[mugsie]

I don't get it - I load 200 - 300 rounds of ammo. I go to the range and blow through 100 - 150 rounds. I come home and I load another 200 - 300 more. I go to the range again, shoot another couple of hundred. Come home and load another 300 or so, maybe up to 500 more. I shoot another couple of hundred and end up repeating the process all over again! I'm running out of ammo boxes to store this stuff. It's almost a compulsion - shoot - load a lot, shoot some more, load a lot more - aughhh!:banghead: It's as though I can't have enough reloaded ammo. So? Any of you have the same problem?!:D

[WayneConrad]

Some people reload so they can shoot. These people buy a set of cartridge boxes and never need more.

Some people shoot mostly to make empty cartridges they can reload. They tend buy cartridge boxes regularly.

Next paycheck, I'm ordering some more cartridge boxes. Welcome to the club!

[MarshallDodge]

Any of you have the same problem?!

Yes! :D

My problem is that I can't keep my supplies up. I have been doing good on primers and powder but bullets seem to disappear :uhoh:

My sons are starting to shoot shotgun so my wad and shot inventory depletion have tripled. Not really a bad thing ;) :D

[Plain Old Bill]

That's why my reloading binges totall 3-5000 rounds at a time. Why my progressive reloaders are set up for one caliber only...why I only buy bullets in lots of 1-3000, powder in kegs of 8 pounds, primers in lots of 5000.

I only pray that no insurance man ever sees my gun room......:uhoh:

[Seismic Sam]

If any of the other patrons at a cheap, smoky bar have a drinking problem. DUH???? :eek: THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TO BEGIN WITH!!!

Heysh bartender, pash me dem CCI 300's and anudder double shot of Blue Dot!!! Hic!! :D

[scout26]

You say it like it's a bad thing......:neener:

[NailGun]

Yup. I've seen these symptoms before...(sigh) ....Looks like another terminal case of Reloading Fever. :eek: Alas, there is no vaccination, no cure, no hope….Just humor the patient by supplying him with whatever he wishes….the time is soooo short…. :D

[jibjab]

mugsi, it sounds like you are trying to feed a auto-loader, slow down and smell the roses. You need to get your self a muzzle loader :rolleyes:

[Roadkill]

Its called compulsive reloading disorder.

[xring44]

Dreadful I say, dreadful!

Bare with me, a short story related to this problem.

I overheard my 89 year old mother talking to a lady friend of hers, it went like this,

That boy, (me) works so hard makeing those bullets, then he just goes to the gun range and shoots them in the ground! Really Ruth, (her friend) They bring the stuff he makes them out of in big trucks, (UPS)

Its a total waste to her and that boy (me)has passed the big 60 mark!:D

There is no cure, it becomes more and more "important" as you age!

[mugsie]

At least I'm in good company guys - I'd talk longer but I gotta go downstairs - I think I hear my press calling me. There's still a corner of the room that I haven't filled up yet......:D

[Ben Shepherd]

Let's see- I store all my ammo in 30 or 50 cal miltary cans. 20 or 50 rd boxes? What are those? I won't even bother changing calibers on my dillon unless I'm going to load a couple thousand rounds.

I look at it this way-

I can be out of work for a couple years, and I'll still be shooting at my normal pace.:D

Now, if you're to the point that other financial areas are slipping because of your spending on reloading components, then you have a problem.

Otherwise do as you want.

[caz223]

I'm still trying to figure out if I reload to shoot more, or shoot to reload more.

[newfalguy101]

I'm still trying to figure out if I reload to shoot more, or shoot to reload more.


YES :D :D :D

[wanderinwalker]

I long ago stopped using ammo boxes for high-volume/high-demand stuff. I drop loaded rounds into those little Gladware buckets, I think 1/2-qt, maybe 1-qt, don't remember, bought a bunch of them at one point. They hold about 250 9mms, about 125-150 .45 ACPs or .38/.357, and 100 .44 Magnum or Special. Don't remember how many .223s they hold. 6 of them stack into a 5.56mm or .50-cal can. This way I can just grab a bucket and go!

[shell70634]

50 cal ammo cans hold over 1000 45 ball. cans are cheap.

[armoredman]

I started with old cardboard 50 round boxes, just overmarked with a pen what was inside. Expanded my caliber selection, realized I was scavenging other peoples discarded cartridge boxes at the range, broke down and bought some plastic boxes...wouldn't need many, just one or two. I won't say how many I have noe, just say double digits, and go from there.
Two months ago I discovered I have two large military ammo cans both full to the brim with either .303 or 7.62x39 reloads...when the heck did that happen? I just have a single stage press, and I don't hit it that often - do I?:o
I think I may need another ammo can.:p

[Jet22]

Let's see- I store all my ammo in 30 or 50 cal miltary cans. 20 or 50 rd boxes? What are those? I won't even bother changing calibers on my dillon unless I'm going to load a couple thousand rounds.

I agree. Ditch those little boxes. What a hassle. When you go to shoot, bring a full and an empty ammo can. Just transfer the fired brass to the empty can. When you get home, fire up the Star or the Dillon and have some more fun!!

[gwalchmai]

I buy 4x6 ziplock bags at Hobby Lobby for a few pennies each in bulk. They'll hold about 50 rounds of .45ACP, .44MAG, .45 Colt, .357, and close to 100 rounds of 9mm. They seal tighter and don't burst open like Baggies, etc.

[caz223]

I go to the local dollar store and get no-name freezer bags, the gladware containers, and use them in conjunction with my ammo cans.
I load ammo until I have gone through 200 primers, then I dump the ammo in a gladware container. I put on a numbered lid, and keep them in sequence. Then I verify everything again, and start loading until I get to the desired number.
Then I dump them into a white plastic tray that .45 acp blazer ammo came in, nose down.
Tip it and shake to level it, then check all the primers, if they are all good, I put another tray over the bullets, flip it over, then take off the top tray. Voila, I am now looking at the bullet end. I check for OAL variations, deformed bullet noses, make sure the brass isn't wrinkled at the neck, etc. I grab one or two bullets at random and drop them into a case gauge, and dump them into a freezer bag. I do that 3 more times, and I have 200 in a bag. I get a small piece of paper, and write on it some essentials like the date, the load specifics, the sequencing number (Like 201-400 of 2000), etc, then drop it into the bag, and throw the baggie into the ammo can.
It's too easy for me to lose track of what I'm doing and make a bunch of bad ammo if I don't follow my routine.
My system makes it easy to keep track of things, and if you throw empty brass or different loads into your can by mistake, it won't ruin your whole day.

[Run&Shoot]

I go to the local dollar store and get no-name freezer bags, the gladware containers, and use them in conjunction with my ammo cans.

I like this idead a lot, although it does sound kind of like a drug dealer...:cool:

I too am in my infancy of cartridge reloading SYNDROME (it is not a disorder, right) and still using lots and lots of plastic 50-round boxes. I like the idea of using boxes to flip the cartridges for inspection then dumping into freezer bags with some load data, and putting the bags into freezer tubs or ammo boxes.

I wonder if the kid down on the corner would like to try out a fresh batch of .38 handloads...? He might get to like it so much he would want me to sell him some every week! Hmmm...then there is the school down the road and the daycare center...

[Guy B. Meredith]

I usually make sure I've at least 1000 rounds of .38 spl on hand. When I was competing that meant about 700 rounds at a time. Any less and I feel a compulsion attack coming on.

I load up those 50 round trays from the commercial boxes and then stack them in a large ammo can for storage and carry.

[scout26]

When you go to the range without your guns, just to pick up empty shotgun hulls because you know they had a Sporting Clays event the day before and you had at work that day. You're incurable, now matter how much to try to deny it to SWMBO.


Not that my daughter and I ever did anything like that. :rolleyes:

[Hazzard]

When you go to the range without your guns, just to pick up empty shotgun hulls because you know they had a Sporting Clays event the day before and you had at work that day.

I only do that with 9mm, 45ACP, and .308, so I don't have a problem.:D

[PinnedAndRecessed]

end up repeating the process all over again! I'm running out of ammo boxes

Yeah, me too. I solved the problem.

I don't use ammo boxes, anymore.

I dump the loaded rounds into zip lock bags.

:D