About George B. — Owner-Operator of EmptyShotgunShells.com
Meet George B.
George B. is the owner-operator of EmptyShotgunShells.com, a small family-run business based in Arizona. Since 2016, he has remained personally involved in nearly every part of the business—from developing products and processing spent components to answering customer questions, reviewing shipping decisions, and researching the requirements and policies that affect how these unusual materials are sold and shipped.
Founder of EmptyShotgunShells.com and a long-standing, highly rated Etsy seller.
Previously owned and operated a recycling business involving hazardous-material handling and environmental compliance.
Personally involved in tumbling, cutting, slicing, drilling, engraving, inspecting, and developing products.
Began shooting through the Police Athletic League and later served as a Range Safety Officer and competitive shooter.
How EmptyShotgunShells.com Started
George’s familiarity with firearms and spent components began long before the business existed. He started shooting rifles at age eight through the Police Athletic League (PAL) program in New Jersey. In later years, he served as a Range Safety Officer (RSO) and competed in IDPA, steel matches, and 3-gun.
Before launching EmptyShotgunShells.com, George owned and operated a recycling business for 17 years. His work included hazardous-material handling, environmental compliance, and past training in heavy-metal handling, including lead.
One recurring problem stood out: the recycling processors George worked with declined to accept large quantities of empty shotgun hulls because of concerns involving residue and contamination.
Rather than continue seeing those empty hulls discarded, George began looking for practical ways to repurpose and upcycle them. That idea eventually became EmptyShotgunShells.com.
The business first began selling through Etsy and remains a long-standing, highly rated Etsy seller. Over time, EmptyShotgunShells.com developed into a dedicated source for genuine spent brass, empty shotgun hulls, cut components, inert display pieces, engraved products, and related materials.
Still Hands-On With the Products
EmptyShotgunShells.com is a small family-run shop, not a large operation with layers of departments between the owner and the products. George remains an active owner-operator and still works directly with the materials the store sells.
Materials typically come from a variety of real-world sources, including George’s own shooting, competitions and tournaments, shooting ranges, recycling streams, suppliers, law-enforcement training ranges, and private shooters.
Serving Makers, Collectors & Brass Buyers
Customers use these materials in many different ways, including crafts, jewelry, weddings, décor, collecting, props, displays, and—where permitted and appropriate for the individual item—lawful reloading.
Depending on the product, our listings identify items as spent, empty, or inert components for craft, display, collecting, decorative, and other lawful uses—not as loaded ammunition.
Some customers purchase certain once-fired brass for lawful reloading purposes where permitted. EmptyShotgunShells.com does not provide reloading advice, load data, reloading specifications, component-compatibility recommendations, or instructions for preparing or using brass for reloading.
EmptyShotgunShells.com does not determine or warrant whether a particular piece of spent brass is suitable for a specific reloading application. Because intended uses vary, customers should independently determine whether a specific product is suitable for their intended lawful use and should rely on the condition and configuration stated in the individual product listing.
Why George Researches These Products Carefully
Spent, empty, and inert firearm-related components are frequently misunderstood. Over the years, George has navigated changing requirements and policies involving marketplaces, advertising platforms, payment processors, shipping carriers, and government regulations.
He personally researches applicable federal and state requirements, along with relevant carrier, marketplace, and payment-processing policies when evaluating products, shipments, and educational content.
That experience has shaped the company’s approach: describe the physical item accurately, distinguish spent and inert products from loaded ammunition, verify important claims against primary sources whenever possible, and avoid assuming that every product or destination is treated the same way.
George publishes educational guides to help customers better understand what they are buying, avoid confusion between spent and live components, and make informed decisions based on the actual condition and configuration of an item.
Our store shipping policy may be more restrictive than what applicable law permits. Store shipping decisions reflect our own sales policies and compliance practices and are not legal determinations regarding a customer’s right to purchase, possess, or use a product.
Articles written or maintained by George B. draw on hands-on product experience and research of primary government, regulatory, carrier, and other authoritative sources whenever possible.
Compliance-related guides are researched and updated against cited primary legal, regulatory, agency, and carrier sources as of the stated research date. Laws, regulations, agency guidance, carrier requirements, and private-company policies can change after publication.
George is not an attorney and does not provide legal advice. EmptyShotgunShells.com also does not provide reloading advice, load data, reloading specifications, or reloading instructions. Educational content is intended to help customers better understand the products and the rules that may affect them.
About the Author
George B. — Founder & Owner, EmptyShotgunShells.com
George is the owner-operator of EmptyShotgunShells.com, a small family-run Arizona business established in 2016. His background includes competitive shooting, prior service as a Range Safety Officer, 13 years owning and operating a recycling business, environmental-compliance experience, past heavy-metal handling training, and current hands-on experience processing and developing spent brass, empty shotgun shells, and related components.
Profile created: August 30, 2026
Profile last updated: August 30, 2026