Quote Originally Posted by schuylergrace View Post
Can that brass be used for anything other than reloading? Just curious if it can be cast and forged or machined.
Take a spent rifle cartridge and press/hammer the bullet end flat. This makes an ideal tool for removing "pills' from files. Push the cartridge parallel to the file grooves and it will quickly take on the groove pitch for that file, sweeping all the grunge out of the grooves.

No, the average shop doesn't need pounds of spent brass for this application but this is a genuine alternate use.