Like many people on this thread, I segregate my cases into lots. I keep the lots in plastic bags with a small data sheet showing lot number and other info. They're about the size of a 3x5 index card. I print them as a blank form and scribble down appropriate data. Then these bags are stored in plastic bins by cartridge.
This all works fine for everything but semi-auto. Thanks to semi-auto cases escaping to the 4th dimension, I just use big lots. I start with unfired cases. As they're loaded and fired they go into a second bucket. When I'm out of unprocessed cases, I just start using the bucket of fired cases, processing and loading them. Kind of a circular "waterfall" process.
I only bother to mark cases if I need to distinguish different loads in a given lot or if I want to recover my own brass in a match. I use a thick felt tip marker on the case heads. The marks come off easily with alcohol or tumbling. I just jot down the markings on my load sheet for that lot. (yeah, I have a self-generated for for that too) I think permanent marks would confuse me going forward. Better to be able to "erase" the marks.
Am I OCD? Perhaps, but I have to ask: Am I OCD enough?
This all works fine for everything but semi-auto. Thanks to semi-auto cases escaping to the 4th dimension, I just use big lots. I start with unfired cases. As they're loaded and fired they go into a second bucket. When I'm out of unprocessed cases, I just start using the bucket of fired cases, processing and loading them. Kind of a circular "waterfall" process.
I only bother to mark cases if I need to distinguish different loads in a given lot or if I want to recover my own brass in a match. I use a thick felt tip marker on the case heads. The marks come off easily with alcohol or tumbling. I just jot down the markings on my load sheet for that lot. (yeah, I have a self-generated for for that too) I think permanent marks would confuse me going forward. Better to be able to "erase" the marks.
Am I OCD? Perhaps, but I have to ask: Am I OCD enough?
