No, a case is 500 shells or twenty boxes. A flat is 250 shells or ten boxes. You are just not old enough to remember when full cases were still produced. For many, many years, a case of shotgun shells contained 20 boxes or 500 shells.

How many boxes of 12 gauge shells come in a case?

Since a case of shotgun shells usually holds 20 boxes, a flat contains ten. Cases – A case of ammunition contains anywhere between 20 and 50 boxes of ammunition. In a case (and with flats and blocks), you are buying multiple units of the same brand and caliber.

How many flats of 12ga are in a pallet?

Registered. Well, for starters a pallet of shells is 96 flats, not 30. If you get the break at pallet price, and you want to take 10 flats, it means sticking someone else with the other 86 flats.