How many of you use log books for reloading in keeping track on loads. How detailed is the information you keep? This is something I"™ve never done but have intentions of starting for my new rifles.
Oh yea, its a must. I tell the number of rounds loaded, date, primer, number of times brass fired,powder, and results from testing (groups), and velocity. I also make special comentaries. Like, if I really liked this load. Or even though the groups are this, I still like this load the best for whatever reason.
One tip is to keep batches of brass segragated from others depending on times fired/headstamp.
At a minimum the ammo you load should be accompanied with a tag or other small document stating what the powder. case, bullet and charge level is.....writing it on the cartridge box works but it's a bad thing to sit there a couple years later and wonder what these are.
A log is a splendid idea and far better than merely writing the load on something to identify the ammo
I have kept a 3 X 5 card file (like cooks use for recipies) for about 30 years. There are raised tabs for each caliber - each card has bullet, charge, primer, case, OAL, chronograped velocity, and group results. On the back of the card, I keep track of what was shot with that load - something like: "Nov. 1996. Mature cow elk broadside at 250 yards. Hit high in lungs. Ran about 50 yards and went down. Recovered bullet - .640 and weighs 132 grains."
I wish some one made a nice little computer program for this stuff - although it would a mountain of a task to transfer 30 years of information into it . . .
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I have a 3-ring binder with all of my reload records in it. I have a section for each rifle. I also mark all of my brass by the batch #. I have one sheet that has enough room for 3 reload records on it. It has all the pertinent information, ie: bullet, powder, primer, trimming notes, # times fired, etc. I also have another sheet that I use specifically for each time I chronograph a load. This has all the weather information, load data, and other figures regarding velocity and energy, and also room for misc. notes. I can scan some later tonight and post each one.
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Log Book For reloading?
