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    Posted: 25 July 2003 at 07:37

Folgers announced the other day that they were going to stop distributing coffee in metal cans later this year. I don't think I have ever seen a reloading bench that didn't have coffee cans holding brass, bullets, and other assorted stuff. The question is, what do you reloaders use to store brass and bullets in, and if you do use coffee cans, what are you going to use now?

My kids used to drink Kool-Aid by the gallon. Bulk Kool-Aid comes in plastic cotainers with a screw top, just about the right size for small rifle or handgun brass. I must have 50 of those, holding supplies. I don't drink coffee, so I don't have coffee cans, except for a few hand-me-downs.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 07:59
  hey trigger: i use the 1 gal. ice cream buckets for brass and loaded pistol bullets. then for bullets i use the 3# butter tubs. they all stack inside each other and the lids are nice. i got a big stack of each. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 08:04
I agree with MR MOM . . . I use the plastic ice cream containers [1/2 gallon size] for just about all small storage.  Also, from time-to-time, Target has sales on plastic containers.  You can pick up a gaggle of matching containers [without ice cream flavors] for almost nothing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 08:32

Go to Wallyworld, at the pharmacy ask the nice man if you can have some of those large plastic bottles the pills come in. If he is a shit head, go to your local pill dispenser and ask him.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 08:37

But . . . but . . . my pharmacist is a woman!  I can't call her that!  

I like the little open bins too.  You can get them just about everywhere.  I just leave bullets in their original boxes.

Going to send you an e-mail.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 09:03

Got it, you trouble maker you  .

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 09:41

The guy who gave me all of his reloading stuff put kept all the bullets in their original boxes. The shell casings, on the other hand, are in empty cartridge boxes, liquor boxes, and all the shotshells are in a plastic bag!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 12:01

Shotshell's fit well in then tin's ya get from fancy popcorn they sell every xmas.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2003 at 17:34

For what it is worth I use any medium to large sealable container.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 July 2003 at 03:24

Okay, I'll jump in here. I liked coffee cans too, only they rust eventually.

For bulk pistol or large amounts of brass I like the big plastic ice cream pails. Lately, for sorting 50 - 100 count lots of rifle brass I like to use the large semi-opaque plastic [Kraft - Canada] peanut butter jars with the red plastic screw top lids. Having a 15 year old we go thru a fair amount of peanut butter, so these jars are always readily on hand... and they don't rust.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 July 2003 at 07:23

Hello Marcus.

Saw some really old and still working macherinery last weedend at Road America. First time i eve saw a Bristol. I know the AC etc but not the Bristol. Neat little car.

There was a 1930's period  Bugatti that proved to me that racing back then took more guts than now.

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