Heads Up Guys for Virgin 223 and 308 LC Brass

rn22723 · December 10, 2008, 07:34 PM

223
http://www.grafs.com/product/187033
308
http://www.grafs.com/vendor/browse/773/320

Loader9 · December 10, 2008, 08:51 PM

I guess it's a good thing I picked up 16,000 rounds of it back a few years ago when it was still $20.00 a thousand, not $200.00. Sorry, but that's far, far, too high. If I ever run out, I'll be picking up range brass before I pay anything like that for brass.

rn22723 · December 10, 2008, 09:05 PM

Virgin brass for 20 a K? I do not think so!

Loader9 · December 10, 2008, 09:07 PM

Then you think wrong. I've seen it as cheap as $12.00 a thousand. And yes, that was years ago.

snuffy · December 11, 2008, 01:14 AM

??????????? Is this new, unfired, as in never fired, virgin brass? If so, that's a good deal!

Loader 9, what you're talking about is once fired, probably from a G.I./law enforcement range. That would have to have the primer crimp removed, then be sized and processed like any other re-load.

rn22723 · December 11, 2008, 06:01 AM

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Then you think wrong. I've seen it as cheap as $12.00 a thousand. And yes, that was years ago.

New Virgin Brass? LOL in your dreams probably

sig2009 · December 11, 2008, 10:33 AM

Not a bargain!

snuffy · December 11, 2008, 11:25 AM

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...eitemid=263533

I randomly picked remington brass/100 at midway. Guess what? The same price as the LC stuff on graf's. BUT at midway it's out of stock, no backorder on all the rem stuff. They do have norma, but geeze $94.99/100?

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sig2009 Not a bargain!

I dunno, it seems a wash as for price. Now for quality, LC is SUPPOSED to be a shade better than the rem/win stuff.

Loader9 · December 11, 2008, 03:58 PM

Try about 1978. A guy in Seguin Texas had 8- 55gallon drums of VIRGIN Lake City brass. No primer crimp and shined like a diamond in a goats but. I loaded the last of it about 2 months ago. I agree that it's the best out there but todays prices are absolutely nutz. Kinda like gasoline. Everybody said gas would never, never, ever go back down. Been the the gas station lately? Brass will be the same thing as soon as the troops come home from the sand country. Bullets, primers, powder will follow. Buy what ya need but if you're buying and stocking up, yer too late.
And from the same guy, I picked up 48 cans of IMR4759 for $.50 a can. That's fifty cents a can. I bought 3006 Military match from him, mostly FA59, about 5000 rounds as I remember, for $.01 each. That's one cent. I still have a bunch of it. I also bought cases of Garand clips for $5.00 a case. I still have about 2 cases. I bought 147 FMJ bullets from him, not pulled but new, for $32.00 a thousand. I just loaded the last of those. I bought a 20lb drum of IMR4831 from him for $25.00. Nope, none of it is for sale. What you younger folks don't realize is that some of us have been in this a long time. I still have Speer 243 90gr spire points that are marked $1.98 per hundred. Primers were under $5.00 a thousand, powder was less than $5.00 a pound. It was cheap back then. And if you watch for auctions of gunshops, you can pick up deals that would knock yer eyes out. I've never paid more than 10 cents on the wholesale dollar at auctions and usually only bid a nickel. Why pay retail or these ridiculous prices.

dacoelec · December 11, 2008, 04:05 PM

You're my kinda guy! Think those kind of deals will happen again without another economic depression?

Loader9 · December 11, 2008, 06:40 PM

I don't think they have gone away. I just found out I bought an entire gunshops bullet inventory for a dollar a box. And I don't even know what the guy had but figured it had to be worth a dollar a box. I guess I'll find out next week when I go to pick it up. I just wish I had gotten the powder too. I'm running lower than I like and I bid $4.00 a pound. Maybe they haven't sorted all of it out yet and I may be the winner on that too....hope....I hope. If you have some spare bucks, watch for gunshop auctions. The guns are going at near retail here but reloading stuff is almost too cheap as are accessories like grips, sights, etc.

December 10, 2008, 07:34 PM	#1
rn22723 Junior member Join Date: December 10, 2001 Location: Burbs of Minneapolis Posts: 676	Heads Up Guys for Virgin 223 and 308 LC Brass 223 http://www.grafs.com/product/187033 308 http://www.grafs.com/vendor/browse/773/320 Last edited by rn22723; December 10, 2008 at 08:42 PM.

December 11, 2008, 01:14 AM	#5
snuffy Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2001 Location: Oshkosh wi. Posts: 3,055	??????????? Is this new, unfired, as in never fired, virgin brass? If so, that's a good deal! Loader 9, what you're talking about is once fired, probably from a G.I./law enforcement range. That would have to have the primer crimp removed, then be sized and processed like any other re-load. __________________ The more people I meet, the more I love my dog They're going to get their butts kicked over there this election. How come people can't spell and use words correctly?

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dacoelec Junior Member Join Date: December 10, 2008 Posts: 2	Loader9 You're my kinda guy! Think those kind of deals will happen again without another economic depression?

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December 10, 2008, 08:51 PM	#2
Loader9 Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 949	I guess it's a good thing I picked up 16,000 rounds of it back a few years ago when it was still $20.00 a thousand, not $200.00. Sorry, but that's far, far, too high. If I ever run out, I'll be picking up range brass before I pay anything like that for brass.

December 10, 2008, 09:05 PM	#3
rn22723 Junior member Join Date: December 10, 2001 Location: Burbs of Minneapolis Posts: 676	Virgin brass for 20 a K? I do not think so!

December 10, 2008, 09:07 PM	#4
Loader9 Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 949	Then you think wrong. I've seen it as cheap as $12.00 a thousand. And yes, that was years ago.

December 11, 2008, 10:33 AM	#7
sig2009 Member Join Date: September 25, 2008 Posts: 49	Not a bargain!

December 11, 2008, 03:58 PM	#9
Loader9 Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 949	Try about 1978. A guy in Seguin Texas had 8- 55gallon drums of VIRGIN Lake City brass. No primer crimp and shined like a diamond in a goats but. I loaded the last of it about 2 months ago. I agree that it's the best out there but todays prices are absolutely nutz. Kinda like gasoline. Everybody said gas would never, never, ever go back down. Been the the gas station lately? Brass will be the same thing as soon as the troops come home from the sand country. Bullets, primers, powder will follow. Buy what ya need but if you're buying and stocking up, yer too late. And from the same guy, I picked up 48 cans of IMR4759 for $.50 a can. That's fifty cents a can. I bought 3006 Military match from him, mostly FA59, about 5000 rounds as I remember, for $.01 each. That's one cent. I still have a bunch of it. I also bought cases of Garand clips for $5.00 a case. I still have about 2 cases. I bought 147 FMJ bullets from him, not pulled but new, for $32.00 a thousand. I just loaded the last of those. I bought a 20lb drum of IMR4831 from him for $25.00. Nope, none of it is for sale. What you younger folks don't realize is that some of us have been in this a long time. I still have Speer 243 90gr spire points that are marked $1.98 per hundred. Primers were under $5.00 a thousand, powder was less than $5.00 a pound. It was cheap back then. And if you watch for auctions of gunshops, you can pick up deals that would knock yer eyes out. I've never paid more than 10 cents on the wholesale dollar at auctions and usually only bid a nickel. Why pay retail or these ridiculous prices.

December 11, 2008, 06:40 PM	#11
Loader9 Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 949	I don't think they have gone away. I just found out I bought an entire gunshops bullet inventory for a dollar a box. And I don't even know what the guy had but figured it had to be worth a dollar a box. I guess I'll find out next week when I go to pick it up. I just wish I had gotten the powder too. I'm running lower than I like and I bid $4.00 a pound. Maybe they haven't sorted all of it out yet and I may be the winner on that too....hope....I hope. If you have some spare bucks, watch for gunshop auctions. The guns are going at near retail here but reloading stuff is almost too cheap as are accessories like grips, sights, etc.