once fired brass

[Bob Wolff]

In general, what is the going price for once fired, mixed headstamp, .223 brass.

Cheers
bob

[AggieMM]

It really depends upon the seller, and how "good" they think their brass is. But looking at GunBroker and GlockTalk, it appears the going rate is roughly $50-$70 / 1000. But here is one seller's unique strategy. :)

1: 1000 Once fired, Crimped primer/Unsized/Untrimmed - $60

2: 1000 Once fired Tumbled and sized/deprimed/Swagged - $90

3: 1000 Once fired Tumbled Sized/Deprimed/Swagged and Case trimmed - $120

Ryan

[CainA]

Can you actually tell that it has only been fired once? If the "factory primer" is the give away, what about once they've been de-primed?

-Cain

[AggieMM]

Nope, I consider all brass to be "range brass", and the claims to be once fired are not valid. The only time I believe brass to be once fired is if I shot it.

Ryan

[CDH]

Can you actually tell that it has only been fired once? If the "factory primer" is the give away, what about once they've been de-primed?

-Cain

Sometimes. Most of my brass isn't in the tumbler long enough to erase all signs of the resizing process. The carbide ring of the sizing die will usually slightly polish the surface it slides over, so if you see straight walled pistol brass that is bright right up to the web and then has a distinct change to slightly more tarnished, or better yet had faint scratches to the same point, you can feel certain that brass has been resized at a minimum. Excessive nicks and dings on the rim are another clue that that case has been through the chambering/firing/ejection process multiple times, but this is harder to objectively detect.

It isn't perfect, but it can help. Badly battered brass should be avoided. It might just have been stepped on before beig picked up, but it may well have been reloaded to the limit the last owner is comfortable with and then sold as 'range brass'. Buyer beware.