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Posted: 1/31/2011 2:36:05 PM EDT
Seems that keeping my brass organized and stored in a way that makes sense it my biggest reloading chore. How do you do it? Pics would be great of the containers you use, and how you setup your space.
I've just been in the basement setting up my new area, but was scratching my head trying to think of ideas while looking all the various boxes, tuperware containers, and ammo cans I have full of brass. Then my best idea hit, ask arfcom 
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Posted: 1/31/2011 2:53:15 PM EDT
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From re-loading photos posted here at AR15.com..........some folks will put the empty brass into:
5 gal plastic containers. Some have used ammo cans. Some have used empty plastic pretzel containers. Whatever you use is UP TO YOU. Me..........I have many combinations of storage containers. Just MAKE SURE...........that you can carry them. You'll thank me later. 
Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:13:28 PM EDT
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Quoted: From re-loading photos posted here at AR15.com..........some folks will put the empty brass into: 5 gal plastic containers. Check Some have used ammo cans.Check Some have used empty plastic pretzel containers. coffee cans check Whatever you use is UP TO YOU. Me..........I have many combinations of storage containers. Just MAKE SURE...........that you can carry themBIG check . You'll thank me later. Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:26:00 PM EDT
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large clear pretzel containers and coffee containers work for me pretty well.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:29:11 PM EDT
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Coffee cans. First it was the metal ones and then I switched over to the big Folgers jars. Lately I've switched to maxwell house because they have a handle. Bins for loose parts and components.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:35:58 PM EDT
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i bought some of these storage containers from walmart. i dont remember the exact price but they are cheap
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:42:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:45:39 PM EDT
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I use sangwich or freezer bags and pile em up. I have 3000 primed 223 cases in 6 freezer bags on the shelf of my reloading bench now. I bag 45 brass primed by the 100 in sangwich bags. I have 800 primed 45 cases in the drawers of the bench. Low tech and cheap.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:52:18 PM EDT
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I use some blue bin similar to the Dillon bins . Loaded rounds in the bottom bin and empty fired round go in the top . I have five gallon buckets full of extra brass to replace damaged or lost brass. For rifle rounds I have three gallon containers for the brass waiting to be reloaded.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 3:56:46 PM EDT
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I use ice cream buckets and pretzel jars for brass.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 4:01:35 PM EDT
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I use these little Rubbermaid containers from Walmart. 2qt and 4qt.
This is a 2qt with ~690rds of 9mm.  These are the .45 loads. The short ones (like the one above) only hold 400rds of .45 (might be able to fit another 10 or 15 if you try real hard). The tall ones will fit roughly 900 empties, not sure about loaded because they get pretty heavy  I like 'em. |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 4:01:46 PM EDT
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Is that some .50 cal belt i see |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 4:13:14 PM EDT
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Thanks for the ideas ...
Easy, where did you get those bins? They're bigger than the Dillon bins, look like they'd be more useful. I'm leaning toward getting a bunch of those Wal-Mart tupperware containers, being stackable is a good thing ... as is being able to see what's inside. Of course I'd rather not have to spend any money 
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Posted: 1/31/2011 4:30:18 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Thanks for the ideas ... Easy, where did you get those bins? They're bigger than the Dillon bins, look like they'd be more useful. I'm leaning toward getting a bunch of those Wal-Mart tupperware containers, being stackable is a good thing ... as is being able to see what's inside. Of course I'd rather not have to spend any money I manage a Doit best hardware and we can order them HERE. I've never seen the big one anywhere in stock. I like the bins because you can put them next to the press when loading then stack them when your done. |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 4:56:03 PM EDT
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.50 cal cans for stuff I only have a bit of brass for... Roughly 1k per can.
5 gallon buckets for larger quantities of brass. 4k per bucket, not certain... Rough guess only. I tend to use quart and gallon size ziplock freezer bags in the larger containers to sort headstamps. Loaded stuff goes in 50 cal cans. Blue painters tape + Sharpie = high tech labeling system.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:03:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:05:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:23:13 PM EDT
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Well the containers were free The brass wasn't  and who knows maybe some day the OP will have to store 60K or 80K of brass
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:40:53 PM EDT
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Well the containers were free The brass wasn't and who knows maybe some day the OP will have to store 60K or 80K of brass
How much does one of those totes weigh when full? |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:45:25 PM EDT
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Coffee cans, ice cream buckets and ammo boxes are my usual storage containers.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:46:03 PM EDT
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Coffee cans, ice cream buckets and ammo boxes are my usual storage containers.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 5:51:35 PM EDT
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Well the containers were free The brass wasn't and who knows maybe some day the OP will have to store 60K or 80K of brass
How much does one of those totes weigh when full? About 250# Thats why I can only stack them two high. Its not easy being a brass whore
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Posted: 1/31/2011 6:09:28 PM EDT
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Quoted:
I use some blue bin similar to the Dillon bins . Loaded rounds in the bottom bin and empty fired round go in the top . I have five gallon buckets full of extra brass to replace damaged or lost brass. For rifle rounds I have three gallon containers for the brass waiting to be reloaded. http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss148/Easy_E_photos/6be7f346.jpg http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5718/benchaz8.jpg That bench and all it's contents are the most beautiful sight I have ever seen in my life
ETA: The girl on the calender is nice too
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Posted: 1/31/2011 6:34:30 PM EDT
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For the brass, I use the plastic drawer type cabinets from target or walmart to dump fired brass into. All the drawers are labeled for each caliber I reload. Once processed, I move the brass to stacked tupperware type buckets with labels.
For all my small parts and tools, I use hardware bins from Harbor Freight or Home Depot. Everything else gets stacked on the shelves about the bench. 
The label maker is one of the best tools I purchased for my reloading bench. |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 7:06:23 PM EDT
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I store my preped brass in ammo cans. 
Loaded ammo too. |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 7:38:02 PM EDT
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How much does one of those totes weigh when full? Apparently, nothing... seems that ammo is "anti-gravity"...
Looks like Easy-e is a brass hog AND a bi-pod hog...
I like the ammo cans- they seem to be the best at storing and stacking without wasting a bunch of space in between the containers- a pet peeve of mine |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 9:31:14 PM EDT
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I use the large kitty litter buckets. They are about 3gals a bucket and they hold up well. And a bonus they stack and have handles.
Don't judge me for having a cat  . It proves well....No mice or bugs and I gain an unending supply of buckets.
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Posted: 2/1/2011 2:48:24 AM EDT
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Here's how I do it AssaultRifler style
basically a sturdy half shelf with a boatload of 3 gallon containers. For the bottom shelf make sure you put the lightweight stuff on top of the heavier container or you'll squish the bottom container  This is where my unprocessed range brass goes, each caliber has it's own 2 liter container, I call this the Standard Tumbler Unit. When it's full I tumble it then put it in the appropriate tumbled brass bin  I had some stickers and went wild with big easy to read labels for each container  Just in case you thought these were empty or something   |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 4:15:24 AM EDT
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Plastic pretzel jars for dirty pistol brass on the bench top. Plastic shoe boxes for polished brass or dirty rifle brass (a piece of masking tape on the boxes to record # of firings). USPS flat rate boxes for brass not yet in loading rotation.
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Posted: 2/1/2011 7:20:02 AM EDT
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Quoted: Some have used empty plastic pretzel containers. Aloha, Mark I like pretzels! However, it's an old picture and I've added 38spl and 357mag to my calibers since this was taken so I actually have 2 more big jugs for 38spl (making an even 20 jugs) and 4 more of the smaller size, of which 2 hold my 357mag brass. Also, now they all are full and I've got a few thousand more .223 trading brass stored in gallon Ziplock bags! BTW, Each large jug weighs about 25lbs and that's about as big a load you want to carry around.  |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 8:00:02 AM EDT
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You guys are great, I really appreciate all the responses with pics ... very helpful!
I think my next purchase is going to be a label maker 
Keep the ideas coming if you want, but now that we're completely snowed in here in STL, I'm going to spend the next couple days organizing my new bench. As soon as I can get back on the roads I'll have my oranization scheme figured out, and I'll post pics of what I come up with. I'm thinking I'm going to use 30 and 50 cal ammo cans for loaded ammo. For brass I'll probably use some sort of stackable clear plastic Tupperware, and I like the idea of cut in half 2 liter bottles as a way to store tumbler loads full of various calibers ... sort brass into the cut 2 liters, when it hits the top just dump in the tumbler and then into the appropriate Tupperware. A few more details to work out, but this really helps. |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 8:35:16 AM EDT
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I use sangwich or freezer bags and pile em up. I have 3000 primed 223 cases in 6 freezer bags on the shelf of my reloading bench now. I bag 45 brass primed by the 100 in sangwich bags. I have 800 primed 45 cases in the drawers of the bench. Low tech and cheap. This is what I do. This way I can use a marker to write on the bag, usually somehting like .223/5.56, LC. Or if they are in some stage of prep I use post it notes and stick one in the bag saying sized, trimmed, deburred, PP cleaned. That way I know what is done and what needs to be done. I bought a plastic "tower" w/ drawers in it and I just toss the bags in there. Works great. I also have a milk jug w/ the top opposite the handle cut off that sits on top of the drawer tower thing. I toss recycle brass in there. |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 8:38:21 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Thanks for the ideas ... Easy, where did you get those bins? They're bigger than the Dillon bins, look like they'd be more useful. I'm leaning toward getting a bunch of those Wal-Mart tupperware containers, being stackable is a good thing ... as is being able to see what's inside. Of course I'd rather not have to spend any money I use the snagwich/freezer bags for brass waiting to be or in the process of being prepped. I also bought about 10 tupperware type containers at Home Depot for 99 cents each. I use those for brass being processed and brass ready to load. |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 9:54:32 AM EDT
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I put the processed brass in 1 gallon freezer bags with their own deci packs. I then use 15 quart hinged lid boxes from Wally World for the bags of brass. I don't know what it weighs when full but it as heavy as I want to carry.
For unprocessed brass, I use those disposable aluminum bread pans. When it is full I deprime and tumble it. |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 1:52:13 PM EDT
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http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Cases/PC300671.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Cases/PC300672.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Cases/PC300673.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Cases/PC300674.jpg I store my preped brass in ammo cans. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Ammo/P6230083-1.jpg Loaded ammo too. One of these days I'm going to load up all the stripers that I have and put them in .50 cans too. That is just to cool. 
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Posted: 2/1/2011 2:32:30 PM EDT
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I use ammo cans in most of the sizes. So far I'm just over 80 of them.
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Posted: 2/1/2011 2:50:50 PM EDT
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I use the large kitty litter buckets. They are about 3gals a bucket and they hold up well. And a bonus they stack and have handles. Don't judge me for having a cat . It proves well....No mice or bugs and I gain an unending supply of buckets.Completely agree. They hold the greatest amount that I can still pick up and move. |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 6:12:09 PM EDT
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Nice stuff, guys.
Dryflash, you're the most organized person I've never met. BUT, you inspired me. Love the labels. So, I copied your idea. Here's a link to the file if anyone wants it. Yeah, I know it's no biggie, but if someone else woulda done it first, I'd have downloaded theirs.  |
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Posted: 2/1/2011 8:46:53 PM EDT
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I hate to share my secret, but try local bakeries and grocery stores. They have very well made plastic icing containers in 1.5 gallon 3 gallon and sometimes 5 gallon buckets. They are heavy duty and have sealed silicone gaskets for the lids that snap into place. They also have sturdy handles and they stack great. Best part? they typically give them away for free. Just ask at the bakery counter and they will normally say "sure take all you want, they are out back by the milk crates" I've seen some groceries that have hundreds stacked up. I use them for everything from brass to garden stuff to horse feed to iced beer cooler. They last forever and I think the plastic is better quality than painters buckets due to it being food grade or something. Now everyone in Indiana disregard, don't go taking my buckets! lol
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Posted: 2/2/2011 8:39:58 AM EDT
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I'm in heaven, just started reloading and was using gallon plastic bags, but am thinking of going to ammo cans. My wife owns a pizza shop so think I will start taking her pickle jugs she uses for sandwich table for brass to tumble. I enjoyed looking at the benchs gave me some ideas for mine. Thanks for starting a cool conversation that is helpful to us newbies. Semper Fi.
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Posted: 2/2/2011 11:22:08 AM EDT
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I hate to share my secret, but try local bakeries and grocery stores. They have very well made plastic icing containers in 1.5 gallon 3 gallon and sometimes 5 gallon buckets. They are heavy duty and have sealed silicone gaskets for the lids that snap into place. They also have sturdy handles and they stack great. Best part? they typically give them away for free. Just ask at the bakery counter and they will normally say "sure take all you want, they are out back by the milk crates" I've seen some groceries that have hundreds stacked up. I use them for everything from brass to garden stuff to horse feed to iced beer cooler. They last forever and I think the plastic is better quality than painters buckets due to it being food grade or something. Now everyone in Indiana disregard, don't go taking my buckets! lol Having worked in a grocery store as a kid I can attest that a grocery store's bakery is a great place to get buckets like he describes....... |
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Posted: 2/2/2011 11:42:49 AM EDT
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I hate to share my secret, but try local bakeries and grocery stores. They have very well made plastic icing containers in 1.5 gallon 3 gallon and sometimes 5 gallon buckets. They are heavy duty and have sealed silicone gaskets for the lids that snap into place. They also have sturdy handles and they stack great. Best part? they typically give them away for free. Just ask at the bakery counter and they will normally say "sure take all you want, they are out back by the milk crates" I've seen some groceries that have hundreds stacked up. I use them for everything from brass to garden stuff to horse feed to iced beer cooler. They last forever and I think the plastic is better quality than painters buckets due to it being food grade or something. Now everyone in Indiana disregard, don't go taking my buckets! lol Great idea, thanks! Free is always good, and it sounds like these might even be better than your typical Rubbermaid container. |
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