Separating brass

[DShortt]

Ya'll do whatever works for you. Mistakes can and will be made, no matter what your plan is. I like to have back-up plans and even then, occasionally, something gets mixed up.

I've always had a love for the .308Win family of cartridge. I have multiple barrels/rifles and every available chambering minus any wildcats. I used to reform brass a lot, so the headstamp wasn't reliable. That's why I started color coding and thus far, it's served me well.

Thus far, I've not chambered a 7mm -08.in a .260 Rem or a .260Rem in a .243Win but as I have several switch barrels and rifles, that possibly exists. So. I do everything I can to make sure that doesn't happen.

After all, 'Assumption is the Mother of all fuck-ups.'

I've since decided to buy brass stamped appropriately for the caliber. But some of that old, reformed stuff still is around. Weeding it out as I go for obvious reasons.

Meanwhile, I still find marking brass with sharpies to be useful.

 

[3Ackleys]

I use zip top freezer bags. Write the gun and # of times fired - 1x, 2x etc. They take up the least amount of space and a box of 50 is like $6 or something. Sometimes I mark the primers with a sharpie, but not always.

 

[6.5 forever]

Don’t mix them up, use separate containers for each lot number and chamber. Easy peezy

One box green for rifle 1.
One box grey for rifle 2.

 

[danny]

One box green for rifle 1.
One box grey for rifle 2.

Don't forget the Pink!

Danny

 

[6.5 forever]

Don't forget the Pink!

Danny

I only have 2 rifles!! Same caliber...

 

[joshb]

I’m proud of everybody here today! Not one nitpicker pointing out the difference between caliber and cartridge!

 

[K22]

No matter which system you use, "A man born to drown will find a way to drown in the desert" - thus sayeth Uncle Jack.

PS: If the weather was better, you members would be saved from my somewhat dubious quotes.

 

[ELR LVR]

It amazes me the amount of money shooters spend to put a Sharpie mark on a piece of brass. Just keep brass for each rifle in separate boxes and write on the box. It's not rocket science.

Lol I know right?
$50 for a sharpie marker apparatus?
So many things I could market but think
Naw, poeople will never buy that

 

[DShortt]

$50 eh?

Well you drive a hard bargin, but I might be able to accommodate you.

How many you want?

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[markm87]

Sharpie is the easy button. I do it all the time.

 

[divingin]

A sharpie is awfully cheap and has multiple uses.

Tip: Rather than marking the case body, mark the extractor groove. Lasts longer that way (unless you wet tumble or use a solvent wipe.)

 

[JFrank]

The problem with sharpie marks’ they wear off easily.

 

[danny]

The problem with sharpie marks’ they wear off easily.

I never counted on much of it to remain after firing. Maybe in the recess around the primer and the headstamp you could count on remaining marker color.

Danny

 

[JFrank]

I never counted on much of it to remain after firing. Maybe in the recess around the primer and the headstamp you could count on remaining marker color.

Danny

Me neither, when I’m shooting brass over a chrono to sort by speed ( performance) I’ll mark the case heads in either blue for slow , green for mid and red for high. Later I’ll weigh those cases looking for any correlation, sometimes the heavier ones are the red ones. Etc. I may note that weight on the side in sharpie as perhaps there maybe additional information. Anywho’ If I keep odd ones separate when loading… what’s the harm ? Sometimes I find that pulling out a few unexplained make a hell of a difference.

 

[DShortt]

The problem with sharpie marks’ they wear off easily.

They Last quite well for me when I mark the case head, providing I don't use a solvent-soaked rag on the case head or tumble them.

It's actually a bit of a chore to get it off with a solvent, particularly in the stamping.

 

[60723]

Lol I know right?
$50 for a sharpie marker apparatus?
So many things I could market but think
Naw, poeople will never buy that

I am always looking for something to market but may be too old to start a new business. My last idea was to make real nice brown underwear so racing stripes wouldn’t be as noticeable.

 

[ebb]

Use two different brands of brass. Lapua in one and Alpha or Peterson in the other? now that we have choices on good brass it does give possibilities.

 

[ELR LVR]

I weigh my brass usually and then sort
But sometimes I still get an odd flyer out of weighed brass
So...........I've begun sorting my brass by
-------------.Get this,?!------------------
The ones I get the best groups with instead
Lol I know ....more superstitious than very scientific right
But waiting to see if there is a pattern of repeatability

 

[JFrank]

I weigh my brass usually and then sort
But sometimes I still get an odd flyer out of weighed brass
So...........I've begun sorting my brass by
-------------.Get this,?!------------------
The ones I get the best groups with instead
Lol I know ....more superstitious than very scientific right
But waiting to see if there is a pattern of repeatability

I have a friend that sorts brass with a shot market at 550 yards, culling the unexplained

 

[ELR LVR]

I have a friend that sorts brass with a shot market at 550 yards, culling the unexplained

I like it.........Just added that to my regimen as well