I make some pretty durable boxes to store boolits and what not in. I hate to throw anything away. This is my contribution to the green movement.
I make some pretty durable boxes to store boolits and what not in. I hate to throw anything away. This is my contribution to the green movement.
Last edited by Suo Gan; 03-04-2011 at 09:31 PM.
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I haven't been able to empty any of my "old flat rate boxes"
I better start shooting more.
Seriously though...that is a great idea
Jon
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Flat rate boxes are free just go to the post office and get new ones. You don't have to pay for them until you ship them. Just in case anyone wants to get some of there money back from the government.
Costco milk jugs and the new plastic Folgers coffee cans are also really good for this.
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I keep brass in them, like JonB, but I have also discovered that three of them fit perfectly in a file cabinet drawer. I have an old file cabinet that I use for brass, partitioned up into cartridge compartments with flat rate boxes.
-ktw
It used to be all you had to do was use the box that you got from the post office. Now they have put "flat rate" on them, so I have a bunch of non-flat rate boxes, that I have no use for.. except for taking up space.. If they wouldn't change the boxes, they wouldn't have so much of a problem.. or if they'd go back to just a box supplied by the post office..
I make batches of 12 gauge slug/buckshot/specialty loads for range testing in lots of 12. By cutting the small flat rate box in half, and trimming just a bit, I make a nice box for 12 shells to keep them organized. I also use them to make dandy overshot cards. BTW... I get mine because I can't stop buying stuff.
i'm same way as rtracy get em shipped to your front door for free,,,,,,another example of "your tax dollars at work"
it's great...
Like corn flake boxs, store mag. in by the year made.
Just a short reminder that the boxes are not free. Like all other things you,me and others who pay taxes are paying for those free boxes delivered to your door. Receiving or shipping goods in them as was intended is fine but to have them sent to you for storage boxes is reaching into my pocket and the reason that postage is due for another increase. We had a State Auditor report on our news that the state was missing 2,300 new laptops that were just purchased one year ago. We are also missing a breeding bull from the La. State Prison at Angolo. The list was long and I am making this point to point out that all goverment property is paid for by working people. It is not a bin to reach in and pull out free things.
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Oh I see ---so it belongs to us --right ?all goverment property is paid for by working people.out
I have a better idea, how bout they lower the darn postal rates, then we all could afford those fancy plastic boxes.
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A good reminder, cajun shooter. I feel just a bit guilty even when I take one for its' intended use.
Those blue 2-lb Maxwell House coffee containers with the handle are great for storing fired brass.
I get them from work every couple of weeks but have to compete with the guys in the painting department, as they also make good disposable paint cans.
Jack
They'll also be complaining about fines &/or jail time if a postal inspector ever figures out that new USPS FR boxes are being used for any other than their intended purpose - like happened to some yard sale/flea marketers caught using new (i.e., no addresses on 'em) FR boxes to contain & display their merchandise.
I use the boxes to start my fireplace, free fire starter. I just go grab a stack when I get low.
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Yeah, I bet you would...You and all the other krag shooters out there,
they are like gold
But back to the point, I like the "used" FR boxes because they
are usually completely encapsalated in clear tape by the shipper,
it makes for a more rugged storage box.
Oh yeah, another use I have for them is:
I cut them in half and add a 1/4" plywood bottom
(scraps from the shipping/crating deptment at work).
I stack 50lbs of ingots and stack them about 5 high.
I hope my porch foundation is strong enough
Jon
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― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
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