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    keeping track of your components

    My bench is starting to look like a cardboard box graveyard as I am using the small boxes my orders are shipped in as storage.

    Looking for ideas for a more neat and organized way to keep track of brass in various stages of prepping and up off the bench so I have more space.

    Thought maybe just build shelves and get tupperware-type containers with lids. they'd be sealable and see-through which would be a plus.
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    Ive got a ton of tupperwear type containers and they work just about as well as anything. No need for shelves as they stack pretty well and will handle the weight. I think I have 5 or 6 stacked up right now that have at least 1000 .308 cases in each with no signs of buckling on the bottom one.

    Depending on how much brass you have, 5 gallon buckets might also work well. They are cheap and if you are not using one you can just stack it under one you are using. I could probably do this with 9mm and 45 cases, one for dirty, one for clean.
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    I use several of these to hold my brass and bullets while reloading:



    I got them from my local Ace Hardware store. They come in a variety of colors and sizes and they stack well, saving bench space. They also have a slot in the front to insert a label, so you can change it as needed without scraping a sticker off.
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    I store prepped brass in the 33.9oz Folgers plastic containers. They hold almost 1000 pieces of .223 brass and they stack pretty well. And I'm drinking the coffee anyway (coffee snobs are probably shaking their heads ), so the containers are pretty much free.

    ETA: And I usually keep projectiles in Ziploc bags or containers similar to those in the above post.
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    Re: keeping track of your components

    I use .30 & .50 cal ammo cans for powder, primers & projos & MTM cases for the brass.

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    When my Grandpa was still alive, he would take a mayonnaise jar lid and use screws to attach it to the bottom shelf on his cabinets above the bench. Then fill the jars with brass or whatever, screw it onto the mounted lid and it is up out of his way.

    He did it with jars of all sizes, you can see what's inside and it is up out of the way.

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    I use these I got them from home depot they are cheap 2.98 and I make a label out of masking tape with what is going on. I.E. "sized need trim and ream" or "sized trimmed need ream" makes life so much easier I know it saved me from having to examine them each time I put them away and pulled back out.

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    I use similar plastic containers and write the name on the side with a sharpie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigereye View Post
    I use similar plastic containers and write the name on the side with a sharpie.
    I just do it by what process it is in bascically same thing sometimes I have 5-10k that are in one process if i get lazy and then i just throw more tape on. Like when my son gets in trouble or needs some extra money I always have a bunch for him to trim

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    Stackable totes/trays.

    I'd post a pic of mine, but then every Whistler this side of the Ho Chi Mihn trail would want some.
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