I want to buy a large number of ammo cans for resale and for Geocaching. Where should I go to get the best price? Thanks for your help.
Best place to buy bulk ammo cans?
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The sportsman's guide had some cheap wolf in a can pretty cheap. I think that they had .223, 9mm, 45, AK cal (which is escaping me right now).
The sportsman's guide had some cheap wolf in a can pretty cheap. I think that they had .223, 9mm, 45, AK cal (which is escaping me right now).
Midway has some; I dunno if it's a good price or not.
http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=4&Categoryid=18485&categorystring=655***
http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=4&Categoryid=18485&categorystring=655***
The place you want is http://www.govliquidation.com/.
They may not have any ammo cans auctioning now, but they come by the pallets when they do.
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They may not have any ammo cans auctioning now, but they come by the pallets when they do.
RT
I like Cabelas, but I can't get over how the price keeps going up.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...&parentType=index&indexId=cat20839&hasJS=true
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...&parentType=index&indexId=cat20839&hasJS=true
Yeah, I should have mentioned I am talking about a pallet sized load. All of the commercial retail places are going to cost a lot in shipping. I want a pallet of them.
For example, that Midway price is good, but shipping on 100 of them is going to be $251. That makes the final price $5.51 each.
Your best bet is the gov liq. site. Especially nice for you being in CA, as they distribute from several faciliteis, some of which are in your state.
J&G sells by the 100 for cheap call and get a quote on shipping.
http://www.jgsales.com/index.php/accessories/ammo-cans-and-crates/cPath/1_4
http://www.jgsales.com/index.php/accessories/ammo-cans-and-crates/cPath/1_4
If you're in SoCal, either Ft Irwin, 29 Palms, or MCRD San Diego probably has a DRMO that auctions .gov surplus stuff, ammo cans of various shapes/sizes included, on a regular basis.
MCRD SD would have mostly small arms cans. Irwin and 29 Palms might have big gun (25mm and above) stuff.
MCRD SD would have mostly small arms cans. Irwin and 29 Palms might have big gun (25mm and above) stuff.
I guess I thought that the MCRD San Diego guys actually shot on Pendleton.
The DRMO on Camp Pendleton is at (760) 725-3605.
The DRMO on Camp Pendleton is at (760) 725-3605.
MCRD San Diego, Recruits shoot on Camp Pen.
What do you mean by resale? and what about Geocaching? PM me if it's non-profit or for kids... other wise I could get in BIG TROUBLE for giveing them away and I'd probbly loose a stripe or two if I considered to sell any of them.
You're going to like me or hate me... I have access to many, many .50 cal cans, I usally snach a few up out of the dumpsters now and then and give them away to shooters at one of the boon-dock ranges around here in so-cal. We're supposed to paint over lot numbers and paint 'empty' on them, some times it is easier to load them up and give them away... I have become aware that they are worth about $15.oo each in very good shape... so they can raise some charity money at $5.oo donation for each can as a free gift
At that rate 16 cans will pay for a Boy Scout troop to shoot 22lr all day long
Want an idea of how many cans... 840 rounds per .50 can divided by 70 rounds per shooter = (12- 70 round loads), the rifle range that I send my rifle shooters to has about 140 target points, with 5 relays on each target, which at those numbers will produce 58.33 empty ammo cans each day, with 5 days of fireing each week comeing to a total of about 291 empty cans per week with approximately 31 qualification weeks per year.
Nuff said, most of these cans make it to DRMO, by the pallet.
What do you mean by resale? and what about Geocaching? PM me if it's non-profit or for kids... other wise I could get in BIG TROUBLE for giveing them away and I'd probbly loose a stripe or two if I considered to sell any of them.
You're going to like me or hate me... I have access to many, many .50 cal cans, I usally snach a few up out of the dumpsters now and then and give them away to shooters at one of the boon-dock ranges around here in so-cal. We're supposed to paint over lot numbers and paint 'empty' on them, some times it is easier to load them up and give them away... I have become aware that they are worth about $15.oo each in very good shape... so they can raise some charity money at $5.oo donation for each can as a free gift
At that rate 16 cans will pay for a Boy Scout troop to shoot 22lr all day long Want an idea of how many cans... 840 rounds per .50 can divided by 70 rounds per shooter = (12- 70 round loads), the rifle range that I send my rifle shooters to has about 140 target points, with 5 relays on each target, which at those numbers will produce 58.33 empty ammo cans each day, with 5 days of fireing each week comeing to a total of about 291 empty cans per week with approximately 31 qualification weeks per year.
Nuff said, most of these cans make it to DRMO, by the pallet.
You don't know about Geocaching? Fire up Google.
It's a thriving sport that's like a cross between orienteering (think Basic Training, map reading and cross-country navigation) and scavenger hunting. IIRC, you get clues off a web site about where a particular cache is ... cached, then you put on your hiking boots, grab your map and compass, and go hunting. If you find the cache, I believe you get to take one of whatever is in the box, and you're supposed to put something in it for the next person to find.
It's not real big in my area, but on a national level it's pretty popular.
govliquidation
I went to that site and plugged in "Washington" just to confine searches to Washington State.
Page 5 of the resulting search results had several lots of 25 or 30 pallets each of .30 cal and .50cal cans.
RDF
I went to that site and plugged in "Washington" just to confine searches to Washington State.
Page 5 of the resulting search results had several lots of 25 or 30 pallets each of .30 cal and .50cal cans.
RDF
Read those Washington bids carefully. The weight on some of them is 2500 lbs because "many of them have ice and water inside". 
I liked the ones from Utah.
I liked the ones from Utah.- Status
