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Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/23/15 10:23 PM
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Bbear
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Just wondering if you keep one for each firearm or just one book and log everything in the one?
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/23/15 10:36 PM
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Wburke2010
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I keep a binder with load data for each round that I have ever loaded and what firearm it was for.
Walter
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/23/15 10:42 PM
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kmon11
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Have an old manual with several pages of log section in the back. Do not have all loads logged there but the pet loads for different calibers are.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/23/15 11:35 PM
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Dave Davidson
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I used to and wish I still did.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 12:31 AM
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Have a notebook to log reloads and the guns they are shot out of.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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#5561002
01/24/15 01:01 AM
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ChadTRG42
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I don't know how you can reload and NOT keeps notes. I keep recipes and data on EVERYTHING I load.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 01:18 AM
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Michael W.
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I keep a log that probably goes back 25 to 30 yrs. Every powder and bullet combination that I have tried.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 01:19 AM
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Bbear
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I currently have one log book that I put everything in. It's starting to get a bit too cluttered to keep track of. Thinking of going to log books by gun/caliber. Maybe go with some smaller 3-ring binder with dividers between. Was just wondering what everyone else used. Or, didn't!
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Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 02:09 AM
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Slow Drifter
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I keep one for each rifle that I reload for. I used to keep books by caliber, but now have a few duplicate calibers, so I keep them by rifle now.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 02:18 AM
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RiverRider
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I've kept a spreadsheet containing all my loading activity over the last nine years. Before that it was just best targets with load data written on them.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 02:35 AM
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J.G.
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One book for load development for every rifle I have ever tested. I'd fight a Grizzly bear to protect it, too!
Each rifle has its' own book for round count and data from every shooting session.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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#5561210
01/24/15 02:38 AM
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Mickey Moose
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I don't reload yet but when I start I intend to use spreadsheets or maybe even a database with a web interface.
My botnet is bigger than yours.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 02:47 AM
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DStroud
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I started out with one 3 ring binder notebook for all calibers but after filling up two I realized that would never work. I now have a book for each caliber. If I did one for each gun I would have to build more shelves.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 02:56 AM
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Wburke2010
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I tried the data book for each rifle, but it is part of me not knowing really what to put in it and how to use it, and being lazy. But I do see how the data could be really helpful. I have a nice premade book from Impact and hardly use it...
But load data on premade sheets in a three ring binder is where I keep loading notes and good loads for rifles I have worked loads for.
Walter
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 03:09 AM
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J.G.
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Impact is good, but I don't like how each range session is laid out.
I record date, time, DA, temp, and wind estimation.
Cold bore distance, elevation I dialed, wind I held, and the result. Shot #2 same Shot #3 same ect. That's if I'm checking DOPE against the environment.
Once I get "the" load for a rifle I do not alter it. I run that load and record what it does every time out. I also keep a round count for each barrel. I'm stringent on logging, in the ammo box, times loaded and when annealing happened.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 03:14 AM
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Wburke2010
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I do mark how many firings is on my brass, but I do that right on the lapua box for the brass. And going to anneal every two firings just got the get the giruad set up. When I come take your class well go over the log book...
Walter
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 04:03 AM
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J.G.
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No problem. We'll cover anything you want.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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#5561566
01/24/15 10:55 AM
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colt45-90
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I keep record of work up loads for every rifle
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 12:59 PM
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GasGuzzler
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I write every one down in detail in the book and on the box along with date. After I try a batch that I don't like, I draw a line through it where I can still read it. I make a positive mark on the ones I really like.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/24/15 10:30 PM
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nuprofessor
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I keep a quick log (hull, primer, powder, shot size, shot weight, and # loaded)of my shotshell loads. Have not done much metallic loads except for my 9mm.
CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE FOR TOMORROW. INVEST IN TOMORROW BY TAKING A CHILD HUNTING OR FISHING TODAY.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/25/15 04:23 PM
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vanguard
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i use to now i just cut out a 3x3in square of my group and put all info on that piece of paper. i like too see the group and info together.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/25/15 04:56 PM
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MDMORROW
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I keep a binder with sections for different guns I load for.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/25/15 09:01 PM
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tenyearsgone
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Yes. It's not as detailed as some here though. Just what specs work best for different combos.
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Re: Anyone keep a loading log book?
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01/27/15 07:54 PM
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since day one. the guy that showed me how to reload insisted I do so. it's the most important thing you can do as part of reloading. also, the more detailed info you record, the easier it is to duplicate the pet load when you happen on it, or to not waste components on a bum load
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