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Brass, bullets, hulls and wads

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Brass cases Which is four sorts for one calibre And brass is heavy So smaller jars than instinct suggests Cast and jacketed bullets Gas checks Hulls and wads are the bulky exception Everything metal here corrodes Label in numbers, on the body And keep the lube and solvent away from the components References

Brass is sorted four ways at once. Calibre, headstamp, firings and trim.

Brass cases

Sorted by calibre first, then by headstamp because different makers have different case capacities, then by how many times they have been fired, because brass work hardens and eventually splits.

Which is four sorts for one calibre

A single cartridge can occupy half a dozen containers on a serious bench. The container count is driven by the sorting, not by the volume.

And brass is heavy

A jar fills by weight long before it fills by volume. A large container full of .308 brass is a container that cracks when dropped and strains the shelf it sits on.

So smaller jars than instinct suggests

116 containers at 120 mL or under on this shelf. For brass and bullets that is the useful range even though the parts are not tiny.

Cast and jacketed bullets

By grain weight and by diameter in thousandths. Cast bullets carry a lubricant that migrates in heat, so they want to be kept cool and separate from anything the lube could reach.

Gas checks

Small copper cups, tiny and light, and they vanish in a container sized for brass. 25 containers at 30 mL or under is the relevant set.

Hulls and wads are the bulky exception

Shotgun hulls by gauge and type, wads by height. These want the large end of the shelf and the 12 tubs and pails are the nearest fit.

Everything metal here corrodes

Brass tarnishes, steel components rust, and a garage or a basement is damp. 9 liners and sealing discs on this shelf are the line item that addresses it.

Label in numbers, on the body

Calibre, grain, diameter, firing count. Lids get swapped and a colour code fails for around one in twelve men, so numbers in words are the label.

And keep the lube and solvent away from the components

Case lube on a bullet is a bullet that seats wrong, and bore solvent is aggressive. Different part of the bench, ideally a different tray.

References

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. Eleven of the thirteen leaves are small dry parts and the shelf is 210 jars against 27 bottles, which fits. It describes the powder and primer leaves too, and should not.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The reloading and shooting shelf is 539 rows: 251 containers and 288 closures. 5 mL to 500 mL with a median of 177; 17 containers at 15 mL or under, 25 at 30 or under, 60 at 60 or under, 116 at 120 or under. 117 PET, 78 PP, 56 glass. 210 jars, 27 bottles, 12 tubs and pails, 2 tubes. 91 clear, 47 white, 32 amber, 26 black, 24 natural. Closures: 221 continuous thread, 22 dome lids, 18 lug and twist, 9 liners and sealing discs, 6 round tubs, 5 phenolic, 4 specialty.

Written from 27 CFR 555.11 and 555.141, and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No storage quantity limits for smokeless powder or primers appear here: those come from NFPA 495 and from state and local fire codes and they vary. The reason given for keeping powder in its original container is the industry's stated reason, not a regulation and not something this property has independently verified. Nothing here addresses who may manufacture ammunition for sale or how any of it may be transported.