storage box for small cal cast bullets

[GWarden]

Being frugal I would rather make something possibly for no cost rather than spending money. I made up some boxes for storage of small cal (22-24 cal.) cast bullets.
I used some RCBS die boxes that were not being used. The two photos hopefully are worth more than a thousand words. I used a Dremel tool with a small cutting wheel to remove the dividers in the RCBS die boxes. A 1/4" brad point drill bit was used for drilling the holes. The second picture shows one box holding Lyman 225438 224-48gr. cast bullets and one RCBS .244- 95 gr cast bullet. I use these boxes for storage in my reloading room and for taking to the range when loading at the range. Some foam rubber, sheet styrofoam or several layers of newsprint keep the bullets, such as the short Lyman 225438 bullets from falling out if the box gets tipped over with the lid closed.
I am sure many of you have made some really nice wooden boxes .
Bob

 

[Spindrift]

Good idea!

 

[Jeff H]

That appeals to my inner cheapskate!

Usually, the "cheap" and "free" solutions are not. Just like "free" firewood, but they are usually much better than anything you can buy.

 

[Intheshop]

Nice!

One of these days will take a pic of a nice Pachmeyer ripoff,range box. The kind that the whole front hinges up,where your spotting scope mounts. They're mainly pistol boxes..... I made 1/2 dz and gave them away as Christmas presents 30 or so years ago. Kept one.

Anyfreakinway..... how it relates to OP and boxes is. The trick to these is building the box,then cutting it open after top,bttm,sides have all been fastened together. Then you line it with thin plywood which stands proud of the opening..... it creates the "lip" that seals the box when closed.

 

[fiver]

I get the 100 count 22lr boxes out of the trash when I want to store 22 bullets all nice and neat.
the rest of the time they are in plastic cups with the weight written on the lid.

 

[Intheshop]

Too lazy to get up,haha... here's a screenshot of the Pachmayr

 

[358156 hp]

I though long and hard about cast bullet storage, primarily for lubed bullets, ready to load. My solution was free.

I went to the local range and (with permission) loaded up a plastic garbage bag of empty factory ammo boxes & trays from the garbage cans. They're the perfect sizes, and the inner trays keep everything safe and happy.

 

[Winelover]

My cheap/free system for storing pistol bullets.



Repurpose Scotch brand electrical tape boxes. Had GM electricians save them for me. Keeps sized and lube bullets uncontaminated. About seventy 35 cal bullets to a box or fifty 44-45 caliber.




Six of the containers stack in a one pound metal coffee can. Record all pertinent data with grease pencils. Erase with Magic Eraser.

 

[Wasalmonslayer]

Neat ideas guys!
I always try to reuse containers where I can.
I really like the 3m tape containers idea never even thought of that one.
We use a lot of that tape at work now the boys will be saving them for me

 

[dale2242]

My wife buys a lot of Altoids mints.
Those little metal cans, with hinged lids make great tins to store 22 and short 25 caliber bullets.
I size/lube/gas check them and stand them on end...dale

 

[Jeff H]

In the "real world," when I was still in industry, I had access to the tape cans and I do use them a lot. Just don't have enough of them.

The real treat was when I was going out in the field and commissioning my systems. The machine-tool makers were installing lots of new tooling on mills, lathes and grinders (all automated, mostly in the auto industry) and they'd throw out the packaging for the tooling. There were tons of neat plastic containers, mostly cylindrical, but I came onto one once that was exactly like a slip-top rifle ammo box, except it was translucent and held ten instead of twenty. It's perfectly scaled for 222/223 or 357 max cartridges. I only ever found one of those and I wish I'd found a hundred.

A lot of the containers were like cylindical slip-tops but were threaded with a really "slow twist" so that half a turn would separate the top and bottom half. One guy once accused me (jokingly) of cutting off coolant to his machine so he'd break gun drills so I could scrounge the containers.

For many years, my dad used flat pencil boxes, which were nicely made slip-top cardboard and very sturdy. You could get .358" bullets in those boxes five across and I forget how many length-wise, but it was about 150 total in the box. They stacked well because the noses of the bullets supported the box tops.

 

[Elkins45]

Tuna cans work great for tall rifle bullets.

 

[mattw]

Not exactly boxes, but these are fantastic for 300 or so 357 bullets or 400 32's.


And these bowls that a local store uses to sell lunch in work great. The lids fit tight enough that they will not pop open if you drop one!

 

[Bruce Drake]

I use Plano stowaway plastic boxes with locking latches lid for my bullets. They come with 5 slots than can be divided with removeable dividers to make space for 10 different bullets if so desired. I keep one for each of the bullet sizes I reload from 22 -45 and two each for my 308/311 and 312-316 cartridges since I shoot them as often as the 6.5 caliber bullets in my inventory.

 

[JonB]

22 bullets fit nicely in Large primer trays
243 bullets fit in Shotgun primer trays.

 

[wquiles]

These are the ones small boxes I use - there were being liquidated at about $1 at local Wallymart many months ago:

Will