Welcome back to TFB's Small Business Spotlight! In this weekly column, we take a look at small firearm-related businesses. Today, we're featuring REPACKBOX, LLC, an Alaska-based manufacturer that's been solving one of reloading's most annoying little problems for over a decade: What do you do with all that loose ammo?
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Business Name: REPACKBOX, LLC
URL: www.repackbox.com
Years in business: More than ten years
About REPACKBOX
If you buy ammo in bulk or reload your own, you know the problem. You've got loose rounds rattling around in ammo cans, Ziploc bags, coffee cans, or whatever other improvised container you grabbed off the shelf. It works, but it's not exactly organized, and it's definitely not how you want to show up to the range or store ammo long-term.
REPACKBOX makes what they call NATO-approved cardboard ammunition boxes, the same style of flat-fold military box you've probably seen surplus rounds packed in, sized for 18 different calibers covering both pistol and rifle. The boxes hold 20, 30, or 50 rounds, depending on caliber, and they're preprinted with caliber and quantity markings plus a standard user warning. They come flat and fold up on the spot, which means they store compactly until you need them.
The product lineup covers the calibers you'd expect: 9mm, .45 ACP, .40 S&W, .380 ACP, 10mm, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, .45 Long Colt, 5.56x45, .300 Blackout, 7.62x51, 7.62x39, .30-06, .30-30, 6.5 Creedmoor, .303 British, 7.62x54R, .30 Carbine, and .338 Norma Magnum. That's a pretty deep catalog for a niche product, and REPACKBOX claims to carry the largest inventory of in-stock cardboard ammo boxes in the country.
What Makes REPACKBOX Unique?
Boxes can be filled with ammo in less than 30 seconds using our, Patented, reusable, 3D Printed (in house) Fast Loader Trays. To see how they work, check out the video on our home page.
Here's where it gets interesting. The boxes themselves are useful enough, but the real time-saver is the patented Fast Loader Tray. These are 3D-printed in-house and caliber-specific. You fill the tray using both hands, place the box over the loaded tray, flip the whole thing, and you're done. No more dropping rounds in one at a time. The trays run $5.99 each and they're reusable, so you only need one per caliber.
Pricing is reasonable for what you're getting. A 3-sample pack runs $4.99, a 30-box kit is $26.95, and a 100-box bundle is $38.95. That works out to well under fifty cents a box in bulk. They also sell pre-printed cover-up labels if you want to relabel boxes for a different caliber (the .300 Blackout option, for example, uses the 5.56 box with a .300 BLK label), ammo shipping cartons, and even a Center Mass training target.
For reloaders, bulk ammo buyers, or small ammo manufacturers looking for a professional packaging solution without the overhead of custom box runs, REPACKBOX is worth a look. It's a simple product that solves a real problem, and the fact that they've been at it for over a decade says something about the demand.
