PMC Brass: worth saving

[bigus_D]

I am a relative noob to shooting and have never done any reloading. When I started shooting my new AR15 I decided to collect and save all of my brass. I now have about 1000 spent casings from PMC rounds. I've been reading about corrosive vs. non-corrosive, military vs. commercial, etc... I'm just not sure if it is worth my while to be saving all this brass.

Questions: Is my brass any good? Since I don't anticipate getting into reloading in the immediate future, should I sell the brass to a reloader (i.e. via the INGO classified) or sell it to the recycling place and if I should recycle it, do I have to remove the spent primers? Any other considerations I haven't thought of?

Any input is appreciated.

 

[mikea46996]

PMC is pretty good brass, it is crimped primer style so it is a little more work. If you are not going to save it please put me on the short list I would be interested in it.

 

[redneckmedic]

It at least is worth its wieght in scrap. We bought a 5 gallon bucket a couple yrs ago of mixed brass for $75.

 

[redneckmedic]

THIS ISN'T PMC BUT............


223 / 5.56 NEW Unprimed Lake City Brass - Rifle - 1000 ct
1000 Rounds - **ITEM OUT OF STOCK, UNKNOWN RE-STOCK DATE UPDATED 4/29/09** Same Head-Stamp NEW, UnPrimed, Lake City Rifle Brass. (2006-2008) Years on Brass are Separated. **Shipping Included. US POSTAL ONLY**When item shows "0" availability, product is out of stock!........ **WHEN AVAILABLE, ITEM USUALLY SHIPS WITHIN 3-4 BUSINESS DAYS. LARGER QUANTITY ORDERS MAY TAKE LONGER**
PRICE: $191.00

 

[fireball168]

Nothing wrong with PMC brass, it'll sell on here pretty easily for much more than scrap price.

 

[mikea46996]

This is a slightly better example for you...

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]223 Remington - PMC Military Brass (CRIMPED PRIMERS) - 1000 ct
1000 Rounds - 223 Same Head-Stamp, PMC Military Brass (Crimped Primer Pockets). *Shipping Included US POSTAL ONLY**When item shows "0" availability, product is out of stock!....... **WHEN AVAILABLE, ITEM USUALLY SHIPS WITHIN 3-4 BUSINESS DAYS. LARGER QUANTITY ORDERS MAY TAKE LONGER**
PRICE: $96.00

Redneck I buy once fired unsorted range brass in 5 gal buckets for $35.00 for my local indoor range. Too bad they don't allow rifle fire...
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[Lock n Load]

I reload PMC and it lasts longere than most Federal brass....

 

[bigus_D]

Thanks for the info gentlemen. I suppose I'll go through and sort it out to get an accurate count and then put up a WTS post... Mikea, I'll give you a shoot when I put this up and give you "dibbs" if you're still interested.

 

[antsi]

There's nothing wrong with PMC brass. I bought a big pile of once-fired PMC from Bushmaster when I first started reloading for my AR. I'm still using that brass; now on its third loading, and it's been perfectly fine for me. I've also reloaded using Federal, and I actually prefer the PMC.

 

[bigus_D]

I went through and sorted out my brass... I also have a few hundred of "PPU 5.56" is this stuff any good?

It looks like ~$100/1000 is a fair price to ask for the PMC... right? is the PPU about the same?

 

[Drail]

The PMC company actually started after the Korean War where we left mountains of artillery cases. They actually recycled our brass and sold it back to us. It's good stuff.