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A few suggestions:
I have been making dummy rounds to set my dies by for many, many years. These cartridges are not used for any other purpose at all, ever. They are full length sized and of course deprimed. I like Adam use old worn cases mostly.
I write the bullet make and weight on the side of the cartridge with a small round ball carbide cutter and a motor tool. Say a 140gr Hornady Interloc is Hor 140 in.
The dummy rounds are stored in the die box, if I have two or more guns, the last three numbers of the serial number is also cut. I have a dozen Swedes so my numbers will go like Hor 140 in 101. With the last 3 on the other side of the case.
For my Dillon 550B I use a red plastic drinking cup to hold my dummy rounds, mostly handgun stuff. The two cups I keep in a drawer under the press. They are the same setup as the rifles. But the gun is also noted, Rug, S+W, Colt, etc
I have extra pistol barrels to check function for my match ammo. The barrels are not in a gun. This allows me to check a hundred rounds in a few minutes and verify that every round will chamber correctly before I have a misfeed at a match.
I also have separate dies for autos and other guns. The auto die boxes have the auto gun's dummy rounds in them, duly noted.
Ed
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