Brass identification

[WANTASHOOT]

I know many of you are pretty meticulous when it comes to reloading. Do any of you mark your brass to identify it later. If you go to the trouble to sort it wouldn't you want to be able to I'd it later. I know most probably sort to ammo boxes and just keep them segregated that way. I am just curious if anyone has a method to mark their brass. If so what do you do?

 

[dkhunt14]

I mark my brass with a sharpie when I load. That way I can keep the sighters and records in the same order. I number them sighter s1 to s8 and records 1 to 10. That way they go back in the box the same way every time. When I reload they go in my block in that order and stay that way till loaded and then get remarked. Some guys use steel stamps and mark the rim with numbers. Matt

 

[Caliche Pit]

Have seen lots of different sharpie colors and marks on brass at Perry in the past. Not sure how it holds up against the tumbling process, though.

 

[dogdude]

It does'nt

 

[SDWhirlwind]

When I am finished loading a batch I always take a 3/32" metal number stamp and stamp the primer for how many times that particular batch of brass has been reloaded. Kinda tough when I surpass 10 loadings and having to use 2 digits on the small primers, large primers are no problem. I use a rubber mallet instead of steel as it delivers a softer blow! One must make sure primers are bottomed out so as not to absorb some of the impact and leave a light indentation.




NOW, ....In full discloser there will probably be some dipstick thinking this is true and possible BUT, IT IS MY SICK SENSE OF HUMOR!!!!!!!!
DO NOT try this at home!!!!!!! PLEASE! I am bored and need to amuse myself.lol

 

[jonbearman]

Why not take them to a shop and have them lazer it in above the extractor groove as far as your name and whether it is a fouler or record cartridge.

 

[Shynloco]

One of my shooting buddies uses a cheap electric inscriber and uses a single or double digit system whereby he logs the number on the casings and know exactly every detail about that casing from first firing, to each annealing, resizing, etc. Kinda overboard in my book, but then he tells me I'm anal and nuts in some of the detail I do do when reloading a set of fired casings that I log in.