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Acres of brass?

Post by fortyshooter » Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:16 am

Wow! Storage area of used brass shells in 1946 !
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Re: Acres of brass?

Post by Sir Henry » Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:37 am

That’s what my driveway is beginning to look like after shooting rimfire all winter.
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Re: Acres of brass?

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:24 am

Could make a Lot of rifle/pistol out of those.

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Re: Acres of brass?

Post by dave77 » Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:55 pm

Wonder why they don't recycle it. Scrap brass shell price is $2 a pound.
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Re: Acres of brass?

Post by John E Davies » Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:00 pm

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Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:55 pm
 Wonder why they don't recycle it. Scrap brass shell price is $2 a pound.
Pic is from 1946… so scrap value at today’s rate would be about $0.14 per pound. for what it is worth, they were not too concerned about recycling scrap WW2 materials, except maybe aluminum aircraft. Sadly….

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Re: Acres of brass?

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:17 pm

Like John said that was '46.
I'll bet it was just buried like all the tanks, jeeps and other equipment was when they left.
Which was a much better action than, like the last time our military left stuff behind a couple years ago. :o :oops: :oops:

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