Lets talk storage!

[Tom Herman]

They are essentially free, as we go through two or three a week.
Each one will hold 200-250 big bore 240-265 grain bullets, or about 350-400 .38 SPL's...

Happy Shootin'! -Tom

[opentop]

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

[Fixxah]

I have just been using new milsurp ammo cans. I cast a few thousand and put them in box then lube desired number. I do like the box idea though. Well done.

[Swamprat1052]

jdgabbard, you are a man of talent, and no doubt much patience. I have been folding cardstock for an hour now and all I got was frustration and almost a divorce. My wife teaches first grade and when she saw the pdf file on your box she told me she has done that in arts and crafts with her students. OK I AM NOT SMARTER THAN A FIRST GRADER!!!!!! My boxes were whap-sided, crooked and a genuine mess. My hat is off to you, I really like the idea but I'll stick to casting bullets and using freezer boxes to store them in. Its just more enjoyable than sitting around in a straight jacket.

Not making fun of your idea. I wish I had the patience.

Swamprat

[mtgrs737]

I store my rifle boolits and pistol boolits that I consider match quality in metal film cans, 35mm x 200' for rifle and 16mm x 700' for pistol. I short term store misc. boolits in metal pie pans that have paper plates for lids to keep the dust off them. Recently I have been storing lubed misc. bullets in cookie and fruit cake tins that I get at the second hand store for ten to twentyfive cents each. these work well. My brass is stored in ziplock gallon bags inside of 5 gallon plastic buckets with lids that stack nicely, I ran out of buckets at nine, so will have to wait till a friend of mine collects more.

[Echo]

Coffee cans (3 lb), Instant Breakfast containers, and Costco Mixed Nut comtainers. My liking for Costco Mixed nuts is obvious...

[Patrick L]

I utilize whatever I can scrounge from the household to use for storage of components. Baby products yield an especially useful assortment.

I store unsized bullets in coffee cans, either 3 lb for bullets I use a lot of or 1lb for bullets I use fewer of



Tumble lubed bullets get stored in plastic tubs, as well as some brass.



Conventionally sized bullets get stacked a bit more orderly, usually in whatever boxes I can find that are a convenient size. I particularly like half pound candy boxes, the one in the picture in the upper right being full of .30 carbine slugs in two levels. The cardboard box on the left holds about 600 .45 slugs (four levels of about 150 each.) I really like the plastic 100pk .22 LR boxes on the bottom of the picture for .30 cal rifle bullets. They hold 80 apiece.





These all go on shelves under my loading bench. All these bullets, plus the jacketed bullets, the M2 ball, and the bags of shot for shotshell loading, ensure my bench is very stable.

[Kraschenbirn]

My finished boolits are stored in 6 1/2"x 11" wood trays which hold from 150 to 300 pieces each, depending upon caliber. Cabinet shelves are solid 7/8 oak.



Unsized/unlubed boolits are stored in cardboard boxes until needed. Those 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 4" boxes were originally used to ship electronic parts...resistors, capacitors, card sockets, etc...a friend whose company manufactures test equipment brings them to me by the dozen.



Bill

Please excuse quality of pics. Haven't quite got the hang of close-up settings yet.

[Junior1942]

I use new boxes from Uline ( http://www.uline.com/ ) I order them by the 100 (the 4X4X4 boxes I lke are only .16 ea), they hold 4-500 depending on the size. I fill em up just like the cast boolits you buy in the store and place them on a shelf where I can easily determine the quantity on hand and what size I might need to cast next. I save the empties and refill em next time I cast. I have about 70 boxes filled up on the shelf. They also have a miriad of different style boxes at Uline, I'm sure they'll have what you're looking for. BTW, if I order before 2pm, I have them the next day UPS from PA to MA!

I have no connection to Uline, just very happy with their product and service!

Thanks for the link to Uline!!! They're about 1/3 to 1/2 the prices elsewhere!!!

[Russel Nash]

Milsurp ammo cans here too.

They are strong, have a good handle that folds flat, and the bottom of the next can is indented so that it locks into the top of the one below it... kinda like lego blocks.

[testhop]

in wenter i cast
i use ammo cans for unsized with mould #and alloy
on sized i use the plaltsic tubs i get from the dollar store

[part_timer]

My kids eat peanutbutter like it is going out of style so I use them for boolits/brass/woodscrews/nuts/bolts............

[Silicon Wolverine]

http://www.quantumstorage.com/

i use these mostly because we have a PILE of them at worj that arent being used and we are alllowed to help ourselves. they arent cheap to buy yourself but they are extremly durable and will hold as much as you can put in them for weight. they stack neatly on the back of the bench and hold thoudsands of bullets.

SW

[jdgabbard]

I have some of those Wolverine. However, I only use them for odds and ends of equipment. Boolits and brass I use the above mentioned containers.

[hammerhead357]

I used to sell 4 sizes of boxes that I had made of really heavy material each size held 100 boolits. One size for 32 cal. and 30 cal. boolits another for 9mm and 38 cal. another for 10mm-41 cal. and finally one size for 44 and 45 cal. They came with a flat divider for placing between layer of boolits. These were neat for storing boolits in but at the time I was also casting boolits commercially and shipping some in these boxes. They didn't ship very well alot of them would burst at the seams from rough handling. I eventually went to the 4X4X4 corrigated boxes and the 5X5 corrigated. These shipped a lot better. Some I would seal with tape and then went to using a hot glue gun to seal the boxes. The hot glue sealed boxes seemed to survive shipping best of all........Wes

Mine were of about the same material as the lower picture in kraschenbirn's post. The ones with the orange lids......

[LeadThrower]

Awesome pics!
I cut the tops off soda or beer cans with a can opener (this leaves the rolled lip on top for strength) and throw my boolits in there. They stack very nicely, with the bottom of one can nesting into the top of the can below.

[Chunky Monkey]

I pass by an army & navy store every once in a while. I stop in a grab a few can when I got extra $$. 30's for $4.00 and 50's for $6.00. I think those are good prices. I'm now marking them and storing boolits and ammo in them.

[Sailman]

I eat a lot of Apple Sauce. I buy apple sauce in GLASS 50 OZ jars. When the glass jar is empty, it is washed out and I use it to store the cast lead bullets.

The advantage to using glass jars is as follows:
1. You can see when you are running out of bullets
2. The 50 OZ jar will hold only so many bullets and the weight of a full jar is manageable.
3. You can put a lable on the glass jar and write down the type of bullet etc.


Sailman

[Jbar4Ranch]

Pencil boxes with a piece of file folder material between layers works well. The boxes are under a buck apiece, and sometimes two or even three for a buck after school starts.

[Hang Fire]

I am not that neat, but I do know where it is when I need it, plastic shoe boxes are my preferred storage containers for most all related things, with coffee cans a close second.