with.

When I was calling places a couple of years ago, nobody would .22 cases.

 

[Mad Professor]

So how much are you getting for these spent primers? Is it even worth it with the price of gas?

They are brass and brass is 1.74 an pound right now. I have just over 100#. There are people in other stars buying them as scrap. So

 

[dennishoddy]

I was told our one and only scrap yard won’t even buy brass cartridge cases any more.

 

[turkeyrun]

If you collect aluminum cans, drop 3 or 4 primers in each can, before crushing.