Making something out of nothing

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mitchntx

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In a never-ending quest for my shooting gear and weapons to be organized and not spend any money doing it, I was wondering what items others have found that were made for one thing and wound up being a perfect and helpful "tool" to keep things neat and tidy in and around the gun safe.


A couple things I've found are:

An old printer/copier cabinets make great storage units for ammo. $5 on Craigslist.

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I drilled out the rivets that held the casters on and stacked it on top of my safe. And then ammo boxes on top of it.



Magnets.

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The magnetic tool tray is $9 at Lowes and the magnetic hooks (up to 10lbs) were $5 for a package of six with free shipping on eBay.



Dish storage rack. $4 at Wal-Mart for three of them.

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Plastic coated to prevent damage, light enough to move around, sturdy enough to hold loaded mags ... Had to tweak the wire to allow enough space to fit a double stack.
 
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Maximus856

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About the only thing household I've used is little coolers to separate and carry my loose ammo. Also found a cheap harbor freight metal case that totes around a few magazines and handguns. The only otherthing is the battery push lamps with the stocky backing for inside my safe.
 
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mitchntx

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The only otherthing is the battery push lamps with the stocky backing for inside my safe
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I started to buy a couple of those, but figured I would forget to shut it off.

Lowes has LED night lights that are on motion sensors and stay illuminated for ~30 seconds when no motion is detected.
 
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classicshotgunner

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I took a shoe holder, for ladies shoes, that is supposed to hang on the back of a door and hillbilly teched it to fit the inside of the door of my gun safe. It now holds all 33 of my handguns really well, less the long barreled S&W model 29 and model 629 .44 Magnums I have.
 
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LarryNTX

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Also from the kitchenware section at WalMart.
These racks are $2.49 at Wallyworld and are almost identical to the pistol racks that are sold at Cabela's and other places for $15 to $20.
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WANT A LCR 22LR

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^^^ Looks like the starting gate at a horse track. . . I think the one on the inside lane is going to win by a front sight.. . . But this begs the question, would the starter fire a gun or rack a shot gun for the start?
 
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Ideal Tool

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Hello, mitchntx. I am having a problem with orginization. Since I hand load for everything from .22 Hornet up to the .40-70 BPCR, as well as revolvers, from .32WCF to .45 Long Colt..all of these are maintained on a lead diet.
Since I usually cast a few differen't bullets for each..things are starting to get complicated!
The problem is, some may go for a year or more before being taken out..trying to round up all the components again can be a nightmare!
It's not so much the dies..these are all stored neatly away in the loading bench drawers..it's the brass, bullets, & loaded ammo in plastic ctg. boxes.
I am thinking of those larger stackable tupperware containers?
What do you guys use? Thanks!
 
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Uncle Buck

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I have a tenant who uses a kind of kitty-litty that comes in square buckets (w/lid). I pack my cleaned brass in to zip lock bags and then put the bags in the buckets. I use a sharpie to mark the outside of the bucket with what brass is inside. I like these buckets because I can stack them in my closet out of the way.

Dollar store colander works very well for sifting brass from the media.
 
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berettaprofessor

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Lowes has LED night lights that are on motion sensors and stay illuminated for ~30 seconds when no motion is detected
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Only 30 seconds? Heck it takes me longer than that to get over the drooling when I open the safe!
 
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mitchntx

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Only 30 seconds?
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Drool is movement ... :D I thought it was short, too. But it's a lot longer than you might think just standing there.

And if if they go off, the second your hand goes back in, on they come. :cool:
 
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