5-Gallon Bucket of .45 cases

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I have accumulated a 5-gallon bucket (Home Depot Homer bucket if it matters) of cleaned and polished .45 cases. Has anyone ever reloaded (or counted) how many cases it takes to fill a 5-gallon bucket? If so. what is the magic number? Thank you, Bill
 
Weigh it and an empty bucket for comparison and I'll tell you how many are in it...
 
Hard to tell on my home scale...

but it appears to be 64 lbs net weight. I need to take it to the grocery store to be accurate. I may be way off as I have to tilt th ebucket to read the dial.
 
Figuring 93 grains apiece, (62lbs * 7000gr/lb) / 93 grains = 4,666
 
Thanks bouis. I'll take it to the grocery store and get a better weigh-in tomorrow.
 
Sounds about right, I know that in bags of 500 that 3,500 will fit in a 5gal bucket, and of course that leaves a lot of dead space. A .50 cal ammo can packed to the gills holds right at 1500.
 
Hey man no problem. If you decide you have too many I'd be happy to take a few off your hands.

Heck I'll even pay for shippin' ;)
 
The actual weight from the grocery store scale...

is 65 1/2 lbs net weight. Bill
 
4930 .45 cases in a 5-gallon bucket

according to the supplied formula. My test bucket cases were not quite topped off across the bucket so I'll round it to 5,000 or 1,000 per gallon. Bill
 
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