Comments on: Is Military Fired Brass Being Reduced to Scrap Metal Again?

By: Luigi Fulk

Luigi Fulk — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:34 +0000

Funny. I was just headed out to grab some stuff like this, and decided to google a some recommendations, yours came up.

By: Art Bosco

Art Bosco — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:05:13 +0000

The Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service [at this address: http://www.drms.dla.mil/index.shtml is designated as the Agency responsible for the sale of scrap property to the public. Someone seems to be deliberately bypassing this Agency’s function unless … the rules have been rewritten specifically for the sale of surplus brass.

By: Terry Callen

Terry Callen — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:05:21 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that the government does not have larger issues to take. Scrape millitary brass is the primary brass used in reloading for the marksmen sport of target shooting.

By: Dave Rhoads

Dave Rhoads — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:18:18 +0000

Now the MSSA will go to Baucus(D-MT), author of the Senate healthcare bill, to appeal for government interference in a successful capitalist enterprise. According to keynote speakers for NRA conventions, we’re s’posed to let ATK’s profits trickle down so we’ll all be able to afford Norma and Lapua brass. Shooters need once-fired LC. Elected officials need to listen to shooters. Pundits don’t. Corporations dealing with the military don’t.

By: RemVS308

RemVS308 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:16:05 +0000

I can sympathize with the base commanders a bit here… these days, with the Socialists in power, I’d want to keep every nickel I could for discretionary spending. Hopefully, the commercial enterprises that rely on surplus brass can find another angle, like ATK did.

By: glenn chin

glenn chin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:47:43 +0000

it will be hard to boycott ATK products. They make a lot of shooting related items.

By: Tom Alves

Tom Alves — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:11:51 +0000

The military needs to be reminded that the material belongs to the citizens of the United States and not them. Furthermore, the elitist attitude towards the shooting public seems to me to be shortsighted. We probably represent some of their strongest supporters in the general public and with the liberals currently controlling the Federal Government they need our support. This action by ATK will certainly influence my component purchasing decisions.

By: Matt Groom

Matt Groom — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:50:22 +0000

The simple solution to this kind of underhanded action by ATK would be to boycott all of the ATK family of companies. Honestly though, I can’t blame the military for looking for new sources of revenue considering the challenges we face under the current administration. If the military can make more money by scraping it and selling it to ATK, then I’m all for it. I was opposed to scrapping it the first time because it was additional cost and a total loss. ATK might just have figured it’s easier to make new cases out of old brass than it is to inspect, clean, deprime, swage primer pocket, anneal, and reload the old cases, and they may be right. Shread, melt, form all of them, instead of just the rejects.