Valmet Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I mostly reload .38 Spl, .44 Spl, and .45ACP in handguns and .243 Win and .308 Norma in rifle ammo. While I don’t shoot enough rifle ammo to warrant bulk storage, in handgun cartridges I certainly do...in road-cone orange Home Depot 5-gallon drywall buckets. How do you guys store bulk brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21 shooter Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Buckets I get from the grocery store that usually had cake icing in them. Free and clean up easily. You can usually get different size buckets. Most have lids with them. Edited July 17, 2018 by 21 shooter Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 3 gallon kitty litter buckets. A good friend of mine (RIP), used to bring them to matches and hand them out. His wife had 20+ cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collim1 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 My M1 Garand brass all fits into a couple of gallon ziploc bags. I just don’t maintain a huge collection of it. A few hundred rounds at a time. My .38 spl brass, on the other hand, I have several thousand of on hand at any given time. It lives in a big cardboard box thats says “Amazon Prime” on it. 5 gallon buckets would be a smart choice if I needed to move a bunch of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 For bulk I use 3 gallon buckets with sealable top. For smaller a mounts gallon sealable food containers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I store all my supplies (short of powder) in Rubbermaid Modular Food Storage Canisters. The small ones are great for 1,000 bullets, the mid size and larger ones hold 1,000 cases of most calibers. Since I got away from picking up other than my own range brass and only buy new Starline to start out with, I don't do bulk cases anymore. I have in average 2,000 cases for every caliber I own. 1,000 in the reloading cycle, and 1,000 as a backup. Keeps everything dry as well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BKGJ1A/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAndy Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I don't have a whole bunch of brass so I just keep it all in zip lock bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N2extrm Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I find a sturdy box that fits under the bench, often what the brass I bought came in so a USPS flatmate box or similar. They sit pretty well under the bottom of the bench, not a lot of wasted space. At the range I may use ziplock bags to collect what I shot, toss that bag right back in the box until I'm ready to process them out. I also used "recycled" plastic jugs from animal crackers and pretzels when the kids were younger. Those giant ones you get from Costco, BJ's or Price Club. But those have mostly gone away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I just use 55 gallon trash cans here with my brass tumbler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawker Man Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I store mine in one gallon plastic milk jugs. I thought I had a lot of brass, about 20 gallons worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey45 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 10:28 PM, Valmet said: I mostly reload .38 Spl, .44 Spl, and .45ACP in handguns and .243 Win and .308 Norma in rifle ammo. While I don’t shoot enough rifle ammo to warrant bulk storage, in handgun cartridges I certainly do...in road-cone orange Home Depot 5-gallon drywall buckets. How do you guys store bulk brass? +1 on the Home Depot buckets. I also have some of the 3 gal litter buckets that I use as well for storing clean brass.. I load mostly 9/42/45 in pistol calibers. I've got a bucket of 5.56 brass to process whenever I can get motivated. s45 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 From coffee cans to 5 gal buckets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHB Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Tupper ware one of the few things the x didn't take so I put it to good use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas48 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I use old pretzel jars from costco. They hold about 2000 10mm brass about 2300 .40 and about 2600 9 mm. They have tight screw on lids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave.1 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I got a bunch of these plastic ammo boxes about 10 years ago. I usually have 3 9mm boxes full and just rotate thru them. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citra47 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 On 8/7/2018 at 7:09 PM, Texas48 said: I use old pretzel jars from costco. They hold about 2000 10mm brass about 2300 .40 and about 2600 9 mm. They have tight screw on lids. I use the same pretzel jars to store cases for calibers I reload a bunch. Ammo I reload less and in smaller numbers like .44 Russian, .380/200 and .45 Auto Rim I store in larger Tupper Ware containers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagamor Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Anything on hand. Some old small trash cans to used coffee containers and USPS flat rate boxes. Favorite ones are two large salsa containers that were once used a local restaurant. One marked “Mild” is for 40 cal and the one marked “Hot” is for 10 mm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGunFreak Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 11:28 PM, Valmet said: I mostly reload .38 Spl, .44 Spl, and .45ACP in handguns and .243 Win and .308 Norma in rifle ammo. While I don’t shoot enough rifle ammo to warrant bulk storage, in handgun cartridges I certainly do...in road-cone orange Home Depot 5-gallon drywall buckets. How do you guys store bulk brass? Like you, I reload mostly pistol (9, 40, .45, .38spl). I use these... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-5-Drawer-Wide-Tower-Black/20699661?athcpid=20699661&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=466001f5-e097632f-42388efbf6ad0ba9&athena=true Each drawer one caliber, large freezer bags... 100-200 pieces per bag after they are cleaned and inspected. I'm kind of an OCD and am a freak about organization, but I'm also a cheapskate. I use the larger drawers for 9, 40, and .45.. one of the smaller drawers for .38.. and the top drawer has some .223 that I've started to acquire (but don't load yet). These have been solid for me, and weren't expensive at all. Again, for me.. this more than meets my needs. It's easily expandable if I ever need more drawers, just go buy another set for $30 bucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I use a couple of things. One is just clear plastic tubs. I also use those laundry detergent "pods" plastic containers. On a positive note they smell good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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