SHOOTING BOOK - The Firearms Forum

old semperfi · 02-17-2010, 08:53 AM

IM CURIOUS,I KEEP A THREE RING BINDER ON WHAT AMMO ALL MY GUNS LIKE......I HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED IN MY COLLECTION AND ITS GOOD TO TAKE OUT ONE OF MY 22S AND KNOW THEY WILL HIT WITH THE AMMO I BRING.......I ALSO KEEP RECORDS ON ALL MY OTHER GUNS RE AMMO I HAVE RELOADED AND WHAT THEY LIKE BEST........AM I SOMEWHAT ALONE AND A LITTLE ANAL OR DO OTHERS PRACTICE THIS ALSO OLD SEMPERFI

Helix_FR · 02-17-2010, 09:00 AM

Your collection of arms is way more expansive than mine so I don't have hundreds of pages but I do have a bound book of reload recipes that I have done over the years that are gun specific. I also cut out the targets and past them to the page to show grouping. I even keep the load recipes that don't perform well that way I know if I have already visited that combo and don't waist my time. Are you anal for doing that? No keeps you from wasting your time going to the range with the wrong ammo and when you have a hundred guns, its a lot to keep straight.

bntyhntr6975 · 02-17-2010, 09:03 AM

In my load book you will find similar info. Various loads tried, the results, dates, conditions, etc. Obviously, a person needs to know what loads work best with a particular weapon. To my thinking, its vital info and should be kept. I log the book every time I load anything, regardless of what. Maybe I take it a bit too far, but at least my log will tell me just about everything I could need to know, from the results of various loads, to how much a particular set of dies have been used.

Terry_P · 02-17-2010, 09:23 AM

I keep my load by caliber. I record powder, primer, bullet, results and in what firearm I used them in. For rifles once I break the MOA for a load then that is the load I use in that rifle. I hunt and accuracy at reasonable hunting ranges is my goal. For handguns I like to play with different combo's and shoot quite a bit of cast just to keep shooting regularily.

ryan_marine · 02-18-2010, 10:33 PM

I have one on my computer in MS-works. It has everything from balistics to cost per round.

Ray

02-17-2010, 08:53 AM	#1
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	SHOOTING BOOK IM CURIOUS,I KEEP A THREE RING BINDER ON WHAT AMMO ALL MY GUNS LIKE......I HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED IN MY COLLECTION AND ITS GOOD TO TAKE OUT ONE OF MY 22S AND KNOW THEY WILL HIT WITH THE AMMO I BRING.......I ALSO KEEP RECORDS ON ALL MY OTHER GUNS RE AMMO I HAVE RELOADED AND WHAT THEY LIKE BEST........AM I SOMEWHAT ALONE AND A LITTLE ANAL OR DO OTHERS PRACTICE THIS ALSO OLD SEMPERFI -->

02-17-2010, 09:00 AM	#2
Helix_FR TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 3,621	Re: SHOOTING BOOK Your collection of arms is way more expansive than mine so I don't have hundreds of pages but I do have a bound book of reload recipes that I have done over the years that are gun specific. I also cut out the targets and past them to the page to show grouping. I even keep the load recipes that don't perform well that way I know if I have already visited that combo and don't waist my time. Are you anal for doing that? No keeps you from wasting your time going to the range with the wrong ammo and when you have a hundred guns, its a lot to keep straight. __________________ Only cowards shoot with their eyes closed.... helixgunsmith.com

02-17-2010, 09:03 AM	#3
bntyhntr6975 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wichita, Ks. Posts: 264	Re: SHOOTING BOOK In my load book you will find similar info. Various loads tried, the results, dates, conditions, etc. Obviously, a person needs to know what loads work best with a particular weapon. To my thinking, its vital info and should be kept. I log the book every time I load anything, regardless of what. Maybe I take it a bit too far, but at least my log will tell me just about everything I could need to know, from the results of various loads, to how much a particular set of dies have been used. __________________ There is a fine line between paranoid and prepared.

02-17-2010, 09:23 AM	#4
Terry_P Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NH Posts: 2,513	Re: SHOOTING BOOK I keep my load by caliber. I record powder, primer, bullet, results and in what firearm I used them in. For rifles once I break the MOA for a load then that is the load I use in that rifle. I hunt and accuracy at reasonable hunting ranges is my goal. For handguns I like to play with different combo's and shoot quite a bit of cast just to keep shooting regularily. __________________ NRA and NAHC Life "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -Aristotle

02-18-2010, 10:33 PM	#5
ryan_marine Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 919	Re: SHOOTING BOOK I have one on my computer in MS-works. It has everything from balistics to cost per round. Ray