Marking your brass?

[mkk41]

Does anyone else who reloads mark their brass , and how?

Back when I shot matches , I always kept a few different color permanant markers in my range kit , and just draw a line down the heads of my rounds while they were still in the plastic box. Or a dot on the primer. Mainly with my .45 brass. That way I could reclaim mine when we cleaned up. Several guys did this , so ya just had to make sure ya used a different color than anyone else. Some guys would put an initial , or symbol.

 

[venomballistics]

I mark at the rim in various colors to indicate what load lies within using the standard resistor code from electronics

 

[Ed45]

Does anyone else who reloads mark their brass , and how?

Back when I shot matches , I always kept a few different color permanant markers in my range kit , and just draw a line down the heads of my rounds while they were still in the plastic box. Or a dot on the primer. Mainly with my .45 brass. That way I could reclaim mine when we cleaned up. Several guys did this , so ya just had to make sure ya used a different color than anyone else. Some guys would put an initial , or symbol.

Same method for identity and to distinguish loads.

 

[Frank237]

I use SHARPIES in green, red, purple, etc.

 

[Rule3]

I mark at the rim in various colors to indicate what load lies within using the standard resistor code from electronics

I use a similar method only using IPC codes and bring a hand held scanner. Requires very, very fine sharpies. I attach the scanner to a a fish slurp gun (brass magnet) and it will automatically vacuum up my brass and only mine.. In the event it picks up a odd one it calculates for that and spits it out.










Yes, I mark it the same way with a blue sharpie on the case head.

 

[Pocketfisherman]

Get some colored sharpies. With the rounds set rim up in a plastic box or shell holder, draw some lines acorss the bottoms of the cases. Hold two sharpies together of different colors if you want. Works well in matches where everyone else marks theres too for recovery afterwards.

 

[buck460XVR]

I mark my brass to differentiate loads, but since I shoot by myself at the range, I don't worry about someone else pickin' up my brass. Anything else on the ground is fair game to me. Sharpie on the primer works well enough.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I use different color markers on the primers but mostly for load identification not brass ID.

 

[Skip Sackett]

I used to mark with markers or liquid paint sticks. I stopped doing that as I found that others used mostly the same colors.

Now, if I shoot in a match, I just gather up the same number of cases that I shot. Simple enough and since I don't care how many target loads this or my brass has shot, it will all work out in the wash.

Now rifle brass, oh baby, I get real OCD about that! (remind you of anyone?)

With my rifle loads, I mark them with a file. A "V" notch on the case in the same relation works for me. What I do is use that to distinguish my loads from others but, I also use it when shooting and producing them as well.

That "V" mark gets orientated in the same direction in every step of production and loading into the rifle. Up, as in case of the rifle and out, when putting them into the shell holder.

Seems to work for me. YMMV

 

[TSQUARED]

I know of several shooters who shoot expensive 38 Super or 38 Super Comp brass and mark the circumference of the brass base.

 

[mtgianni]

I use fingernail polish on the primers as a load distinction and waterproofing.

 

[GyMac]

I always used a green cross in matches.

 

[ACP230]

I have marked mine in the past.
Not doing so now because I am not shooting a lot of matches.

 

[Beans]

In away matches I use the small primer 45 ACP brass and leave them lay.

 

[papajohn428]

The only ones I mark are my 45ACP brass, and a Sharpie in the extractor groove works best, because it won't come off in the tumbler.

 

[Chris_D]

I bought a brass catcher to avoid the complete hassle of trying to find/sort brass. While a bit expensive, it has easily paid for itself this year. I shoot a lot at an indoor range and a lot of my brass was swept forward of line. Now I just setup the unit, shoot as much as I want and it catches 99% of the brass. When I am done shooting, I fold up the unit and I am ready to leave - handy as heck.

Chris

 

[Cherokee Slim]

I use SHARPIES in green, red, purple, etc.

I use this for different CAS loads for revolver, match rifle and long range rifle.
Cherokee Slim

 

[lmcgust]

I like all the methods you presented. The one from rule3 is wow! For myself, I use Starline brass for matches and a mix of everything else for practice. This is the way is use for now to segregate my brass. But I will start using sharpies like you guys, specially for 9mm where brass is flying all over the place and 14 of us are shooting together at the same time.

Regards,
Guy-