Containers

The best archetype match in the library

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What is here By format, against the archetype Which is the closest match in this library Clear is the largest colour group By material By size The PET single wall jar is the rack jar The tins are the wax answer Glass is the part to skip The double wall jars are a retail format And the 18DIN neck is worth noticing How to shop it References

For once the containers page is good news.

What is here

647 rows: 277 containers and 370 closures. 5 mL to 500 mL with a median of 118, and nothing above half a litre.

By format, against the archetype

227 jars, 27 bottles, 12 tubs and pails, 9 tins and 2 tubes. The archetype says wide mouth and the shelf is overwhelmingly jars.

Which is the closest match in this library

Most properties here record a gap between what the archetype asked for and what arrived. This one records agreement, and it is worth saying as plainly as the gaps elsewhere.

Clear is the largest colour group

96 clear against 51 white, 33 amber, 28 natural and 27 black. The archetype asks for clear and the shelf leads with it.

By material

117 PET, 87 PP, 64 glass and 9 steel. The PP is the warm-weather half and the steel is the tins.

By size

30 containers at 15 mL or under, 45 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under and 142 at 120 or under. A component rack lives in that range.

The PET single wall jar is the rack jar

101 of them. Clear, light, stackable and cheap enough to buy twenty, which is what a component collection needs.

The tins are the wax answer

9 of them. Shallow, tough, and they do not shatter in a range bag, which glass does.

Glass is the part to skip

64 glass containers. Nothing in archery benefits from glass and a range bag is the wrong place for it.

The double wall jars are a retail format

22 round base and 15 straight base. They read as premium on a shop shelf and waste internal volume, which for a component rack is the wrong trade and for a retail bow wax is the right one.

And the 18DIN neck is worth noticing

14 containers carry it, which is a European finish rather than the American 400 and 410 series that dominate the rest of the shelf. Mixing neck families across a rack defeats the spare-lid argument.

How to shop it

One small clear jar, twenty of them, numbered. A tin or a PP tub for the wax. Skip the glass and skip the bottles.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The archery shelf is 647 rows: 277 containers and 370 closures. 5 mL to 500 mL with a median of 118; 30 containers at 15 mL or under, 45 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under, 142 at 120 or under. 117 PET, 87 PP, 64 glass, 9 steel. 227 jars, 27 bottles, 12 tubs and pails, 9 tins, 2 tubes. 96 clear, 51 white, 33 amber, 28 natural, 27 black. Closures: 297 continuous thread, 27 dome lids, 18 lug and twist, 9 liners and sealing discs, 6 round tubs, 5 phenolic, 5 specialty. Necks: 56 at 89-400, 56 at 70-400, 36 at 58-400, 16 at 53-400.

The archetype behind this shelf is store-small-dry: 15 to 500 mL, wide mouth, PP and PET and glass, cold, solid, chunky, scooped, with "small dry parts, wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside" as its stated reason. Four of the five leaves are small dry parts and the shelf is 227 jars against 27 bottles, which is the closest archetype-to-shelf match in this library.

Written from 26 U.S.C. 4161(b) and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No tax rates, percentages or thresholds appear here: they are in the statute and its regulations, they change, and a container catalog quoting them would be wrong within a year. Whether assembling arrows makes somebody a manufacturer for excise purposes is a determination for a tax adviser. Hunting rules, broadhead requirements and draw weight minimums are state wildlife agency matters and are not addressed.