What do I do next?

[ebb]

I was looking for an empty 50 round plastic ammo box to put some newly prepped brass in. I don't have any empty. I remembered I bought 10 a few months back, they are all full. I looked around and I counted 66, 50 round ammo boxes. There is 25-06, 308, 223, 30-06, 260, well you get the picture. There is 12 calibers I load for and that's just rifles. The wife says "stop picking up range brass", then she says "Oh you can't do that can you?" Well no I can't walk buy a bunch of bright and shinny once fire brass laying on the ground. So I get to thinking if I could get some 100 round boxes to store brass in I could store it some where in a nice neat pile till needed. Does there exist a cheap 100 round box for rifle brass? I couldn't find one. Then I thought maybe make some. I have a complete wood working shop. Have any of you made ammo boxes? I am not looking for some furniture grade ammo box, some thing quick and easy but maybe neat wouldn't be too bad. My mind has been racing with a bunch of maple I have in the rack. But I always tend to over do it, I am looking to you guys to save me from myself. Quick and easy!!

 

[CharlieNC]

Several models to suit your needs ebb. Order from Amazon or Midway.

 

[Toolbreaker]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F0NU2E/?tag=accuratescom-20

Pretty good price, and free shipping.

 

[LA50SHOOTER]

I was looking for an empty 50 round plastic ammo box to put some newly prepped brass in. I don't have any empty. I remembered I bought 10 a few months back, they are all full. I looked around and I counted 66, 50 round ammo boxes. There is 25-06, 308, 223, 30-06, 260, well you get the picture. There is 12 calibers I load for and that's just rifles. The wife says "stop picking up range brass", then she says "Oh you can't do that can you?" Well no I can't walk buy a bunch of bright and shinny once fire brass laying on the ground. So I get to thinking if I could get some 100 round boxes to store brass in I could store it some where in a nice neat pile till needed. Does there exist a cheap 100 round box for rifle brass? I couldn't find one. Then I thought maybe make some. I have a complete wood working shop. Have any of you made ammo boxes? I am not looking for some furniture grade ammo box, some thing quick and easy but maybe neat wouldn't be too bad. My mind has been racing with a bunch of maple I have in the rack. But I always tend to over do it, I am looking to you guys to save me from myself. Quick and easy!!

MTM manufactures 100 round boxes for numerous rifle calibers (also pistol) but the cost of these probably exceeds buying 2 ea. of the 50 round boxes. - Possibly storing the range found stuff in zip-lock type bags & then when you actually want to process it fully for use you could move it to some boxes. - Just a thought -

 

[dedogs]

Does there exist a cheap 100 round box for rifle brass?

MTM makes several styles of 100 round ammo boxes, both rifle and pistol. dedogs

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Store them in the ziploc disposable food containers. Write the caliber on em and they stack on the shelf nice. You can get them at the dollar store in like 5 packs for cheap. Then when you go to the range load them into one of the 50 rounders you have and take off. No sense in tying up those bulky expensive boxes that dont store well anyway with cartridges you rarely shoot.

 

[Steve Ladino]

Store them in the ziploc disposable food containers. Write the caliber on em and they stack on the shelf nice. You can get them at the dollar store in like 5 packs for cheap. Then when you go to the range load them into one of the 50 rounders you have and take off. No sense in tying up those bulky expensive boxes that dont store well anyway with cartridges you rarely shoot.

Tupperware, coffee cans..........lots of food packages out there.

 

[Zero333]

I've bought a few different makes of boxes and the MTM are the best.
For me a hinged lid is a must.

On the left I got 308win and the one on the right is for 9mmPara sized cartridges.



And I too have probably around 30+ of these boxes which I use for clean prepped and ready to reload brass.

Brass that's not ready for reloading I keep in bins, and I have a crapload of bins all different sizes.

 

[chuckshooter]

berry's ammo boxes with hinges. ebay or direct from berry's

 

[snert]

For big lots of 223 and 308, 5 dollar "mud" bucket from Home Depot. Bright orange so I don't miss it!

For smaller lots, I use open top plastic painter buckets also from Home Depot. If you can stand it, they can be nestled into each other if not full, and a sharpie tells you what is in it. They are small enough to put on a 6 inch pine shelf. Maybe not OCD enough for some, or even me in the past, but within my budget now.

 

[hoz53]

I was looking for an empty 50 round plastic ammo box to put some newly prepped brass in. I don't have any empty. I remembered I bought 10 a few months back, they are all full. I looked around and I counted 66, 50 round ammo boxes. There is 25-06, 308, 223, 30-06, 260, well you get the picture. There is 12 calibers I load for and that's just rifles. The wife says "stop picking up range brass", then she says "Oh you can't do that can you?" Well no I can't walk buy a bunch of bright and shinny once fire brass laying on the ground. So I get to thinking if I could get some 100 round boxes to store brass in I could store it some where in a nice neat pile till needed. Does there exist a cheap 100 round box for rifle brass? I couldn't find one. Then I thought maybe make some. I have a complete wood working shop. Have any of you made ammo boxes? I am not looking for some furniture grade ammo box, some thing quick and easy but maybe neat wouldn't be too bad. My mind has been racing with a bunch of maple I have in the rack. But I always tend to over do it, I am looking to you guys to save me from myself. Quick and easy!!

i noticed the other day i have at least that many mtm boxes. i use them to keep some brass seperate but mostly for loaded rounds. i use buckets and alot of those plastic containers coffee comes in for alot of it.

 

[jpx2rk]

I use ziploc bags & cardboard boxes to store cleaned/prepped brass, and old plastic coffee containers for range pickups. Stuff a scrap of paper with details about the prepped brass inside the plastic ziploc. I've considered the shoebox size plastic boxes/tubbs with lids but my ziploc bags and cardboard boxes seem to work ok so far.

 

[ebb]

This all started when hurricane Irma hit south Florida. I wanted some thing to do while the wind was blowing. I started prepping 308 Winchester brass. It had been in buckets, zip locks, card board boxes and every other way I could think of. I sorted by brand then sized a bunch of it cause it takes no power. The tumbler was out cause it does take power. So I got the battery drill and cut to OAL with a lee tool and while it was in the shell holder I chamfered the case mouth and cleaned the case with steel wool. Now since the storm is long over I sit and watch TV and continue with the 308 case prep. Ive got in addition to what I have been shooting in my 3 rifles for years, probably 800 rnds prepped since I started.

 

[snert]

This all started when hurricane Irma hit south Florida. I wanted some thing to do while the wind was blowing. I started prepping 308 Winchester brass. It had been in buckets, zip locks, card board boxes and every other way I could think of. I sorted by brand then sized a bunch of it cause it takes no power. The tumbler was out cause it does take power. So I got the battery drill and cut to OAL with a lee tool and while it was in the shell holder I chamfered the case mouth and cleaned the case with steel wool. Now since the storm is long over I sit and watch TV and continue with the 308 case prep. Ive got in addition to what I have been shooting in my 3 rifles for years, probably 800 rnds prepped since I started.

You need several pre-teens to help!
I used to put one on the WFT trimmer, one each on the cordless drill with a chamfer tool (in and out) and I did primer pockets. We could do 500 in no time, once I had them sized (that was daughter #4 job) and cleaned (son#1).
Not only did this help me but it kept them together, as a team, and it kept them off the stupid video junk. Now daughter 4 shoots up all my ammo, and the others are all gainfully employed or are excellent students. I credit the reloading room for a big part of it.

 

[Nobody]

Wow. Empty brass in nice Tupperware? Empty rifle brass in big ziplocks. Empty pistol in Acrobins. Finished cartridges in Tupperware. I too have been collecting it for 30 years. I have a lot of boxes, but not enough to store empty brass.

 

[joshb]

I use the "freezer grade" Ziplock bags. Cheap and strong!

 

[Shynloco]

ebb,
Last time I looked, Bullets.com was selling various sized ammo boxes at a discounted rate. BTW, nobody can save you...it's too late like the rest of us.

Alex

 

[ebb]

Dusty when I load a bunch of 223s I use the zip lock food containers. 25.5 grns 748, 69 skm, range brass , zip lock box . The guys at the range call it a Loxahatchee battle pack. I got a bunch of them.

 

[hogpatrol]

Another option and relatively cheap:

http://www.topbrass-inc.com/reloading-supplies/product_details.php?item_id=360

http://www.topbrass-inc.com/reloading-supplies/products.php?category_id=57

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty when I load a bunch of 223s I use the zip lock food containers. 25.5 grns 748, 69 skm, range brass , zip lock box . The guys at the range call it a Loxahatchee battle pack. I got a bunch of them.

Dont stack the red lid ones too high they cant hold much weight on their lids. It causes a heckuva mess when a whole stack hits the floor from a 6' shelf