JonF Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 First, placing cases in the shall plate got tedious, so a case feeder fixed that and ramped up my production speed considerably. Then i grew tired of dropping bullets by hand so i added the bullet feeder and production increased a bit more. Now the press is pretty fast but loading primer tubes is the bottleneck so i whipped up a home made vibra-prime and now i can load tubes faster than i can shake them out in a flip tray. Where does this all leave me? Loading a few K completed rounds in little ammo trays. Has anyone invented a gizmo (kids are neither a gizmo, nor an economical solution!) that does this faster yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Yep. They are called Ziploc bags or cardboard boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I use that time to chamber check the rounds as they go in the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al503 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Yep. They are called Ziploc bags or cardboard boxes. Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 30 Cal ammo cans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bshooter Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Honey Wheat Braided Twist jars from Sam's. Works great. Tastes great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinosaurMikeGolf Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Empty 1 pound powder bottles with the recipe taped to the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yep. They are called Ziploc bags or cardboard boxes. Funny you should say that. I went from ziplocs, to cardboard boxes, to ammo boxes, to ammo trays. I find the ammo trays infinitely easier to keep track of my loaded round count, so I don't mind filling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Peanut butter bottles, ammo cans..... It's chamber checking that takes forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Harrington Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 For storage, I use .50cal ammo cans. To go to the range, I use the boxes the bullets came in. For major matches, I use the plastic ammo boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Plastic peanut butter jars with the load specs on blue tape on the outside. A medium sized Skippy super chunk jar holds about 200 rounds of .38 super, the large about 450. It's best to use all of the peanut butter first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Damn, I thought I was unique in using peanut jars..... Jif worked best for me..... nd yes, there are still several thousand stored in JIF jars on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrawandDuck Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Only took one backwards primer 5 years ago to sell me on ammo boxes.....haven't had one since. Use them for all my ammo including .223. I can't tell you how many shooters digging rounds out of boxes and jars that have had issues that would have been prevented by using boxes. I have not figured out a easy way to fill them but a small price to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I find the ammo trays infinitely easier to keep track of my loaded round count, so I don't mind filling them. +1. It also makes it a lot easier to spot a bad primer. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Deegan Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We use these. http://www.locknlockplace.com/food-containers/plastic-series-airtight/classic.html Depending on caliber and size, we have ones that hold 100-45 up to 350-45. 9mm is about 40-50% more in the same box. They work great! If you want more info on the sizes we use, PM me. They stack nice in the safe, there is enough room for the 3 x 5 load card and they are fairly indestructible. Of course I cheat, lol. I load into 50 cal boxes and my wife case gauges while doing whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonF Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 I'll tell you what would be a great idea... MTM and EGW need to get together and make one of those 100 round chamber checkers that is the same grid spacing as the ammo box. Once you're done checking a 100 round group of ammo, you can just invert the block and transfer it all straight to the box. You could even have a top cover to the chamber checker so you can invert the ammo first and when you box it, its the right way. If you're going to handle every round, might as well make it more efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UW Mitch Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I use that time to chamber check the rounds as they go in the box I bulk store in ziplocks in an ammo can, then chamber check as I put into my 100rd plastic containers. ~Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj mike Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Plastic coffee cans the 12-13 0z hold 200 rounds,and i use the larger ones for my brass storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I guess I do it backwards: Freshly loaded ammo goes into those open topped 50 round trays factory ammo comes in (I shake up the bin, getting most of the rounds to settle nose down, and pick up 5 or 6 in each hand and drop them in; any going in nose up get picked out). I inspect for high primers, wipe down the bases of the rounds with an alcohol dampened rag to get the lube off, stripe the base with a permanent marker, and then DUMP THEM OUT into boxes, loose, in 200 to 250 round batches, to take to the range/matches. I used to line them all up in the box to pack them to max capacity, but, with lots of therapy, I've managed to move on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roostershooter Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) First, placing cases in the shall plate got tedious, so a case feeder fixed that and ramped up my production speed considerably. Then i grew tired of dropping bullets by hand so i added the bullet feeder and production increased a bit more. Now the press is pretty fast but loading primer tubes is the bottleneck so i whipped up a home made vibra-prime and now i can load tubes faster than i can shake them out in a flip tray. Where does this all leave me? Loading a few K completed rounds in little ammo trays. Has anyone invented a gizmo (kids are neither a gizmo, nor an economical solution!) that does this faster yet? Small Sterilite 2.5qt. containers with the load data written in sharpie on a piece of Scotch Tape on the lid. I've been doing this for several months now with my 5.56 and have even been known to load a 30 cal. milsurp ammo can with loose loaded rounds on a good day! No more sorting through boxes of ammo to find what I want. I have 500 loose rounds in each ammo can. Grab and go! I haven't tried it .... yet ...but I'd be willing to bet that you could fit close to 1k rounds of 45 ACp or 9mm in a 30 cal can. Edited June 28, 2012 by roostershooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 First, placing cases in the shall plate got tedious, so a case feeder fixed that and ramped up my production speed considerably. Then i grew tired of dropping bullets by hand so i added the bullet feeder and production increased a bit more. Now the press is pretty fast but loading primer tubes is the bottleneck so i whipped up a home made vibra-prime and now i can load tubes faster than i can shake them out in a flip tray. Where does this all leave me? Loading a few K completed rounds in little ammo trays. Has anyone invented a gizmo (kids are neither a gizmo, nor an economical solution!) that does this faster yet? Small Sterilite 2.5qt. containers with the load data written in sharpie on a piece of Scotch Tape on the lid. I've been doing this for several months now with my 5.56 and have even been known to load a 30 cal. milsurp ammo can with loose loaded rounds on a good day! No more sorting through boxes of ammo to find what I want. I have 500 loose rounds in each ammo can. Grab and go! I haven't tried it .... yet ...but I'd be willing to bet that you could fit close to 1k rounds of 45 ACp or 9mm in a 30 cal can. Grab and go? For a match a thousand 9mm rounds is pretty heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roostershooter Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) First, placing cases in the shall plate got tedious, so a case feeder fixed that and ramped up my production speed considerably. Then i grew tired of dropping bullets by hand so i added the bullet feeder and production increased a bit more. Now the press is pretty fast but loading primer tubes is the bottleneck so i whipped up a home made vibra-prime and now i can load tubes faster than i can shake them out in a flip tray. Where does this all leave me? Loading a few K completed rounds in little ammo trays. Has anyone invented a gizmo (kids are neither a gizmo, nor an economical solution!) that does this faster yet? Small Sterilite 2.5qt. containers with the load data written in sharpie on a piece of Scotch Tape on the lid. I've been doing this for several months now with my 5.56 and have even been known to load a 30 cal. milsurp ammo can with loose loaded rounds on a good day! No more sorting through boxes of ammo to find what I want. I have 500 loose rounds in each ammo can. Grab and go! I haven't tried it .... yet ...but I'd be willing to bet that you could fit close to 1k rounds of 45 ACp or 9mm in a 30 cal can. Grab and go? For a match a thousand 9mm rounds is pretty heavy. Grab several handfulls and throw them in a 1 qt. or 1/2 qt. Sterilite container. My wife buys them by the dozen when she goes to Wally World for various organizing around the house. I just ask her to pick me up a few different sizes for a couple of $$$ and she brings them home to me. 1 qt. containers will hold around 100 rounds or so with a little room left over. It sure beats having boxes of 100 ct. bullets stacked all over the place. It's kind of silly, for me, to pay $3 for a 100 ct. bullet box when I can have 2 containers for $3. Edited June 29, 2012 by roostershooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Only took one backwards primer 5 years ago to sell me on ammo boxes.....haven't had one since. For me it was a problem with high primers. Now I put all the bullets in nose down and check all the primers. Then each case gets a swipe of a marker so I know it's been checked. PS, red marker for major and green for minor. Using the 100 round boxes helps a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I use ziplock bags for the majority of my ammo, but that feeling when you have loaded up a bunch of magazines and then find a semi-crushed primer in the ziplock bag is not good. I us ammo boxes for major matches so that I am forced to get a good look at all primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 If they are 40. Just drop them in a flat rate USPS box and send them to me ! :roflol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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