Storing Reloads

[JO JO]

storing reloads long term do you all prefer to leave them loose in ammo can
or pack them nicely marked boxes in ammo cans, was looking at a website
called repack ammo boxes, there cardboard boxes are still compact enough
to allow a good amount to be in an ammo can.
anyone use this product ?
http://repackbox.com/

 

[rondog]

I use the white ammo boxes with styrofoam trays from Midway. Full boxes of reloads then go in ammo cans for long term storage, or on shelves for range use.

 

[Reefinmike]

100 rounds per ziploc bag, stacked tight in a 50 cal can with appropriate load data. Boxes and trays take up too much room.

 

[mdi]

I've used both of the above, plastic bags for a few "work up"/test rounds and boxes both kept in ammo cans. Once I find a good load they go into plastic flip top boxes stored in ammo cans. Except my Garand loads which are loaded into clips and kept in bags w/data and stored in ammo cans...

 

[Rule3]

Start picking up all the empty boxes from the range. You can break the seal and turn them inside out and re glue or tape them. Then put a piece of tape on it to label. Do you need say 100 boxes for 9mm, and 100 for 45 etc???

Seems expensive to buy all those cardboard boxes, not like one size fits all.

Zip Locks or Vacuum seal bags seem better to me.

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

I use the factory boxes from my 223 ammo, very compact. Put them in a cabela's ammo can.

I also use the zip-lock bags for everything else, labeled with load data. Cabela's ammo can here as well.

 

[Hondo 60]

There are probably as many answers as there are members & lurkers combined.

My personal preference is plastic mtm/berry's/cabela's 50 rd ammo boxes for handgun & 20rd for rifle.

 

[Reloadron]

Plastic ammo boxes only because I have a hundred or more left from the shop we owned. Then the plastic boxes go in large metal ammunition cans. The boxes have data tags (labels) with all the loading data.

Ron

 

[oldpapps]

Boxes are nice but take up way too much space.

Zip lock bags with a data sheet as to what's in the bag.
I put the bags in metal ammo cans sometimes. For day to day use, I use plastic gallon ice cream buckets (the cheap stuff) with caring bales.

How many to the bag?
Dependents on what the round is .375 H&H usually end up being only 20 rounds. Where .40 S&W run with 100 per bag.

 

[matrem]

Another vote for plastic storage boxes.
Have stored them in anything from the original Styrofoam containers inside cardboard boxes, to MTM plastic containers and Zip Lock baggies.

Some of that goes from fifteen to about thirty years ago, and they've all worked perfectly.

Just make sure you're good with the load and they're where you can easily get to them on down the road if/when you need them.

 

[Reloadron]

I would only add to my above:

storing reloads long term do you all prefer to leave them loose in ammo can
or pack them nicely marked boxes....

Baggies in ammo cans is also fine but if Long Term is like 5 or 10 plus years I would add a few desiccant bags or packets just so the contents remain dry and store in a cool place. Just a matter of how we choose to define "Long Term".

Ron

 

[W.E.G.]

Ammo cans.

Ziplock (Hefty brand actually) FREEZER bags.

Slip of paper in each bag with load data.

 

[CLP]

I use the white ammo boxes with styrofoam trays from Midway. Full boxes of reloads then go in ammo cans for long term storage, or on shelves for range use.

same here- i use these boxes and label them with load data

 

[jeeptim]

Find a good load and fill a 50cal ammo can with each caliber I have 9 then grab what you need for the day at the range. Special or different go in flip top boxes in a large 30mm ammo can.

 

[cfullgraf]

I like the plastic ammo boxes but yes, they can be inefficient storage at times.

When I do a large batch of ammunition, 1000 to 2000 rounds, I use Ziplock brand freezer bags. Usually 100 rounds per bag. Each bag gets a label identifying the ammunition. Then, the loaded bags get stored in a military metal ammunition can.

I do re-use the bags until they will not seal or otherwise get damaged.

 

[Crashbox]

I use the plastic boxes for hauling to the range and also for my "private reserve", i.e., home defense rounds. Bulk ammo gets stored in either military-style ammo cans or Folgers® plastic coffee cans.

I do have some cardboard boxes with Styrofoam® inserts on order for additional private reserve loads.

 

[Sport45]

I don't know how the baggies will do in a ammo can stored inside, but can tell you they have failed me in the garage. I had brass segregated in freezer bags inside a bucket. When I went to retrieve them every bag had become brittle and I was essentially left with a bucket of loose brass with bits of plastic mixed in.

That was after about 3 years.

 

[W.E.G.]

What brand of bag failed in three years?

 

[hpluseleven]

I like the ammo cans. Harbor freight has the plastic cans on sale for $4.99 a piece right now. I like the smaller size-so they don't get so heavy as a .50 cal can. I picked up 8 more of them yesterday.

 

[ku4hx]

Quart size HD freezer bags and black mechanic tool bags ... here
s a short run of 9mm. I've also been known to use HD cardboard shipping boxes I get components in. I'd go broke buying 50/100 round cartridge boxes and my ankles and shins love the softer tool bags.

 

[nettlle]

We buy horse supplement that comes in 5 pound plastic buckets with a tight fitting lid. Each bucket will hold 1000 rounds of 45acp.

 

[LiveLife]

I use larger plastic Folgers coffee containers from Costco to store reloads I will use within a year. When it is range time, I pour rounds into range bags. Anything larger, the weight is too heavy for me to comfortably move/manipulate the containers.

For long term storage, I put 100 rounds in Food Saver vacuum bags with easy-open cut notches for easy to carry/water proof battle packs then they are tossed in ammo cans/5 gallon buckets for volume storage.

I clean/polish brass in fine grit walnut with NuFinish polish and residual polymer on brass surface seem to maintain brass from tarnishing (inside vacuum bags, almost indefinitely).

 

[rugerdude29]

I use a little of it all. I picked up a bunch of Frankford Arsenal flip top ammo boxes several years ago for next to nothing, so I use them a good bit. I do also have several freezer bags and a good many styrofoam/cardboard boxes. And all of them are packed into ammo boxes or a couple of old style wood ammo boxes.

 

[JO JO]

Good info thanks,
those repack ammo boxes I posted the link to appear to be compact compared
to the mtm plastic boxes and much cheaper for bulk ammo, I do use the plastic
boxes for range ammo one thing I like about the repack boxes is the the box holds 1 mag full the 5.56 box holds 30 rounds and a 50 cal can holds 28 boxes
so 840 rounds per can just like designed
has anyone used this product ?

 

[lightman]

I use mostly MTM plastic boxes and ammo cans. I use plastic coffee cans for empty brass.