I do both of what has been suggested - sharpie and storing them in round die boxes marked with a label.
But wow....some of the setups here floor me.
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Thanks everyone for the great suggestions!
I am going to wait & see if anyone adds anything more for suggestions over the weekend & then decide what to do next week.
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sharpie on the tool head
on powder measures I use one of those round 'dots' sticker and put amount of powder thrown and for what caliber.
could say: 5.5 Red Dot and other that says .45 R and .44 R (both use same powder amounts) Then cover the dots with clear packing tape.
Since I only use Red Dot (32s --45s and shotgun) there is no worry about getting wrong measure
dayglo orange really stand out.
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Boldly mark the dies so no matter the position or turret you change them to you will always be correct.
Dave
I use the lable maker, plus lable the container. MyFlatline's approach is great, but do your dies rust? I'm in a very humid environment so have to store them covered with a lightly oiled cloth and a closed container with little packets of silica beads to keep them from rusting. Anyone else have this issue?
All prep is done outside in the shop. All loading is done in my small home office. I keep all the powder and primers inside also. My dies don't seem to rust as bad as other reloading tools. Case gauges for example, if you look at one it rusts. Mine have all been coated now but what a pain.
Well, I finally went and got a section of PVC pipe to use for making holders like MyFlatline showed in an earlier post.
Inexpensive( about $4) to make about 10 or so, sturdy enough & light weight.
Just need to cut them to height(length) and figure out a way to fasten them together so I can keep them all on a shelf.
I was thinking about using a threaded rod all in a row, or maybe hot gluing them together in a staggered pattern ( kind of like a line of staggered bowling pins) so they fit on a shelf in a row above my desk/bench.
Have not decided yet....
As you can tell, I am not getting fancy, nor am I in a hurry about doing this. I like to take my time at some things. I may do something more fancy in the future, but right now I think these PVC holders will do fine for what I want to do.
Thanks again for the suggestions & if anyone wants to add something, please do!
2nd Amend./U.S. Const. - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
~~ WWG1WGA ~~
Restore the Republic!!!
For the Fudds > "Those who appease a tiger, do so in the hope that the tiger will eat them last." -Winston Churchill.
President Reagan tells it like it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6MwPgPK7WQ
Phil Robertson explains the Wall: https://youtu.be/f9d1Wof7S4o
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |