Paper ammo boxes VS plastic???

[JSR III]

Just curious as to how many of you keep your reloads in the original or non original paper boxes versus plastic boxes like the MTM Ammo Guard.

Personally, since I am a brass scrounger and I have more brass than boxes, I have been buying the 100 count plastic MTM boxes. Since my 2 CCW's are S&W model 59's in 9mm, I have accumulated over 2,000 empty cases over the last 10 years. Just wondered what the rest of you are doing?

 

[Dragon88]

MTM cases for me. I don't like their case for 9mm though, the rounds rattle around and don't sit up straight in the holes. But I haven't found anything else better out there.

 

[Rule3]

I use the MTM or whatever brand, I have a miss mash of kinds. I also use empty Berrys plated boxes and those clear Glad storage containers. After received the Midway Flyer I was thinking about get 10 or those plain cardboard boxes just to try out.

My reloading box collection is getting to look like the kitchen cabinet with all different kinds of storage containers.

I must have order and consistency in my life!

 

[valkyriekl]

MTM 100-round plastic boxes for loaded rounds for me. I use the "correct" caliber-marked box for everything except .38 Special flush-seated wadcutters -- I use 9mm boxes for those. I just discovered that MTM's making them in two pieces now, with an actual mechanical hinge (instead of a flexible bit of plastic between the two halves) which I'm happy about, since I use ammo nearly as fast as I reload it.

For brass storage, I use metal coffee cans and plastic jars and other re-purposed bulk-food storage containers.

 

[JohnnieB]

I don't like the bullets rubbing against anything, but there's not many options for rimless rounds. For those I prefer pressed styrofoam inserts and reuse OEM or Reloader's boxes that have them. I cross out the original info printed on the boxes with a black marker and stick on labels I've printed with my reloading info.

For rimmed ammo, I reuse the OEM boxes with the plastic inserts that suspend the bullets above the bottom of the box. Or at least that is what I use to transport it to the range in. At home, while awaiting free space in the limited number of boxes I use for transport, they reside in clear plastic, air tight, canisters with Spanish Cedar bottom inserts that Victor Sincair Oscuro cigars come in.

John

 

[charlies]

MTM for the past 38-40 years...sometimes Berry

 

[Homie]

You can only drop a full Berry's once- MTMs last forever.

You get what you pay for!

Good shooting.

 

[ecam8000]

Paper or Plastic? I'm all about saving a tree. Most of my brass is sorted in ammo cans (thanks dad) my loaded stuff is in plastic 50 rounders.

 

[tacreload]

For empty brass I have found that a plastic 3lb coffee can works really well.Had about 880 rounds of .38 spec brass in one not long ago.When I take rounds to the local reloader I just subtract what I'm taking,write the new count on a piece of paper and drop it in.Always have a running count of what I have left.For loaded rounds I use both Berry's and MTM.

 

[oldschool63]

I use MTM or Frankfort 50 round plastic boxes.

 

[imakmst]

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

 

[TAROMAN]

Neither. I had a bunch of MTMs. They wouldn't fit well in the .50 cal cans I use for storage. So I gave away all the MTM boxes I had and went to ZipLock 1 Pint freezer bags. Fast to get cartridges in and out and I label them with homemade reload labels I did on my PC. They pack right in the cans now and snuggle in my range bag, too.

 

[2152hq]

I can't seem to warm up to the plastic boxes. I use either the original cardboard box or if I have alot of reloads w/no container I've been putting them into empty canvas shot bags. I've got plenty of those.

 

[ChuckS1]

I use MTM boxes when I'm load testing so I can segregate the rounds. Otherwise, I like the disposable Ziplok containers (not bags).

 

[Goldstar225]

I use MTM's for selected ammo. For most of my ammo I use quart ziplock storage bags.

 

[Mack]

Plastic, Ziplock freezer bags and ammo cans, works for me.

 

[socal s&w]

100 round MTM's in different colors for various calibers. I too use the 9mm box for the flush seated 38 wadcutters....little rattling.

 

[lafayne]

Quart and gallon Zip Loc bags for me. I note all loading data on a 3x5 card and it goes in the bag with the ammo. I mark the outside of the bag with a fat magic marker with caliber. I put the fired brass in another zip loc at the range.

 

[palmetto99]

I use old ammo boxes (I like some brands more than others, anything with a plastic tray) and some plastic storage boxes. I also use some bulk stroage boxes from wally world (1.2 qrt.). They hold about 400 9mm rounds. I have also discovered that the plastic containers that Nestles NesQuick comes in work pretty well for storing stuff in too.

 

[Engineer1911]

1 gallon milk jugs work great for brass storeage. 50 caliber or larger ammo cans work great for bulk ammo storage. The white plastic ammo box inserts work great for range ammo. Four inserts fill 1 layer in a 50 cal ammo can. Zip lock bags work ok for 9 mm / 35 caliber ammo.

Life is too short to buy MTM boxs for 30 years of brassitis. How many boxes do you need for 30 gallons of sorted brass -- acquired 1 piece at a time at the range freom non-reloaders?

What do you do with 1,800 44 mag rounds and 5,000 rounds of 45 ACP? Set the five ammo cans on the floor out of the way of foot traffic!