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Posted: 6/13/2022 7:18:00 PM EDT
I recently purchased a bunch of ammo cans for additional storage as well as to replace some of the older rusted out cans. In addition I purchased a label maker. I'm not here to tell you what to do but using a label maker makes sense to mark your cans. I used to use the 3M blue tape and a sharpie. It's all fancy and shit. That's how I spent my day.
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I use an Epson label maker with yellow tape, much easier to read. I did the whole sharpie thing but if you have a bunch of cans it gets hard to read.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CVG8340/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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I paint the exterior of 50 cal cans in colors I can remember by caliber. Then write with a Sharpie on the sides what caliber and weight grain bullet.
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I've always just left a scrap of paper captured under the latches and write on them. Scribble it out and rewrite to edit quantity when I get into one.
High tech |
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Been using them on ammo cans for years.
I tried the magnet tape thing, but I take cans with me when I go and the magnets get lost. Now, I just make new labels if something changes. |
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Quoted: https://i.imgur.com/ED1PMJw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ERjsH4Z.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDLKs-kYLo Easy to move around, shift to the top of the can, or replace when the can is empty and I'm filling it up with something else. View Quote the win! |
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Open Microsoft Word, select text format "stencil" set font size to 48, type, print, cut, clear packing tape to the can.
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I use a strip of florescent orange duct tape and a black sharpie
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Duct tape with sharpie.
Green tape for "hold" ammo Silver tape for range/blasting ammo Eta: if factory ammo i also rip a piece of the factory box off and leave it inside. Reloads get a 3x5 card with all info detailed |
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Brother Ptouch labelmaker. Label with ammo type and approximate quantity on two sides of each ammo can.
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Quoted: I’ll just be a poor with my sharpie. View Quote You are poor, I use some 90 mph tape and write on that with a Sharpie.... |
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I've tried a few things over the years.
I settled on attaching plastic sleeves to the ammo cans with double-sided Scotch tape. I use plastic sleeves that fit standard 3x5 index cards. This makes making updates and swapping things around easy. Besides having the caliber written on the index cards, e card is numbered. Those numbers correspond to my Excel spreadsheet for cross-referencing purposes. |
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Blue painters tape. Sharpie.
Anything more is OCD. Anything less is savage. |
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Masking tape does the exact same thing an $40 label maker does
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Quoted: I dump a bunch of ammo in the cans then rip up one of the empty boxes. Tape the front of the box onto the ammo can. https://iili.io/hMShtR.png https://iili.io/hMSXwv.png https://iili.io/hMSV9a.png https://iili.io/hMSWAJ.png https://iili.io/hMSOPI.png https://iili.io/hMSkFt.png View Quote Well now, we know who the ammo whore is now! I’m so jealous, but that’s more than I could shoot in a lifetime. I know, I need to shoot more. Good job on the stockpile/ammo fort. I like the label idea too. |
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These molded trays are worth their cost. They made stacking and organizing my 50 caliber cans so much easier. Like you I have nearly a pallet worth of cans.
Quoted: I dump a bunch of ammo in the cans then rip up one of the empty boxes. Tape the front of the box onto the ammo can. https://iili.io/hMShtR.png View Quote |
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Green tape, black sharpie. Load data on tape and on tape inside the lid.
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Quoted: I dump a bunch of ammo in the cans then rip up one of the empty boxes. Tape the front of the box onto the ammo can. https://iili.io/hMShtR.png https://iili.io/hMSXwv.png https://iili.io/hMSV9a.png https://iili.io/hMSWAJ.png https://iili.io/hMSOPI.png https://iili.io/hMSkFt.png View Quote Ok we didnt need your humble brag post. |
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Mark with silver Sharpie on the handle, done - enjoy a bourbon.
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I buy mine from these guys.
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I have a Cricut Maker. I cut labels out of yellow vinyl using military fonts.
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I buy sheets of 1-inch adhesive letters/numbers at the hardware store, and they show up really well on the green ammo cans.
It's pretty simple. .22 .38 .380 9MM 9MM MAK .30 CARBINE 5.56 (etc.) Reloaded ammo gets an "R" added: 9MM R .223 R (etc.) Got a picture of the easy-to-read labels on the cans in my ammo locker, but can't find it. |
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Dang I thought I was doing pretty good with my ammo fort and paint markers. Gonna put in another order now.
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I don't even bother. I organize cartridges by shelf. 9mm luger ammo goes on 9mm luger shelf. 5.56/.223 goes on the 5.56/.223 shelf.
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I prefer to use a white paint marker, directly on the can. A little acetone removes it easily.
These cans also have some magnetic labels that I marked with the paint marker. Attached File |
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Look at all the rich people in here with all their surplus ammo
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Quoted: Anytime I hear label maker I still think of these things: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wQi65eCgfLY/UDC4IGlnbHI/AAAAAAAACEE/nJb27VHcgvA/s1600/dymo2.jpg They sucked but I was totally fascinated with them in the 70's. View Quote LOL, I was too. I remember when they came out with the woodgrain labels. I STILL have stuff around here with those woodgrain labels on it. DYMO was the brand. I still have one around here somewhere. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/322543/20181005_231423_jpg-2417618.JPG Yeah, I'm OCD... These are some of my reloading components (brass and bullets). View Quote |
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