How to keep track of number of firings?

[Uni-Vibe]

Loading for AR, I use once fired brass, load it four more times, and then scrap it.

How to keep track of the number of firings? Soon you have a pile of twice fired, four times fired, etc. How do y'all keep track?

[Arik]

Don't reload but I've read people use markers. 1 line/ring/notch = 1 reload, 2 lines/rings/notches = 2 reloads...etc..

Or change colors or add colors. Whatever makes more sense to you

[T2C]

It's easy. Keep brass separated in coffee cans, boxes, whatever and track how many times brass in each container has been fired. I've been doing this for over 35 years with 30-06 brass, 7.62x51mm brass, etc.

If you are training at the range by yourself, police the area you are going to shoot in before sending rounds down range. Only collect brass known to you.

When in doubt, throw it out.

[mic2377]

I keep everything in 50 or 100 round lots. These are kept together and therefore number of reloads can be tracked. This is also facilitated by the use of a brass catcher.

Honestly the big motivation for me keeping them separate is avoiding trimming. If I keep my brass separate, generally cases can go 3-4 firings without trimming. This really cuts down on labor. I HATE trimming.

[Nightvisionary]

I don't. I just visually inspect and cull when needed.

[markm]

I don't. I just visually inspect and cull when needed.

This. I tried keeping track of brass, and it became an unmanageable nightmare. I recycle brass when the pocket is loose.

[Uni-Vibe]

I don't. I just visually inspect and cull when needed.

And you don't have any problems, e.g. case head separations? I run pistol brass until the mouth splits, but I was always told that full-length resizing limited semi-auto brass to about four or five reloads.

[Bret]

How to keep track of the number of firings? Soon you have a pile of twice fired, four times fired, etc. How do y'all keep track?

Discipline! I keep all of my brass sorted by lot. The exception to this is if the year of manufacture is on the headstamp, then I treat them all as one lot. I never fire two batches of ammo with the same headstamp during a range session. This method obviously won't work if you used mixed headstamp once fired brass from the start.

[Vegas]

I use Evernote on my phone to keep track of round count. Dry wipe board at my bench has the number of times fired for each brass type. I usually stick to lots of 50 for my bolts guns too.

[ViniVidivici]

I'll post a pic when I get home, but I use an industrial sharpie to put a hash mark on the head of the case for each time I've loaded it. I usually go 6 loadings, or dump 'em due to loose primer pockets or neck splits. This is for .223.

The industrual strength sharpie mark survives tumbling pretty well.

For .40, same thing. I've loaded cases to 13 times with no problems, but I chuck 'em at 10, just to be sure to avoid the evil fohtay voodoo.

All other pistol, I load 'em till the neck splits, loose primer pocket, mangled rim, etc.