Very basic component storage question- how are you doing it?

[Divernhunter]

I use the plastic shoe box size bins at $1/each that I buy at Big Lots.
I have 5 shelve 4'X2'X6'tall metal shelves that I store over 100 on. The top shelve is for ammo boxes and more shoe box bins. This is for brass. I separate the new from used and by cartridge. Fired brass are in 1 gallon baggies with a 3x5 card in it with info such as what case prep is done, primers(if primed) and number of times fired.

I have another cabinet with doors I built which I store bullets by caliber and type in more plastic shoe boxes. I also store my dies there and some reloading supplies such as a case of spray lube and misc other spray lube, graphite, bullet casting and such.
The shoe boxes from Big Lots stack well and are cheap.

Powder/primers are stored in the house in my reloading room and in my computer/gun safe room on shelves and in the closets.

[Citadelgrad87]

Well, since you don't like my storage solution, 5 gallon buckets, I won't suggest them. Even though they hold tons of brass and if you have lids, they are stackable so they don't take up much floor space.


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I dont dislike them, per se, and i hadnt thought of lids and stacking them. They are just so big.

[G-Man WC]

4 x 5 gal buckets.
Dirty 45acp
Clean 45acp
Dirty 5.56
Clean 5.56
Everything else goes into 1gal ziploc's.
These go into handy and readily available Pacifico cases.
-g

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

I dont dislike them, per se, and i hadnt thought of lids and stacking them. They are just so big.

And they hold lots and lots of brass.


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[kevins750]

I keep all my reloading equipment inside an industrial metal cabinet 7'x4'.
Bullets, powder, primers in the metal cabinet also.
Brass, tumblers, etc are in a wooden cabinet that my press is mounted to.

Brass is separated by calibers in freezer bags inside of 1 cubic foot boxes.
Dirty brass is in separate boxes loose.

[donnrcp]

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[stilly]

Like everyone, im trying to lay in components as best i can.

Powder and primers are fine, they dont take up that much space.

Projectiles i think i have a handle on.

Brass is an issue. I have my rifle brass in Costco pretzel bins, they seem ok.

But pistol brass, which i am starting to accumulate, needs a solution.

Plastic gallon ziplock bags are my current go to, butmthey dont stack well, seem too heavy and likely to break. I have a vacuum storage machine, but thats kind of the same issue.

I dont want 5 gallon buckets all over the garage.

You guys who are ahead of me in bulk, what do you do?

Thanks.

1. Install a set of the HD freestanding shelves that are about 6' long in your garage.
2. On those shelves you will put three heavy duty totes that hold about 25 gallons or so, the first you will paint a yellow mark on, the second you will paint a blue mark on and the third you will paint a black mark on.
3. Then you will go look for the SHELL SORTERS that come as a set of three yellow, blue and black- And you will buy the set and be happy.
4. Finally you will buy ONE 5 gallon bucket and put a gamma seal lid on it (both from Home Depot if you want) and one more 5 gallon bucket to stick on top of that.
5. When you get home from the range you dump your range brass into the 5 gallon bucket with the lid. Once that gets filled you put your shell sorter set on top of the empty 5 gallon bucket and sort your brass out. All brass that is sorted into the colored brass sorters get dumped into the corresponding HD tote...

Rinse and repeat. Use the shelving to hold projectiles and other reloading items. Get a fourth HD tote for holding the press extras and all that.

As a bonus, I will clean brass and have it ready for reloading. I have PLENTY of those red FOLGERS coffee plastic bins, they are excellent, stack well and take a label like a boss. All you need is about 4-5 or so of those to start you off and then just keep adding them as you go...

[Sky_DiveR]

I use the Costco laundry soap containers. I think they are ~2 Gallons and come with a lid. Hold lots of brass, stack-able, airtight, and kinda square.

[Enfield47]

I use the clear shoe box and larger sized rectangular plastic boxes with lids. The boxes stack nicely so finding the right brass is easy. I mostly have rifle brass and lots of .45 cases.

[IrishJoe3]

Whoooo.

Okay. Bucket of dirty mixed range brass comes in from the range.

Brass gets sorted and stored in bulk in 5 gal bucket, (ie 40 S&W, 5.56, .45ACP etc).

When I get a chance, I'll process from one bucket or another, (clean, resize, tumble, trim, etc).

Processed, reload ready brass I use a lot of then gets stored in another 5 gal bucket. As I reload and get towards the bottom of the reload ready brass bucket, I'll process another batch from the dirty bucket and refill the reload ready bucket.

Processed brass I DON'T use a lot of, I store in clear 6 quart tubs on a shelf ($3 from target)

[rcslotcar]

I use boxes you can get free at the post office. They are strong and are easy to mark. Did I mention they are free?

[llazyjs]

I use .99 cent store clear plastic food storage containers with snap on lids for clean, sorted brass and gallon ziplock bags for dirty unprocessed brass. The square or round containers stack nicely.

[fguffey]

[MrElectric03]

I reuse cat litter bins for my brass. They are tall yellow bins with blue or gray tops. Lids flip open, easy to toss brass in when sorting, the stack nicely and store lots of brass and have handles. I probably have 2k in my .223 bin and it's 1/2-3/4 full. Once it's prepped and cleaned it goes in gallon plastic bags before loading.

[wbunning]

My powders are kept in their sealed plastic jugs in the garage.

Primers are in ammo cans, one for rifle, one for small pistol, one for magnums, etc

For brass I bought a bunch of snap-top containers when WalMart had a sale on them. They aren't gigantic as I only have 500-1000 cases per caliber at any one time. Inside the containers the brass is in ziplocks according to dirty/clean/prepped.

Bullets are in ammo cans

I also have an ammo can marked "open" that is my "working" container. It holds a couple of 1-pound powders, open primer boxes and remnants, and a small box of labels.

I like ammo cans :-)