marking reloads.

[OneBadV8]

Why not find a way to mark the brass instead?

 

[bsmant]

I have marked both primers and bullets with sharpies, when I am working up new loads. I mark the primers/heads with dots/hash marks/etc... and the bullets just forward of the ogive. The nice thing about marking the bullets in this manner, if you use a white target anyway, is that you can look at the target and determine which round made which hole. You can even do half the bullet one color, and the other a different color to get more possibilities. Red, blue, and green seem to work best. Black is difficult to tell from the blue. I stole this method from this guy.

 

[indyjohn]

I have marked both primers and bullets with sharpies, when I am working up new loads. I mark the primers/heads with dots/hash marks/etc... and the bullets just forward of the ogive. The nice thing about marking the bullets in this manner, if you use a white target anyway, is that you can look at the target and determine which round made which hole. You can even do half the bullet one color, and the other a different color to get more possibilities. Red, blue, and green seem to work best. Black is difficult to tell from the blue. I stole this method from this guy.

Nice link to 6MMBR. Good to have a point of view from a different shooter dicipline.

 

[jworm1420]

very good link. i never thought the marker would color the target like that but im gna try that thanks.

 

[bsmant]

very good link. i never thought the marker would color the target like that but im gna try that thanks.

I'm actually surprised that it works as well as it does. Below is a picture of the first target I tried it with. I didn't have a red marker handy so I used blue, black, and green, which isn't a great combination as the blue and black are not the easiest to tell apart. You should be able to see the green and the green/blue rings pretty clearly.

I am still learning the ins and outs of working up a precision rifle load. This is a target used for initial testing of a .223 Remington load using 75gr Hornady BTHP for my RRA carbine.