Anyone ever had issues packing their ammo in the blue plastic Midway cartridge boxes? I have orignal factory boxes for one of my calibers, but not both...

I've always believed that many airlines require factory boxes because they know those boxes are manufactured to some specification for shipping, and they can't know whether any other method of packing ammo meets those specs. So even though the boxes we buy from Midway or those Franklin Arsenal boxes are better than factory boxes, they still want factory boxes.

I have purchased boxes of factory ammo just for the boxes. I still have two boxes of Remington loaded Swift A-Frames in .300 Win Mag and two boxes of Hornady loaded DGX in .450-400 that I have never fired because all I needed were the boxes to pack handloaded rounds into.

I have used both the 20 round slip cover boxes and the 50 round hinged top boxes from Midway with no problems for my handloads. I label the ammo box with a reloading data sticker from Midway then seal the boxes with clear packing tape.

So far so good on 2 trips over and I will do the same this September to Zim.

Sounds like time for a label maker and clip art

Those boxes are all that I've ever used and, with numerous African trips, I've never had any issues or problems.

Thanks for all the responses.

I've used 5 or 6 different plastic boxes holding 10, 20 and 50 rounds to Tanzania and Zimbabwe without any questions or problems.

The standard is set in the Air Navigation Order, (Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Act and is quite simple.

All they require is a container that ensures every round is kept physically separated from every other round.

Individual airlines also have their own rules (which are rules, not laws) that you'll also have to comply with.

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