Want to mark your brass? Check this out!

[Tyler Kemp]

It works so good, I can't believe I didn't make this sooner. After a few dozen requests, I present to you my brass marker:



Super simple, super fast, super awesome to be honest. This design has four slightly offset vertical holes so you can either stripe or ring your case. To stripe, just push it through, to ring put the device on a table and spin your brass inside.

These are well printed from a high temp, strengthened PETG formula. It is plenty strong for the job, I would never worry one bit about leaving this in a range bag, occasional drops and hard falls etc. Over the past two years I've continually upgraded our machines, materials, and refined our printing processes to keep pumping out affordable printed products along with a growing milled line of items too.



Hope you like it!

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Here's a little demo:

 

[Rebel Rooster]

That is ingenious!

 

[spife7980]

Here's a little demo:

Hot pink and lavender as well! Hahahahaha

 

[FLIGHT762]

I mark my brass by having the brass in my reloading block and take a sharpie and rest it on the block against the brass and just spin the brass. Marks the brass with a ring perfectly. Easy to do multiple color rings too and pretty fast.

A cute device, but dosen't grab me.

 

[lash]

I like it. Just keep innovating like you are and you'll see the benefit.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Cool. Now one to mark 'paint' bullets like Lowlight had in a post a few months ago. Would be helpful to quickly identify loads and CBTO by just looking at what color the bullet is.

 

[Tyler Kemp]

A bullet maker can be done easily. Where do you mark, on the ogive so it doesn't touch the barrel?

 

[TheGerman]

Do you motherfuckers lack hand/eye coordination or something?

 

[supercorndogs]

 

[Rebel Rooster]

Do you motherfuckers lack hand/eye coordination or something?

I do, for sure

 

[kill_zone67]

I like it!

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Do you motherfuckers lack hand/eye coordination or something?

Yeah who likes something that makes a job easier anyways?!

 

[W54/XM-388]

interesting, but it might be more useful if all 4 pen slots were slightly stacked and you could put in a round and rotate it to have color coded bands around it instead of one long stripe. Then the color pattern could mean things.

 

[lash]

interesting, but it might be more useful if all 4 pen slots were slightly stacked and you could put in a round and rotate it to have color coded bands around it instead of one long stripe. Then the color pattern could mean things.

It actually has just that. He stated in the OP that the four holes are slightly offset for just that purpose.

This design has four slightly offset vertical holes so you can either stripe or ring your case. To stripe, just push it through, to ring put the device on a table and spin your brass inside.

 

[375fan]

I like it! I'm ordering one.

 

[Tazman308]

You could also use it to track the number of times brasses was fired.

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Let me know how you folks like 'em. They'll be showing up next week!

 

[Shoots 700's]

I just write my initials on the brass. Real easy to spot after a match

 

[mdmp5]

Cool. Now one to mark 'paint' bullets like Lowlight had in a post a few months ago. Would be helpful to quickly identify loads and CBTO by just looking at what color the bullet is.

I think the point of that was to see the colored impacts without needing a camera downrange. I tried that shit and it didn't work very well for me. Very faint markings on the paper

 

[lash]

I think the point of that was to see the colored impacts without needing a camera downrange. I tried that shit and it didn't work very well for me. Very faint markings on the paper

I tried it also and brought my loads to the firing line with the intent to shoot a modified ladder at 328 yards. My shooting buddy asked me if those were my "gay pride" loads. I about fell out laughing.

And it also did not seem to work that well for me either. What little color markings that were left on the paper were so faint as to make individual load determination not possible. I did want it to work and I did enjoy triggering my friend with all of the purdy colors, but it really didn't have much value. I must have done it wrong.

 

[spife7980]

Ive been coloring the bullets for ladder tests to avoid having to walk and mark every single shot. I just lay its on its side and roll it while I mark back and forth on the bullet. Sure the colors are sort of feint on paper but the only time I have had an actual issue is when I was shooting on a waxy sort of plastic coated paper- they feel the type you get in the mail from advertising mailers. A normal copy paper or white cardboard transfers enough color over for me to tell when I get the target on a table in front of me. Maybe a highlighter doesnt work as well as a permanent sharpie.
I color them in an arrangement where I wont have a orange next to a red or a blue next to a purple. Having a contrast between the various loads makes it easier to decipher the results afterwards. A red next to a blue next to a green next to an orange next to a purple. The results climb up the target so even when repeating colors a red and green at the top and a red and green at the bottom wont be confused for one another.

 

[lash]

Ive been coloring the bullets for ladder tests to avoid having to walk and mark every single shot. I just lay its on its side and roll it while I mark back and forth on the bullet. Sure the colors are sort of feint on paper but the only time I have had an actual issue is when I was shooting on a waxy sort of plastic coated paper- they feel the type you get in the mail from advertising mailers. A normal copy paper or white cardboard transfers enough color over for me to tell when I get the target on a table in front of me. Maybe a highlighter doesnt work as well as a permanent sharpie.
I color them in an arrangement where I wont have a orange next to a red or a blue next to a purple. Having a contrast between the various loads makes it easier to decipher the results afterwards. A red next to a blue next to a green next to an orange next to a purple. The results climb up the target so even when repeating colors a red and green at the top and a red and green at the bottom wont be confused for one another.

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I did it for the same reason and in a similar manner to what you are doing and even used Sharpies and a white uncoated cardboard. But, it still was a bit of a bust for me. As mentioned, I did want it to work, as it would make it a bit easier for me (actually a lot quicker). Maybe I'll try it again sometime with a different target paper.

 

[b6graham]

I had great success using Sharpie on the bullets when doing ladders. Easier when you have a 600y NRA range with pits and a buddy though

I'll definately be picking one of these up though for the next round of load development

 

[panzerr]

Do you motherfuckers lack hand/eye coordination or something?

Oh man that brought me back to my days in the Army! LOL