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This is an area that I do, so I don't forget things, because some times it is a couple of years between when I have loaded certain rounds.
Get a composition notebook and write down what you have loaded, what the load is, any information on the powder cans or on the boxes of billets. If you weigh your bullets and brass, that information is also helpful. OAL is great to record, because what I shoot in my M1A has to be consistant with the rifle, where with a bolt gun, the bullet seating can be different.
Pictures are great, plus anything you download from different websites on that load should be in this book or like I do, put it a three ring binder.
I like computer programs for recording loading data, but recently I had a computer die on me, if it was for back ups, all of the stuff on that computer would have vanished forever.
Just something that I find useful, plus Walmart has great prices on composition books, 3 ring binders and index pages.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19th, 2009 05:53 PM |
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Jerry. You left out the plastic sleeve to store them in. 
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19th, 2009 06:25 PM |
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Yeap, you need those too!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19th, 2009 07:37 PM |
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The best thing I could do on my bench is to clean it up and put last weeks projects away. Organization is not my forte.
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I use 3 ring binders, and have coppied information I've been intrested in for years. Articles on case forming, obsolete calibers, etc. Reference at your fingertips, removes the tendency to "remember" stuff incorrectly.
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to save different things on my reloading I put them in an email and send them to myself and a friend then if you do loose your hard drive you still can get all your information back. Even things in word or excel and email them too. and a list of your pass words on gun sites or addresses of web pages. Last edited on Sat Oct 24th, 2009 08:35 PM by OKIE2
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My dad passed away last year.He has been a loader for 60 years.Very few notebooks were kept.But at least the hundreds of boxes of loaded and fired brass almost all had the data and the date on the box.
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It is also my reading room, my office, my research center, my drawing board and any thing else I may wish to do on that big double pedestal steel office desk smacks
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I have a big three ring binder for my loading data. First section is my personal load data, that I either have used or plan to use. it has only those powders listed that I have or have used.
Second section is broken down by caliber, and includes load data from many online sources - I often cross-reference them and check against the printed manuals BEFORE committing a load to brass. It's not surprising sometimes to find someone's pet load off an internet site to be rather 'hot'!
Third section has articles of interest that I come across, having to do with loading, ammo info, etc.
It sure is nice to have all that info at hand in one place!
I learned that lesson at work, where we used to have to go to five different places on our computer system for the info we needed when developing new programs and files. I took the time to combine all that information into a single source document, one for each major application system. Now, the entire team uses my 'cross-reference' documents. They became the team's "bible" for development.
I am beginning to do the same at home for my vehicle maintenance too. I have logged in everything I have ever done on my bike, from the day I bought it. I'm expanding that to include my car and truck. It's mighty helpful to see how many miles between oil changes, when the next one is due, how many miles I get from one brand of tire versus another, etc.
A co-worker once called me, "A man of books"! 
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Guys,
The computer, the computer......the computer.
Make a reloading folder a guns photo folder and an inventory folder on your computer and keep it up with all of your data. If you have MS Office or even just Word you can create every form you need to record everything and anything. With Office / Excel you can do collections and inventory things, like the reloading room.
I have been doing this type of thing with a computer for over 20 years now. I have red dot targets, scope targets, reloading sheets, comparison sheets, design sheets, etc., etc. I have my data backed up on three different computers including a laptop. Not only are my guns in inventory by description, there is a left and right digital photo of every gun, what it cost and what it is worth. My wife knows where every piece of data is, what its name is and the pass word to get to it. Why?
My gun buddy died from a stroke several years ago. We traveled to shows together and set up our display tables (him 6 and me 3) side by side for many years. "Jim, you make up an inventory of your stuff yet?" "Yep, got it all done, so the wife can find it." Jim died.... not one bit of inventory ever found and a collection of guns scattered all over the country, including at least 6 mesuems, without a receipt or even a note as to where they were. The largest collection of its type in the world and not a clue where some very valuable pieces were. Several of the guns were never found. After his death a mesuem in his home state built an entire wing on its main building to house his collection.
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I've also used spiral notebooks and three ring binders for my info, but lately I've started changing the info I refer to most into index cards that I store in a card box (like the wife uses for recipes)that I keep at my bench, quick to get to and I don't have to wrestle a large binder on my bench that is full of my reload items, as things change I can add or delete (throw away) unneeded cards, plus the alphabet dividers help locate items quicker.
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There are a lot of smart and practical folks on this forum.
Thanks,
Jerry
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Im horrible with paper work. I find a good load and i write in my reloading book on that page for that caliber, anything loaded is loaded the same as what ive written. When i run out of ammo boxes i use ziploc bags. My reloading bench is a mess with not enough room for all of my equipment, in fact my whole house is a mess :( My world is a utter caos lol
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Montana,
I like to put your situation in to this sort of light.
If a Clutter Desk is a Sign of a Cluttered Mind,
What does an empty desk represent?
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one thing i always try to do, is to clean off the bench when i'm done with it.
i also keep a hand written log of everything i load.
i list the caliber, bullet weight type and make,powder weight and type, primer, brass, date and quanity.
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I just started a note book because of all the things you guys have said in this thread. I'm sure it will help out long after I forgot about what I wrote. It'll save me time and effort. Thanks for the suggestion.
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M70,
I have been documenting my loads and my firearms for many years. The data has come in very handy for me, plus when a forum member asks a question, I look through my notebooks and do find some answers.
Keep up the good work,
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miestro_jerry wrote: This is an area that I do, so I don't forget things, because some times it is a couple of years between when I have loaded certain rounds.
Get a composition notebook and write down what you have loaded, what the load is, any information on the powder cans or on the boxes of billets. If you weigh your bullets and brass, that information is also helpful. OAL is great to record, because what I shoot in my M1A has to be consistant with the rifle, where with a bolt gun, the bullet seating can be different.
Pictures are great, plus anything you download from different websites on that load should be in this book or like I do, put it a three ring binder.
I like computer programs for recording loading data, but recently I had a computer die on me, if it was for back ups, all of the stuff on that computer would have vanished forever.
Just something that I find useful, plus Walmart has great prices on composition books, 3 ring binders and index pages.
Jerry
Can't you burn a back up on a disc, and put it in your safe with your guns???
After having said that, my notebook goes back to the 70's...
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miestro_jerry wrote: This is an area that I do, so I don't forget things, because some times it is a couple of years between when I have loaded certain rounds.
Get a composition notebook and write down what you have loaded, what the load is, any information on the powder cans or on the boxes of billets. If you weigh your bullets and brass, that information is also helpful. OAL is great to record, because what I shoot in my M1A has to be consistant with the rifle, where with a bolt gun, the bullet seating can be different.
Pictures are great, plus anything you download from different websites on that load should be in this book or like I do, put it a three ring binder.
I like computer programs for recording loading data, but recently I had a computer die on me, if it was for back ups, all of the stuff on that computer would have vanished forever.
Just something that I find useful, plus Walmart has great prices on composition books, 3 ring binders and index pages.
Jerry
Can't you burn a back up on a disc, and put it in your safe with your guns???
After having said that, my notebook goes back to the 70's...
DM
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For a lot of my stuff, I have that data backed up on CD. But I keep buried in the freezer. A CD will melt or degrade if their is a house fire. The freezer will keep the CD safe pretty much thru any house fire, unless you keep too much powder on hand.  Which I know none of us are doing.
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