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Posted: 10/28/2013 4:46:30 PM EDT
| Been thinking of marking each case with the charge of my ladder instead of having a bunch of bits of paper floating around in the ammo boxes. Any reason I shouldn't? Never really cared what was in the marker before now, just know that they work. |
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Thats how I do my loads.
Mark each case head with a different "symbol" (a Line or cross etc..) Then write dow what that mark corresponds to load wise on one piece of paper. I find it easier to keep track of, and i can't "mix" loads up at the range. I have had no adverse affects from the "toxins" in the sharpie just my .02 |
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Pretty much the same as Johnnyd . . . 4 different colors . . . several different "symbols" . . . 1-3 bars, X, dot, etc . . . on the base. Color/symbol is also recorded on the "Work Order" used to make the set. Haven't noticed any issues.
Carryover is all my reloads get a colored tripe across the primer. Helps me (and other shooters) identify my brass at the range - and I dont have to use these old eyes to read the headstamps lol. |
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I use a fine tipped sharpie to mark each brass with the powder weight. A while back I knocked over a box with a ladder test in it. It spilled out, and I had to pull every round, and start over. And wasted a bunch of time at the range.  So, it takes a little more time, but for me, it's worth it.
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I use a fine tipped sharpie to mark each brass with the powder weight. A while back I knocked over a box with a ladder test in it. It spilled out, and I had to pull every round, and start over. And wasted a bunch of time at the range.
So, it takes a little more time, but for me, it's worth it. There is a guy at my range that does this. writes the info all over every cartridge. |
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I used to write a number on the head of the case and decided that was a pain because of the primer. Now I just write a number on the side of the case.
As others have said, the number corresponds to load written down in my book. When at the range I can verify that I am shooting the same loads when chronographing and shooting for accuracy. Works really well when your ammo box gets dumped. Kind of like shooting your chronograph, not a matter of if but when it will happen. Yep, have done that too. |
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Thats how I do my loads. Mark each case head with a different "symbol" (a Line or cross etc..) Then write dow what that mark corresponds to load wise on one piece of paper. I find it easier to keep track of, and i can't "mix" loads up at the range. I have had no adverse affects from the "toxins" in the sharpie just my .02 This, when working up loads for use with the chrono it makes it easier to track using this and I can also just pick the cases up at the end of day and then use the corresponding marks to identify when looking at primers. |
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<a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Loading/P9140676_zpsfcd7be90.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Loading/P9140676_zpsfcd7be90.jpg</a> How I do it. My son did that. Except that he loaded up 100 rounds with 10 different powder combinations. I didn't take a picture of it, but imagine 10 rows of 10 each in a completely full hundred count box like that in the following link. 100 rounds with 10 different recipes in one of these Well, he didn't do it exactly like you. He wrote the various loads on a recipe card that he put in the box. So far so good. And then he dropped the 100 rounds on the floor. They rolled everywhere. Did I mention that he didn't mark the cases like you? Never did figure that mess out. I think that we still have about 40 rounds left. We have been using them for fouling shots. At this rate we'll be able to reload the remaining cases in A.D. 2032. Your idea is better. 
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<a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Loading/P9140676_zpsfcd7be90.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Loading/P9140676_zpsfcd7be90.jpg</a> How I do it. yuppers, the 12 packs of all different color sharpies are nice, color code to your reloading notes. |
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I use a 3X5 card, similar to Dryflash's above. I put a 3X5 card in the lid of the box showing the layout - which slots hold which load and all the other relevant info is also written on the card (powder type, OAL, primer type, times fired).
I've started to photograph my fired cases. It's something I started doing for load development testing. After firing, I return the cases back to their original location in the box with the fired primers facing up. A single 16 Mpixel image of the 3X5 card and the cases preserves what the loads were and what the primers looked like after firing. It also tells you the brass used because you can read the headstamp. A copy of the image(s) gets included in the spreadsheet I use to process the data (POI versus charge, velocity versus charge, etc) |
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Been thinking of marking each case with the charge of my ladder instead of having a bunch of bits of paper floating around in the ammo boxes. Any reason I shouldn't? Never really cared what was in the marker before now, just know that they work. I'm with you. Cases get separated from bits of paper. I mark all my work-up cases with thin point sharpies. One trip in the tumbler and it comes off. A little may come off in the chamber, but if you clean your test firearm periodically....well. 
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I color the bullet so it transfers to the target, I mark this color on the case and write the info on the case. Then record the data and velocity and MOA in my book(for my precision loads only). Last weekend I had 16 different loads on 5 different targets. It would have been a mess had I not colored the bullets.... I ran out of colors so I had to stripe some of the loads Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
| I do it just as Dryflash shows in his photo, mark the primers. I use sticky labels to record each loads info with the corresponding mark from the primer placed on the label as well. At the shooting bench I use the number of the target or location on the paper and write it on the label for the current load being tested. At the end of the session, I peel the label from the sheet for each load and place it on the target. When back in the "GunBoy" room, these targets go in the folder in the file cabinet for later reference. I now separate lead, plated, and jacketed for each caliber in separate folders for that caliber. This would all be easier in a PC database, but losing data would be a bummer. |
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I want to combine one of those ink stamps with the rotary dials, and holders for sharpies, into a crank operated machine.
set the dial for charge/powder/ bullet and add up to 3 different sharpies for different color stripes. load the hopper and crank feed the cases through ###.#/x####/### stripe stripe stripe I started a prototype. while sharpie ink works well, ink pad ink does not. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Say I am ladder loading .5 gr increments over 2 grs difference with 20 rounds in each count. I load 20 rounds at .5 grs, then put then in the cartridge box, bullet down. I then swipe a sharpie across the top (primer side), then in my notebook write the charge weight and make a line with that color sharpie. Repeat the process for the next .5 gr weight with a different color sharpie. Do this 4xs with four different color. I have 10 pack of sharpies that has lasted yearS in the garage. I do each load, so if they spill I can put them back in order.
Quick and easy. I also mark the sides of my stripper clipped .223 so when I shoot with a buddy, I will know mine from his when seperating. |
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