Shotgun components storage

[Half Dog]

I wanted to ask how y’all store shot and wads after opening the bags. I would like to keep the items readily available to use but contained. I was thinking a Folgers plastic coffee container for the shot but I’m at a loss for the wads.

Thank you in advance for input.

[jsizemore]

I leave the wads in their original bag but sitting upright in file cabinet drawer. I put shot in Gatorade or 2 liter plastic bottles.

[RogerDat]

Those plastic chip bag clips are useful for wads. I tie a string around the shot bag after wrapping it around the top a few times.

[megasupermagnum]

I've used just about anything for shot. A 50 caliber ammo can works fantastic if you can lift 75 pounds. For wads, I use the original bag for most. Claybuster bags are my favorite. They are either zip loc, or have a bread style twist tie. I keep them in a plastic tote. For wads that the orignal bag doesn't work well, I use Hefty jumbo 2.5 gallon bags. I do similar for hulls. Hulls that I keep a lot of, I use 5 gallon buckets.

[MusicMan]

See through shoe containers for my wads, stackable.

[Muddydogs]

Powder bottles work well for partial bags of shot. Wads I keep in there plastic bags stored in Claybuster cardboard case of wad boxes. Hulls are in a big tote that holds 3000 hulls.

[bikerbeans]

Large plastic coffee cans for shot. Large clear plastic pretzel jugs for wads.

[Markopolo]

I am with BB on this... the large clear pretzel or cheese ball containers are perfect for a good quantity of wads....

[beagle]

Original bags but I store the bags in a plastic tote or cardboard box to protect them from sunlight. No problems so far./beagle

[MrWolf]

Original bags but I store the bags in a plastic tote or cardboard box to protect them from sunlight. No problems so far./beagle

This. Basically just use big boxes

[skeettx]

I use a Truck tool box for some of my wads.
I leave them in the original bags for easy identification
Mike

[Powersgt]

I use similar methods above (except for the cheese ball containers, I’m going to have to run out and get a bunch so I can do that. Good excuse to tell the wife; I need these for storage. :-D)

(Moved the rest of this thread to a different discussion.)

[6pt-sika]

I typically buy wads by the case of 5,000 so they’re in the factory case cardboard box . I generally leave them that way .

[6pt-sika]

I also generally leave shot in the bag even once I’ve cut the bag open . After I cut it open and use some I twist the bag and put a piece of wire around it like a twist tie .

[mac60]

I pour my shot out of the cloth bag it comes in into a plastic jug that held fabric softener. It's got a handle and a good pour spout - makes it easy to handle.

[wnc435]

Plastic booze bottles for shot. Wads I store in Paper barrels in the bags to keep sunlight away.

[Frosty Boolit]

I never realized the sun degraded wads. Thanks for the shot bottle idea, that would be so much easier than holding a big 25lb bag up above the press.

[gpidaho]

I leave the shot in the bags it came in but might give the plastic jugs a try. I have bought such a large variety of wads that I use the stackable plastic containers about the size of a shoe box and mark the ends with a felt tip marker. These boxes also work well for new primed hulls. Gp

[GONRA]

GONRA sez - maybe large Round Oatmeal Containers might verk for relatively low density stuff like this?

[Budzilla 19]

Plastic bottles for the shot, leave the wads in The case they came in, in the dark storage they will last for years!!

[megasupermagnum]

GONRA sez - maybe large Round Oatmeal Containers might verk for relatively low density stuff like this?

Some people might be less abusive than myself, but I would not put shot in any cardboard container. That sounds like a recipe for a mess for myself.

[6pt-sika]

I never realized the sun degraded wads. Thanks for the shot bottle idea, that would be so much easier than holding a big 25lb bag up above the press.

I’ve gotten older wads from folks before they’ve had sitting around usually where UV light can mess with them . And 95% of them I can still use with a little extra help when seating them in the hull . But the UV light is the main reason I leave them in the cardboard case boxes .

[dverna]

I generally used up shot so fast that I leave it in the tube on the press when loading trap loads. For hunting loads, I keep shot in the original bags. Wads in the original bags as well.