Identifying loads during load development

[WilBloodworth]

sharpie on each round... otherwise they may get mixed up... not a good idea to search for new frontiers the first shot.

I agree. Sharpie on each round. This "bag" idea seems not an ideal solution. I can only see downsides to zip-lock bags.

 

[Orange Dust]

I agree. Sharpie on each round. This "bag" idea seems not an ideal solution. I can only see downsides to zip-lock bags.

Done it both ways and bags work much better. Don't think I am articulating it properly or you would understand. Been doing this a long time.

 

[Lefty7mmstw]

Done it both ways and bags work much better. Don't think I am articulating it properly or you would understand. Been doing this a long time.

yup, I'll toss my rounds in a bag too, but every round is labeled...

 

[Orange Dust]

yup, I'll toss my rounds in a bag too, but every round is labeled...

I used to use labels and rubber bands. Sharpie doesn't come off with corn cob after heat set from firing. Ultrasound might get it off but I don't want my brass that clean

 

[manitou]

Separate ammo cases with little stickers indicating load info.

 

[Lefty7mmstw]

I used to use labels and rubber bands. Sharpie doesn't come off with corn cob after heat set from firing. Ultrasound might get it off but I don't want my brass that clean

a bit of hoppes, fine steel wool, alcohol, or nap gas gets it off just fine

 

[vancewalker007]

How do you mark or identify different loads during load development? Separate boxes, mark the cases or bullets, color coding? Wondering what others are doing and how you keep them from possibly getting mixed up if an accident happens and they spill or someone starts taking them out and looking at them only to maybe put them back incorrectly. Powder, powder charge, primer, seating depth, etc.

I do the sandwich bag thing. I usually put small slips of paper in each one with the details of the load the bag contains. Then I carry them in a plastic box and I take one load out at a time at the range when shooting. Its worked fine for 15 years.

 

[Old Rooster]

Everything I load gets a lot number.I started with 001 and the last time I checked I was 377 I think.
I use zip-loc bags if I have a small amount of loaded ammo to test.
When a TL (Test Load) works out I comment on it in the load book.If it does not work out I note it and stop that load.
The hard plastic boxes are my favorite as others have said but only if it is a good load and I drop the TL(Test Load)and just use a Lot Number.
Been doing it that way since 1967 and it works for me.

 

[Philward]

I think you should be recording even the loads that don't work out, avoid retesting those loads because you don't remember. Record the final loads in one place but keep records of the test loads that didn't work out in another log, a development log I guess. Record why they didn't work so well too.

 

[Orange Dust]

a bit of hoppes, fine steel wool, alcohol, or nap gas gets it off just fine

Too much trouble. Guess I have too many toys