still looking for brass

[sqlbullet]

Man...24,000 cases should last at least a weekend, even if my wife was shooting.

[DM1906]

According to the Starline rep I talked to, 3 drums are not required to purchase nickel or custom (tooling requirement orders are different, and depend on the details).  If you order/buy 3 or more drums, the order will be "discounted" less than the single drum price.  The drum prices are per 1,000 cases, multiplied by the count of cases per drum.  They "estimate" 8,000 cases per drum, so the price will be approximately 8 x $169.50 per drum.  The other issue with drum quantities may be shipping (I didn't ask about that).  8,000 Starline nickel cases will weigh about 85 pounds, not including the "drum", or whatever container they may ship in.  I have no idea what size it may be.  Anyway, it may require a freight shipment, vs. regular UPS or other shipper.  Starline's regular orders include shipping, while bulk or custom orders probably do not.

In any case, the discount for "bulk" orders is likely significant, because some outlets offer them in bulk (500+) for about the same price per case, plus shipping, and some of them are shipping included.

[gandog56]

Yet still I wonder if you went ahead and spent the money, whether you could recoup most of the cost be selling say bags of 500 online. Maybe even make a profit? I mean that's probably exactly what Midway does.

[DM1906]

It's certainly possible, especially now with availability being the major issue.  I've bought many Starline nickel cases from Midway over the years, and none of them were packaged by Starline (I've bought a bunch of non-nickel from Starline to compare with).  All were packaged after delivery.  Midway bulk packages many products, so they have the facility to do it.  It's a lot of work, and work costs money.  I prefer Starline nickel over just about every other, in several calibers.  Right now, they're very hard to come by at a reasonable price, in any caliber.  I can find them, but I'm not paying 3 or 4 times their realistic value, as they are being sold by some "gougers".  I don't mind paying a little more for hard to get items, but this is ridiculous.  I'm not that desperate.

[sqlbullet]

If you are going to resell, I would invest in a caliber other than 10mm.  Something a little more mainstream, like 40 S&W.

Then use your profit to buy 10mm brass

[gandog56]

If you are going to resell, I would invest in a caliber other than 10mm.  Something a little more mainstream, like 40 S&W.

Then use your profit to buy 10mm brass

Except that everybody that reloads 10mm is LOOKING for more cases! 40 I can pick up for free at any range. That and 9mm and .45 ACP. 10mm??? Almost non existent there.

[DenStinett]

Know where I've found most 10mm Cases at the Range ?
The "C" Channel running over the top of the Booths
You know, the Brace holding the Walls at the top, where the Cable Run attaches over head
It collects 10mm Cases like crazy

[sqlbullet]

Except that everybody that reloads 10mm is LOOKING for more cases! 40 I can pick up for free at any range. That and 9mm and .45 ACP. 10mm??? Almost non existent there.

Yeah..Except there are very, very few 10mm shooters around.

And all the 40 S&W at Midway is backordered  or out of stock.  So, someone is buying it all up.

[gandog56]

FC brass is OK you may find a few split on the initial firing depending on the chambers they were shot it.

I traded for 1350 of them as shot in the MP5-10mm and during my reconditioning I found 50 that were split...

Way back, when fleabay would allow auctions of cases, I bought a box of approximately 1500 nickel plated. (I go against the main crowd, and actually LIKE NP!) Not one of them was split, and after many reloads, only a very few have split.

[RMM]

For those of you still looking, as of 11:00 AM MST there are cases available directly from Starline.

500 - $90.00
1000 - $154.50
https://www.starlinebrass.com/brass-cases/10MM-Auto-Brass/

[gandog56]

For those of you still looking, as of 11:00 AM MST there are cases available directly from Starline.

500 - $90.00
1000 - $154.50
https://www.starlinebrass.com/brass-cases/10MM-Auto-Brass/

Whew, still too much. But the only new brass I've ever bought was even harder to find boxer primed 7.62X25 and 7.62X64R. And I only bought the 7.62X54R because a place online was selling it for $30/100. I could buy some now and buy some later stretching out the cost over months. I ended up with 600 of them before they like everybody else nowadays, became out of stock.

[rgold1963]

Bass Pro has Starline 10mm in stock but the price is crazy high! Only place I have see it in stock though.