Hi guys....Im new to the forum....and this is my first post....I just have a question.....I know in wake of recent events that certain legislation is proposed to limit internet sales of ammo, etc...etc...etc.....however, I was a marine scout sniper from 98-03....and I reload everything from .204 ruger to .50 BMG....I have a Dillon 1050, Dillon 650, and Dillon 550b, 2 Redding t7 turrets for precision long range loads, and a rockchucker....so Ive been around the block....but do you think these ridiculous internet prices on brass are well-grounded.....these prices are crazy.....Im paying .06 cents for .223 and .14 cents for 7.62 in bulk...and I mean 5000+.....all once fired laboratory brass through bolt guns...no machinegun brass.....the brass is very thick and short and will be long lived......are people really paying the prices Im seeing??? Semper Fi

I've seen guys load Lapua at 60 and 70 cents a case for 100 yard plinking. It takes all kinds.

It's all about supply and demand, and always will be.

I guess Im just trying to get the most bang for my buck.....cause I dont have $$$ growing out of my ears....all this brass is LC....with recent events...I just keep buying all I can get my hands on for the prices Im getting.....

I don't think it's the brass per se but the international market for the metal in the brass is what drives the price up.

Here the price on cupper is so high that electric lines(some were power on) and cupper window shields are stolen.

Copper thieves turn into crispy critters sometimes. Here they are cutting one down.

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....are people really paying the prices Im seeing???

this guy sure as hell ain't

ditto!

I am just glad I have as much as I have.

I wish I had the time to find a use for that much brass! Back before kids and summer baseball and football and X country and family trips to places where there are no prairie dogs, brass seemed much cheaper. So did ballistic tips and Sierras, and 700s and M70s for that matter. I am lucky if I can get 1000 rounds a year down range with all my rifles combined these days.

Ug - rah... or whatever it is...

Way back when, .30/'06 brass was free. They would shoot it and leave it on the ground. Mil surplus with an '03 was $0.01 per round... Good old days. Wish I had known to fill the basement. I think I still have a black tip somewhere.

The big one I have heard a couple times, China drove the price of copper way up buying copper wire for the huge buildings, modern buildings they showed off at the olympics... Buildings still sit empty, mostly, but copper is still there ...

Along with this, all commodity prices went up. Gold. Silver. Lead. "Hard assets." Corn was $2.00. Now hovers near $9.00.

Will these come down? Good question. I thought that gas would never break $2.00 during the Carter years and I think it got back to $1.40?? under Regan.

I would not starve the kids to have even bigger stockpiles in the cellar, but if you see a deal... And the common, .308 and its little brother the .243 or .223 and its line... slightly cheaper. Try to find .225 WCF and afford.

Wish I had loaded up on smokeless when it was $2.00 / lb. Did use up some Hodgdon's bulk when it was $3.50 / lb. Stores good. And primers... And first box of bullets... $1.97... Good luck to you. Thank you for your service. Happy trails.