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  • Calico1404
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2016
    • 3401

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    Last edited by Calico1404; 07-25-2017, 1:42 PM.
  • #2
    rubbman
    Senior Member
    • May 2013
    • 652

    Don't worry a out it! Buy what you can for the calibers you need while you can.
    I once pondered over the debate of 9mm vs. .40, then I was introduced to .38 super and 10mm and forgot all about it.

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    • #3
      buruli
      Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 174

      If you care that much, buy a counting scale. One that will go to 66# will cost about $150. However, I don't think that level of accuracy is very important. I think of ammo like nails; no contractor counts individual nails. All you really care about is have plenty and don't ever run out.

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      • #4
        TexasJackKin
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2014
        • 718

        I keep my reloaded stuff in those 50 round plastic boxes. My problem is what to do with all the odd ball stuff. Like 9 rounds of 3 inch 12 ga #4 shot, or 23 rounds of .45 ACP of unknown origin, etc, etc, etc. to good to just toss, not good enough to shoot.

        I should say, I've got 10 or 20 of the 50 round boxes, for all the calibers I normally shoot, that I refill, from from bulk after returning from the range. when my bulk ammo gets to where I can see the bottom of the ammo can, I crank up the reloader.
        Mike M.
        Dayton, NV
        NRA Life member
        Front Sight DG
        CRPA, USPSA, AOPA, EAA, CCW: NV, CA & AZ
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        • #5
          SkyHawk
          I need a LIFE!!
          • Sep 2012
          • 23518

          I keep a spreadsheet. When I go to the range and fire a box, if I am not keeping the brass I just pull off the end cardboard tab of the ammo box that has the brand, caliber etc. and throw the rest of the box away. I bring those tabs home with me so I can remember to deduct the ammo from the spreadsheet - the tab tells me what and how many were in the box. After I have logged it, I toss the tab.

          It is a lot easier if you started keeping track early on in your hoarding phase. If you already have a couple hundred pounds of ammo, it is a lot harder to get your spreadsheet started.
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          • #6
            arrowshooter
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2013
            • 724

            I keep my stash of new stuff in ammo cans with the caliber and quantity marked on the outside. I reload for everything I own so I haven't touched the new stuff for years, except for the .22LR. I keep up to 1,500 each of the reloads in 50 or 100 round ammo boxes marked with the load date and how many time that brass has been fired. I then shoot oldest first, reload when I have shot 200 or 300 and put those at the bottom of the stack.

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            • #7
              baih777
              CGN/CGSSA Contributor
              CGN Contributor
              • Jul 2011
              • 5680

              Ammo cans and the blue painters tape. Description and date.
              Been gone too long. It's been 15 to 20 years since i had to shelf my guns. Those early years sucked.
              I really miss the good old Pomona Gun Shows.
              I'm Back.

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              • #8
                rm1911
                Veteran Member
                • Jan 2013
                • 4073

                For me, inventory of primers, powder, and bullets is more important. I'll keep several plastic boxes of rounds but mostly I just store bulk in the bullet boxes and load up the plastics before the range. Usually I keep track of how much I've reloaded, then build up inventory of components. Like, I'll load four boxes of bullets, that'd be 2k rounds. I do one caliber at a time, and do a large batch before I switch caliber.

                I don't keep track necessarily of how much loaded ammo I have on hand other than roughly how many range trips are left. I am more interested in what's left over to reload. I try to keep that at a healthy level.
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                • #9
                  1957alex0
                  Junior Member
                  • Aug 2016
                  • 85

                  Two ammo cans for every caliber. I take from one until empty then I take from the second and reload for the first
                  TIMENDI CAUSA EST NESCIRE - Seneca

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                  • #10
                    Calico1404
                    Veteran Member
                    • Jan 2016
                    • 3401

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                    Last edited by Calico1404; 07-25-2017, 1:42 PM.

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                    • #11
                      wpod
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2014
                      • 2395

                      Ammo cans and ammocanmagnets.com for labelling.

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                      • #12
                        rimfire11
                        Senior Member
                        • Feb 2015
                        • 583

                        Originally posted by baih777
                        Ammo cans and the blue painters tape. Description and date.
                        This is what I do, and use a spreadsheet. Also, I have "range" or "R" marked ammo boxes or baggies. I put aside ~200-500 rounds of calibers I shoot more often, and write range or R on the box or baggie. This way, I deduct the amount of ammo I shoot fewer times from my total quantity.

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                        • #13
                          tonyjr
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2015
                          • 1448

                          I use plastic ammo boxes . They are labeled for caliber - but most just the color of boxes .
                          Straight up = loaded , upside down = MT , but cleaned and primed .
                          Fired / range brass - go into sonic , vibrator or tumbler .
                          Way to many calibers to store in ammo boxes / cans .
                          When nephews / nieces come for ammo , then mags are filled and plastic boxes go into ammo can or range bag .
                          As for powder , primers and pills - they will generally buy one or 2 of what they are shooting .
                          Primers - I keep at least 2 bricks of each [ they are kept in ammo cans ] , powder 3 - 1 pounder's , bullets [ mostly off net ] at least 3 boxes of 100 .
                          We do pick up calibers we don't have and put in the boxes that are thrown away - We take a milk / soda crate with them for trading of calibers we have too many cases of or don't shoot . Like the 9 mm mac , 30/30 , 30/06 , 243 , 270 [ way to many mt's ]
                          life member - CRPA and NRA
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                          • #14
                            Mayor McRifle
                            Calguns Addict
                            • Dec 2013
                            • 7667

                            Originally posted by rubbman
                            Don't worry a out it! Buy what you can for the calibers you need while you can.
                            The only thing I would add to this is a "b." Otherwise, I completely agree.
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                            • #15
                              BajaJames83
                              Calguns Addict
                              • Jun 2011
                              • 6035

                              I put it on shelves with the older stuff in the front sorted by caliber
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