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2009-03-17 Home Front: Politix

DOD Ends Sale of Expended Military Brass to Remanufacturers

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Posted by mjhlaw 2009-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Noted- guns don't kill people, it's them little hard things.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-03-17 00:39|| 2009-03-17 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 This one needs verification....

Posted by tipover 2009-03-17 02:14|| 2009-03-17 02:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The title here at Rantburg is WRONG.

DOD has decided to stop selly spent brass, not ammunition.

Posted by Parabellum 2009-03-17 08:42|| 2009-03-17 08:42|| Front Page Top

#4 ...selling...

Posted by Parabellum 2009-03-17 08:42|| 2009-03-17 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Corrected.

Posted by lotp 2009-03-17 08:52|| 2009-03-17 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Nobody seems to be asking why the DOD has stopped selling expended brass for remanufacture. After all, in these difficult times, every source of income must be considered, and all that. Why give up a proven money maker, however small scale?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-03-17 10:03|| 2009-03-17 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm not sure this has the significance some people are attributing to it. Not saying it doesn't, I just don't get why this is something to get all spun up about.

Posted by Mike 2009-03-17 11:47|| 2009-03-17 11:47|| Front Page Top

#8 This will raise ammo prices. That's about it. With hyperinflation coming, ammo is still a good investment :-)

Posted by Iblis 2009-03-17 12:26|| 2009-03-17 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Stop all of this rediculous conjecture at once! This has absolutely nothing to do with rounds of bullet. The gummit needs tons of shiny brass for the new courthouse statues and family room miniatures of Barry. It's shovel ready! They'll be manufactured in ~~Indiana~~ India or China, where everything is cheaper. Now everyone, let's get with the reprogram.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-17 13:07|| 2009-03-17 13:07|| Front Page Top

#10 Comment, led can be gotten from almost any tire shop, used wheelweights and Lyman #2 are effectively the same thing,

I have several hundred pounds already cast into 1 pound ingots (Lyman sells molds cheap) and several thousand rounds already cast and sitting in sealed mason jars (used and cleaned Mayonnaise Jars) waiting a spare afternoon to load and store.

http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/home/

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-17 19:38|| 2009-03-17 19:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, Redneck Jim? Or do lead bullets not care about such trifles? ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2009-03-17 19:59|| 2009-03-17 19:59|| Front Page Top

#12 The jars were Miracle whip, I'm noticing more and more plastic containers nowadays, (PS try the Kraft with Olive Oil, delicious)

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-17 22:18|| 2009-03-17 22:18|| Front Page Top

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