Found some good Cartridge Boxes

[dredd]

I was getting some stuff from Graf's the other day and decided to buy several flavors of the
Barry's Hinge Top Boxes (Two Piece, not molded web).
I started with Pistol Rounds.

They were inexpensive and made in USA

So far, I feel that they are well made.
They are also nice looking boxes.

No need to discuss storing stuff in zip locks, nut containers, ammo cans, cardboard boxes etc.
I do all of that as well.

If you into plastic range boxes & such, I thought I'd put this out there.

And yes, I also have countless MTM's that I am very happy with.

 

[Barbaroja]

I’ve got mtm and berrys. Hinged boxes are good as they stay open. I wish they fit into ammo cans better.

 

[Mark_Mark]

MTM is cheap and good quality! and USA MADE! not north korean

 

[Riomouse911]

I hear you on the new box styles, good call. All of my new box purchases have the two-piece hinges, the one-piece seam/hinge on many older boxes is the weak point for sure.



Left: New Berrys, New MTM, New Plano.

Right: Old Berrys, Old Dillon, Old MTM.

Top: my least favorite, the handgun ammo slip-top. The bottoms have a habit of dropping from my grasp as I hang onto the lids. Then the bottom goes bouncing off the floor and scatters ammo all over the place.

Stay safe.

 

[FROGO207]

Riomouse I keep the "slip top" boxes upside down for transport and storage. Pretty much spill proof until I flip them over to open them. Decided to do that after I spilled my first one. A guy came to the range with rubber bands around his and that works too but I clued him in on how I did it and think I converted him as well.
Only thing about the hinged ones is they take up more room on the shelf or in the ammo box.

 

[Riomouse911]

Riomouse I keep the "slip top" boxes upside down for transport and storage. Pretty much spill proof until I flip them over to open them. Decided to do that after I spilled my first one. A guy came to the range with rubber bands around his and that works too but I clued him in on how I did it and think I converted him as well.
Only thing about the hinged ones is they take up more room on the shelf or in the ammo box.

Good idea . I only have a couple of them, after dropping a few I stick with the flip top style.

And you’re right about the space issue, the hinges do stick out a bit more and limit how many fit side by side in the tool boxes I use as range totes.

All of my 20- round rifle ammo boxes are slip tops. Even when loaded with heavy 540 grain .45/70 rounds, for some reason these don’t have that issue. Maybe it’s the taller sides?

Stay safe.

 

[FROGO207]

I find some slip top cases are easier to open than others. You might try them out if not packaged and purchase the hard to slide ones. I even tried crushing the tops some and sanding the sides of both the top and bottom. Helped some but then have a hard time seeimg into them.

 

[HowardC]

Shameless plug here for an outfit in Cedar City, Utah. I'm not connected with them. I like their clear poly boxes, they make small, med and large rifle, and small, med and probably large pistol boxes. I've only bought small and med pistol boxes. I've bought from them several times over the years. Last was about a year ago. I usually get 20-30 boxes in a purchase. They are competitively priced. They are a molding company, so they do not cater specifically to the gun market. In fact, I don't see ammo boxes at all on their web site. So, YMMV, but call them up and see whether they have what you need.

Company is: X-PLOR PLASTICS, X-PLOR CUSTOM PLASTICS, INC. (xplorplastics.com).

I like them, you can see into the boxes, the hinges have never failed in the 20 years I've used them. , and the latches are good. I think they only make 50 rd boxes. A couple have cracked when a full box dropped on concrete on a corner, but so do MTM boxes. Such a drop is asking a lot of a plastic box. I probably have 20-30 new ones in my inventory now, and another 75 or so loaded, not to mention the loaded ones at sister's place.

I like the old Herter's and Flambeau 20 round slip boxes. They are hard to open, but that beats digging through snow for spilled ammo at 0-dark-30 behind your truck when you spill a box on a hunt......!! They're hard to find anymore.

Anyway, just a thought, -West out

 

[berettaprofessor]

+1 on the Berry's; great boxes.

 

[buck460XVR]

I have some Berry's and they are nice enough for the monies. I personally prefer slip top as they take less room on the reloading bench and less room on the shooting bench.

 

[rfwobbly]

5 to 10 years ago Berry Mfg began to diversify by getting into injection molding of plastics. They've managed to build up quite a line of molded ammo boxes, case separators, kinetic hammers for unseating bullets, and other shooting sports related accessories. I've purchased quite a few and found them all to be high quality and cost effective.

 

[Kaldor]

Ive got a bunch of Planos and MTMs. All with hinges. The Berrys are good to go too

 

[markr6754]

I was getting some stuff from Graf's the other day and decided to buy several flavors of the
Barry's Hinge Top Boxes (Two Piece, not molded web).
I started with Pistol Rounds.

They were inexpensive and made in USA

So far, I feel that they are well made.
They are also nice looking boxes.

The large majority of my ammo boxes are Berry's, and also from Graf's. I prefer the old version that had same color top and bottom. But as they are obsolete I'm getting used to the new Black bottom cases.
One thing that is not widely known...Berry's has a warranty on their boxes. I dropped two full boxes (different times) and broke either the hinge top or the hinge bottom. My fault. Berry's sent me new boxes anyway...which is how I initially discovered the new color scheme. I had to provide pictures of the broken boxes.

 

[cphillips007]

Good Afternoon,
I am new here. The company I work with manufacturers custom boxes for just about anything. We have produced a couple of ammo boxes for reloads.
If anyone is interested, let me know and I can show pictures of what we have done so far. These boxes do not hold trays.
Thanks much!
Carol Phillips, Strategic Account Leader
Salem-One
336-744-9990 office www.salem.one.com
[email protected]

 

[swg1]

Very pleased with the boxes Dillon peddles.

 

[.308 Norma]

Not to change the topic, but every time I've ordered cast handgun bullets from Rimrock Bullets of Polson, Montana, they came in MTM plastic cartridge boxes. And while I appreciate the boxes, it's a genuine pain to dump a dozen or twenty-five bullets out of one without dumping the whole box, and you can't pull the bullets out individually because you can't get your fingers on them.
Nevertheless, Rimrock Bullets of Polson, Montana makes great cast handgun bullets, and they're really good people. I'm sure I'll be buying from them again. I think I probably have enough MTM plastic handgun cartridge boxes though.
BTW, as far as I can tell from their website, Rimrock Bullets has plenty of cast bullets on hand - regardless of covid and everything else that's been going on.

 

[Airborne Falcon]

I've got a bunch (maybe 100 or so) of MTM and Berry's boxes .... rifle and pistol. I use those for very specific custom loads. Personal defense loads in handgun, 9mm and 357. Finely tuned loads for specific rifles, my 308 bolty and one of my AR uppers I use specifically for MK262 long range work with a 20" barrel and some nice glass.

Then I box all my various 300 BLK and, for now, 6mm ARC in the plastic boxes.

But the big runs of 9mm and 5.56 go in 7.62 ammo boxes in gallon flat bottom zip locks with moisture absorbers.

I used-to think I needed a plastic box for everything but I quit with that line of thinking. Matter of fact I've got a large Rubbermaid tub storage container slap-full of plastic ammo boxes in various calibers and that's not counting the ones that are full of already loaded ammo stashed away and tagged alongside the platform they were rolled specially-for. I mean even on the range I use loading trays to categorize worked-up loads because my range is here on the property so we just walk with the trays up to the firing line.

Pro tip though.

If you do use plastic ammo boxes, rather than including a data card in the box, or rather than relying solely on a data card in the box .... you can use a permanent el marko to write everything on those boxes and then, once the ammo is used, you can either refill it with the same recipe or use an alcohol pad or cotton ball or napkin or whatever soaked with alcohol to remove the writing and then start over with that box.

 

[Nature Boy]

I recently picked up some Berry’s 50 rounders for .45 Auto. I was impressed

 

[Misplacedtexan]

Good Afternoon,
I am new here. The company I work with manufacturers custom boxes for just about anything. We have produced a couple of ammo boxes for reloads.
If anyone is interested, let me know and I can show pictures of what we have done so far. These boxes do not hold trays.
Thanks much!
Carol Phillips, Strategic Account Leader
Salem-One
336-744-9990 office www.salem.one.com
[email protected]

Let's see what you got.

 

[kcofohio]

I’ve got mtm and berrys. Hinged boxes are good as they stay open. I wish they fit into ammo cans better.

"50 cal." MTM. Up to 10-100 rd. boxes for 380/9mm. 7-100 rd. boxes for 40/45. And 4-100 rd. boxes for 223/556. Or mix and match.

 

[1KPerDay]

Good Afternoon,
I am new here. The company I work with manufacturers custom boxes for just about anything. We have produced a couple of ammo boxes for reloads.
If anyone is interested, let me know and I can show pictures of what we have done so far. These boxes do not hold trays.
Thanks much!
Carol Phillips, Strategic Account Leader
Salem-One
336-744-9990 office www.salem.one.com
[email protected]

This is how you do it, spammers. Courteous, forthcoming, relevant.

 

[milsurpguy]

I don't automatically hate these hinged top boxes...
I'll take a cardboard box or a used factory box over a web hinged box. Cause that webbing always breaks for me.

 

[MifflinKid]

Good Afternoon,
I am new here. The company I work with manufacturers custom boxes for just about anything. We have produced a couple of ammo boxes for reloads.
If anyone is interested, let me know and I can show pictures of what we have done so far. These boxes do not hold trays.
Thanks much!
Carol Phillips, Strategic Account Leader
Salem-One
336-744-9990 office www.salem.one.com
[email protected]

Yes, please, post some pictures.