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Posted: 1/19/2015 12:02:03 AM EDT
| If you have to move, how do you transport bulk bullets? I am not moving but would like some ideas. I keep them in the boxes they come in, but who do you pack the various boxes up for moving? Similar question could apply to storage I guess. |
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Cardboard shipping/moving boxes work ok, just tape the hell out of them and don't expect them to stay square if they get handled much and line with a bag or two.
Filling a box with bullets makes it get heavy fast, kinda like filling it with lead, so unless you're wheeling them around on a dolly you probably won't be dealing with too big of boxes. Metal and wood are best for repeated handling. Metal coffee cans work well for smaller quantities. |
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I just had to clean out my reloading room to do renovations in there. Moved all the bulk bullet boxes to dinning room about 40 paces away.. Thats a great workout. I will never be moving.
FWIW, the 30 cal ammo cans of bullets were easiest. I had some in plastic cans. They survived but but I had a bad feeling the bottom would drop out. |
| The last time I moved I ended up having 2 very large akro bins full of .45 bullets I had cast and sized. 4,000 bullets in each bin. My reloading room was in the basement at that house so I covered the top of the bins with cardboard and duct tape and got help to sit each bin on a moving cart and then into the back of my truck. It all worked out fine but I had this mental image of the plastic bin breaking and 4,000 bullets bouncing all over the place. |
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30 cal ammo cans, don't use 50's unless you are the Hulk. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bullets/P7280177.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bullets/P7280177.jpg</a> Agreed...ammo cans are the best way. I got 8K 55gr .224 FMJ's in a 50cal can and it is a heavy SOB for sure. I will need a dedicated trailer to haul my bullets if I move :) |
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I have 22K Zero bullets squirreled away too. Their wholesale pricing is evil :) Quoted:
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+1 on the threaded tape! On a side note, thanks Dryflash3 for supporting my local economy! I have 22K Zero bullets squirreled away too. Their wholesale pricing is evil :) Wonderful!! |
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30 cal ammo cans, don't use 50's unless you are the Hulk. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bullets/P7280177.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bullets/P7280177.jpg</a> Exactly this. |
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Zero bullets are priced right, it's just hard finding them in stock. That label is in the can so I will never wonder what brand the bullets are. Quoted:
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+1 on the threaded tape! On a side note, thanks Dryflash3 for supporting my local economy! That label is in the can so I will never wonder what brand the bullets are. I cut the box side off that has the brand and product #, mark the quantity on it with a sharpie, put that in the ammo can along with a dessicant pack, and put the same info on the outside of the can with making tape and a sharpie. When I open some of them in 20 years I should at least know what they are that way :) |
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For factory loaded ammo, I keep them in their original boxes and tote them in a plastic "toolbox". Toolboxes are designed to carry heavy loads so typically, their construction (especially their handles) can survive under heavy stress.
For my reloads that I store in plastic ammo boxes (premium bullets), again, I'll use toolboxes. For my bulk reloads (cast bullets) and loose bullets, I use .30 cal metal ammo cans. I have one ammo can filled with ~5K .224 62gr penetrator bullets... that weighs twice as much as another ammo can filled with 185gr SWC loaded .45acp ammo. |
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I have 22K Zero bullets squirreled away too. Their wholesale pricing is evil :) Quoted:
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+1 on the threaded tape! On a side note, thanks Dryflash3 for supporting my local economy! I have 22K Zero bullets squirreled away too. Their wholesale pricing is evil :) I agree...the Zeros are obscenely inexpensive once you hit 30k bullets. They just never ship them all at once, so they kinda trickle in. To answer the OP, Manufacturers generally send out bulk bullets in boxes that are more than suited to their i tended task. I just leave the bullets in the boxes they come in. |
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I agree...the Zeros are obscenely inexpensive once you hit 30k bullets. They just never ship them all at once, so they kinda trickle in. To answer the OP, Manufacturers generally send out bulk bullets in boxes that are more than suited to their i tended task. I just leave the bullets in the boxes they come in. Quoted:
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+1 on the threaded tape! On a side note, thanks Dryflash3 for supporting my local economy! I have 22K Zero bullets squirreled away too. Their wholesale pricing is evil :) I agree...the Zeros are obscenely inexpensive once you hit 30k bullets. They just never ship them all at once, so they kinda trickle in. To answer the OP, Manufacturers generally send out bulk bullets in boxes that are more than suited to their i tended task. I just leave the bullets in the boxes they come in. Not always... I just got a 3k box of Hornady 9mm 115's from PSA during their recent 30% off sale... They put the Hornady bulk box in a normal cardboard box. Hornady needs to use more than a couple staples to keep their box together and PSA needs to start taping the corners. Not sure how many bullets I lost (and not counting) but I still think I made out. I would complain to someone but they will just blame each other or UPS. 
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When I moved I put all my loaded ammo in ammo cans and bullets stayed in original boxes packed in small boxes with lots of tape. Powder and primers were put in cardboard boxes and taped. I moved all this myself along with gas cans and aerosols in my pickup. This worked for me for a 200 mile move. I did not load any boxes I would not want to move/carry to the next basement. This worked for me. I also moved all high value items such as guns and jewelry and gas operated tools. Pro movers did minor damage to pictures/paintings.
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My last military move went really well (as I indicated earlier), but I had to go to a lot of trouble to convince the movers that "bullets" meant JUST projectiles...they kept thinking "loaded ammo." My loaded ammo, powder and primers went with me in the car, along with firearms and important papers.
I have spent so much time as a military technical training instructor, teaching people to use the right words at the right time, that I am really frustrated that so many people ignorantly equate "bullet" with "round of ammunition." Even here on ARFCOM... |
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I just moved many many boxes of bullets.
Tape them up with filament tape and do not box them any further. If you have smaller calibers you can tape two together. I have old 'factory' bulk boxes that weigh 70 pounds each. That used to be the UPS limit. Around 2100 230 grain bullets, around 3700 130 grain Carrying them one at a time is about all you want to do. |
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