Hi all, I was just curious as to how you all store your reloaded ammo. Do you store in plastic ammo boxes, old army ammo cans, coffee cans or what? I currently only reload for my Ruger GP100 .38spl/.357 but I have a few flavors (125/158/180 grn) in .38spl and .357 that I store in the plastic 50 or 100 round plastic ammo boxes which I label with the brand/type/weight of bullet, powder and primer along with the date I loaded them. I usually have approximately 500-1000 rounds on hand. Hoping to pick up a 1911 shortly just trying to narrow down which brand and get the $$$$ together. Then I will be reloading for the .45 too.
One other thing...I have the Lee 4 hole turret press and was wondering if anyone has seen any kind of cover for it. thanks...mack

I store most of my reloaded ammo in my safe, one part of my safe stores the guns using a hotrod and the other storing the ammo using a hotrod, the hotrods are great for keeping the humidity out,nice and dry and a constant average temp, also store bullets in sealed plastic bullet containers, this seems to work well, bullets come out of my safe like they originally went in, nice and new looking, no tarnish. Also all bullet containers are marked what type of bullet/ powder/ primers / fps and date reloaded, keep two log books on all reload info as well. Aim small hit small. RAMbo.

For me it depends on how many rounds I've loaded up. For small batchs, 50-100 rounds, I use the plastic MTM type cases. For larger batchs, say I've churned out 500-1000 of the same 38 Special load I use a Dillon Border Shift bag to hold them.

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All mine go into either plastic boxes or OEM cardboard boxes, each marked with the freebie bullet mfg's stick-on labels which identify load components.

Since humidity is the last thing we have to worry about, they go on the loaded ammo shelf in the gunroom.

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Plastic boxes for rifle/pistol. 5 gallon buckets for shotshells (ready for a trip to the dove fields!).

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Geneal purpose ammo gets platic bags, with loading info. insode, bags placed in G.I. ammo cans.

IF putting together long-term storage ammo, will use the "seal-a-meal" type vacuum plastic packs...are some calibers I'll load in a batch, and that batch will probably last 3years or more...so will devide them into useable portioins and vac. seal those portions.

Are quite a few boxes...but have keep their use to the more fragile soft-cast or paper patched BP loads.

Not very long...

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Mine goes into either the MTM-type boxes, or the foam/carboard type. I keep a binder with all my load info in it (including caliber, bullet, powder, type of firearm, weather conditions, fps, etc), and once i settle on a load i very seldom change it. Mostly, my boxes are just labeled with caliber, and stored in my gun room.

For the high volume stuff like 22-250 or .221 Fireball I use plastic MTM boxes and try to find the 100 riund boxes. For hunting calibers or just plinking I usually use the 20 round boxes cause I need fewer of them and can carry what I need on a shell belt. I have a label maker that I mark the boxes with basic load information.

Ranch Dog ya crack me up buddy!!! spoken like a true shooter!!! mack

All my ammunition is stored in GI ammo cans.
Nowadays,most individual batches are placed in plastic 20 round containers or,for smaller cartridges,those 22RF containers with the sliding top.
Small batches,for load developement,are put into zip loc bags.Frank

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Kragman71 has the idea. For an inexpensive option where the ammo will last a long / long time you can go to your favorite Army Surplus shop and purchase a few ammo cans. I like the larger ones because I can get a few thousand rounds of say 22-250 ammo in one box. Put them in a plastic bags if you don't have platic boxes and place in the ammo box. The lids seal up tight and keep the humidity and air out. If they work good enough for the US Army, they work good enough for me. If $$$ and space don't bother you, put them in your gun safe.

Have fun and shoot safe.
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I use the MTM plastic boxes for match and hunting loads that require extra care in the loading process. For handgun ammo and semiauto rifle blasting ammo goes in the GI cans

For small batches, 50 rounds boxes.

For bigger batches, empty mayonaise jars.

For the biggest batches, I use three-pound pickle jars! I can get about 800 rounds of .223 ammo in one jar, and the jars are airtight. Cheap and effective.

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plastic boxes from midway, address labels printed off in MS Word that go on top. keepin it simple also a wire bound notebook to keep archival records of loades

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