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seperating brass and lead from 10mm grey gravel
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<blockquote data-quote="Greenhornet_au" data-source="post: 358966" data-attributes="member: 8767"><p>Hi Occasional,</p><p></p><p>The copper is usually CB caps, black powder percussion caps or starter pistol, never seen any aluminum .22 cases, but there are nickel plated, and some older Russian is steel.</p><p>The nickel plate is over brass anyway.</p><p>When melted the steel will sit in the dross on top of the molten brass, as for the nickel and copper, I doubt there will be enough to cause any </p><p>issue with contamination or I will get the kids to pick it out just in case. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Centerfire brass comes in all the above and even rarely in polymer - thats where a trommel will sort the bigger brass out of the gravel,</p><p>then I'll pay the kids pocket money to pick thru that lot.</p><p></p><p>I do have some 20kg brass door handles which are in bent flat bar, and about 40kg of old plumbing fittings.</p><p>When casting you would be surprised how quickly this disappears.</p><p></p><p>And as has been suggested, if I get the range cleaning working economically, I may do it for some income.</p><p></p><p>LOL, standing in a bay shooting, in front of me there would be about 20kg of brass lying in the gravel in front of that individual bay, I could spend about 40 min picking it up by hand</p><p>or if I spent the day I could pick up 400kg using a machine....</p><p>Free brass is better for me I think, and it is recycling too.</p><p></p><p>I will pick up 2x 20L buckets of gravel and cases, and maybe 2x 20L gravel with mixed lead particles also to test methods of separation at home.</p><p>These are generally 2 separate zones on the range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenhornet_au, post: 358966, member: 8767"] Hi Occasional, The copper is usually CB caps, black powder percussion caps or starter pistol, never seen any aluminum .22 cases, but there are nickel plated, and some older Russian is steel. The nickel plate is over brass anyway. When melted the steel will sit in the dross on top of the molten brass, as for the nickel and copper, I doubt there will be enough to cause any issue with contamination or I will get the kids to pick it out just in case. ;) Centerfire brass comes in all the above and even rarely in polymer - thats where a trommel will sort the bigger brass out of the gravel, then I'll pay the kids pocket money to pick thru that lot. I do have some 20kg brass door handles which are in bent flat bar, and about 40kg of old plumbing fittings. When casting you would be surprised how quickly this disappears. And as has been suggested, if I get the range cleaning working economically, I may do it for some income. LOL, standing in a bay shooting, in front of me there would be about 20kg of brass lying in the gravel in front of that individual bay, I could spend about 40 min picking it up by hand or if I spent the day I could pick up 400kg using a machine.... Free brass is better for me I think, and it is recycling too. I will pick up 2x 20L buckets of gravel and cases, and maybe 2x 20L gravel with mixed lead particles also to test methods of separation at home. These are generally 2 separate zones on the range. [/QUOTE]
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