Military Destroying Brass
Well, indirectly.
Again. After congress told them not to:
Last week, NRA-ILA learned that quantities of once-fired small arms cartridge cases recovered from firing ranges on military bases, which by federal law the Department of Defense is prohibited from demilitarizing or destroying, were being sold for scrap.
A governing law in this matter, developed with input from NRA-ILA, is a rider to the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. It stipulates that “None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1 Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use.” However, military bases are authorized to dispose of a variety of items, including surplus cartridge cases, via the Qualified Recycling Program, in place for more than a decade.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:03 am
From a DoD Recycling Policy Memo:
Direct sale is expected to result in:
(1) Increased proceeds (net of cost), increased efficiency, or cost effectiveness, or
(2) the sale of a material is expected to result in the direct return of a usable product containing
that material.
I would think that if the brass is being sold through the QRP at a reduced profit (when you could easily get 4 times more for it by selling to a reloader) that would look to me like a case of fraud, waste, and abuse.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:23 am
“that would look to me like a case of fraud, waste, and abuse.”
This is the federal government, that would be SOP.
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Reportedly ATK (ie Federal, RCBS, Alliant, Outers, etc. and runs the Lake City ammo plant)has had a hand in this……..”You’re going to scrap that brass? Here let us help you by shredding it so terrorists can’t use it to threaten police or military and then we’ll buy that scrap to recycle ourselves to make new ammo to sell you!” They made vast quickness to remove that statement from their website. Note to self: Removed statement, didn’t say they wouldn’t do it some more.
Eagle 1