"Blue Plastic Utility Boxes"

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Potlicker posted this 30 May 2013

I'd like to find some of these boxes like Midway sells, only just a whisker larger than their UB-36. I'd like to find one that would hold 500 .45 cal 200gr. SWC's. Any ideas folks? Oh yeah, Thanks for any help.

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CB posted this 30 May 2013

I personally like blue plastic utility Maxwell House coffee cans, though they are larger than you are looking fer............ Dan

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Pigslayer posted this 30 May 2013

I use “Chock-Full-Of-Nuts” 1lb coffee cans! They are metal and hold up well. Actually any brand coffee can works well.
Pat

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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argie1891 posted this 30 May 2013

i have been going to the dollar store and buying whatever size i can find that works for the application i am working on. argie1891

if you think you have it figured out then you just dont understand

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CB posted this 31 May 2013

For the frugal bullet caster ( don't know one that ain't) I find quality heavy containers at my favorite local Wallymart store in the deli section containing a tastey pint of potato salad. Heavy, durable and they stack nice and hold about 500 pistol bullets. A steady diet of tater salad will gain you an ample and enjoyable supply.............Dan

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Pigslayer posted this 01 June 2013

Dan Willems wrote: A steady diet of tater salad Dan

That steady diet of tater salad only got me fat! LOL,

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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6pt-sika posted this 01 June 2013

I use Kraft kinda oval mayo containers !

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Potlicker posted this 02 June 2013

http://www.castbulletassoc.org/view_user.php?id=1088>6pt-sika, Brother those are some serious Berletts! Half pounders are they? Dang!

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Potlicker posted this 02 June 2013

I made a trip to the “Dollar Store” today and found some “RubberMaid” boxes with snap on lids that I think will fit the bill. And for cheap compared to those from Midway! Thanks guys.

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gunarea posted this 02 June 2013

Hey Guys

   Cigar boxes of various sizes accommodate nice neat storage in most all situations. They are tuff, durable and stack well. Even though I cast, size, lube and propel a couple thousand projectiles a month, I am incapable of bulk dumping each work of art. Some of the boxes are thirty years old and have had reconstructive surgery more than once. A nice little ramp makes it easy to fill and empty, one slug at a time.

Shoot often, Shoot well

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R. Dupraz posted this 02 June 2013

Gunarea:

If that press was a Hornady Projector, your photos would look like my shop. I have used cigar boxes for years to store & segregate bullets and cases. Best of all they were mostly free from a cigar store in the village near by. All kinds of different sizes and stackable besides.

RD

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delmarskid1 posted this 02 June 2013

I like freezer containers. They are square and stack nice. Shoe totes are good for brass.

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Pigslayer posted this 02 June 2013

Gunarea, OK, that's it, you are way to neat! You're out! LOL!

Pat

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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gunarea posted this 03 June 2013

Please, please, please

   Please don't kick me out, I will try to be more sloppy. Honestly not trying to make anyone look bad. My Mother, the corps, wife, children and career have pretty much beaten the messy out of me. I am a product of time, situation and desire.

   Empty margarine tubs hold the right amount of brass for a Lyman 1200 tumbler and half a load for a Thumbler UV 18. Headstamps, lot number, type, caliber, and specific firearm dictate segregation of all brass throughout my reloading process. Plus they stack and the lids seal very well.

    RD, that Dillon RL300 is one of the first 500 presses Dillon produced. It has a serial  numbered tag attached and is the newest press I own. Mike Dillon convinced me to buy it during a phone conversation with him. Not the biggest blunder I have committed, but in fairness, I've made some doozies.

Not saying what I do is the way. Simply offering options to friends whom have shared more than one tip which has helped me.  Thank you very much.

                                                                                                               Roy

Shoot often, Shoot well

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6pt-sika posted this 03 June 2013

gunarea wrote: Please, please, please

   Please don't kick me out, I will try to be more sloppy. Honestly not trying to make anyone look bad. My Mother, the corps, wife, children and career have pretty much beaten the messy out of me. I am a product of time, situation and desire.

   Empty margarine tubs hold the right amount of brass for a Lyman 1200 tumbler and half a load for a Thumbler UV 18. Headstamps, lot number, type, caliber, and specific firearm dictate segregation of all brass throughout my reloading process. Plus they stack and the lids seal very well.

    RD, that Dillon RL300 is one of the first 500 presses Dillon produced. It has a serial  numbered tag attached and is the newest press I own. Mike Dillon convinced me to buy it during a phone conversation with him. Not the biggest blunder I have committed, but in fairness, I've made some doozies.

Not saying what I do is the way. Simply offering options to friends whom have shared more than one tip which has helped me.  Thank you very much.

                                                                                                               Roy . Sounds more like a full blown case of OCD to me !

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afish4570 posted this 10 June 2013

Pigslayer wrote: Dan Willems wrote: A steady diet of tater salad Dan

That steady diet of tater salad only got me fat! LOL, Cookie tins that the Danish imported cookies are sold in are pretty good.  For a real large batch you can use plastic gallon jugs with screw caps, get them from the dumpsters behind restaurants, deli's, buffet restaurants are pretty good too.Free is the best price you have more to buy shooting supplies not storage supplies......afish4570:dude:

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LWesthoff posted this 10 June 2013

For storing .30 cal. cast bullets (weight sorted, not yet sized or lubed) I use the 100 round plastic boxes .22lr shells came in. When I got too old and shaky to be competitive at Bullseye Pistol I had 40 or 50 of those boxes - empty - lying around, and then when one of the club officers found how I was using them he presented me with about a hundred more. With a piece of tape on the sliding lid I write Bullet Type, weight, alloy used, and date cast. When I empty one I tear the tape off, put the box back in the stack of empties, and eventually reuse it.

Works real well, and is even fairly neat!

Wes

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