xcelr8hard Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 How do people mark brass? I have been using a sharpie, but am getting tired of marking it everytime. Just 1 trip through the tumbler and the markings are gone. There has to be a better way. Butch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwit Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Dykem makes layout fluids in spray, liquid and markers in lots of colors. By my experience it lasts longer plus it really soaks into the head stamp where it is pretty safe from polisher removal. http://www.dykem.com/ProductList.cfm?packa...52-ef525dc14941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePete Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Check here http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...l=marking+brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARD72977 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I have just marked some with Machinist Layout dye. Im using CROWN brand with good results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann the Horrible Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Just accept that they will only last one shoot. I mark mine with a black and blue cross. 10 lines down and 10 across and 100 is marked. One trip through the tumbler and it is all gone though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) Just accept that they will only last one shoot. I mark mine with a black and blue cross. 10 lines down and 10 across and 100 is marked. One trip through the tumbler and it is all gone though. That's exactly what I do. I mark my brass for different reasons though, and it isn't to be able to identify so I can pick them up. Because I fool around with ammo powders, primers and projectiles, I mark them differently so I can track my ammo recipes and versoins. I came with the realization one day that my memory isn't such an iron box as it once was when I saw 4 different batches of ammo in baggies and I had to ask myself "wait, which one is my match ammo again?" I also do it, so when I have to unload and show clear, if my bullet hits the ground I don't want to pick up someone else double charged ammo. Edited August 25, 2008 by Aristotle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PINMAN44 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Shoot 9x19 and forget about it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Shoot 9x19 and forget about it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PINMAN44 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I did that with 9x23 for a year and said screw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 While I have not done it to brass that takes a beating (like 38 Super), I patina'd some 45 ACP brass in red. Solid red brass was pretty easy to find and no one really mixed it up with theirs. Can't say if it was a great idea or not, but it was an interesting experiment. The formulas for various colors are at http://secure.sciencecompany.com/-W12C672.aspx. Use at your own risk, etc, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff686 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) While I have not done it to brass that takes a beating (like 38 Super), I patina'd some 45 ACP brass in red. Solid red brass was pretty easy to find and no one really mixed it up with theirs. Can't say if it was a great idea or not, but it was an interesting experiment. The formulas for various colors are at http://secure.sciencecompany.com/-W12C672.aspx.Use at your own risk, etc, etc, etc. Does the patina survive resizing and tumbling? Edited August 25, 2008 by Jeff686 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 It just depends on who has the biggest pockets when you pick up ,,some time the HOGGS will sell it back to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Thread Drift EEH, one of the best clubs I have ever shot with, as far as brass was concerned, was the Asheville, NC club at Lake Lure. Squad members ratted brass hard after every shooter and then dumped the brass on that berm's table and let everyone sort out their own. I got a very high percentage of my brass back. Thread Drift Off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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