Guest Coyote_Hunter Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 will/could it hurt to paint your shells, caseing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad6639 Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I wouldnt try it, if you didnt get it just right it might not chamber well and could lead to jamming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 First off...why would you want to? I agree with the above post...although the paint could be very light...it still would add to the overall dia. of the casings and could get stuck in the chamber. Second, paint is flamable...you ever feel a casing straight out of the gun? Ever see the fire ball out the end of the barrel? When the shell is fired...there is an explosion inside that gun chamber...why risk putting anything in there that prob. has no business being in there. Honestly to answer your question...I don't know if you could or couldn't. Wouldn't be worth finding out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yeah I dont know why either??? But if you need to mark a few shells, then use a magic marker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yeah I dont know why either??? But if you need to mark a few shells, then use a magic marker. Yeah! Try a sharpie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad6639 Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 The other thing is it might change the pressure inside the casing when it goes off. A little too much on one side or the other could effect the pressure which could be extremly dangerous. If you want to mark your shells, use a small marker, and if you want pretty shells, use the silver ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yeah I dont know why either??? But if you need to mark a few shells, then use a magic marker. That would be my suggestion as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mountain_Dragon Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 The only reason I can think of for painting shells would be for identifying different loads. My dad used to do this on shotgun shells by just painting a spot of colored enamel on the primer. When you opened an ammo box with several different loads you could quickly identify which was which by the color of the primer. I suppose you could do the same with rifle or pistol cartridges by painting a small spot on the tip of the bullet so that it was visible while in an ammo box. I agree with the rest that I would never paint the entire shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I dont know about rifle but my fam has a game that we lable a box of turkey loads and in the morning when it is still dark we all reach into a box and pull one out to and thats the first load in our gun.....it's fun and we use sharpies and have NEVER had a problem.....My dads bird last year was killed with SCRATCHED MY BUTT WITH THIS....and my turkey was killed with YOU PROBABLEY JUST MISSED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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