Paper ammo boxes VS plastic???

[rkrcpa]

Older gentlemen next to me at the range was pulling his rounds out of a ziplock bag. ( quart lookin' size and it was full)

Hey, I resemble that remark! Except maybe the older part.

 

[buckeyeshooter1]

I use the factory box until it gets 'ratty', then go to plastic.

 

[JSR III]

OK, looks like the MTM's are very popular. I was buying them at various stores until I found them right on MTM's web site in their factory store. Order online and they show up on my door step in 3-4 days.


Now for part 2 of the question. Since I have ADD or OCD or whatever the correct accronym is, do you only put like headstamp brass in the same box or container or do you mix headstamps? My living room floor in now covered with umpteen plastic food saver containers, MTM 100 round boxes and a few plastic bags full of brass being sorted by headstamps. Wife says it better be gone by Thanksgiving when the family comes to visit or she's leaving. Boy, I'm gonna miss her!!!

 

[lafayne]

Choice - figure out how to clean up your reloading process and stay married or not. I am still married after 48 years and I load and shoot a lot.

I like Zip loc bags with a card inside - cheap and easy.

 

[hanover67]

Does anybody have any used .44 Special paper boxes they don't need anymore.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

I prefer MTM or Berry's boxes, with heavy emphasis on MTM. I do reuse some of the factory boxes when I run out of plastic ones, so I keep some under the reloading bench for that purpose.

Empty brass gets stored in large coffee cans, since it would cost hundreds of dollars to get enough plastic boxes to handle my brass.

 

[Rule3]

You guys have this all wrong.

True reloaders/handloads would make their own cartridge holders out of hardwood, with a nice stained and varnished finish like the precision 22 LR Target shooters do.

 

[JSR III]

I actually have one of those that is made from two pieces of 1" wood stacked on top of each other. There are slots in the top piece that allows it to move back and forth over the bottom piece held in line by large headed roof nails. When you slide it one way, the holes in the top board line up with the holes in the bottom board and it is deep enough for rifle cases. Slide it back the other way and only the holes in the top board are used and it works for pistol cases.

There are only 50 holes so this is used only during the reloading process and not for storage.

 

[gwalchmai]

I use 3x5 or 4x6 ziplocks from Hobby Lobby. They hold between 50 and 100 loaded rounds, depending on caliber, so it's easy to grab a couple of bags to take to the range. I label them with address labels (by hand). I keep the loaded ziplocks in GI ammo cans.

For brass scrounging I use Wal-Mart bags or whatever's handy. I can usually fill up such a bag every session if I want. I have so much brass now I just get the good stuff. This morning I found 100 new looking Starline .44 SPL.

 

[GypsmJim]

I bought dozens of boxes 40 years ago from Herters and still use them. They don't wear out. I switched to MTMs when they were no longer available until I saw the J&J product at a gun show for less than a buck each! Couldn't believe the price so I bought a whole sack full. When that old guy didn't show up at the shows any more i found the J&J web site and now I order direct. They doubled in price in the last 5 years, but they're still a bargain.

I've had failures with the flip top boxes from any of the manufacturers, so I only use slip top boxes now.

 

[Electric Head]

I have some MTM but mainly I use the few factory boxes I have. I taped them up with clear tape so they are more rigid and the flaps don't fall off and taped on a credit card sleeve to put the load data into.

EDIT: I mean a BUSINESS card sleeve - that probably makes more sense.

 

[Wee Hooker]

I know this is an older thread but timely. I've been messing with a few dozen plastic Mtm, J&J etc box's for various calibers for years. Needing more 9mm size these days so I decided to try the paper & foam "factory" box's from midway. $16/25 box's and they seem to work real nice. It's good to loose the rattle too

 

[Fishslayer]

For moon clipped .45ACP I've found a pint freezer bag holds 8 clips just right. Load data goes on the bag in the space provided.

Loose rounds go in cardboard if I've been able to scrounge any out of the range trash. Or loose in freezer bags. Or in plastic cases. Whatever I have at the time.

.357 go in plastic cases. I don't really have the volume of those as I do the .45......... Yet!

 

[SKS52]

I use both the MTM and Berry's 100 and 50 rd. boxes as well as any original factory packaging that is still in good condition all loading details included inside.

Bulk blasting rifle ammo for my surplus rifles I bag and tag and keep in ammo cans. Reloadable brass is cleaned and prepped separated by headstamp stored in Ziplock bags and stored in plastic coffee cans.

I keep a few different types of ammo in Bandoliers on stripper clips some guy at the range was going to throw in the trash for quick access.

 

[firearmsunlimited]

OK, looks like the MTM's are very popular. I was buying them at various stores until I found them right on MTM's web site in their factory store. Order online and they show up on my door step in 3-4 days.


Now for part 2 of the question. Since I have ADD or OCD or whatever the correct accronym is, do you only put like headstamp brass in the same box or container or do you mix headstamps? My living room floor in now covered with umpteen plastic food saver containers, MTM 100 round boxes and a few plastic bags full of brass being sorted by headstamps. Wife says it better be gone by Thanksgiving when the family comes to visit or she's leaving. Boy, I'm gonna miss her!!!

Jim,
Since there wasn't any turkey - what did you end up eating for Thanksgiving?

 

[Sully]

I use MTM or Frankfort 50 round plastic boxes.

Same here!!

 

[Skip Sackett]

Got a little of everything to be honest. Never felt the need to be that organized with loaded ammo seeing as it is supposed to go right into a firearm and downrange!

I use the plastic ones when I have empty ones. Hate Styrofoam. Like fingernails on a chalkboard.

For short runs though, I use ziplock baggies. Sandwich ones mostly. I write on them with a Sharpie to tell me what the load is. 30 rounds or less.

I also use empty powder containers, best use of recycling that I have found, and empty coffee cans (plastic).

I haven't gotten to the 5 gallon bucket yet but some of my competition rounds might fit in them better!

 

[dickttx]

I have had MTM and Flambeau plastic boxes for years. I have recently fired some that was loaded in 1970 that has been stored in every possible condition. No dings, nicks, etc. Recently bought some Plano 100 round for 357 and 45LC. The 45's are probably going to be pretty heavy when loaded.
This summer my grandson and I reloaded about 400 rounds of 9mm and reused the American Eagle boxes. The plastic inserts were handy to use even as reloading trays. Probably should use the clear tape mentioned above on the paper boxes though.
Extra emptys go in plastic coffee cans.

 

[Fkimble]

My higher volume ammo, 38Sp and 45acp, lives in the boxes that 500 bullets came in. I cut off the flaps and use them for fired brass and for the loaded ammo. Also use the bullet boxes for other brass in various stages of reloading, calibers from 223, 308, 357 and 41. They hold a workable quantity of brass, are free and just keep piling up around the loading bench.

 

[kennyb]

MTM all the way for me...