How do you guys keep track of brass firings?

[EastHumboldt]

I’ve been marking the head with a tiny center punch dimple, but wondering what other people do?

 

[wyosam]

I keep them in ammo boxes by batch, and try to remember to keep a tally on the load card.


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[N2TRKYS]

I don’t waste my time worrying about it.

 

[wapitibob]

separate trays

 

[waspocrew]

Usually a bag or the ammo boxes clearly marked with # of firings.

 

[Flyjunky]

I keep them in ammo boxes by batch, and try to remember to keep a tally on the load card.


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Same here. Each box has a piece of tape on it that we mark with a sharpie and on the reloading bench we have old plastic yogurt tubs with the corresponding number of shots they get dumped into.

 

[Wolfshead]

I put them in zip lock bags and mark the number oof times they’ve been shot.

 

[TaperPin]

I’ve used a scribe (nail) to scratch a faint line from the primer outward - fast to apply and easy to read. Usually I’m not vibrating cases to clean, so even a sharpie line on the case head lasts the life of the case. Any way it’s done is a pain in the butt, so to simplify life I’ve started keeping some once or twice fired brass for hunting, and all the others aren’t tracked, but tossed out when a head separation line starts to be visible.

 

[JF_Idaho]

I usually work with 100 or 200 pieces of brass for a given rifle/load. Keep them in separate ammo cases marked with number of firings. Shoot through all pieces before prepping and re-marking.

The pay sucks, but it's honest work.

 

[HGL]

I usually put new lots of brass into 50 round ammo boxes and mark the outside of the box as I go.

It hepls calm my OCD, ha.

 

[gentleman4561]

I buy brass 300 at a time, I shoot through all 300 then start over.

I have tubs in the shop labeled (6CM - once fired, 6CM - clean, 6CM - ready to load).

By cycling through a full batch of brass it makes it pretty easy to keep track.

 

[bradmacmt]

This - and I anneal every 5th loading and keep track of that as well.

I put them in zip lock bags and mark the number of times they’ve been shot.

 

[Firestone]

I resize all at the same time and mark on the boxes how many times each has been resized. Usually do 200-500 depending on what gun it is for. Every gun has its own brass, keeps it simple

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I have never fired new in plastic and fired in a tub..thats about it...my loads are accruate and consistent spped so I don't worry about it

 

[IDbrushswimmer]

I just put a tally with a sharpie on the side of the case

 

[WeiserBucks]

I ruin my primer pockets on the 1st firing and buy more. Am I doing this right?

 

[Castle Rock]

Why would you bother counting?
The brass is either ok or it isn’t

 

[wyosam]

Why would you bother counting?
The brass is either ok or it isn’t

This is the most accurate answer. Doesn’t really matter. I keep track of some for reasons I don’t understand, but others I’ve lost count and stopped caring. In some cases I’ll take a case or 3 with a new barrel and put a bunch of firings on them to see how a load is going to pan out in terms of brass life if I’m on the warmer side. I think I’ve got 223 ackley brass that must be approaching 30 cycles, but lost count long ago. 400 Lapua cases started with a new barrel and the 1st replacement barrel for that one is getting long in the tooth (or throat I guess).


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[Pharmseller]

Plastic tub with a 3”x5” index card. The card tells me which rifle the brass goes to and how many firings.





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[goathunter]

Why would you bother counting?
The brass is either ok or it isn’t

I track because I have been trying to anneal after a couple reloads. Also a nice way to know your round count on a new barrel