Leave ammo in boxes or put on strippers

[Kevslatvin]

Hey I was separating some ammo last night. Putting 55 and 62grn in separate cans. I noticed the side of the can said something to the effect of. "840 ctrgs on 10 rnd strippers". I know I don't get that many in there in the manufacturers boxes. I have a bunch of stripper clips I bought at the gun show I could put them all on. Just wondered what you guys do, dump 'em all in a box, put em on strippers and if so how do you track which manufacturer is which. I Could put the strippers in bags with a box top in it, which I have done on some old Remington .223 that came in huge boxes. Just curious.

[markm]

If you keep spoons in the can, strippers are nice. I mostly have loose rounds in 762 cans.

[AR-n-Ky]

I try to get or put all my ammo on stripper clips. I will put all the same "lot" in one ammo can, and put the lot number inside and on the outside written with a paint marker.

I add a spoon to each ammo can. When I buy/get stripper clips.

As a matter of fact, I need to get some more stripper clips/spoons.

[Ryno12]

I fit 1000 5.56 in each .50 cal can on strippers, placed in 30 round cardboard sleeves.
That’s an easy way for me to inventory my stash. Add a Maglula, and you’ve got quick mag loading too.

[militarymoron]

Strippers are awesome. So are stripper clips. I keep a few cans of M855 and M193 all in their stripper clips/bandoleers. I have stripper clips that I load loose factory ammo on for the range and refill them. I haven't found anything that beats stripper clips in speed and convenience for reloading 30-round mags.

[5.56 Bonded SP]

I don't have any stripper clips, but if I did I would load them with handloads. If you think about it, the time it would take to load up a few strippers is probably about equal to that of loading a mag, basically just making an extra step.

I keep lots of mags loaded, then ammo cans full of ammo in factory boxes. If the factory boxes are too large, I take the ammo out and dump it in the can.

That said, I've shot ammo that is 50 years old that was just sitting on a shelf for its entire life and still went bang... And a few rounds from the 1800's that was over 100 years old that still went bang. Fell in a creek once with a bunch of ammo, all that ammo still worked.
Ammo cans are great for storage though, and give me peace of mind that the ammo is staying dry.

[ghostly]

I put my ammo in plastic ammo cans that stack and keep the rounds loose. It's not really much faster to put them on the clips than magazines with a loaded.


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[Kevslatvin]

I just realized after posting I have an AK in 5.56 I recently bought so the spoon for AR mags probably won't work for it. My thinking was mainly to get more rounds per ammo can though. I may just take ammo that is in larger boxes like the plastic "mini can" some AE XM855 came in and put on strippers and ditch the little plastic box.

[BBossman]

I buy by the case and unless the carton is damaged, I leave the ammo in the boxes in the carton.

[ST911]

Clips are an easy way to store and transport ammo if you don't want to tie up a quantity of magazines. Make it a family activity or a distraction during Netflix.