I started this reloading journey about 3yrs ago and made some really good ammo and then quit reloading for a bit cause I found a few good loads and made a bunch of ammo and ended up shooting it all. I would just write down scrap paper notes that were kind of half .... and when I would get he shooting itch again I would go back to the box with the sticky note and not have a clue what was what.
I got the itch to shoot again today and not knowing what dummy round was for what rifle as I have a few in the same caliber ad haven't reloaded since last august I had to make a new dummy round, recheck cases for headspace. thank god I kept each rifles cases separate. no clue what my best load was so guess what I had to do all morning....
Resize cases, check in headspace gauge, reset dies for the rifle I'm shooting today and 5 shot groups from start load to close to max. Hey at least I get to shoot a lot this weekend.
Moral of the story is keep good notes so you don't have to go through the crap I did this morning. I have now started using the voice recorder on my phone and giving it all the info and dates.
Now I hope I can still send 5 through a quarter cause the woodchucks are coming out early this year.
I got the itch to shoot again today and not knowing what dummy round was for what rifle as I have a few in the same caliber ad haven't reloaded since last august I had to make a new dummy round, recheck cases for headspace. thank god I kept each rifles cases separate. no clue what my best load was so guess what I had to do all morning....
Resize cases, check in headspace gauge, reset dies for the rifle I'm shooting today and 5 shot groups from start load to close to max. Hey at least I get to shoot a lot this weekend.
Moral of the story is keep good notes so you don't have to go through the crap I did this morning. I have now started using the voice recorder on my phone and giving it all the info and dates.
Now I hope I can still send 5 through a quarter cause the woodchucks are coming out early this year.