Sharpie for brass ID.

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Sharpie for brass ID.

Posted: 1/26/2009 1:23:27 PM EDT

Ive god a ton of brass thats been preped the whole 9 yards....

I was wondering if I will run into any trouble with penning the lot # and whitness mark on the headstamp of the brass?

Posted: 1/26/2009 1:32:50 PM EDT

[#1]

i have been using a fine point sharpie for years to write on
the side of my bress with no problems

Posted: 1/26/2009 2:01:06 PM EDT

[#2]

I do the same, dont expect it to survive the chamber and tumbler.

It may make it out of the chamber just fine (about 75% readable on mine) but the tumbler gets it everytime.

Posted: 1/26/2009 2:19:54 PM EDT

[#3]

I do it too. It's great for sorting brass by weight.

Posted: 1/26/2009 3:37:56 PM EDT

[#4]

Comes in handy when developing loads, too.

Assuming that you are not running the candidate loads through a bolt gun, marking them with a sharpie ensures that you know that it was the case with the 25.5gr of Varget that blew the primer, not the cartridge with the 25.2.

Posted: 1/26/2009 4:38:45 PM EDT

[#5]

I like to put a line on the case head with a black sharpie.

Then when I pick up brass, I know which are mine(crimp properly removed) and which I have to check very carefully.

Posted: 1/26/2009 4:51:54 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Ive god a ton of brass thats been preped the whole 9 yards....

I was wondering if I will run into any trouble with penning the lot # and whitness mark on the headstamp of the brass?

Heck, I just did 2 boxes of 50, 7 rem mag, where I ladder loaded 5 charge weights with both Hornady 162 HPBTs and 168 SMKs. I just put a I, II, III, IV and V on the side down near the head just in case the box flipped open and no issues with anything, It even tumbled right off in an hour.

I did have one weird Sharpie who's ink wouldn't really tumble off the first time, but that hasn't been the norm.

I've been marking the sides of my cases for over a decade and it's a prudent practice when loading different combos and placing them into a single box.

Chris

Posted: 1/26/2009 6:19:57 PM EDT

[#7]

I put marks on the case head for number of times reloaded. no dot =1f, 1 dot=2f etc..
Dots are still legible after 2 dots so far.

Posted: 1/26/2009 7:19:31 PM EDT

[#8]

I color the primers different colors, them mark the color on my load increment sheet.
skink

Posted: 1/26/2009 7:23:42 PM EDT

[#9]

I have a buddy who shoots High Power who marks all of his bases with red marker for easy identification. He spends a good deal of time with brass prep and doesn't want them lost.

Posted: 1/26/2009 7:44:02 PM EDT

[#10]

I got a few friends who shoot CMP at our range every other weekend and they've each agreed upon their own base design for easy ID. Its hard for them to tell otherwise because they all use Lapua brass (they must be rich) and they prep the crap out of them. They told me that most use fingernail polish for their designs which are generally stripes, dots, and hash marks. They touch them up after reloading each time to update for # of firings.

Posted: 1/26/2009 7:57:49 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I have a buddy who shoots High Power who marks all of his bases with red marker for easy identification. He spends a good deal of time with brass prep and doesn't want them lost.

+1
I have done both the casing and the primer area. I spend so much time with my DCM loads case prep I want them back!

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