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Posted: 3/13/2015 2:42:30 AM EDT
| I recently purchased a Job Box type container to store my ammunition. I have all my various rifle and pistol rounds stored in different ammo cans with desiccant ect, but I can't seem to come up with an efficient method of storing shotgun shells. Obviously I can simply stack the 25rd boxes in the container, but I would like to better organize and protect them in some sort of secondary container, IE ammo box. Has anybody come up with the perfect way of storing shotgun shells? Is there a particular size that best suits 25rd boxes of 2 3/4" or 3" shells? How do you store yours? |
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I don't box. I have Plano ammo boxes for .410, 28, 20, and 12 gauge target loads. When I was shooting and loading a lot, loaded rounds went into a 5 gal bucket then into the plano box for more convienient movement to and from the range.
The only time I ever box anything was competition ammo for a shoot. |
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I just pack my shotgun shells in ammo cans like everything else. I try to pack it by shot size and type. SAW cans are the best one for shotgun shells, IMHO. The weight is still manageable, and the larger volume works for good stacking even with the 10- and 25-rd boxes. |
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I don't box. I have Plano ammo boxes for .410, 28, 20, and 12 gauge target loads. When I was shooting and loading a lot, loaded rounds went into a 5 gal bucket then into the plano box for more convienient movement to and from the range. The only time I ever box anything was competition ammo for a shoot. Similar method for storage. 5 gallon bucket with lid from Home Depot/Lowes. Leave shells in the box for ID. Label outside of bucket. A few packs of desiccant thrown in bucket. If your really anal a bead of caulk before you put the lid on for an air tight seal.  Shotgun shells are too bulky and affordable for ammo cans. Slugs and buck shot do go in ammo cans though.
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I use plain old 50-cal ammo cans, but I don't have near the quantity of what I assume a lot of guys here do. I'm not a shotgun guy at heart, don't reload them, and don't keep a ton on hand. One or two cans of bird shot, one or two each for 00 and #4 buck, and one of slugs; both regular & magnum. Generally speaking, that's it; obviously it varies some with even the limited use I give my shotguns.
For someone who shoots a lot of shotshells, the buckets & such would be a better approach, but as little as I use shotgun, the ammo can approach works fine for me. |
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SAW cans are the best one for shotgun shells, IMHO. The weight is still manageable, and the larger volume works for good stacking even with the 10- and 25-rd boxes. Quoted:
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I just pack my shotgun shells in ammo cans like everything else. I try to pack it by shot size and type. SAW cans are the best one for shotgun shells, IMHO. The weight is still manageable, and the larger volume works for good stacking even with the 10- and 25-rd boxes. SAW can (Fat 50) is ideal but also consider the 40mm box. |
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I just pack my shotgun shells in ammo cans like everything else. I try to pack it by shot size and type. SAW cans are the best one for shotgun shells, IMHO. The weight is still manageable, and the larger volume works for good stacking even with the 10- and 25-rd boxes. SAW can (Fat 50) is ideal but also consider the 40mm box. the SAW cans are used for .22LR. |
| I have a lot of bird shot that in their original boxes took up a lot of room. I took a couple of mortar cans that I put the shells in, If you put the shells in loose you fit a lot less in there, I stagger my rounds one base up next base down and keep going (shell pointing at the bottom of the can and the next pointing out the opening). I can fit around 600 rounds of 12ga in a mortar can. I keep most of my ammo in a job box as well, what cannot fit in it either sits in the safe or next to it. |
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I just pack my shotgun shells in ammo cans like everything else. I try to pack it by shot size and type. SAW cans are the best one for shotgun shells, IMHO. The weight is still manageable, and the larger volume works for good stacking even with the 10- and 25-rd boxes. SAW can (Fat 50) is ideal but also consider the 40mm box. the SAW cans are used for .22LR. Impossible! No one can have THAT MUCH .22lr!
As others, I just use .50 cal cans for my 12 ga supply. But, as a few others have said, I'm not a shotgunner, so I don't have much. Just a few cases worth for 3 gun and my occasional embarrassing trip to the clays or trap range. |
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