how do you track the number of firings on your brass?

[McSnipsy291]

I have shallow pockets and have to acquire brass a little at a time. I am trying to settle on a good way to track brass throughout its life so i dont get brass on its 4th firing mixed up with once fired stuff when i am picking it up after shooting. today i took all my brass that is on its first loading and put a ring around it with a sharpie. The plan is to then fire it resize it and add another ring to indicate that is going on its 2nd loading and so on... hopefully this will improve both safety and ES.

what are your thoughts on this method, how do you guys do it?

 

[isofahunter]

I use the large square peanut/cashew jars. Put post it note on inside of lid with what it is and number of firings.

 

[Mike Casselton]

I keep my brass separated in MTM boxes and mark the inside of the box.

If you're switching boxes, pick up your brass before starting on another box.

Easy peasy.

Sharpie marks can be cleaned off by tumbling.

 

[spife7980]

I get a 100 round ammo box and I keep the same hundred rounds in that box. I have a piece of tape in the box and I give a dash each firing cycle. I try to do all my brass at once so I’ll let a box sit if it gets ahead in the cycle somehow until they all get to the same number of firings.

I actually haven’t had great luck with the tumbling to remove sharpie. Rice didn’t work hardly at all and 20-40 grit cob did about a half ass job of it. Took 0000 steel wool one by one. Supposedly the sharpie can deposit itself in the chamber and make it tough to extract once it gums up. From now on if I mark cases I’ll only go it in the rim, not on the body.

 

[Milo 2.5]

Denatured alcohol will remove sharpie from almost everything.

 

[Milo 2.5]

I use Sterilite boxes with marked lids, post it note inside. I fire all brass for one rifle, then process, all on the same firing always. I tried bins, the cover one extra layer of protection from mixing brass, but I still managed to dump 30 6 BRA cases in the 6x47 tub this am, always in a hurry.

 

[556ARs]

It's easy. Keep brass separated in coffee cans, boxes, whatever and track how many times brass in each container has been fired. I've been doing this for years with 30-06 brass, 7.62x51mm brass, etc.

If you are training at the range by yourself, police the area you are going to shoot in before sending rounds down range. Only collect brass known to you.

When in doubt, throw it out.

 

[Barracho]

Folgers coffee cans. Plastic, cheap, snap-on lid. Then label your can with some tape and that sharpie. Just don’t get lazy and throw your stuff around so it gets mixed up. Gallon size freezer bags are another option.

 

[Ryridesmotox]

I separate in MTM boxes. But that said, I have lost brass and had to throw in once fired eith 4x or 5x fired, and not had a problem eith accuracy or anything. I wear out primer pockets before I crack necks. I hand prime, so nk if I get a case that the primer seats too easy in, I'll mark it on the head and toss it the next time

 

[GFRoSTY72]

I use a label for every set of cases/rounds which captures all my reloading details and that stays with the set whether the case or completed rounds are in a box, tub, ammo can or plastic bag.

I anneal after every 3 shots so I can keep track of the times the case has been fired.