Pellet tins

It looks like there are plenty of options if you don't like the press on lids or at least ideas on how to stop them opening. I use a pellet pouch and just fill it before I start shooting.
 
JSB 177 tins are close to useless. Unfortunately heavies are my go to Rabbit pellet. I decant them into an old QYS tin.

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GrandPA said:
So what are you all using for .22 tins?
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No, I've got some of the AA neopreney tin pouches for .22 tins. Luckily I only have the one so I don't have to open the pouch to check which pellets they are, which is the main advantage of the charity bands
 
Gilbert66 said:
I use these. You can pick them up on Aliexpress for literally pennies. They are usually about 90p each but if you buy a few at a time and take advantage of their offers you can get them for much less. I bought one batch of five cases and they worked out at 12p per case. Absolutely perfect size for pellet tins. Zip closers. It's almost as if they were made for this purpose (but they weren't). They come from China and you sometimes have to wait a week or so for them to arrive. There is always loads of stuff that is useful on Aliexpress so round your order up to about £15 and the carriage cost is next to nothing.
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I use these too. I agree they're a great solution. If there's any downside it's that you can't see what pellet is in each case. You either need to label them or buy in different colours. Mine were sold as headphone cases. Obviously the in-ear type, as opposed to the over-ear type for people with really teeny weeny heads 😂🤣😂🤣
 
I just had a mishap spilling a tin of pellets down the cushions of the sofa. I am surptised nobody has yet suggested using empty shoe polish tins with the little twisty theng to pop the lid off. These come in 2 sizes about the same size as pellet tins.
 
Rudolph Hucker said:
I think you can buy empty screw top tins pretty cheap.
....... It might be worth seeing if iHunter would sell you a few - they've used them to package my deliveries in the past. If my memory serves me correctly, they've put .177 tins of pellets in empty bigger .22 sized empty screw tins 👍
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Not sure if these would suffice?
 
Gilbert66 said:
I use these. You can pick them up on Aliexpress for literally pennies. They are usually about 90p each but if you buy a few at a time and take advantage of their offers you can get them for much less. I bought one batch of five cases and they worked out at 12p per case. Absolutely perfect size for pellet tins. Zip closers. It's almost as if they were made for this purpose (but they weren't). They come from China and you sometimes have to wait a week or so for them to arrive. There is always loads of stuff that is useful on Aliexpress so round your order up to about £15 and the carriage cost is next to nothing.
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@Gilbert66 What was the search term you used for these please as I'm struggling to find them after a quick search.
 
Arnold Grove said:
Just an early week moan really…

I get more than a bit pissed off with those pellet manufacturers who lazily just put there pellets into a tin with only a press-on lid rather than a screw lid.

After having a few tins tip over and spill out in my range bag it means I now have to bother to put sticky tape over them which I’m not a fan of.

Come on lazy manufacturers, do the job properly and use screw lid tins (even if it does add a few pence to the cost).

…oh, and whilst at it how about considering a raised lid which sits inside the base of the tin so you can stack them without them toppling over, like they do with tins of Lidl chopped tomatoes.

The good manufacturers do it.

Not important I know but thoughtful design is cheap and makes a difference. Lazy design is annoying. Doesn’t give reassurance about the pellets inside the crap tins.
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Oh come on now, won’t you give a thought for those poor bean counters who’ve done such a wonderful job and managed to save a couple of quid a year by reducing the metal used in the tin by 25 milligrams?
 
Jagman said:
I just had a mishap spilling a tin of pellets down the cushions of the sofa. I am surptised nobody has yet suggested using empty shoe polish tins with the little twisty theng to pop the lid off. These come in 2 sizes about the same size as pellet tins.
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Empty shoe polish tins ?

Who in the world still polishes shoes on any regular basis ? Everybody wears casual shoes and trainers now.

I have some lovely British made brogues but wear them so infrequently that I think I’ll die of old age before I get through a whole tin of polish !

Polishing shoes though. When I was a kid it was about this time on a Sunday when our mum would be nagging us to put the air rifle away and get inside to polish our shoes for school the next day. I didn’t tell her I hadn’t done my homework either, but I suppose if you’re going to tell the teacher the dog ate your homework then best do it wearing nice n shiny shoes. 🤣
 
Arnold Grove said:
Just an early week moan really…

I get more than a bit pissed off with those pellet manufacturers who lazily just put there pellets into a tin with only a press-on lid rather than a screw lid.

After having a few tins tip over and spill out in my range bag it means I now have to bother to put sticky tape over them which I’m not a fan of.

Come on lazy manufacturers, do the job properly and use screw lid tins (even if it does add a few pence to the cost).

…oh, and whilst at it how about considering a raised lid which sits inside the base of the tin so you can stack them without them toppling over, like they do with tins of Lidl chopped tomatoes.

The good manufacturers do it.

Not important I know but thoughtful design is cheap and makes a difference. Lazy design is annoying. Doesn’t give reassurance about the pellets inside the crap tins.
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Would this help?
I spilled a tin of pellets all over the floor just yesterday so knocked this up this morning at work.

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