Where has all the once fired '06 brass gone?

condor bravo

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Thinking to routinely purchase a few hundred Federal once fired 30-06 brass from www.oncefiredbrass.com, surprisingly they were out of stock. No other '06 brass either. And out of stock were all the other vendors that I checked with. First choice is always Federal but will go for Remington as second choice. Third choice perhaps mixed headstamps for 1000 or so if price is right. There's likely to be some Federals and Remingtons. Any of your vendors have '06 once fired brass today?
 
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Lots of old Garands are getting some use. People who didn't reload for the 06 have started looking at that option.
 
Unlike years ago when the 30-06 was the military cartridge, including being run through machine guns the 30-06 has fallen from grace as thee military cartridge. Hell I can have several thousand .308 Winchester or .223 Remington pieces of brass here in 48 hours but no longer true of the 30-06. Without the military contributing surplus brass the amount of 30-06 out there is diminishing. I can actually find once fired 300 Win Mag brass easier than 30-06, go figure huh? :)

Ron
 
When you could buy HXP for less than 30 cents a round, it almost wasn't worth reloading. Now it is.. ;)
 
Lotta on-line sites do the same thing retailers do. They put stuff they want to unload on the site and/or stuff that's in great demand.
Anyway, there's lots of BNIB '06 available for reasonable money at Midway. 50 pieces of Hornady brass is on sale at $29.49. $104.99 per 250. Unknown sourced once fired .30-06 isn't worth buying.
These guys are showing mixed head stamp milsurp '06 brass(told 'em already it's not NATO) at $130 per 500. Mixed commercial at $250.00 per 1,000.
http://www.diamondkbrass.com/Once-Fired-Rifle-Brass_DKB.html
 
Availability and price go hand in hand!!

If you get a chance to buy 1X fired cases you should pick them up, there was a time I could find all I needed at the local shooting range, not any more. While new cases are pricy, they would be my 2nd choice plus they are usually in stock at the various outlets we normally use.. William
 
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DiamondK looks good for Rem and mixed brass containing Federals. Thought I had checked them out a few days ago with negative results. Will proceed with them.
Thanks
 
Ditto with pull-down .30-06. I bought 1000 LC 68 Match pulled-down cases from Jeff Bartlett three or four seasons back. Decided I really wanted another 1000, but too late–gone. If you can afford high end stuff, both Midsouth and Graf & Sons have Norma .30-06 brass on sale for a mere $800/thousand. Midway has Winchester for about half that.


Starline has started making a number of bottleneck rifle cases, but nothing longer than about .308 so far. But that may well change. You could call them to ask. I would guess that if they do it, it will be about the price of the Winchester based on how their .308 compares. Maybe a little less.

I found two dealers with 100 quantities of mixed-headstamp once-fired .30-06 for $25 and $35 dollars, respectively. At those prices for mixed brass, I'd either save up for new stuff I really wanted or I'd pick up some of the brass cased import ammo and shoot that and keep the brass. Lucky Gunner has a couple of different Prvi offerings that are at about $75 a round.

If you want Federal, specifically, at $.40 each, this is the best new brass price I found for it. Don't know why the photo shows primed cases, but I would not expect them to be primed at that price. You could call and double-check.
 
https://rangebrass.us/products

30-06 Military brass. $9.66 per hundred + shipping.

30-06 Commercial. $11.52 per hundred + shipping.

I have ordered from them before. Quick shipping. Generally good condition. It is range pick-up brass so you will need to process it yourself. They also have a E-bay like site for rare and hard-to-find calibers.
 
Well it turns out that things aren't that bleak after all. Several sources for Federals at acceptable prices from sources new to me. Thanks for all the input.
 
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