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A big pile of brass

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Bama Drifter

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I was cleaning up my reloading bench this afternoon and popped open a quart container of shiny clean, decapped .38spl brass; next to it another full of nickel .357mag brass. Had been hiding behind my log book for the last 5 months. A ton of already prepped brass... Feels like winning! :)

Any of you stock your revolver ammo by the quart, or use the coffee can method?
 
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I use those big red foldgers containers that come from the bulk stores. When I open them up my ammo smells like coffee and boy do I love it.
 
I keep my cartridges in those plastic slip-top boxes, fifty rounds per box.

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These keep by brass sorted by manufacturer and number of times reloaded.


Bob Wright
 
Loaded or just the brass? Loaded ammo is stored in 30cal ammo cans. Brass is stored in five gallon buckets. Small containers don't work for me.
 
dragon813gt said:
Loaded or just the brass? Loaded ammo is stored in 30cal ammo cans. Brass is stored in five gallon buckets. Small containers don't work for me.
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^Not quite there. But sure would love to need more than a gallon container! Perhaps if I were less meticulous about keeping like headstamps together, I'd have enough .357 for a 1/3 full bucket. As it is now, I'm transitioning to the flat sided, clear Costco nut containers. They hold about as much as the Kirkland 3lb coffee can, but stack neater and show contents @ a glance.

**to ans question, I repack my ammo into "retired" factory packaging (50rd boxes), but .44mag goes into 100rd MTM cases. The cans, tubs, etc hold cleaned brass waiting to be decapped and flared, or primed and loaded. My biggest quantity by far is .45ACP, then .357, .38, .44mag in descending order. Also keep a couple Ziplock sacks of 9mm, .380, .223 & .40S&W brass to trade for other stuff. Hope that covered it :D
 
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I love the big clear plastic pretzel jugs from Costco. Let's you see the brass, really rigid and they hold a lot of brass. Plus they're free from the office of pretzel eatin' fools!!
 
Really like the red Folgers coffee cans. As mentioned, fresh smell of coffee is a bonus. They're also great for taking to the range. Not too heavy when filled and the large mouth makes it easy to reach in and grab a handfull.

I find air tight containers for storing completed rounds.

Yippeee, broke a hundred post. And it only took three years.
 
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My coffee comes in bags. But Belgian mini frozen cream puffs...... They come in this nice plastic box with a snap lid. :)
 
vongh said:
I use those big red foldgers containers that come from the bulk stores. When I open them up my ammo smells like coffee and boy do I love it.
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Those are what I use to keep brass separated in. Best smelling brass in the world. :)
 
I knew a guy in the 80s who sold bulk reloading stuff out of his barn. We'd go over there and pull chairs up to 55 gal. barrels of once fired .45 ACP military surplus match brass and pick out 5 gal buckets of 1972 Federal match brass while listening to blues on a stereo. He'd charge us $3.00 per hundred. Those were the days. He always had a pallet or two of powder and primers too. A case (5000) of primers was around $40.00.
 
I use empty plastic cat litter buckets and two to three gallon plastic buckets. Both types have handles, which makes moving/handling much easier.
 
I use a couple different methods to store loaded ammo.

I like those plastic MTM Case Guard thingy's, for ammo that I plan on stock piling, other wise, and if I plan on shooting it up fairly soon, I'll use old factory ammo boxes when I can get my hands on them.

For brass though, I agree plastic coffee container's work great for smaller amounts of brass, or for already prepped and ready to load brass. But for larger quantities of brass, I usually just bag it in gallon size zip lock bags.

GS
 
I went to Walmart and bought some big plastic salad bowls that were on sale for like $.99/ea. and use them to hold my various emptys. I keep a label on the side telling me the last stage of prepping those particular cases have been through. Then on the other side my room, I store my loaded rounds in various ammo cans and their labeled with the type of rounds therein.
I'm getting therapy for my OCD. ;)
 

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We have cats (err, now its CAT) so we have lots of these:
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They hold about 4 gallons and are about perfect for common calibers to stack at the bench for my reloading needs. The square shape and the design of the base and lid makes them stack very securely and neatly against the wall, unlike round pails.

Otherwise, I buy my brass in 50-gallon barrels or 5-gallon pails and stack it on pallets in the barn. Forklift, pallet racking, good to go.
 
Evan & Shootshellz,
We have two cats thus also have a steady supply of TidyCat litter buckets... I read or heard somewhere that cat litter had chemicals in it that was awful corrosive or weakens brass. Do ya hose out the buckets, wipe it down, or scrub it out w/ soap and water before inserting quality brass/ammo?? Your answers would be most appreciated!
 
Guys that use folgers containers: are you simply dumping out the coffee to use the container? I can't imagine any use for the coffee. Tumbling media?
 
I store my reloaded ammo in 50 rd cardboard red or white boxes.
I have too many relatives that think I reload free for them.
If I stored them in larger containers I would be reloading 24 hr a day
 
Bama: I just wipe out the dust with a rag. So far (and we're talking 8 years) no negative issues with my brass.

I also like to use those big 2-gallon clear plastic jars that Utze's pretzels sticks come in. Great containers. Just don't forget to rinse with clean water and dry, or the salt residue WILL corrode brass quickly, take my word for it!
 
evan price said:
Bama: I just wipe out the dust with a rag. So far (and we're talking 8 years) no negative issues with my brass.

I also like to use those big 2-gallon clear plastic jars that Utze's pretzels sticks come in. Great containers. Just don't forget to rinse with clean water and dry, or the salt residue WILL corrode brass quickly, take my word for it!
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Thanks Evan.:)
I may have been remembering a thread where a guy used litter as tumbling media... that would be far more damaging. :eek:
 
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