ZappBranigan
January 3rd, 2008, 11:11 AM
The threads posted below regarding .223 ammo got me to thinking:
I'm a reloader, so of course when I think of "recycling" ammo cases, I think of saving the brass cases so I can reload them (and even if I don't reload that particular caliber, I may be able to trade them to someone who does in exchange for something I do reload.)
But there is so much cheap, non-reloadable ammo out there, I started thinking, is it worth it to try and recycle nonreloadable cases?
Wolf ammo (and most of the other ComBloc 7.62x39) is steel cased. CCI blazer ammo is aluminum cased. Now I know Aluminum is supposed to be a very salvageable metal, but will aluminum recycling places accept aluminum cases? I would think they'd be concerned about possible contamination (after all, even that aluminum case has a brass primer in it, presumably containing some mercury residue, not to mention the powder and/or lead residue on the case itself.) Has anyone ever tried to recycle CCI Blazer aluminum cased ammo? If so, will they actually give you money for it? God knows they'll give you money for aluminum cans contaminated with Dr. Pepper and mouth germs and who knows what else :P .
And the same would go for steel-cased ammo. I know steel is low on the salvageable metal market, so I wouldn't expect to get any money for steel cases, but it would be nice to know that your cases are going to be recycled and not just dumped into a landfill somewhere.
I'm a reloader, so of course when I think of "recycling" ammo cases, I think of saving the brass cases so I can reload them (and even if I don't reload that particular caliber, I may be able to trade them to someone who does in exchange for something I do reload.)
But there is so much cheap, non-reloadable ammo out there, I started thinking, is it worth it to try and recycle nonreloadable cases?
Wolf ammo (and most of the other ComBloc 7.62x39) is steel cased. CCI blazer ammo is aluminum cased. Now I know Aluminum is supposed to be a very salvageable metal, but will aluminum recycling places accept aluminum cases? I would think they'd be concerned about possible contamination (after all, even that aluminum case has a brass primer in it, presumably containing some mercury residue, not to mention the powder and/or lead residue on the case itself.) Has anyone ever tried to recycle CCI Blazer aluminum cased ammo? If so, will they actually give you money for it? God knows they'll give you money for aluminum cans contaminated with Dr. Pepper and mouth germs and who knows what else :P .
And the same would go for steel-cased ammo. I know steel is low on the salvageable metal market, so I wouldn't expect to get any money for steel cases, but it would be nice to know that your cases are going to be recycled and not just dumped into a landfill somewhere.