rfwobbly
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About 7 months ago I had Grafs throw in a couple of MTM plastic storage boxes with my bullet purchase. These are 100 round, translucent boxes for the 9mm. I loaded up several trial rounds, probably 35 in all, and put them in the new plastic cases. They sat on the shelf for the last 7 months. I finally got a "play day" at the range. When I opened up the blue translucent case, the "hinge" had cracked, and the lid nearly fell off in my hand.
My loading room is inside my temperature controlled home. No chemicals or other environmental hazards are kept in my reloading area, or have been applied to the plastic boxes. Other than dropping in 35 9x19 rounds, these boxes have not been stressed in any way.
I also have 5 translucent blue Dillon 50-round plastic cases that I've been toting to and from IPSC matches and have frankly abused... and they show no signs of wear.
So my questions are:
• Is MTM known to be a poor quality case ?
• Do the opaque cases hold up better than the translucent cases ?
• What is the preferred plastic case of top reloaders, like yourself ?
• What other problems and stories do you guys have about reloading boxes ?
My loading room is inside my temperature controlled home. No chemicals or other environmental hazards are kept in my reloading area, or have been applied to the plastic boxes. Other than dropping in 35 9x19 rounds, these boxes have not been stressed in any way.
I also have 5 translucent blue Dillon 50-round plastic cases that I've been toting to and from IPSC matches and have frankly abused... and they show no signs of wear.
So my questions are:
• Is MTM known to be a poor quality case ?
• Do the opaque cases hold up better than the translucent cases ?
• What is the preferred plastic case of top reloaders, like yourself ?
• What other problems and stories do you guys have about reloading boxes ?
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