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A piece of duct tape (and writing on the duct tape in a Sharpie pen) makes an easily-removable label for ammo cans.
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Pretty sure that's eye-talion…..I use the French method called pie-lay.
They spell it "pile."
THIS ^^^. File by Pile.They spell it "pile."
Painters tape & decent metallic crafts store tape do so as well.A piece of duct tape (and writing on the duct tape in a Sharpie pen) makes an easily-removable label for ammo cans.
As long as you know where everything is, it's organized.My safe has long guns on one side, handguns and important papers on the other. The rest of the stuff is scattered about the house and shop.
Organized is probably not the best word to describe my stuff in general...
Easy! I keep my duct tape, zip ties, shovel and tarp in my trunk.Painters tape & decent metallic crafts store tape do so as well.
Fair to say about my stuff, to a degree. Which leads to the next quote.Organized is probably not the best word to describe my stuff in general...
This has been a life-long effort for me. I can stay task-oriented and on-point for mission accomplishment. Yet I'm deficient on maintaining a constant, high state of organization.Do you have an organizational method? Alas, no. Am I actively working on one? Yes, very much so.
Cardboard boxes are a lot cheaper than steel ammo cans and a lot lighter too. I've got my gun stuff functionally batched and boxed; it isn't all the the same spot.Simple, cheap, fits well on shelves, expandable as needed...
This. My level of physical place organization may not be the best, but my memory for where everything is located is pretty good. I've found that highly organized people don't always have the best retention. A permanent, high state of physical organization is their way of coping with bad memory.As long as you know where everything is, it's organized.
This is very true. In a world where paper documentation is less often practiced, these come up for sale very inexpensively. I've got four each four drawer file cabinets. Unfortunately, they are most full of -- PAPER. Meaning, photographs and various docs. I've inherited a lot of it from family members; some I have yet to properly sort through after many years. Probably a lot of it will go to our son, who is the generational person who has any interest in such things.Surplus file cabinets are cheap.
What's your estimated maximum weight once the cabinets are full?So not exactly organized yet but getting there. This has mostly been since I posted this thread.
Added the narrow rack, the cabinets and the small ammo cans.
The small ammo cans fit sideways inside the rack, so once loaded and labeled I will probably move them down and then get a couple more of those clear tubs.
So far about $140 for all of that, rack being the most expensive. Safe already looking better because I don't just have to shove extra stuff in there.
I have some cheap LED strips coming. Those fluorescents came with the cabinets.
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I already took notes. Should I destroy them?
How do I organize all my gun stuff? With a huge smile on my face! One of my favorite things about my gun stuff is organizing it. I'd start a business doing just that if I could.How do you organize all your gun stuff?
I mean handguns and rifles arranged in the safe, but there is lots of other stuff.
How do you organize mags? Loaded and unloaded?
Accessories? Replaced triggers, extra parts, batteries, charging cables etc
Gun boxes- the stuff guns and accessories came in.
Bags, packs etc for transport and load outs.
Tools
Anything else I missed.
Catalyst is I moved my safe and put a small each next to it for ammo but have a some extra room.
Until now everything has either been in the safe or just shoved in a closet.
I'm thinking of some extra harbor freight ammo cans and labeling for various things.
I currently use like 6-8 mags actively per gun that I use in rotation and quite a few more in a box just stored away to future proof.
Thanks for your thought.
Dude, you need your own room. I have my own room with a deadbolt on the door that I lock when I leave home.A number of you guys talk like you're single.
Room in the closet? Hah ! One rack you mean.
Room in the dresser ? I have 5 drawers out of 8.
She has 2 complete units and the entire spare bedroom.
At least I have the den which is full of bookcases, air rifles and computer stuff.
The garage is my space. That is, it was until storing Christmas in the attic became a hassel and a huge cardboard coffin arrived with a 7.5 ft. artificial tree in it. ARGH ! The safe said 10 rifles, but that was without scopes. The ammo cabinet is full and I've put the lead pot and molds away because that cabinet is full of bullets and resized brass. And, the covered bed of my poor 'ol truck has become a depository for anything that won't fit anywhere else.
But, I know where everything is.