[mrcpu]

I'd like to buy larger quantities of ammo, but it just seems ridiculous to have to deal with boxes and plastic organizers, and all that stuff, vs just grabbing a handful out of a bucket or ammo box or somesuch...

Does anybody sell name-brand ammo, but like in an ammo can, or somesuch? Or if not namebrand, at least "acceptable brand"... :)

[5Wire]

Cabela's (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp;jsessionid=HLNV0NYG2M3IMCWQNWRCCNQK0BW0GIWE?id=cat20837&navAction=jump&navCount=1&parentId=cat20712&parentType=category&cmCat=MainCatcat20712&_requestid=3736), for one.

[Gocart]

http://www.tacticalresponsegear.com

[Billy Sparks]

I understand what you are saying but if they are in boxes it is easier to know how much you have on hand. If I look in the ammo can I keep the boxes of .45 and there are 5 boxes I know it is reorder time. If there was just a pile of ammo I don't know if I would realize how low I was or not. Hey just a counter point.

[Fly320s]

Mrcpu,

What caliber? I think Ammoman.com has some bulk ammo. I know that they sell .40SW Gold Dot in 250 round bulk boxes. The ammo is in a plastic bag in a cardboard box.

[Jackal]

http://www.outdoormarksman.com/buyammo.php These guys sell Miwall factory reloads, loose in .30cal ammo cans. I have used the .38sp and it is quality ammo. The ammo can even looks new.

[logical]

Cabela's, for one.
But some if not all of that stuff is just a half dozen normal 50 round boxes laying in the bottom of a big plastic ammo can....not really bulk packed like the pictures suggest.

[ZeSpectre]

You can go either way with Georgia arms. "Canned heat" is just bulk in an ammo can.

[Sven]

+1 on Georgia Arms Canned Heat. Fun ammo - their M1 Carbine ammo has never let me down.

[Dionysusigma]

Reading the OP, I got this delightful image in my head of a candy store with bins and scoops, but each bin contained a different caliber and bullet type of ammo. :D Buy in bulk, fill up a sack or two, and take 'em to the front where they're weighed. :D :p

Same could go for loose bullets or casings, too. :)

[22-rimfire]

I buy from Outdoormarksman and Georgia Arms from time to time. Georgia Arms does shows in my area, so I often just buy their stuff at shows rather than mail order.

[SaxonPig]

When I got my first 1911 in 1973 the local Woolworth's sold guns and ammo. They had a big fishbowl on the sales counter filled with loose .45 ACP Mil-Surp ammo at five cents each. I traded my paycheck at times for that ammo and the clerk wasn't interested in counting so he'd scoop handfuls into a bag and declare "That looks about right." I usually got about 20% more than I paid for that way.

[hemiram]

I bought some at a gun show a few years ago, about 500 9mm of all kinds. Hardball, hollow points, etc. about 90% of it was good, most that wasn't was due ot the cases being distorted to the point that they wouldn't feed. Not bad for $10! Quite a bit of it was nyclad.

I bought some from the same place a few months ago, twice the price, and over half of them were unusable. Still was a good deal, but I had to do a lot of sorting to get a couple hundred good cartridges out of it :(