Who keeps a personal 'Pet Loads' book?

I keep a log book with all the load info w/results. In addition to that I print my load data on business card stock and place the card in with the dies. So when I pull my dies have all my preferred/pet loads for that caliber. I also indicate if it's for a particular firearm, and crony data. I also keep a spread sheet with all the info including lot numbers of primers, powder and bullets (if match). For the past 4+ years I have been using a app called "Gun Log". It has the capability to store all this info alone with a picture of your target for each firing sets.

Much like @Offfhand , I keep my test targets and practice targets in a file cabinet. They are filed in folders labeled by gun.
I can pull a folder on a particular gun, see its pet load, see how it groups before i shoot it.

Armored farmer said:

Much like @Offfhand , I keep my test targets and practice targets in a file cabinet. They are filed in folders labeled by gun.
I can pull a folder on a particular gun, see its pet load, see how it groups before i shoot it.

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I have been using an app on my phone called Range Buddy. Take a picture of the target with your phone's camera and it lets you scale the image, select the POA, the bullet impacts and it will give you group size, mean radius and distance from POA to average POI. It lets you attach gun and conditional information which is handy and easy to bring up later for reference.

I keep a three ring binder with loading data that I've written down, or downloaded, plus a Hello Kitty diary book that SWMBO gave me(long story) , that I write down my 'pet' loads in.

3 Ring Binder with these pages. Lots of notes in margins as well as "notes" block.
I also use these when I chrono commercial ammo. Just mark Header block with "commercial" or "factory".

With 2 clicks on my iPhone, I can retrieve every load I've made over the past 25 years.
The real bonus is that any attribute of a load can be searched for with just 1 additional click.
(If I want to find all the loads I ever used with 4.5 grs of Nitro 100, the results are instantaneous).

Very nice. How did you build that ?

Bob

Charlie98 said:

I don't know if I have a listing of 'pet' loads, per se, but I know what works, so that's what I load

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I keep a notebook to count how many boxes I've reloaded.
And I use 4x2 cards with data inside the MTM ammo boxes

mcb said:

I have been using an app on my phone called Range Buddy. Take a picture of the target with your phone's camera and it lets you scale the image, select the POA, the bullet impacts and it will give you group size, mean radius and distance from POA to average POI. It lets you attach gun and conditional information which is handy and easy to bring up later for reference.

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Can’t find it. Range buddy for golf looks good though.

CQB45ACP said:

Can’t find it. Range buddy for golf looks good though.

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Try this link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reloaderscloud.rangebuddy

The app is: Range Buddy
The developer: Reloader's Cloud

mcb said:

Try this link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reloaderscloud.rangebuddy

The app is: Range Buddy
The developer: Reloader's Cloud

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Aha. Thanks. I presumed iPhone and went to apple store. My bad. Too bad I can’t use it.

CQB45ACP said:

Aha. Thanks. I presumed iPhone and went to apple store. My bad. Too bad I can’t use it.

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Dang, sorry about that, didn't think to include it was an Android app.

GeoDudeFlorida said:

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At least there’s somebody less organized than I am. Y’all were starting to give me a complex.

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After I posted that, I went on the hunt and found it in my tool box, not sure why it was there, but found it nonetheless. Which reminds me that I need to clean my workshop and clutter

Spreadsheet

I like spreadsheets and I have a bunch all backed up to the cloud and can be accessed from computer or phone. I keep spreadsheets for my load data, loaded rounds, reloading supplies, reloading tools, lead inventory and casting logs. With a couple clicks I can see how much 22 ammo I have, how many empty 12 gauge shell boxes i have or what I was casting 5 years ago. I've got PDF manuals, tool instructions and numerous load data files all saved in folders.
If I have the option of purchasing a digital copy of a load manual I take it and add it to my file. I will print out a few pages I need sometimes for easier study but I prefer digital instead of having a bunch of books on the shelf.

I'm old-fashioned and just plain old. I have a notebook I've kept for 40 years with my loads and results. Works for me.

Spreadsheet/Document that I can print out and fill in

Otto what is the name of that app. That is awesome

Ironicaintit said:

I found an old wooden recipe box full of blank 3x5 cards at a thrift store. I keep all my pet loads in there, along with notes with each cartridge about brass to watch out for, alternate powders, etc

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I do the same. Recipe box sits on my reloading bench. I pull out the card to reference COL, powder charge, etc while handloading.