Brass Shell Casings ....... - The Firearms Forum

JohnHenry · 12-17-2011, 10:56 AM

PROOF THAT WE HAVE SOME IDIOTS IN WASHINGTON

Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America . They sell 9mm, .45, .223 ammunition. They normally buy spent brass from the US Department of Defense. Spent brass is "one time used" shell cases used by our Military for training purposes.

They buy the brass, recondition it, and then reload the brass for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Clubs, Gun Shops, and stores like Wal-Mart. They normally buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time.

This week the DoD wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and informed him that from now on the DoD will be destroying the spent brass, shredding it. It will no longer be available to the ammo makers, unless they buy it in a scrap shredded condition (which they have no use for).

The shredded brass is now going to be sold by the DoD to China as scrap metal, after the DoD pays for it to be shredded. The DoD is selling the brass to China for less money than the ammo makers have been paying, plus the DoD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do the accounting paperwork.

This sure helps the economy now doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China , and do not sell at all to a proven US business. Any hidden agenda working here? Obama going after the Firearms Industry and our ammunition!!
The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors had already purchased a load of brass last week. The DoD contacted him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was destroyed. Shell cases he had already bought!

The brass has no value to the ammo maker if it is destroyed/shredded/melted.
The ammo manufacturer only uses the empty brass cases to reload different calibers, mainly .223 bullets.

The owner of Georgia Arms says that he will have to lay off at least half of his 60 workers, within 2-3 months if the DoD will no longer sell spent brass cases to the industry. Georgia Arms has 2-3 months of inventory to use, by summer they're out.

If the Reloading Industry has to purchase new manufacture brass cases, then the cost of ammunition will double or even triple, plus Obama wants to add a 500% tax on each shell.

You can read the information and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms here:
The Shootist Site http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/d...-military.html

If you're not outraged at what this administration is doing you
should be! Be Afraid! Be Very Very Afraid! Get involved! It's Your Freedom and Our Country They're Stealing! If You Fail to Act Now, there may not be a Free United States tomorrow!

Bobitis · 12-17-2011, 11:29 AM

The DoD reversed this decision within weeks of announcing it.

Nothing has changed. The brass is still available.

Airdale · 12-17-2011, 11:45 AM

John Henery,

The link and story is from 2009 and says the decision was reversed.

JohnHenry · 12-17-2011, 02:07 PM

Sorry folks ...... I missed the facts that this is an old, obsolete, story .

armedandsafe · 12-17-2011, 02:26 PM

It is good to be reminded once in awhile of the stupidity of some 'crats.

Pops

raven818 · 12-17-2011, 05:52 PM

Being old news doesn't necessary mean Panetta isn't working toward another one of Barrys agendas.

12-17-2011, 10:56 AM	#1
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,216	Brass Shell Casings ....... PROOF THAT WE HAVE SOME IDIOTS IN WASHINGTON Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America . They sell 9mm, .45, .223 ammunition. They normally buy spent brass from the US Department of Defense. Spent brass is "one time used" shell cases used by our Military for training purposes. They buy the brass, recondition it, and then reload the brass for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Clubs, Gun Shops, and stores like Wal-Mart. They normally buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time. This week the DoD wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and informed him that from now on the DoD will be destroying the spent brass, shredding it. It will no longer be available to the ammo makers, unless they buy it in a scrap shredded condition (which they have no use for). The shredded brass is now going to be sold by the DoD to China as scrap metal, after the DoD pays for it to be shredded. The DoD is selling the brass to China for less money than the ammo makers have been paying, plus the DoD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do the accounting paperwork. This sure helps the economy now doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China , and do not sell at all to a proven US business. Any hidden agenda working here? Obama going after the Firearms Industry and our ammunition!! The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors had already purchased a load of brass last week. The DoD contacted him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was destroyed. Shell cases he had already bought! The brass has no value to the ammo maker if it is destroyed/shredded/melted. The ammo manufacturer only uses the empty brass cases to reload different calibers, mainly .223 bullets. The owner of Georgia Arms says that he will have to lay off at least half of his 60 workers, within 2-3 months if the DoD will no longer sell spent brass cases to the industry. Georgia Arms has 2-3 months of inventory to use, by summer they're out. If the Reloading Industry has to purchase new manufacture brass cases, then the cost of ammunition will double or even triple, plus Obama wants to add a 500% tax on each shell. You can read the information and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms here: The Shootist Site http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/d...-military.html If you're not outraged at what this administration is doing you should be! Be Afraid! Be Very Very Afraid! Get involved! It's Your Freedom and Our Country They're Stealing! If You Fail to Act Now, there may not be a Free United States tomorrow! __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home . -->

12-17-2011, 11:29 AM	#2
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: Brass Shell Casings ....... The DoD reversed this decision within weeks of announcing it. Nothing has changed. The brass is still available. __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all

12-17-2011, 11:45 AM	#3
Airdale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.W. Arkansas Contributor Posts: 750	Re: Brass Shell Casings ....... John Henery, The link and story is from 2009 and says the decision was reversed. __________________ "The Utopian schemes of leveling [redistribution of the wealth] and a community of goods [central ownership of the means of production and distribution], are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown.[These ideas] are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional." Samuel Adams

12-17-2011, 02:07 PM	#4
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,216	Re: Brass Shell Casings ....... Sorry folks ...... I missed the facts that this is an old, obsolete, story . __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

12-17-2011, 02:26 PM	#5
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Brass Shell Casings ....... It is good to be reminded once in awhile of the stupidity of some 'crats. Pops

12-17-2011, 05:52 PM	#6
raven818 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Jax, Fl. Contributor Posts: 4,423	Re: Brass Shell Casings ....... Being old news doesn't necessary mean Panetta isn't working toward another one of Barrys agendas. __________________ Firearms and Salt Water Fishing Retired 42 Years LEO