Do you consider packaging when buying ammo?

[Sheepdog1968]

For the ammo I like to keep in good supply, I have ammo boxes and I tape a portion of the original box on the outside and then pour it loose into the ammo box. That is also handy when taking a shooting class as I don't have to sit there and unpack individual boxes while reloading; also less clutter to deal with in the class.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

Nope, I couldn't care less. Though the one's with a zombie on it are spectacularly stupid.





Time vs. Funds. I've got more of the latter than the former, so I don't reload. If the situation was revered, I would. Nothing particularly mysterious about it.

Back when it was brand new, bought some boxes to give out at Christmas. Being new, folks chuckled and it was a hit. I've got one box of shotgun shells for myself as a novelty. Having said that, if they ever had a big deep discount sale to get rid of inventor when the fad runs it course, I'd buy it up for training ammo. Back in 2009 when there was an ammo shortage, I actually bought several thousand rounds of Winchester Ranger HP defensive ammo that was cheaper than ball ammo. I used lots of it in training classes and folks thought I was crazy using premium ammo but it was cheaper than ball was at the time.

 

[Ed Ames]

I generally don't, but there are exceptions:

Soldered cans are a pain, especially if they lost the keys. E.g. I have purchased thousands of rounds of 7.62x25 and 6.5x55 that you had to really butcher the cans to get to. Sharp edges, oxides of unknown metals, just not good.

On the commercial side, one manufacturer of rifle ammo (Federal IIRC) packs cartridges into plastic strips that hold 10rd and have almost belt loops on the ends. Some of those in turn will pack densely into a standard plastic dry box. The result is an ammo box with a individual slots for 200+ rounds. It has worked for me and I bought that brand awhile just to accumulate those plastic bits.

Generally, heat-sealed plastic bags are the best retail packaging for ammo, and ammo cases or bags are the best post-retail cases.

I'm not sure that's what you meant.

 

[22-rimfire]

I like the ammunition protected in the factory box, but don't particularly like styrofoam. In 22LR, I prefer the old card board 50-ct boxes but have no problem with larger packaging on target grade ammo. I never store ammo loose in metal ammunition cans unless that's how it was purchased. If the ammo is bagged, I keep it bagged until I am ready to use it.

 

[skt239]

I wish they would just stick it in a ziplock baggie and pass the savings on...

 

[375supermag]

Hi...

I don't care what the box looks like, other than the price tag.
I buy very little factory ammo, other than .22LR and .22Mag.
I do buy bulk shot shells for shooting clay birds and I generally buy a few hundred rounds of factory ammo to break-in a new autoloader.
After that, all most all of my handguns get nothing but reloads.

I do buy some rifle rounds in 20rd boxed, but my son and I shoot a lot of .223 and 7.62x39mm and most all of that is bulk buys online.

I will not buy the Zombie labeled factory cartridges.

 

[misterarman]

As long as the ammo is good I don't care if it comes in an old sock.
I can repackage it when I get it and do try to minimize the garbage I take wherever I go to shoot.
Excessive packaging does end up costing more freight so bulk does tend to be more cost effective.

 

[Jackal]

Retail packaging is meaningless to me. I exclusively shoot factory ammo and I couldnt care less how it was packaged (WITHIN REASON).

 

[Arizona_Mike]

This thread was not what I thought it was about when I misread the title
I am packing when I take NFA weapons to my engraver. He is in a very bad part of town.

Mike