Do you mark your brass for how many times it has been fired?

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As above, and if so - how? I find a small mark on the cup/rim near the headstamp with a juniour hacksaw blade works well and can still be seen after tumbling, and then the next mark is made at 180° to the fiorst mark and then third and fourth at 90° to these so you end up with marks at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock points, by the this point it has done 5 (as the first unmarked is the factory load) and I'm happy to use some factory to get once fired brass.

Just interested to see how people track thier brass.

Regards,

Gixer
 
I dont want to mark my brass but I do have tubs for each firing and keep them seperate. I cycle through all my brass so when I have no ammo all my brass is at the same number of firing.
​Hope that makes sense as it does in my head!
 
I gave up on sorting brass according to number of reloads years ago. I just check the cases before I reload them for any signs of splitting etc. No ill effects to date!
 
bk said:
I dont want to mark my brass but I do have tubs for each firing and keep them seperate. I cycle through all my brass so when I have no ammo all my brass is at the same number of firing.
​Hope that makes sense as it does in my head!
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​+1 i do the same
 
same as krico, just inspect them carefully after every resize and then again after bullet seating. any suspect ones go in the bin.
 
I keep them in lots assigned to each gun. My loading records -which I update at every loading- tells me how many times I have loaded that LOT.~Muir
 
+1
i load 100 and into mtm boxs used then that all go's in a tub, while they are in use the other 100 are prepped and loaded while i am use'g 1st batch and so on until i see any signs of case failure then all gets crapped and buy new or once fired off this site i have 300 x .308 so only need to reload 4 times a year . more often for the range/foxer .243 600 cases 6 times a year.
​plus any new bullets n' powder combo's i feel may give me the golden round :rofl: still looking!!!
 
After having a spate of primers falling out of the round and causing all sorts of trouble I am now keeping a careful check on how many times I reload each batch of cases.
I hadn't thought it necessary because I didn't think I reloaded that much. Obviously while the cases looked fine on inspection, I failed to notice the primers were seating too easily. On examination I've found the Lee primer pocket reamer I use has gradually increased the size of some of the primer pockets in all of the offending cases apart from those made by Lapua.
If you've read this far, it didn't result in any missed deer but has enabled the mate I was showing how to reload to take the mickey a bit.
Marking the case sounds a good idea but I'm keeping the reloaded ammunition in batches and noting on the box how many times they've been reloaded as well as reaming the carbon residue out of the pockets less thoroughly. Hopefully this post proves helpful to someone but obviously I can't wait for all the comments some folk will feel compelled to make about my failings, credibility, ancestry, location, dress sense, height etc
 
Folks,

for the people who live in this world not some other cloud 9, here is an example of my marked brass in the picture below, and also a cross section I took of the marked case, you will notice the small black mark on the right of the cross sectioned case showing how little these marks affect the cartridge.

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​ you will not compromise the cartrigde with a small mark in this area to any degree that will ever make a difference, you have way more chance of the wall or neck of the cartridge giving up.

just thought I should clear this up incase some idiotic posts have people concerned.

regards,
gixer
 
for a second there i thought you went a bit too far with the hacksaw , I use those chinese takeaway boxes that are always found in some cupboard in the kitchen, after every outing i put the empty cases in, until i use all of that batch. write with a marker on top saying how many times fired , simples.
 
Folks,

Just a quick post to say thank you to Admin of the site for cleaning up the thread, I do appreciate it, I do not pretend to be any expert in reloading and am a novice as I have never really needed to do it (which is why I sold my reloading gear) I then had a change of heart and bought the lee loaders. l

Although I may be a novice reloader I have been shooting (shotguns and rifles) for most of my life and understand what parts of a cartridge would be an issue if damaged.

I appreciate the supportive PM's and just wanted to say you must find the way that suits you, It would be a bad thing on a forum if you couldn't show your suggestions on here without thinking you were going to be slated for it and i sincerly hope persons would ask if they are not sure on something or at least look into it by searching the forum.

Some on here make the mistake of assuming that anything that is done in a different way to the way that they use must be incorrect.....I would just say there is more than one way to skin a cat!

Thanks again to Admin..

Regards,
Gixer
 
I use a different container for each batch, these are labelled with number of times fired and trimmed and at what stage of the reloading process they are at. e.g. cleaned, checked for length, resized etc.

atb Tim
 
I use a Sharpie pen to mark my cases which will clean off with a little Brasso wool.
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/wyndog/DSCF1278_zpsc2297b70.jpg

The problem with the cursory inspection only is that neck tension will vary depending on how many times fired. This picture (sorry on yellow paper) after adjusting 1/2 MOA right shows on my Tac the different POI on 1st, 2nd and 7th fired cases. I know - no problem on a fox, but some shooters like to be pedantic
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/...ionbytheamountoffirings-20Tac_zpscc0f1587.jpg
 
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