Why no .40 cal ammo boxes?

Anyone who reloads pistol ammo should be using inexpensive GI ammo cans. I had a 50cal can FILLED w/ .45ACP and just about emptied it after three days of shooting.
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I'm not comfortable with loose ammo in an ammo can. Not sure what happens if I drop it or it falls off of "Ammo Can Mountain". I do keep my smaller boxes IN ammo cans however.

Extensive field testing (one range trip) has revealed a flaw with using .45ACP boxes for .40S&W ammo.

Before: http://s107.photobucket.com/user/hvap90/media/Shooting/ammo box before.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1

Looks fine. Without bullets the cases even sit nice and square. Close the lid and invert the box. Repeat for good measure and Voila!

http://s107.photobucket.com/user/hvap90/media/Shooting/ammo box after.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

From what I can tell, loaded ammo doesn't seem to migrate around like this but that may vary as well.
 
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