How do you pack your reloads?

[BullRunBear]

I have a bunch of the MTM style boxes for pistol and rifle rounds but they are mostly for transporting ammo to the range. Always carefully labelled. I find it easier to get the ammo out and put the spent cases back while shooting. For storage at home it is mostly zip lock bags with specifics on a card in the bag. Then the bags go into old coffee or pipe tobacco cans with the caliber in large print on the outside. They stack pretty well. The result doesn't look as neat or orderly as some but it works.

Jeff

 

[JO JO]

Where do you get your paper boxes from?

I believe they are from
https://www.repackbox.com/
Near website for ammo storage even a
Has pictures how to pack them into ammo cans

 

[drband]

If you're using food containers to stash your ammo then one of two things is happening.

1. You're eating way too much

or

2. You don't reload enough

 

[Axis II]

I believe they are from
https://www.repackbox.com/
Near website for ammo storage even a
Has pictures how to pack them into ammo cans

That's absolutely highway robbery for the prices they are charging for the tray and box. Heck, for $9 I will go buy a box of CCI Blazer and get ammo, tray and box.

 

[NapalmMan67]

Pistol gets packed 100 rounds to a quart zip loc. Zip locs gets packed in to 30 cal surplus ammo cans. There are a few MTM/Berry's plastic boxes mixed in throughout the shelves from long ago when my volume was much lower.

I only reload .308 in rifle and then only 20-40 rounds for storage. So a few caliber specific 20 round plastic containers suffice. .223/5.56 in factory cardboard and put in to 30 cal surplus cans and all my commie rifle ammo is in original sealed crates- save for the open ones I pick a few rounds out of when heading to the range.

I have a few 50 cal cans on hand, they have shotgun and rimfire- and just pick rounds as required for the range trip at the time.

Got rid of most of the 50 cal cans I had, they were a lot easier to maneuver around when loaded up back when I was young and ambitious. 30s are a lot easier these days.

And coincidently, I just received a shipment of 30s in today!


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[Panfisher]

If I have a bunch I want to keep.clean and pretty I vac pack them and toss them in either an ammo can or one of the Various MTM type dry boxes, mark.the load on the outside of the bag. But I like to vac pack stuff so. . . Rifle runs not as much as I usually don't have enough to overflow my plastic boxes but if I did I would do the same thing, just have to be more careful not to let the tips poke holes in vac pack baggie.

 

[Dunross]

I believe they are from
https://www.repackbox.com/
Near website for ammo storage even a
Has pictures how to pack them into ammo cans

Ah so, very interesting. Will have to take a closer look. Thanks.

 

[JO JO]

That's absolutely highway robbery for the prices they are charging

I think you may have misread ?
30 boxes 9mm $17.95 and they do not use trays ?
the tray they show is just a speed loader to fill the boxes not even need , and if you did only one is need but I just put the ammo in the boxes by hand ,
I am not the OP of this post but I have used this product ,

 

[Charlie98]

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According to the side of the bottle there, those 9mm's are expired! I wouldn't fire them...

 

[Rembrandt]

That's absolutely highway robbery for the prices they are charging for the tray and box. Heck, for $9 I will go buy a box of CCI Blazer and get ammo, tray and box.

Jo Jo is correct, only one tray is needed to group everything together before putting into a box.

Went back and looked at the packing list from https://www.repackbox.com/ to check the cost, came out to .29 cents per box. Berry's 50 round plastic boxes run about $3 each. You get 10 repack boxes for the price of one of Berry's.

 

[H&R Glock]

I've not got a wall of 50 cal. ammo boxes (like the Gunny), but I have a bunch of em." All are full of MTM, Midsouth, Dillon, and other plastic 50 and 100 round boxes. All makes of plastic boxes will last a lifetime, so I deem all to be equal to me in the long run. (MTM are the best and most expensive.)
All I have to worry about now is outliving the Corolla virus in order to shoot up the ammo.

 

[ericuda]

Watch bday deal from midway, got a bunch of mtm flip top 100 round 9, 40 45 and 38 boxes for 2.20 apiece. I do like the cheap cardboard but had to take advantage of bday pricing.

 

[Axis II]

I think you may have misread ?
30 boxes 9mm $17.95 and they do not use trays ?
the tray they show is just a speed loader to fill the boxes not even need , and if you did only one is need but I just put the ammo in the boxes by hand ,
I am not the OP of this post but I have used this product ,

Oh, I thought you needed the trays along with the boxes. I didn’t think they were stores loose inside the box.

 

[MDof2]

Pistol, doubled up large ziplock / freezer bags, then into a 30 or 50cal can.
Plinking / Bulk rifle - same as above. Sometimes skip the bag if it's all the same 'lot' or batch. Different batches or loads get their own bag with a tag for load data if needed. Or, just a post-it note with a load number that I reference in my reloading log.

Match rifle stuff, MTM cases, polished, buffed, waxed, lubed, tuned, detailed, documented, etc. until match / range day.

 

[Tilos]

Upside down slip tops, so slip bottoms
Load label on the bottom, stored upside down:

Flipped over at range, bottom angled in top:

works for me,

Edit: I hate the hinged top boxes because they auto close and the top has to be pushed back and held there to access the ammo inside...sometimes a 2 handed operation and requires me to put the gun down (revolver).
I know the hinges can be heated to relax it/keep it from closing, too much effort for me.

 

[lordpaxman]

If you're using food containers to stash your ammo then one of two things is happening.

1. You're eating way too much

or

2. You don't reload enough

Good thing I didn’t mention the C2H5OH containers.

 

[rdnktrkr]

How are you keeping everything straight/together when vacuum sealing?

I have a couple of boxes of plastic bags from an estate and I seal them to make compartments then I vac seal, 3 compartments for 223, 2 for 30-06 and 45-70

 

[Tilos]

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Nice and neat
I'm the type that would probably take off 2 covers at once for an "OH Crap" moment.
The reason load info labels are taped to the jug and a slip of paper inside .
works for me,

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I work for a company that make food packaging and I get the bags made from setting up the order on the machine. These are super duty zip lock bags that are as close to puncture proof as I have seen. They just throw them away so why not.
My second favorite method is pretzel jars. They work well and are pretty much air tight. They are tough as nails for a plastic jar.
There is 3000 bullets in this one. I like them because I can get my hand in them easily and pull out a hand full of bullets.


I also pick the empty boxes out of the trash cans at the ranges and take them hole. I really like the 100 double packs. Double trays stacked in the box.

One thing I won't do is vacuum pack them, I tried that once and my bags kept re-inflating a little. Then it dawned on me that the vacuum is sucking the air out of the loaded ammo and that will change the way the powder burns to some extent so I quit using that method.
I only have about 6 MTM boxes, and only use them to go to the range. I just refill them when I get home from one of my pretzel jars.
When I grew up I had to make due with what I had. I guess old habits die hard.

 

[GotHim]

https://www.topbrass-inc.com/collections/box-tray-combos

Just found these after Midway was out and i saw them while checking some brass. All cals seem to be in stock. Red/or white box with shell holder combo. If anyone is looking.

 

[Tilos]

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Like that riser box under the press
And the disc measure return weight

 

[Insignificant bill]

Throw 9mm and 223 into ammo cans and use mtm boxes for specialty loads.

 

[Armored farmer]

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I work for a company that make food packaging and I get the bags made from setting up the order on the machine. These are super duty zip lock bags that are as close to puncture proof as I have seen. They just throw them away so why not.
My second favorite method is pretzel jars. They work well and are pretty much air tight. They are tough as nails for a plastic jar.
There is 3000 bullets in this one. I like them because I can get my hand in them easily and pull out a hand full of bullets.
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I also pick the empty boxes out of the trash cans at the ranges and take them hole. I really like the 100 double packs. Double trays stacked in the box.

One thing I won't do is vacuum pack them, I tried that once and my bags kept re-inflating a little. Then it dawned on me that the vacuum is sucking the air out of the loaded ammo and that will change the way the powder burns to some extent so I quit using that method.
I only have about 6 MTM boxes, and only use them to go to the range. I just refill them when I get home from one of my pretzel jars.
When I grew up I had to make due with what I had. I guess old habits die hard.

Those pb pretzels are darn tasty with a dollop of jelly on em too!
I like those clear containers.
I use pillow cases and garbage bags for my shotgun hulls.

 

[armoredman]

WOW, OP, wow...I write load data on small slips and drop them into plastic baggies. I keep them separated by caliber, but there will likely be different loads in each can. I DO have some plastic boxes I use for 9mm, but .223, 7.62x39mm, 8mm Mauser, etc, all bagged up. Note on the table next to my son shooting his PSA AR...

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Like that riser box under the press

The riser is quartersawn oak and is rock solid. I put a tray of bullets behind the press , right beside the seating die.

Those pb pretzels are darn tasty with a dollop of jelly on em too!

Oh yeah.