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If you ever end up with hunting reloads in assorted vests, bags, or other places and can't remember what size shot is in them, here's an easy solution: mark the primers with felt tip markers, using a different color for each size shot. I use red for #6, blue for #7, green for #7-1/2 and black for #8. Easy to do and when you reload them again, the mark is gone, so they can be anything you want, next time.
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Good idea, Jim. How do you keep track of what the colors mean? :-)
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Good idea, Jim. How do you keep track of what the colors mean? :-) Just like the rest of us Geezers; bookmark this thread!...Geo
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Easy color code. BBROYGBVGW. Anyone over 50 who took a decent shop class should be able to fill in the blanks. Color code that was taught to every repair man for resitors.
Short version.
BBROYGBVGW
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B 1 Black
B 2 Brown
R 3 Red
O 4 Orange
Y 5 Yellow
G 6 Green
B 7 Blue
V 8 Violet
G 9 Grey
W 0 White
Long version. Bad boys run our young girls behind victory garden walls.
Take a tray of primers and mark them with a water proof magic marker before you load them into the reloading machine. Water proof marker because they will not run when wet. I only used three or four colors. Another trick is to load only one weight of load in a brand of shells. Remington RXP were 1 1/8, Blue Magic 1 1/4, Federal 1 3/8 and Winchester 1 1/2 ounce shot. Old shells are easy to find and loaded shells last a long time once loaded. Just wish I could still use some of those 1 3/8 lead shells over decoys.
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Good question. I have the code written down at my reloading desk.
Thank you,
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I tend to batch case colours for my handloads - I always know that red is 7 1/2 or 8, black is 2 etc. I also roll crimp a lot, so overshot card is the obvious place to write a number.
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I have been doing this for years but I spray paint the primers while still in the tray. For some reason I use Green for 9 gray for 8.5 white for 8s red for 7.5s blue for 6s yellow for 5s and black for 4s. The spray paint is fast and has never caused a misfire.
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When I went to tech school it was Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Goes Willingly.
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Mark - our G was "gives".
Remainder was the same.
Seems a long time ago.
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Good idea, Jim. How do you keep track of what the colors mean? :-) I bet he color codes his toe nails. 
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