Ammo can WTF? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

PONY_DRIVER · 03-28-2011, 04:01 PM

Did "they" stop releasing/selling/giving away/float checking ammo cans in 2007 as the guy in the local surplus store said? $11 for a rusted to shit dented up can is nuts.

Anyone have a source for em locally?

TheRedHorseman · 03-28-2011, 04:05 PM

You can still get them from govliquidation auctions.

PONY_DRIVER · 03-28-2011, 04:25 PM

Guess I'll end up with a truck load.

TheRedHorseman · 03-28-2011, 04:29 PM

http://www.unclesamsretailoutlet.com...008282938.html
http://www.unclesamsretailoutlet.com...009601699.html

Diesel Smoke · 03-28-2011, 04:36 PM

100Dollarman on here sells 50 cal cans and I've seen him sell some 20mm stuff too. I don't know what he's got currently, but maybe worth contacting him.

slngblde · 03-28-2011, 04:39 PM

All the gun show regulars here have had new looking cans recently. Also saw a ton of them on govliquidation a few weeks ago.

Aces'n'8s · 03-28-2011, 04:40 PM

I blame the price increase on all the geocacheing nerds.

Mach2_nh · 03-28-2011, 04:41 PM

Easy to get around here in the summer. Some look new even. .50 are $9 and under.

runnerboyy · 03-28-2011, 04:56 PM

Army surplus douche bag here told me i better buy em up because they are all now illegal and they must be destroyed.

Yet he had a pallet to sell?

Rubicrawler · 03-28-2011, 05:02 PM

Here's where I got mine: http://www.100dollarman.com/ammocans.html

His screen name on Pirate is 100dollarman.

Maine Jeepah · 03-28-2011, 05:08 PM

Quote:

SORRY--- OUT OF STOCK!!!

RSWORDS · 03-28-2011, 05:09 PM

Were you at and what you need?

cybergeek23851 · 03-28-2011, 05:13 PM

Jon, there is a store in P-town right across from I C Norcom, the Armie Navie store. It's a decent little shop. If you call, tell them the nice boys from Franklin referred you.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&cl...-8&sa=N&tab=wl

PONY_DRIVER · 03-28-2011, 05:14 PM

Thanks guys. I still want to see that memo that "came out just 'for I retired in 07" that dais they had to be turned in to be refilled.

I wonder if he's talking about that memo that said no scrap brass was to be sold to reloaders?

Chris · 03-28-2011, 06:03 PM

I have a few if you need them.

FlexCJ5 · 03-28-2011, 06:18 PM

We've got two pallets of 50cal cans sitting at the shop. After purchase/pickup from a gov't seller we've got ~$7 in each one. Condition ranges from beat to shit to decent. I'm selling them for $11 each.

usmcdoc14 · 03-28-2011, 08:19 PM

Dude, look behind or in my garage

Gozuki · 03-29-2011, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

I have a few if you need them.

I could use a few. 100dollarman is out of .50s, and his 20mm all are without lids.

LiLBucket · 03-29-2011, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usmcdoc14

Dude, look behind or in my garage

COMING!!!!

Again, welcome back Doc! Nice to see you back in the OSR too

usmcdoc14 · 03-29-2011, 01:05 PM

For those of you without a yard to raid

http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.as...c&keyword=XA11

DRM · 03-29-2011, 01:09 PM

I don't think I have ever "bought" one, they just kind of show up from time to time? Usually when I buy something else, and one is in the box, or in the back of a vehicle, etc.

wheelerfreak · 03-29-2011, 02:02 PM

We have hundreds that we save up in a shed until they are collected, smashed, and then taken away as trash. I have access to SAW, 30 cal, and 50 cal cans but have more than I need or want(mainly cans for linked 7.62). If someone is local we can barter for beer.

aloharover · 03-29-2011, 02:15 PM

I used to love when ever the Marines would come onto an Army base and use the Ranges.
The Army is anal about 'dudage', ammo cans, bandoliers, stripper clips, etc.
All of it must be counted and turned into the ASP at the end of the exercise.
The Marines just dump it all at the dump. All of my cans are from swing by the dump in the afternoon when they were around.

usmcdoc14 · 03-29-2011, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aloharover

I used to love when ever the Marines would come onto an Army base and use the Ranges.
The Army is anal about 'dudage', ammo cans, bandoliers, stripper clips, etc.
All of it must be counted and turned into the ASP at the end of the exercise.
The Marines just dump it all at the dump. All of my cans are from swing by the dump in the afternoon when they were around.

we use army ranges all the time and its funny as fuck.
"hey did you guys turn in your ammo cans?"
wut?
"your cans, we found a dumpster full of cans and want to know if they are yours"
metal dumpster or trash dumpster?
"metal"
what is the lot numbers on the cans?
"don't know, they were spray painted over"
Then yes, we turned in our ammo cans

PONY_DRIVER · 03-29-2011, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usmcdoc14

Dude, look behind or in my garage

Will do, when's a good time?

03-28-2011, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
PONY_DRIVER Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44662 Location: In a house! Posts: 3,970	Ammo can WTF? Did "they" stop releasing/selling/giving away/float checking ammo cans in 2007 as the guy in the local surplus store said? $11 for a rusted to shit dented up can is nuts. Anyone have a source for em locally? __________________ "I'm strangely comfortable with it."

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PONY_DRIVER Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44662 Location: In a house! Posts: 3,970	Guess I'll end up with a truck load. __________________ "I'm strangely comfortable with it."

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Diesel Smoke "Official" Join Date: Feb 2004 Member # 27575 Location: Oregon, Our voters are that Dumb Posts: 3,362	100Dollarman on here sells 50 cal cans and I've seen him sell some 20mm stuff too. I don't know what he's got currently, but maybe worth contacting him. __________________ Wheeling?!?!? WTF is that? Last edited by Diesel Smoke; 03-28-2011 at 04:36 PM.

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Rubicrawler Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Oct 2000 Member # 2037 Location: Brentwood, CA 150 mi. from the 'Con Posts: 5,834	Here's where I got mine: http://www.100dollarman.com/ammocans.html His screen name on Pirate is 100dollarman. __________________ Mark Langford KI6TMK '86 CJ7, ProRock60's, 4.88's/Detroits/35 Spline Alloys/CTM's, TBI 350, 700R4, 4:1 D300 w/Twin Stick, 17" x 8.5" Trail Ready HD Aluminum beadlocks, 37x13.5x17 Toyo MT's Dysfunctional Rockcrawlers (TDO)

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PONY_DRIVER Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44662 Location: In a house! Posts: 3,970	Thanks guys. I still want to see that memo that "came out just 'for I retired in 07" that dais they had to be turned in to be refilled. I wonder if he's talking about that memo that said no scrap brass was to be sold to reloaders? __________________ "I'm strangely comfortable with it."

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TheRedHorseman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 64421 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 8,195	You can still get them from govliquidation auctions.

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TheRedHorseman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Member # 64421 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 8,195	http://www.unclesamsretailoutlet.com...008282938.html http://www.unclesamsretailoutlet.com...009601699.html

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slngblde Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Member # 137633 Location: mississippi Posts: 494	All the gun show regulars here have had new looking cans recently. Also saw a ton of them on govliquidation a few weeks ago.

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Aces'n'8s Axes of E-ville Join Date: May 2005 Member # 48097 Location: West TN Posts: 3,459	I blame the price increase on all the geocacheing nerds.

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Mach2_nh Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 49116 Location: Weare NH Posts: 357	Easy to get around here in the summer. Some look new even. .50 are $9 and under.

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runnerboyy Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Member # 136617 Posts: 1,124	Army surplus douche bag here told me i better buy em up because they are all now illegal and they must be destroyed. Yet he had a pallet to sell?

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RSWORDS Rock God Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 49595 Location: Gloucester, VA Posts: 1,753	Were you at and what you need?

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cybergeek23851 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Member # 32841 Location: In the Tanner's house Posts: 1,017	Jon, there is a store in P-town right across from I C Norcom, the Armie Navie store. It's a decent little shop. If you call, tell them the nice boys from Franklin referred you. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&cl...-8&sa=N&tab=wl

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Chris III Join Date: Oct 2000 Member # 2032 Posts: 11,060	I have a few if you need them. __________________ 07 FFL There is no "overkill". There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload"

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usmcdoc14 Fistful of Boomstick Join Date: Aug 2002 Member # 13344 Location: Norfawk, VA Posts: 12,152	For those of you without a yard to raid http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.as...c&keyword=XA11 __________________ Doc-14 Tactical Products: When it absolutely, positively needs to be made from random crap found in the back of my garage. You cant ban knowledge, learn to make your own guns right Here. New York, Colorado, Maryland, Conneticut….is your state next? Yes it is. Write, Vote and Fight.

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DRM Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 8 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 34,957 Blog Entries: 1	I don't think I have ever "bought" one, they just kind of show up from time to time? Usually when I buy something else, and one is in the box, or in the back of a vehicle, etc. __________________ >David > 4x4Spot.com >It only hurts the first* time you agree with me...* >"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men."

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wheelerfreak Piss Ant Join Date: Apr 2001 Member # 4135 Location: Finally, in a house in the mountains of BFE! Posts: 728	We have hundreds that we save up in a shed until they are collected, smashed, and then taken away as trash. I have access to SAW, 30 cal, and 50 cal cans but have more than I need or want(mainly cans for linked 7.62). If someone is local we can barter for beer. __________________ With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know.

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