Pixie_Tracker Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Found this site that has a deal on 4packs of .50 Cal ammo cans: http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=75 Not sure what the quality is as I have never purchased from them but just wanted to pass this on in case someone was looking for cans...
+rusty_tlc Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 After shipping the price comes out to $4.50 each. About $0.75 less than the local surplus store.
Pixie_Tracker Posted January 28, 2004 Author Posted January 28, 2004 I just bought some ammo cans at a gun show we had last weekend. They had .30 cal cans for $2.50 but wanted $8 for the .50 cal. Otherwise for our town it's hard to get cans as there is no Army-Navy surplus store...and no one else carries them. bummer!
+rusty_tlc Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Doh!!!! I was thinking .30 cal, .50 cal are about $8.00 around here. No surplus store!!!!!!!! Write the city fathers!!!! Demand your rights!!!
Pixie_Tracker Posted January 28, 2004 Author Posted January 28, 2004 No kidding. Whoda guessed it? I mean Lincoln, Nebraska is a nice size place. Omaha has stores galore and that's about an hour away but we just don't get out there that often. The other nice thing about the gun show turned out to be that this one guy was selling waterproof decontamination cannisters (about 2"x5"x4" or something thereabouts) for $1. He sold me 12 of them for $10 and they look like great little items for the larger micros I plan to set out. I've got two multis that I am working on where these are perfect. Both will end with an ammo can. One of them cannot be found until you have deciphered some "ancient texts" as it it based on an alchemy theme. Anyhow... I ramble...
+Mopar Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 After shipping the price comes out to $4.50 each. About $0.75 less than the local surplus store. Actually, they are not $4.75: 4 .50 ammo cans ......... $12.97 std shipping .................. $5.99 heavy package surcharge $5.00 total............................. $23.96 or $5.99 each Cheaper Then Dirt is about the same price too: 4 .50 ammo cans ......... $15.88 std shipping .................. $7.99 heavy package surcharge $0.00 total............................. $23.87 or $5.97 each Still not bad considering most of my local places want anywhere from $8-$15(!) for one .50 can, plus tax. I think in general, the smaller .30 cal/7.62 cans are just fine for caches, and it's really hard to beat Cheaper Then Dirt there: 6 .30 ammo cans ......... $19.97 std shipping .................. $7.99 heavy package surcharge $0.00 total............................. $27.96 or $4.66 each
+Renegade Knight Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Locally the 50's are 6.99 so it's not bad.
+carleenp Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 (edited) Otherwise for our town it's hard to get cans as there is no Army-Navy surplus store Pixie: I noticed the other day that the paintball place on 33rd Street between Holdrege and Vine (at about Apple Street, where Schaffer's used to be) Had a sign saying that they have military surplus. I have been meaning to check in and see if they have cans, but keep forgetting. The Ace Hardware on about 40th and Vine also had a whole pallet of .50 cal cans for $4.99 each last summer. They don't have any now though. I just bought a bunch from cheaper than dirt. Edited January 28, 2004 by carleenp
btouch Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 I'm lucky. The local surplus store has 30MM for $2 and 50MM for $4. I bought over $100 worth a while back for one of our GGA meetings and sold all of them at cost.
Pixie_Tracker Posted January 28, 2004 Author Posted January 28, 2004 (edited) Carleen, We'll have to checkout the paintball place too! I called Ace Hardware about two weeks ago because I remembered reading on some post that they occassionally carry them. The guy said they get them in the summer but they never know ahead of time if they will get any for the upcoming year and when they do, they go pretty fast since they are moderately priced. Stay warm in our deep freeze! (wishing I was in SanFran again this week) Edited January 28, 2004 by Pixie_Tracker
+CoronaKid Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 After shipping the price comes out to $4.50 each. About $0.75 less than the local surplus store. Actually, they are not $4.75: 4 .50 ammo cans ......... $12.97 std shipping .................. $5.99 heavy package surcharge $5.00 total............................. $23.96 or $5.99 each Cheaper Then Dirt is about the same price too: 4 .50 ammo cans ......... $15.88 std shipping .................. $7.99 heavy package surcharge $0.00 total............................. $23.87 or $5.97 each Still not bad considering most of my local places want anywhere from $8-$15(!) for one .50 can, plus tax. I think in general, the smaller .30 cal/7.62 cans are just fine for caches, and it's really hard to beat Cheaper Then Dirt there: 6 .30 ammo cans ......... $19.97 std shipping .................. $7.99 heavy package surcharge $0.00 total............................. $27.96 or $4.66 each LOL...I was just about to post with the exact same calculations that I got. I was also going to suggest CheaperthanDirt's 6-pack of .30 ammo cans. For caches, I agree that the .30 ammon cans are more than adequate. FWIW.
+1setter Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 The surplus stores in SD can seem to see the cachers coming and get the prices jacked up to over $10 for even the small ones.
+Andy and Robin Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 www.cheaperthandirt.com has them (30 cal.) for 6 for $19.99 plus $7.99 shipping. Seems like a good deal to me. Received mine today and they look pretty good. Amazes me they can ship 22 lbs. for $7.99 and one travel bug and one sticker cost about the same to ship from Groundspeak!
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