PWC
08-16-2018, 03:43
I have never seen this question addressed. After you trim your brass, how do you keep track of those that are trimmed?
I am speaking primarily about bottlenick rifle cases.
Say in a lot of 50 there are 10 that need to be trimmed. The other 40 are somewhere between min and max. After you trim the 10, how do you mark them to keep track of the number of times they have been trimmed? If you don't mark them, the next time you shoot that lot, there are 8 that need to be trimmed; maybe they are first time trim, maybe second time trim how do you know?
For myself, at each trim I use a small triangular swiss file to file a small "nick" in the case head rim for each time the case has been trimmed. During case prep I check the heads and after 5 "nicks" if it needs trim the case goes to the recycle can and the lot size decreases.
Five is an arbitrary number I established for myself and it works for me.
I am interested in anyone else's method.
I am speaking primarily about bottlenick rifle cases.
Say in a lot of 50 there are 10 that need to be trimmed. The other 40 are somewhere between min and max. After you trim the 10, how do you mark them to keep track of the number of times they have been trimmed? If you don't mark them, the next time you shoot that lot, there are 8 that need to be trimmed; maybe they are first time trim, maybe second time trim how do you know?
For myself, at each trim I use a small triangular swiss file to file a small "nick" in the case head rim for each time the case has been trimmed. During case prep I check the heads and after 5 "nicks" if it needs trim the case goes to the recycle can and the lot size decreases.
Five is an arbitrary number I established for myself and it works for me.
I am interested in anyone else's method.