[twoclones]

I bought 500 x 500 S&W 440 grain hardcast bullets from Montana Bullet Works and want a suggestion on storing them. They're pretty heavy and since I don't have nearly that much brass, it will be some time before I've used them all.

What type of containers do you use?

[dave from mesa]

Whatever they came works fine. Why do you need to move them to something else?

[06]

30 cal or 50 cal ammo cans will work great. One filled with lead will weigh close to 100 lbs so don't drop it on your toe. I never place ammo cans directly onto cement floors (or any kind) as they will rust easily. Place some wooden strips under them and they will ourlast any of us, wc

[twoclones]

Why do you need to move them to something else?

They're in a corrugated cardboard box and I'd prefer something which is harder for me to spill.

[Floppy_D]

They're in a corrugated cardboard box and I'd prefer something which is harder for me to spill.

I love those boxes, they stack well. Course, there's always coffee cans or cigar boxes. As to the latter, call a few cigar shops and ask about boxes, they throw a lot of 'em out.

Or maybe mason jars with 100 bullets/jar (that's a good round number.)

[CU74]

I either use the box they came in or transfer them to a plastic container. I have been buying the 2.5 pound cashew and mixed nuts plastic "cans" at Costco for years, so I have quite a few. (Use them for brass, too.) Coffee cans work as well, but you can't see the contents.

[James Thomson]

I prefer freezer bags. Heavy ones work best. I usually store that in an ammo can. You can use quart size and put whatever quanity you plan to load for the day. I store thousands this way and have never had any kind of probelm.

[Quoheleth]

I have been buying the 2.5 pound cashew and mixed nuts plastic "cans" at Costco for years, so I have quite a few.

Careful with those. Clear plastic gets brittle after exposure to sun. Heavy loads will not do those much favor.

I like the new, blue Maxwell coffee cans with the handle. They are easy to fill, easy to carry, and stack OK. I just write on the lid what is inside, and I usually tear the label off the box and stick it inside, too.

Q

[dagger dog]

I had some 155 gr SWC I had (lost) misplaced in the bottom of a foot locker for 6-7 years, they were in the original cardboard boxes .All was well no oxidation,lube was still intact. The foot locker had been moved from from my mobile home
(yeah I might be a redneck) to my present home, but alway indoors.
I have 500 or so stored now in the original box, that are 4 yrs old and no degradation.

As a thought I wonder if the lube used when sized or tumbled has an effect on oxidation?