Heavy when Full

[swampratt]

So I have had a lot of bullets cast and powder coated and sized just sitting in containers.
I say a lot probably 800 or so for 45acp.

I have much more primed and sized cases in containers.

Figured I would fill up a recently purchased ammo can with 45's
Man those will be heavy when full.

I have 1 30 cal can 3/4 of the way there and my 2 year old grandson was helping.

And grandma thought he needed a nap.
I keep him up and busy/entertained and he is just fine.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

I have a .50 cal ammo can that has 1,550 loose rounds of .45acp reloads. That SOB is HEAVY!

 

[rickm]

I have 11 50 cal boxes full of lead ingots 175#'s each

 

[Jason Freeland]

Yeah, I keep everything in ammo cans and they do get heavy.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I stopped using the 50 cal. cans for pistol ammo. I use 50 cal cans for rifle only.

 

[Jason Freeland]

I stopped using the 50 cal. cans for pistol ammo. I use 50 cal cans for rifle only.

I use all .50, but I rarely transport in them. I did when we went out to Ed's grandmother's place and it liked to kill me.

 

[rickm]

I only transport mine in the winter time when they are calling for bad road conditions use them for added weight in the back of the truck but i move them with a dolly from storage to the truck it just getting them in and out of the truck that is rough.

 

[Archangel]

Use the thinner 30 cal cans, it makes for less of an individual load when transporting them.
I use the 50 cal cans for the ammo purchased that is still boxed and the fat 50 for my shotgun shells.

 

[clintbailey]

I usually buy the plastic 30 cal ammo cans when Atwoods or whoever runs them cheap, and use them for storage of pistol/AR ammo. Have a few of the 50/100 round ammo boxes for each caliber that make the shooting trips usually and then refill from ammo cans as needed. I tried "halving" one tonight after loading some 38 specials today, his and hers style...

 

[Archangel]

I. Never bothered with the plastic ammo cans as they are not water tight, the plastic flexes/bends under a load, and it breaks if it's either too heavy or dropped when heavy, and freezing cold weather just makes it worse.