A “Happy Coincidence” for those of you who shoot “The Black Gun”!

[klcarroll]

I shoot a lot of 5.56mm out of several “Frankenguns” I have built out of miscellaneous parts.

One of the problems I have had to deal with is the practical packaging of “Ready Ammo”.

It turns out that regular, plain, old 2 ¾” 12 gauge boxes are the PERFECT size for holding 120 rounds of 5.56mm in stripper clips!!
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….And once they are painted a nice, neutral color, …..It even looks like you know what you are doing!!
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Just another suggestion from "The King Of The Cheap"!!! :bigsmyl2::bigsmyl2:

Kent

[cheese1566]

Very nice idea!

I hear some plain white boxes fromo Cabelas calling me on my next trip!

I likey!!

[captaint]

Kent,
Great find. Ain't it nice when you catch a break??? Good job. enjoy Mike

[geargnasher]

Awesome, Kent! Perfect application, and I'm sure no shortage at the local skeet and trap club.

Gear

[montana_charlie]

….And once they are painted a nice, neutral color, …..It even looks like you know what you are doing!!
Is it possible to simply turn them inside out to get the neutral color?
CM

[klcarroll]

Is it possible to simply turn them inside out to get the neutral color?
CM

Sure! ...But that means re-gluing two seams; ......And I had four cans of "sand" colored spray paint that was busy doing nothing!


Kent

[Trey45]

I just went out to the shop and removed the empty shotgun shell boxes from the trash can. Thanks for the tip!

[lead-1]

Great idea, I'll have to put that one to use and I just picked up a couple dozen empty boxes at the local club.

[mooman76]

When I first started reloading I p/u allot of those boxes along with the carton that would hold four boxes to keep brass in. I now have plastic boxes for that but still keep my excess brass in them. I mark on the outside with a marker what is inside. You can for a small cost buy the blank boxes from places like midway if you want a plain box. Also a sandwich size zip lock fits in the box perfect if you want to keep the dust out.
That is a good tip though, I never thought of using them for the finished product and it doesn't take up much space either.

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

When I read the title I thought:
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[casterofboolits]

I have been using the 25 round shotshell boxes for 223 in stripper clips for years. I usually put a mag charger in the box with the stripper clips too. Bought a bunch of them when they were five for a dollar at the local gun show. Looong time ago!

[WILCO]

When I read the title I thought:

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That's what I was thinking............