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Just wondering how you store your prepped brass? I've been using ziplock bags. Quart and gallon depending on the amount of brass. Works ok until you drop the bag or the zipper fails. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | ||
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Same here, Paul. I find the heavier duty freezer bags hold up better. Doug Wilhelmi NRA Life Member | |||
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The appropriate size MTM box. I was looking today, and I probably have almost $500 worth of them. Midway just dropped off a half dozen more. They stack well, protect everything, and transition nicely from fired to prepped brass to loaded rounds. I briefly flirted with other methods, but the lack of organization drove me nuts. _____________________________________________________ No safe queens! | |||
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Zip lock bags also. NRA Patron member | |||
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Card board Boxes, plastic boxes, bags, buckets, ammo cans, coffee cans almost any smaller container thought of. I have brass in. Maybe I have to much to be picky how I store it. | |||
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Plastic containers and zip lock bags. | |||
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Rifle brass in MTM cases if prepped and usually after fired (except for 5.56) Pistol brass mostly in 5 gallon buckets either dirty or prepped | |||
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zip lock bags i normally put a cutout of the ammo box to identify the brass. i don’t reload and this brass is building up. i am thinking i sell it on ar to someone who will sort count and then pay me for the whole damn lot  . till then it builds in my mess of a garage.Mike | |||
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I use these drawer organizer trays that I got from Dollar General. My long term storage is Folgers plastic coffee cans.   | |||
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Very small quantities it looks like. For such, these are great. When the qty amounts to most of, or more than five gallon buckets full of each. These small boxes won't work. IF prepped and/or primed ahead, seal a lid on 'em. IF just used brass, open buckets stacked up. Loaded stuff, in sealed ammo cans. Prefer SAW cans for my needs as they hold more. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Most of my brass is in old metal coffee cans. I created adhesive labels with check boxes to track the progress of each batch of brass (cleaned, sized, trimmed, etc.). I can tell at a glance the cartridge and brand, number of times fired, and status of the brass in the can. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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I use ziplock bags for rifle brass and I store the bags in plastic MTM ammo cans. I separate brass by manufacturer and on each bag I write the number of times fired and, if sized, trimmed and primed, the primer I used. I don't separate handgun brass other than by caliber, and once separated by caliber and cleaned, I store it in ½ gallon (?) bucket-like plastic Reser's potato salad containers. | |||
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Metal coffee cans, with a papper towel folded in the bottom, and the original plastic lid..Never been a problem..count an whatever on the lid with a black marks a lot..Some in various sizes of plastic sandwich type bags that zip lock..I ran out of shoe boxes.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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plastic showe boxes sound like a good idea. I use lock & lock plastic containers or big plastic mayo jars.   | |||
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I use plastic coffee cans and 1 gallon freezer bags. Mostly 1 gallon bags though. If it cant be Grown it has to be Mined! Devoted member of Newmont mining company Underground Mine rescue team. Carlin East,Deep Star ,Leeville,Deep Post ,Chukar and now Exodus Where next? Pete Bajo to train newbies on long hole stoping and proper blasting techniques. Back to Exodus mine again learning teaching and operating autonomous loaders in the underground. Bringing everyday life to most individuals 8' at a time! | |||
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Cool Whip bowls, ice cream containers any nice clean food container of half gallon size or smaller. I usually put a note saying if it's once-fired or needs trimming, etc. Sometimes plastic bags for small quantities. Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit. | |||
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What ever you use, it needs a tight top, as you will sooner or later drop one, dirt will collect (I live on a dirt road and dust is always a problem out of the city) and believe it or not flys, bugs and spider find comfy homes in shell casings, do they hurt a thing, don't know but I don't particularly like the idea of 50 grs. of whatever and .05 grs of bug..  Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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If you have good hand and can remove any odors sometimes those half or gallon size pickle jars are good because you can see what's inside. Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit. | |||
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