Ammo Box Labels. Load data Cards

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I've to the point of exhausting my supply of RMR business cards for my load cards. The downside to ordering in bigger and bigger amounts is less cards.. lol.

Anyway, just having loaded up 700 rounds it was required that I go with some homemade ones. I had some "resume paper" This may show my age as in the last 10 years I've only ever been emailed a resume and printed it myself.. lol.

I typed up my basic load card and spaced it o.k. but not perfect. Dumped to a PDF and attached.
Hopefully the formatting is maintained for anyone that wants it so you can simply download, print, and cut to size.

I needed them, figured someone else may also, so have at it.
 

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That's very similar to the ones I made up, and just drop in the box or baggie. MUCH cheaper than buying professionally made ones, and you can customize for what data you really want to retain. I might try yours, nicer than mine.
 
That is nice. I stick the not that comes with Hornady bullets on my ammo box. My loads don't change often, so I have a stash of cards for my oddball things.
 
I write the basic load data on a 3x5 card and stick it in the bag/box. But I have a note book where I keep more extensive notes on each load. Those pages are pre-printed with fields for the basic data as well as chronograph results and any other notes

[update] Here's the pre-printed form for my notebook. Yes, I'm primarily a pistol caliber loaded and my main focus is Power Factor.
 

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I just write the data on 2" square index cards and put then in the plastic ammo case with the ammo. I don't bother giving the lines titles. We all know CCI-500 is the primer lol...
 
I use basic address labels. The ones that come 30 to a page. I put date, cartridge, primer, MIXED for brass :) , powder, charge and bullet.
 
I just use blue masking tape if I'm labeling the outside of a an ammo can or box, or loaded magazines. For inside of a bag, or inside ammo cans (because I like to be redundant), I have 1.5x2.5 paper (3x5 cut in half), that I jot the load data on.
 
I’ve been using these peel and stick labels and the forms in the three ring binder since the days of Ali-goth. The labels have an erasable surface and last for ever. All loaded Ammo goes into plastic boxes.
 

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There are many options out there.
One is to print the info on magnetic "paper" which will stick to metal boxes.

Mask in an area and paint it with Krylon or similar pain and use a China (e.g. grease pencil) marker, which is pretty resillient, but removable.

You can even get dry-erase paint (it's $60/pint, ouch) but dry erase rubs off all too easily.

Another out-of-the-box answer is to watch office-supply sales (esp. OOB ones) for "luggage tag kits." Which are really just sleeves for laminating cards with precut slots/hole for the hanging bits.
 
I'm still really new to reloading and still working up on two different cartridge loads at this point and will eventually start on 3 more sometime soon. I have a notebook for each caliber to keep track of all of my recipes as well as a 3x5 card in each ammo box. Hopefully I can get my work ups dialed in and start recreating the same loads that work in bigger batches.
 
Cheap here again!!!!!
I forgot the used business cards! They have one blank side! Great in ammo boxes!!!!
 
i use Avery 6460 Removable ID Labels (1" x 2 5/8"). The great thing about these labels is that they can be removed without leaving any mess. While not as cheap as some of the other suggestions, 750 of these labels come in a pack and costs $20 so a labels costs about 2.6 cents apiece. Avery provides free software that allows you to save a layout. I save one layout for each caliber. Once you have a layout you can quickly edit it to make a new label. Using the software you can print as few as one label at a time. Both my handwriting and printing are terrible, so this is a great option for me.
Sample Case Label.jpg
 
Whenever I buy a new ammo box they usually come with a blank load data sheet inside. After I get 6 or 8, I lay them neatly on my printer and make as many copies as I want, to be cut off as needed. They may not be magnetic or sticky, buy they fit nicely inside the ammo boxes.
 
I use an alcohol marker inside the lid of the ammo box. That way the little paper doesn't fly away while I'm shooting.

Any good loads are written in a note book I keep, with a section for each firearm.

I have many packets of alcohol wipes, for cleaning infusion sites. These wipe the ammo boxes off easily whenever I change loads, or just need them to be clean of chicken scratches...

My phone camera won't upload the photo of the box, and show off my latest 50AE empties...
(There. Got it.)
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A couple of new pistons and The Eagle soars again!:)
 
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I print mine on Avery business card stock or clones. The front side has all of the load data, the back crony, scope dope, and any notes. I have these for each caliber I load and are changed as needed.
 
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