Storing cast bullets

[Shiloh]

RP has gone to extremes. He has A LOT of boolits. Mine are in old coffe cans with lids, and Dollar Store containers. Make sure the Dollar Store containers have decent lids. Nothing worse than the lid failing because of the weight and having boolits with dirt or in my case, pet hair all over them.

Shiloh

[trixter]

I store all my sized and lubed boolits in Costco nut jars, I eat a lot of them (nuts that is). All my brass is stored in plastic Folgers (that is what everyone here drinks) cans . All loaded rounds are stored in a cabinet in quart zip top bags, with labels on them in 100 round lots.

[Smk SHoe]

Sterilite boxes from walmart. Two different sized boxes with the same foot print. Larger box holds about 750 9mm bullets. Loaded ammo goes in midway ammo boxes.

[10mmShooter]

mine go in these

[floydboy]

I shoot mainly .224 so I store sized/lubed boolits in empty skoal can. Stand them up straight and can get several in a can.

[Boolit_Head]

I started getting quart and larger paint buckets with lids from the local home store. They work well for both brass and bullet storage.

[DLCTEX]

I have lots of boolits stored in the plastic slip top containers that welding rods come in. Sized and lubed go in zip lock bags then into the boxes. Dust and water resistant and very stackable.

[gnoahhh]

Here's a tip for those of you who include oatmeal in your diet. I take empty Quaker Oats containers (you know- those round cardboard things) and cut them down to whatever size I need for that particular batch of bullets, and re-use the original plastic lid. They stack neatly atop one another. The only trick is in getting them cut off squarely. I do it with my table saw, but lacking that I would scribe a line around the circumference and cut it with a knife.

[bradley.moss72]

I think I have found a solution for me.

I was cleaning out my late father's house when I came across a stash of these.



Seems Dad knew I'd be needing these and is still taking care of me!

BW

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[TXGunNut]

I prefer the Folgers plastic "cans". They stack well when empty or full of brass. I use them to store boolits and ingots but don't stack them. A Sharpie works great for labelling. I should probably use the smaller "cans" for boolits, I seldom cast more than a hundred or two of anything. They'd take up less room on the shelf.

[Walter Laich]

I bought a lot of 25 cardboard boxes 6x6x6 from box place off internet. come flat and you tape the bottom up. Since I PC all my bullets just put them in boxes. Did run a band of filament tape around the top edge to keep the sides from tearing.

I did make labels for all of them so it's easy to find the right one. have them up against a wall in a straight line so they're pretty much out of the way

[alamogunr]

I use large peanut butter jars(plastic) and plastic nut jars. The nut jars are about as large as you can go weight wise in plastic. I still have some mayonnaise jars with a wide mouth. They went back to the narrow mouth a while back and they are of no use.

I like the idea of surplus ammo cans but like to see what is inside. I also don't like to pay for them.

[JSnover]

Pulled a bunch of these out of my grandfather's attic almost 20 years ago, after he died. If you can read the lid, this one was filled with .32 Special brass.
The plastic containers of disinfectant wipes are about the same size and would work just as well.

[alamogunr]

Pulled a bunch of these out of my grandfather's attic almost 20 years ago, after he died. If you can read the lid, this one was filled with .32 Special brass.
The plastic containers of disinfectant wipes are about the same size and would work just as well.

This post reminded me that I use Quaker Oats boxes(cylinders) to store relatively small quantities of .45 Colt (and larger)pistol brass. Although they are paperboard, they will support the weight of a full container of .45 Colt brass easily

[alfloyd]

I am with dragon813gt and 10mmShooter.

I use TupperWare for men, (ammo cans).

Lafaun

[Jake70]

I put them in pretty much anything. Empty powder cans, old bullet boxes (like the boxes from Missouri Bullet Company), and even old big pill bottles.

[zubrato]

Got lucky and found two boxes of Tupperware containers in the Walmart clearance section for super cheap, so I've more than enough boxes to contain cast boolits and see what's inside. Still like to put a label sticker on each one with alloy composition, and air cooled/water dropped.
Lids on the cheaper Tupperware containers are hit or miss, brand name is the bees knees so be on the lookout for those!

[facetious]

A Velveeta cheese box's that have been reinforced with packing tape will hold 13lb's of wad-cutters if stacked nice. 358156's stacked the same way are a bit more. And you can stack them up like bricks.

[Notes]

Seems like I read lots of info from the long range (1000+ yard gong) 45-70 shooters, and high quality cast bullet manufacturers about the importance (bordering on fanaticism) of protecting against even very small deformations of cast bullets, especially bases, in establishing consistent accuracy. I really like the idea of used plastic ammo trays of the appropriate caliber, especially when dealing with lubed bullets, paper patched cast bullets, or hunting rounds requiring special handling. Since I won't typically be shooting thousands of 45-70 rounds, but more often practicing and plinking with my other guns, I think smaller cans or boxes would be fine. Anything larger than soup cans gets pretty heavy, and they stack well too. JMHO.

[Black Chrome]

I only powder coat since i've started casting so I don't have to worry about lube or stacking neatly. I like to use the larger plastic mixed nut or cashew containers (great value brand) as they hold quite a bit. I've also used boxes that xtreme plated bullets come in from when I used to load those up before I got into casting.