How do you/Do you keep handgun brass record

My empty brass goes in one can and the loaded rounds go in boxes. As far as how many times they get loaded... til the mouths split or I lose them. Which usually comes first.

My system is I rotate brass from bottom of heap toward top. Recently fired brass goes at the lowest levels under my bench then works its way into the containers pictured. Keeps the circulation going.

As others have said, once the case mouth splits or has a deep scratch, I toss them into the recycle bag.

-178S

I don't keep track of any brass. I do inspect it thoroughly before loading, if it's bad in any way as unsafe, into the trash it goes. Why destroy brass because it's been fired 2/3 times if it's still serviceable? I've got about 15 different calibers with over 10 shots per pc of brass. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Those of you who mark their loose primer pockets, does the mark survive a trip through the tumbler? Or do you do some sorting before dumping the box into the tumbler?

-StaTiK-

Friendly said:

I also do not count the reloads for any handgun brass. I do, however keep all brass trimmed and mark any loose primers (black on the entire base) so those get left where I shot them.

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lono said:

I shoot both 45 acp and 9 mm brass until it splits. I use no counting method for number on times fired. I get my brass from the floor of the range so I would have no idea if a piece had been fired once or ten times.

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May you two never meet.
-StatiK-

I shoot till case failure. Side splits or casemouth splits. In rifle I look for head seperation rings. I shoot mainly cast in rifle and handgun so my brass tends to last a looooooonnnnnggggg time.

I don't track it at all. A lot of what I shoot is at matches and I often come back with a mix of of my own cases and random others shot by different shooters. As long as it isn't split/cracked and looks to be in good shape I'll keep loading it.

I'm a miser when it comes to brass though - I use all of it that I can. Even when crimped military brass makes its way into my pile - most people would toss it but I use a metal bottle opener nearby. Couple of turns with that and the crimp is gone and I prime and load those along with the rest.

I keep my Pistol brass together in batches of 1000-2000 pieces, and write the number of loadings on the big 2 gallon ziplocks I store it in after its cleaned, and on the load note I put in with the loaded rounds, and on the milk jug I keep the fired brass in till I clean it. After its cleaned I add one to the number of times reloaded.

I do this because when I load hotter loads in .357 mag, 9mm, and .44 mag its best to use brass thats been loaded few times.

Same for rifle brass

JMHO YMMV