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Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:17 pm
by myopicvisionary

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:21 am
by astro_wanabe
Thanks for the link. Cheap price for the convenience, especially compared to how laborious it is for me to write legibly on anything!

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:22 pm
by myopicvisionary
Not that I am going to buy, but I will steal an idea for my own use!

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:27 pm
by whatevah
I use a label maker for my ammo cans. Quite a bit cheaper than those magnets and a lot easier to read in my dim basement.

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:24 am
by stephpd
Guess I'm not very creative. I just use a magic marker.

Lately it seems used ammo cans are rare. My last ones were brand new and cost about the same if not less then the used ones.
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx? ... +AMMO+CANS

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:22 am
by radnor
Masking tape and a magic marker for me.

If purchased ammo, the date purchased in addition to whats inside.
If reloads, date I made them.

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:15 pm
by phlydude
I too use a label maker on completed rounds and cleaned cases to keep tabs on what I have on hand.

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:02 am
by flaminyon
I used to use the label tape, but recently switched over to spray painting. A coat of rustolem from Home Depot works really well. Keeps the can happy too.

I downloaded a stencil font for Windows, made a few stencils in Word, and cut them out with a utility knife. Cheap, easy, effective.

Re: Marking ammo cans

PostPosted:Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:44 pm
by Owen
I just line them up in caliber order left to right - smallest to largest. I guess I'm really cheap. :lol: