What are you guys doing for bullet storage?

[dbarnhart]

I have a cardboard box here with 2000 150gr .308 bullets (projectiles), it weighs about 40 pounds. I also have another cardboard box with 1000 230gr .45 bullets, it weighs about 32 pounds.

If I pick up these cardboard boxes a couple more times they are going to split at the seams. What are other people using to store bullets?

 

[J_McLeod]

Ammo cans work well.

 

[Hondo 60]

I get my bullets in boxes of 250 & just leave 'em in the original box until they're gone.

 

[Blue68f100]

I buy bullets in bulk, 20k+ with a min of 5k. I leave them in the original boxes till I use them up. No need to transfer them to another container.

 

[Gadzooks Mike]

I use empty peanut cans (Planters small sized - cashiews, mixed nuts, you know) to store enough to work with. When it gets empty, I refill it from the big heavy box.

 

[Quoheleth]

When my cardboard boxes get damaged or humidity does them in, I put them in a plastic Folgers can. The handle in the can lets me pick them up easily - even a full box of 250gr .45s.

Q

 

[cordercorral]

I too use peanut containers. May have to switch to Folgers. HA!

 

[USSR]

plastic Folgers can

+1.

Don

 

[WNTFW]

Most of mine are in various berms within a 1.5 hour drive of my house.

What is left I keep in the containers I got them in. Boxes, bags, coffee cans. Most are in a steel locker that I added wood shelves to. It is next to a wood cabinet with many shelves. There is a duplicate of the wood cabinet and a shelf rides across the top of them the whole length of the wall. The whole thing holds a lot. I tend to put the heavy stuff low.

 

[RustyFN]

I use a lot of different things. The three containers on the left are wirenut bottles. The one with the 223 bullets will hold close to 1,000.



Snack containers. Between both containers there are 8,000 223 bullets.

 

[cfullgraf]

Generally the original containers I receive them in. I have bought a few "gun show specials" that required repackaging. At the time, I had plastic bullet containers left from another project.

Be careful using plastic Folger's cans. Too much caffeine can affect your groups.

No wait, that is caffeine in the shooter--never mind.

 

[THe Dove]

Empty and cleaned Miricle Whip Lite plastic containers.

The Dove

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

The only reason to drink coffee is the free storage containers.

 

[dbarnhart]

>>Most of mine are in various berms within a 1.5 hour drive of my house.<<

Now that is the BEST answer!

 

[amlevin]

My bulk bullets stay in the original containers and as needed I "dip" them out with an old cake frosting container. They then go into the bullet tray on my press. The cases of bullets sit on the bottom shelf of my loading bench and help keep it steady. Between the Bench, Bullets, and Brass, the entire bench weighs and estimated 1/2 ton. Just leaving the boxes where I put them when the arrive doesn't tear them up at all.

 

[Bula]

Dollar Store Plastic hinged clear containers for me. They stack nice and you can see what's in them.

 

[mgmorden]

I typically leave them in the original containers. When buying small lots (100 or so) then taking them next to the press in the box isn't an issue. For the ones that I've bought large numbers of (ie, boxes with 1000+ bullets in them), I typically just grab a handful at a time and throw them in a plastic bin while I work on them.

A pack of just regular little bins like that works wonders. You can get pack for 4-6 of them at most hardware stores for $10 or so. I don't use them for any permanent storage but just for sorting things quickly or transferring things from one pile to another, they work really well.

 

[lturford]

My family loves ice cream - I use the empty plastic containers - they have a handle but do flex a good bit but as long as I support them from the bottom they have worked fine - better for brass as that's lighter then the projectiles but they still work well - I have one for dirty and one for polished brass for 9, 40 and 45 - the ones labeled dirty stay in the garage which gets sorted out there - once polished they go to the loading bench in the house

 

[Walkalong]

Original boxes and sometimes ammo cans.

 

[Jaybird78]

Original boxes or JIF peanut butter jars. MMMMMMMMMMMM...Peanut butter.

 

[glockky]

Ice cream buckets for brass. And coffee cans and old berrys bullet boxes for bullets.

 

[Uniquedot]

I use bullet boxes from midway as well as some cardboard boxes and several plastic and metal coffee cans.

 

[FROGO207]

I tend to use any old plastic containers for storage of bullets/brass if what they come in is not satisfactory. I do like the Folgers 2 LB containers and old plastic propellant containers (wide mouth) with the label removed. I use the ammo cans for the heavy stuff. Keep in mind that I try not to have a lot of projectiles hanging around, they seem to get reloaded within a week or so of arrival at the house.

 

[Romeo 33 Delta]

For 50's and 100's and some larger quantities of small calibers I use the original containers. When I buy bulk quantities, I found that when Midway has their square blue plastic boxes on sale ($1.00 ea or so) I just use them. They will hold about 250 bullets of 150-190 grains, the hinged lid snaps tightly in place and the stack as slick as can be. A sturdy, consistant and always available container at a reasonable price ... just label them with a Brother Printer and away you go and can say that I've never broken one.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I use original boxes, coffee cans or large plastic jars. (like in Post #10 originally sold with spices)