Found 20mm Brass

17 March 2009, 00:03

dmiller

Found 20mm Brass

So I was going through some old boxes and found a dozen 20mm shells that I bought about 10 years ago from Cheeper Than Dirt. They have the metal chain brackets. Do you think they are worth anything? I was thinking about taking them to a local metal recycler and see how much I could get.

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17 March 2009, 00:11

tasunkawitko

obama wants you to shred it. he just recently outlawed the sale of milsurp brass, so i think legally you can only give it away now, shred it or take it to a recycler.

otherwise, i think it would be nice as a conversation piece

17 March 2009, 00:24

Cheechako

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Describe the cases. Are they brass or steel? Headstamp??

You can sell them. Obama hasn't yet otlawed the selling of milsurp brass. Everybody is running scared over a bunch of rumors.

Ray

17 March 2009, 00:28

tasunkawitko

ray - if true, that is good news, but there's a thread running here and on the PF that seems to look pretty convincing.

if i am wrong i'll be happy to stand corrected!

17 March 2009, 00:28

dmiller

They are brass. They say the following on the side:

20MM M103
ACN
89E006-978

There is nothing stamped on them. They are all in good shape, I just started cleaning them up a little bit.

17 March 2009, 00:45

M16

Go to www.subguns.com

Get on the forums as somebody on there could probably use them and you might get top dollar.

17 March 2009, 00:49

dmiller

Thanks M16 I will look into it.

17 March 2009, 01:03

Cheechako

quote:
Originally posted by tasunkawitko:
ray - if true, that is good news, but there's a thread running here and on the PF that seems to look pretty convincing.

if i am wrong i'll be happy to stand corrected!

I think that any changes in regulations only affect Department of Defense and contractors who deal in brass. And it's not even clear if the regulations have been changed since it requires some sort of notice, comment period, etc.

Finally, it may be a simple matter of re-classifying the brass from "surplus" to "scrap".

Everybody needs to relax for a moment and let the facts be sorted out from the fiction.

This is on ALL of the "shooting" forums and each one has a different take on it.

We'll see how it plays out. Maybe it really is bad news - and maybe not.

Ray

17 March 2009, 06:20

Tailgunner

quote:
Originally posted by dmiller:
They are brass. They say the following on the side:

20MM M103
ACN
89E006-978

There is nothing stamped on them. They are all in good shape, I just started cleaning them up a little bit.

How long? 102 or 110mm? If 102mm, they're current issue 20mm "Vulcan" cases. If 110mm, is the rim the same size as the base (Hispano-Suzza) or is the rim smaller than the base (Orelikon)

17 March 2009, 06:23

vapodog

quote:
Originally posted by Cheechako:
quote:
Originally posted by tasunkawitko:
ray - if true, that is good news, but there's a thread running here and on the PF that seems to look pretty convincing.

if i am wrong i'll be happy to stand corrected!

I think that any changes in regulations only affect Department of Defense and contractors who deal in brass. And it's not even clear if the regulations have been changed since it requires some sort of notice, comment period, etc.

Finally, it may be a simple matter of re-classifying the brass from "surplus" to "scrap".

Everybody needs to relax for a moment and let the facts be sorted out from the fiction.

This is on ALL of the "shooting" forums and each one has a different take on it.

We'll see how it plays out. Maybe it really is bad news - and maybe not.

Ray

Good post!

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17 March 2009, 06:33

Macifej

quote:
Originally posted by dmiller:
So I was going through some old boxes and found a dozen 20mm shells that I bought about 10 years ago from Cheeper Than Dirt. They have the metal chain brackets. Do you think they are worth anything? I was thinking about taking them to a local metal recycler and see how much I could get.

Dmiller

What you have are regular ol garden vaiety 20mm brass which is used in a myriad of applications but mostly Vulcan type cannons. I've bought and sold a pile of it over the years. It's not worth scrapping. Better to sell it to someone who reloads 20mm (not too many guys) or you can sell them to cartridge collectors. The going rate is about $100 per hundred in once fired shape or a little more if sold individually. If you wanna sell em let me know what you want for em.