Looking for cheap .50 Ammo Cans

Basic storage needs any online sales not hung up on GI vs no GI. Need 6 to 10.

WalMart still has their Stout Stuff .50 cal ammo cans on sale @ $9 each. Free shipping over $35.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Stout-Stuff-Metal-Ammo-Box/181890587

Alan3413 said:

WalMart still has their Stout Stuff .50 cal ammo cans on sale @ $9 each. Free shipping over $35.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Stout-Stuff-Metal-Ammo-Box/181890587

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That will work. Sure I love those with military markings but sometimes you just need plain storage.

I just bought a nice plastic one on amazon...$8 add on item.



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spoon059 said:

I just bought a nice plastic one on amazon...$8 add on item.

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Thanks Ill take metal for $9. Plastic can be nice for the hauling boxes but long term greased storage cant beat a GI "type" ammo can.

Oops, didn't see that Walmart one was metal. I've got some old army metal cans from my dad... love them! Bought the plastic one to store sewer connections for my rv thou.

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I just picked up 10 military cans off ebay. I believe the seller was ammocanman. $107 for 10, delivery included.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pack-50...300620&hash=item4b19d0af7f:g:nicAAOSwrfVZQpsF

I concur that for an immediate purchase, without concern for GI or non-GI, Walmart seems to be the best choice. $9 is a fairly good price, and the geographic dispersion of Walmart makes it easy to save on S&H with free shipping to a store, and easy return of items if one shows up in unacceptable condition.

In the past I jumped on the Palmetto State Armoury sale of 12 new blackhawk .50 ammo cans for $100 with free delivery, and otherwise got GI cans at the East Coast Military Vehicle Rally at Ripken stadium in Aberdeen. At this year's (May) East Coast Military Vehicle Rally, the best rate was a vendor charging $8 apiece, or volume discounts down to at or slightly under $7 if purchasing more than 8+.

I always buy ammo cans when I find them cheap. Sportsmans Guide has pretty good sales with free shipping coupons to boot.

My MIL lives in Garrett County and there’s a warehouse store there called Surplus City that has pretty good deals also. I always come home with a stash of cans.

costco!!!!

DRMO auctions, why buy 10 when you can get 100 or more... just kidding..
Let's see what I've got laying around.. may even have a few "fat 50's"
Sold a sh*t load a few years ago to members here until someone got "pissed".. end of story...


-Rock

Scrapyards tend to have them some times. I have gotten 6 at one for the cost of the metal... about 8 cents a pound. But it is hit or miss.

MidwayUSA had GI Grade 1 oe A cans for $10 each

I watch Craigslist. Got 60 of them once for $5 each and resold most of them for a little more since I didn't need them.

I think the metal ones are great when you need in place storage or something to take a serious beating, but if carrying things around or need something that locks, mtm plastic ones are hard to beat.

Plastic .50 cal cans weigh about 4lbs less and have two locking tabs. Metal cans take a much more expensive proprietary lock if you want them secure. Sure, harder to break in to once locked, but frankly neither is all that secure and is more keeping little curious hands out or honest people honest.

I’ve still got young kids and they know better, but it doesn’t mean their friends do. So it all either goes in my safe or ammo goes in locked cans. I do have a couple of metal cans I throw stuff in for general storage and/or because an old ammo can looks cooler (I’ll admit to that).

For price, weight, and stackability I generally do MTM cans or crates. I’ve got my 22lr and 12ga in the medium sized crates. I have a couple of big ones for magazines and miscellaneous ammo/parts where I just don’t have enough to rate it’s own box or overflow because I picked up a case and only have room for 400rnds in a box.

Everything else is in either .50 cal or .30 cal cans depending on how much of the caliber I own or think I’ll own. Like .410 gets a .30 cal can and its more than half empty because I only keep a couple of boxes of 000, a couple boxes of #4 and 3 or 4 boxes of #8 for clays. Same for my .32acp (though more like 3/4 full). My .223/5.56 has two .50 cans organized by general plinking in one and match/hunting ammo in the other. Plus I’ve got a full .30 with M193 IMI and a full .30 with M855 IMI.

My 9mm and now 7.62x39 each have a small crate. And on and on.

I do need new shelves. Not sure I can fit much more on the ikea wooden storage shelves (not book cases) I have right now before they are at risk of breaking. I am sure another 100lbs on each shelf...but I really don’t want to test it.

PS for bulkier stuff and miscellaneous and generally not important spare parts and stuff I hav a couple of big rubber maid bins it goes in. And I’ve got 3 rubber make bins for hunting clothes and gear. Plus of course parka and bibs hanging up

SG has them on sale, probably with free shipping codes if you look

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/productlist?sn=11927&trackid=spiff4

Doesn't harbor freight have inexpensive cans, might be plastic?

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