Labeling your ammo cans, using obscure names for the Caliber....

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    Master
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    My line of thought is that labeling is not only for me, but to help someone else, should they need to be able to identify some of this stuff without me. I need to get to labeling and organizing ammo a bit more. I have labeled the firearms that I may store in boxes besides the one they came in (i.e. they came in cardboard and I am storing them in the safe in a plastic box for example).
    Precisely.
    My son will take all of this in the future (he is in TX and already reloads as well).
    All of my reloads go into ziplock baggies with both the load data and the chrono info included. Anyone grabbing the bag knows what they are getting...including me.
     

    BigMoose

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    Lol, the "Russian" calibers are in Cyrillic and I label the magazine tubs in Cyrillic too.
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    Hookeye

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    Hate the metal GI cans (my dad loved em and had many).
    Sound hurts my ears open/close.

    I run the MTM plastic cans.
    Masking tape label w Sharpie marker lettering.
    General label of "12 ga slug" or specific like "WW DXP .243"

    Found some 3.5" Federal steel goose loads from the early 90s (mine), stashed in pop's garage.
    Reason I forgot em? Put in a GI can.
     

    BigMoose

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    An update here is what I have decided to label the cans with.

    5.6×10mmR
    5.6×15mmR
    7.65 Browning
    7.65 Parabellum (this is a new addition)
    9 Corto/Scurt/Kurtz
    9 Parabellum
    16 Bore
    12 Bore

    The I have my US calibers marked
    Cartridge, Caliber .45, Pistol
    Cartridge, Caliber .30, Carbine
    Cartridge, Caliber 5.56 mm
    Cartridge, Caliber 7.62 mm
    Cartridge, Caliber .30, Rifle
    Grenade, Rifle, 22MM (Before someone freaks out, these are ALL parachute flares! or dummy trainers, but still considered by the Army as part of the assortment of Rifle grenades)

    22RF was a bit, weird and it didn't separate the Shorts from the LRs very well. so I went with the Metric descriptions.

    7.65 Parabellum is a new one. I found a Beretta in that Caliber. It isn't as hard as you would think to find. The Outdoorsman on 135 carrys it.
     

    BigMoose

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    Okay. Now that I have separated the shorts from the long rifle...

    I need a really small sealing GI container to put them in, something smaller then an Ammo can.

    Any recommendations for stashing 22 Short or... 5.6×10mmR
     

    Creedmoor

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    Precisely.
    My son will take all of this in the future (he is in TX and already reloads as well).
    All of my reloads go into ziplock baggies with both the load data and the chrono info included. Anyone grabbing the bag knows what they are getting...including me.
    I do the same, but with a label maker and ammo cans.
     

    bgcatty

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    Purple please!
    Most of us older guys can’t remember our names sometimes and you’re suggesting we use cryptic names for our ammunition?
    Really?
    Seriously? :whistle:
     
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