https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/10/clip-trick-hold-open-your-ammo-boxes-with-wire-clip/ from AccurateShooter.com Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/10/clip-trick-hold-open-your-ammo-boxes-with-wire-clip/comment-page-1/#comment-53768 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:32:14 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59009#comment-53768 I tried it with the older MTM case guards and it didn’t work. The lid isn’t deep enough, and it just slides the wire up. I drilled a hold through the lid, and then it would stay down. This was on the RS 50 size case for 223.

]]> https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/10/clip-trick-hold-open-your-ammo-boxes-with-wire-clip/comment-page-1/#comment-53764 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 05:14:20 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59009#comment-53764 I cut a couple inches from the bore spindle of my empty chamber flag and when prep time begins simply place the spindle end into an empty cartridge hole in my Midway brand ammo box, turning the flag portion to “lock” into the lid.
No wire clip to lose, and it keeps the empty chamber flag from picking up any dirt.

]]> https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/10/clip-trick-hold-open-your-ammo-boxes-with-wire-clip/comment-page-1/#comment-51850 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:04:08 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59009#comment-51850 This is a nice idea for the older boxes that most of us have. New buys for me are all the MTD hinged boxes.

]]> https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/10/clip-trick-hold-open-your-ammo-boxes-with-wire-clip/comment-page-1/#comment-51849 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:21:47 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59009#comment-51849 Presumably sections of wire coat hangers would work as well. Semi-totally free.

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