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Ben
03-10-2011, 09:42 PM
Not certain if you have these stores in your area where everything in the store is $1.00

Ours are called " Dollar Tree".

I'm buying these nice heavy duty plastic containers at " Dollar Tree " that have a threaded seal
on the top. Once this lid is on , IT'S ON !

Holds about 200 or so Lee, 125 gr. RF, 38/357 cast bullets. BTW.....this bullet
is quickly becoming one of my favorite 38 / 357 cast bullets. These come from
a Lee 6 cav. mold. These drop from the mold at .3595 ".

Keeps them clean and dust free. 4 of them for $1.00.

Has worked out well for me for storage of lubed & sized cast bullets.
That stack well on the shelf to maximize your shelf space.

Ben

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/0081024x768.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/0051024x768.jpg

onondaga
03-11-2011, 12:54 AM
I really like the containers that Dole Mandarin oranges come in , and I really like Dole Mandarin oranges.

Gary

RobS
03-11-2011, 01:00 AM
Similar, I use the Ziploc storage containers that my lunch meat comes in and I eat a lot of sandwiches.

Dale53
03-11-2011, 01:57 AM
I also frequent the various "Dollar" stores (Dollar Tree, Dollar General, etc) for plastic boxes. I much prefer somewhat larger rectangular boxes with flat inside bottoms. Here is my current favorite:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/Dale53/BulletBoxes-3722.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/Dale53/BulletBoxes-3721.jpg

There is one fundamental problem with all of the Dollar Stores. They are principally sales outlets of over runs and over stocks and as a result you cannot depend on them to have a particular item in stock at any given time. It can drive you bonkers. However, on the other hand, you can check out various different stores and can find different objects on sale at any given time.

However, the high cost of gas, these days, discourages much looking...

Dale53

Ben
03-11-2011, 03:23 AM
Dale :

I'm not too certain that I don't like yours even better than mine.

Ben

Longwood
03-11-2011, 06:01 AM
If you use a Lee sizer, just stick a small drink bottle on it instead of the cup affair they give you with the die. When the bottle is full put a cap on it then simply cut open the free bottle when you need the bullets. Nicest thing is how little room they take up.
Check your recycling centers, I found some great heavy duty aluminum boxes for scrap price at the one here

Shiloh
03-11-2011, 07:24 AM
I second Dollar Store containers. Sometimes the structural integrity is low end, but I have purchased containers that can withstand the weight of lead boolits.

Shiloh

casterofboolits
03-11-2011, 09:17 AM
I use empty coffee cans. We empty a large can a week, so I have plenty. The plastic ones are for brass storage and the metal ones for boolits.

The large cans will hold about 1,200 H&G #68 45-200-SWCBB, 1,400/1,500 38-150-SWCPB or 2,000 09-125-SWC/RN/TC. Altho I don't put that many in as it could hit 36 pounds! The new metal ones with the lip around the top are a bit of a hassel, but I have a bunch of the old ones that you opened with a can opener.

I also use plastic shoe boxes I bought at Wally World for a buck each many years ago. All my 38 Super brass are in the shoe boxes.

alamogunr
03-11-2011, 09:31 AM
I use Jif peanut butter containers. The biggest problem is cleaning them out prior to use. I found myself buying different sizes to get the size jar I needed.

John
W.TN

bobthenailer
03-11-2011, 09:42 AM
I have been useing hard lubes exclusivley for over 20 years . So i store my bullets in 2 1/2 gallon plastic buckets with a lid . I bought 20 for that purpose or any sturdy container that i can get alot of so stacking/ storing is uniform .
I have possibly 30,000 bullets stored in this manner .

Cooperwin
03-11-2011, 09:43 AM
I use the flat, square or rectangular "tin" gift boxes some candy or cookies come in. They have slip on lids to keep out dust. Rec'd as Christmas gifts, cheap at Sal Army store, I think I have seen them for sale at different craft stores & Marshall's. I have different sizes, but they are sturdy enough to stack swell. It would be nice to have all the same size, but... I prefer metal over plastic containers. Plastic will disinegrate, and when a box splits the first thing you say is I should have used something better.

Shooterwolf
03-11-2011, 10:30 AM
I use empty coffee cans. We empty a large can a week, so I have plenty. The new metal ones with the lip around the top are a bit of a hassel, but I have a bunch of the old ones.

A can opener will take that lip right off the new cans.


S.W.

theperfessor
03-11-2011, 10:42 AM
I use Folgers plastic coffee cans. I use the really big ones we get at Sams Club and the medium size ones from the grocery store for brass, and the medium and small ones for bullets. Also use plastic cat litter buckets for ingots and bulk purchase corn cob media (for brass tumbler) and saw dust (for fluxing). Coffee and cats, what can I say.

JonB_in_Glencoe
03-11-2011, 10:53 AM
Plastic food storage containers, like pictured in the OP have a short "safe" life when used for food, especially when you heat the food in a microwave, sometimes the food gets too hot and blisters the plastic. That's when they become boolit storage containers in my house. Bacteria will get in those fissures and it's nearly impossible to get safely clean.

Just my 2¢
Jon

PS: I like the peanut butter jars too

RayinNH
03-11-2011, 12:05 PM
I have a couple like Dale uses, they're very nice and rugged. I also have a tiny one about 2 inches square that I store gas checks in...Ray

Swede44mag
03-11-2011, 01:29 PM
I also frequent the various "Dollar" stores (Dollar Tree, Dollar General, etc) for plastic boxes. I much prefer somewhat larger rectangular boxes with flat inside bottoms. Here is my current favorite:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/Dale53/BulletBoxes-3722.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/Dale53/BulletBoxes-3721.jpg

There is one fundamental problem with all of the Dollar Stores. They are principally sales outlets of over runs and over stocks and as a result you cannot depend on them to have a particular item in stock at any given time. It can drive you bonkers. However, on the other hand, you can check out various different stores and can find different objects on sale at any given time.

However, the high cost of gas, these days, discourages much looking...

Dale53

Them are some good looking boolits now I am jealous.
I am trying to get in on a group buy for the same boolit but it is not a hollow-point.

justingrosche
03-11-2011, 01:55 PM
This is what I'm currently using, I do like being able to do a visual check of my inventories.
The ones that a loosely tossed in the bins are as-cast, stacked in neat little rows are ready to go.
I need to get better about writing down the alloy on the bins as well in my casting log,so when I have the same profile with two different alloys I can tell them apart.

Netherwolf
03-11-2011, 03:37 PM
I use Jif peanut butter containers. The biggest problem is cleaning them out prior to use. I found myself buying different sizes to get the size jar I needed.

John
W.TN

Run 'em through the diswasher (or the top shelf away from the heating element). Mine come out spotless.
Netherwolf

Centaur 1
03-11-2011, 04:01 PM
Ooh, Ooh, my turn. I like show and tell. I use these storage boxes from Walmart. They cost a little more, but they come in pretty colors. Red is for .380acp, blue is .38 special, clear is 9mm, and green is 30-30. Peanut butter and mayonaise jars are for cast pistol boolits.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/mlschmall/IMG_0358.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/mlschmall/IMG_0357.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/mlschmall/IMG_0355.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/mlschmall/IMG_0354.jpg

lead Foot
03-11-2011, 04:41 PM
Me next. Here's mine ~ I use tackel boxs. Must have about 20. Every time I pass the fishing shop I pick one up.

Dale53
03-11-2011, 04:50 PM
I find it interesting how each of us goes along a bit differently.

As soon as I cast my bullets, I start lubing/sizing them. I don't consider them "bullets" until they are lubed ready to load.

I want every bullet in my inventory to be "ready to go".

Not necessarily better than other ideas, it's just that it suits me better....

Dale53

Von Gruff
03-11-2011, 05:04 PM
We got bulk screws in sturdy containers that are 4' wide, 3' deep, and 9' long.
Get lots of boolits in them, and they stack well. I have tins that are 4' dia and 7' high with slip tops that are also good. I dont keep much more than 1 thou of as cast and lubed ready to go on hand as it is too long between casting sessions otherwise. I would rather have many single mould and alloy sessions and do it often to cater to my casting pleasure.

Von Gruff.

Dale53
03-11-2011, 05:10 PM
Von Gruff;
Four foot wide containers, three foot deep, and nine feet long would sure hold a lot of bullets. I guess you move them with a fork lift truck?:kidding:

Dale53

RayinNH
03-11-2011, 05:20 PM
Dale at least you can get into them. That seven foot high one would be a problem [smilie=l:...Ray

6.5 mike
03-11-2011, 05:38 PM
I'm with Ben, folks at the dollar store & me just bout on a first name basis[smilie=l:.

Spector
03-11-2011, 05:56 PM
I read of someone using the polymer boxes that cremains are transported in from the crematory back to the funeral home before the cremains are placed into their fancier final storage containers.

The black boxes I was given by a friend in the funeral industry measure 4''x6''x8'' deep. The polymer sides measure a little over 1/10'' thick and they feel well made with a lid that rests on a ledge moulded into the boxes. They should stack very well even when full of boolits..........Mike

Cherokee
03-11-2011, 09:29 PM
I just use 4x6 cardboard boxes that I have accumulated over the years. Got about 28K in boxes.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee102/DCS44256/Reloading/42942102.jpg

Floydster
03-12-2011, 12:17 PM
How I do it:)
I always have 2,500 bullets on the shelf ready to go, and another 5,000 in my bullet cabinet.
Floydster

LUCKYDAWG13
03-12-2011, 12:30 PM
not certain if you have these stores in your area where everything in the store is $1.00

ours are called " dollar tree".

I'm buying these nice heavy duty plastic containers at " dollar tree " that have a threaded seal
on the top. Once this lid is on , it's on !

holds about 200 or so lee, 125 gr. Rf, 38/357 cast bullets. Btw.....this bullet
is quickly becoming one of my favorite 38 / 357 cast bullets. These come from
a lee 6 cav. Mold. These drop from the mold at .3595 ".

Keeps them clean and dust free. 4 of them for $1.00.

Has worked out well for me for storage of lubed & sized cast bullets.
That stack well on the shelf to maximize your shelf space.

Ben

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/0081024x768.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/0051024x768.jpg



i make those were i work lol thats all i use
and the price is right

atr
03-12-2011, 12:45 PM
:kidding:Im forwarding all these photos to the ATF !

RP
03-12-2011, 12:49 PM
Good ideals I use cans to store mine after they are lubed I place them neatly and label them.
http://http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/Ricky1965/RELOADING/July035.jpg
I also keep my cast in tin cans also but not stacked just dropped in then stack them up under the bench. There is not a practical way for me to store them like some of the others here since I cast to get away from life and to relax.
http://http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/Ricky1965/RELOADING/019.jpg
But I do use the plastic shoe boxes from the dollar store for my brass and they work good just dont put a full one on top of a empty one.
http://http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/Ricky1965/RELOADING/July039.jpg

Floydster
03-12-2011, 12:53 PM
Ben, we also have a Dollar Tree near us, I will be picking up more of these containers---I have a few now, but will need alot more since i am casting now for my pistols.
Thanks for posting:)
Floydster

Floydster
03-12-2011, 12:55 PM
RamRod, that is very impressive, wow!!!!!!
This forum is just great:)

RayinNH
03-12-2011, 05:04 PM
Come on Floydster, fess up, you have a reloading room maid don't you. Just way too organized :)...Ray

Charlie Two Tracks
03-12-2011, 10:57 PM
I like that lead Foot. Good idea.

btroj
03-12-2011, 11:50 PM
My wife has been buying lunch meat, sliced roast beef and ham, in nice plastic containers with a sealing lid. They are the right size to hold 250 or so 45 ACP bullets. They are rectangular and stack pretty well.
The eating is good and the containers are nice too! How is this not a win win situation?

Brad

uncle joe
03-12-2011, 11:59 PM
see you like natural light too ramrod ;-}

Von Gruff
03-13-2011, 01:11 AM
Von Gruff;
Four foot wide containers, three foot deep, and nine feet long would sure hold a lot of bullets. I guess you move them with a fork lift truck?:kidding:

Dale53

You will have to forgive me the mix-up between ' and " . I could say that we changed from imperial to metric when I was half way through my aprenticeship in '69, and I have to think hard about imperial now, but it was just a careless mistake. Imagine the shooting you could get from a box of boolits that size though.

[smilie=w:

Von Gruff.

Dale53
03-13-2011, 01:39 AM
Von Gruff;
Naw-w-w, I was just "yanking your chain" as in :kidding:

No malice intended!

I can just visualize some feller filling up a container that large then trying to move it (or watching his floor collapse, etc) :confused:.

Dale53

BOOM BOOM
03-13-2011, 03:21 AM
HI,
YOU SEE I LIKE TO SHOOT.
Would you believe I use old plastic & cardboard J-bullet boxes.& fill up 4 standard shelves of a wooded bookshelf.
at least 10,000 of each of my favorite calibers. 38,44,7MM.:Fire::Fire:

Huntducks
03-13-2011, 03:44 AM
I use anything I find that will hold boolits but one thing that works well is empty 20ga and 28ga shotshell box's, every time I shoot a round of skeet or clays at the local range I check out the trash cans I don't line them up nice and pertee I just toss them in

LeeRoy
03-13-2011, 09:51 AM
I have up-graded my thoughts on bullet storage. I am just restarting my shooting, so these pic's is enlighting my storage ideas. So keep them coming if you will.

Floydste, the wagon in one of your shots would be go to transport boolits aroud the loading, casting room. That is a sweet item.

LeeRoy

Rusty Shackleford
03-13-2011, 10:19 AM
Miracle Whip and peanut butter jars for bullets and Folgers cans for brass. I used to think it was terrible when they quit using glass and steel, but quickly realized the advantage of plastic versions.

white eagle
03-13-2011, 10:25 AM
wow
some of you guys are very neat
I just dump mine in plastic coffee containers

casterofboolits
03-13-2011, 10:40 AM
A can opener will take that lip right off the new cans.


S.W.

Thanks SW! Doing that never crossed my senile old mind. :Bright idea:[smilie=l: Just did four of the cans and it worked like a charm! :guntootsmiley::guntootsmiley:

Floydster
03-13-2011, 11:02 AM
LeeRoy,
Thanks, I like the little touch's like the wagon, the little John Deere lunch box and the 57 Chev pickup, also the other things I have around the reloading room:)
Floydster

Floydster
03-13-2011, 11:08 AM
I am getting the Lee 356-120-TC, can anyone start me off on a good load for my CZ's in 9mm.
I will be using 50/50 wheel weight and pure lead and a touch of tin, water dropping. I will be sizing to .357.
Thanks for any input.
Floydster

hydraulic
03-13-2011, 09:56 PM
I need to protect the bases of my 530 grn .45-70 bullets so I can't just pile them into jars and cans. I found that Velveta cheese boxes work well because I can set them base down and the cardboard box is strong enough to support the weight of 80 bullets. They also work well for storing brass and they stack neatly.

capreppy
03-15-2011, 10:30 PM
I also use the WM Sterilite Latched Boxes for Boolits as well as Brass.

The Sterilite 1.2Qt Latched Boxes (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-1.2-Qt-Modular-Latch-Box-Lapis-Set-of-6/15442444) will hold 500 200gr LSWC boolits without issue. There is absolutely no flex to the box and my wife likes it because they keep my office (where I work and reload) neat.

I use the Sterilite 2.7Qt Latched Boxes (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-18pc-2.7qt-Modular-Latch-Box-Set-Navy/15136542) for boolits (will store 1000 200gr LSWC without any flex) or 500 pieces of .45ACP Brass or 750 pieces of 9mm Luger Brass. I use some in the garage to store dirty brass after the range until I have enough to run them thru the tumblers. Once clean, they go into clean boxes that go into the house. I keep one set for clean brass and another set for clean brass that have been decapped | sized | primed. Note: if bought off walmart.com and use ship-to-store, they are much cheaper at $1.67 each versus $2.50 to $3.00 in store.

All of my boxes are labeled using Avery 5436 Labels (http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Products/Labels/Identification-Labels/Print-or-Write-Multi_Use-Labels_05436.htm). On boolits, I print as much information as possible (Manufacturer, Bullet Diameter | Weight | Profile, & Date of Purchase). For Brass, I have separate Labels for Dirty | Polished | Processed.

I use these same labels on my completed ammo once they are in an 100 count ammo box. I put all the pertinent information:
- Bullet Manufacturer | Diameter | Weight | Profile
- OAL
- Primer Manufacturer | Model #
- Brass Manufacturer
- Date Round Completed
- Batch Number (personal batch number)
These fit rather nicely on the side of the Frankford Arsenal 100round Ammo Boxes.

alamogunr
03-15-2011, 10:39 PM
I also use the WM Sterilite Latched Boxes for Boolits as well as Brass.

The Sterilite 1.2Qt Latched Boxes (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-1.2-Qt-Modular-Latch-Box-Lapis-Set-of-6/15442444) will hold 500 200gr LSWC boolits without issue. There is absolutely no flex to the box and my wife likes it because they keep my office (where I work and reload) neat.

I use the Sterilite 2.7Qt Latched Boxes (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-18pc-2.7qt-Modular-Latch-Box-Set-Navy/15136542) for boolits (will store 1000 200gr LSWC without any flex) or 500 pieces of .45ACP Brass or 750 pieces of 9mm Luger Brass. I use some in the garage to store dirty brass after the range until I have enough to run them thru the tumblers. Once clean, they go into clean boxes that go into the house. I keep one set for clean brass and another set for clean brass that have been decapped | sized | primed. Note: if bought off walmart.com and use ship-to-store, they are much cheaper at $1.67 each versus $2.50 to $3.00 in store.

All of my boxes are labeled using Avery 5436 Labels (http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Products/Labels/Identification-Labels/Print-or-Write-Multi_Use-Labels_05436.htm). On boolits, I print as much information as possible (Manufacturer, Bullet Diameter | Weight | Profile, & Date of Purchase). For Brass, I have separate Labels for Dirty | Polished | Processed.

I use these same labels on my completed ammo once they are in an 100 count ammo box. I put all the pertinent information:
- Bullet Manufacturer | Diameter | Weight | Profile
- OAL
- Primer Manufacturer | Model #
- Brass Manufacturer
- Date Round Completed
- Batch Number (personal batch number)
These fit rather nicely on the side of the Frankford Arsenal 100round Ammo Boxes.

Thanks. This might be the prod I need to get better organized. Not so much the boxes but the information that I need to record. It seems that 2 weeks after I cast or load something and put it on the shelf I can't remember exactly what it was.

John
W.TN

capreppy
03-15-2011, 10:43 PM
Thanks. This might be the prod I need to get better organized. Not so much the boxes but the information that I need to record. It seems that 2 weeks after I cast or load something and put it on the shelf I can't remember exactly what it was.

John
W.TN

I love these labels (and yes they really are removable). My wife told me she wanted me to be neat and organized. This is dangerous stuff I am dealing with. The boxes and labels keep me very neat and VERY organized.

biker_trash_1340
03-25-2011, 07:30 PM
Ooh, Ooh, my turn. I like show and tell. I use these storage boxes from Walmart. They cost a little more, but they come in pretty colors. Red is for .380acp, blue is .38 special, clear is 9mm, and green is 30-30. Peanut butter and mayonaise jars are for cast pistol boolits.


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/mlschmall/IMG_0355.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/mlschmall/IMG_0354.jpg

I've been using the same storage boxes from Walmart. I use the all clear ones. They just went on sale in my area (south Michigan) $2.00 for 2 small boxes (Sterilite 1.2-Qt) in one big box (Sterilite 7.2-Qt), they work great. Just a heads up.
BT

bslim
03-25-2011, 08:10 PM
what's the matter with benut jars?

dverna
03-25-2011, 09:20 PM
Peanut Butter makes a yummy lube. Crunchy does not work unless bullets have really big lube grooves.

I keep the boxes that commercial bullets come in. I really like them. They are filled with cast, sized and lubed bullets. Boxes are free - hard to beat free. After I use the bullets I fill the boxes with reloads. I hate boxing reloads.

The Laser-Cast boxes are really nice. Stack well too. They make a mess if they get wet. Maybe plastic would be better. Dollar Store here I come!

Don

merlin101
03-25-2011, 10:30 PM
If you use a Lee sizer, just stick a small drink bottle on it instead of the cup affair they give you with the die. When the bottle is full put a cap on it then simply cut open the free bottle when you need the bullets. Nicest thing is how little room they take up.
Check your recycling centers, I found some great heavy duty aluminum boxes for scrap price at the one here

:groner:DOH!! why didn't I think of that![smilie=b:[smilie=b:

merlin101
03-25-2011, 10:34 PM
How I do it:)
I always have 2,500 bullets on the shelf ready to go, and another 5,000 in my bullet cabinet.
Floydster

You my friend are WAY to organized, Feel free to clean up my mess:bigsmyl2:

merlin101
03-25-2011, 11:33 PM
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/133264d8d5e2576dba.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=321)

This is my boolit storage, I've yet to find a box for the big one .

Fire_stick
03-26-2011, 01:30 AM
Jif peanut butter jars for me.

zuke
03-26-2011, 07:53 AM
My sister own's a corner store so I get dib's on all her empty candy container's.

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy356/zuke_bucket/DSCF1470.jpg

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy356/zuke_bucket/DSCF1053.jpg

I just paper patched these yesterday.
They'll stay in these for about a week then transfered to styrofoam pistol box's.

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy356/zuke_bucket/mold010.jpg