Reloading Application to Document the Reloading Process

AMG04 said:

Not an application, but I made this reloading card in Excel (where I keep my load records and even printable targets). Its just another tab.

Documents my process and marks where I'm at by adding a slash in the box when complete. That way when I come back to brass 6+ months later I don't rely on my memory to know if I already sized or not, etc.

Easy to modify with your process. I print them and each box of brass gets a card.

Once each of the 5 loads has a slash in it, I go back with another slash to make an X. 10 size/loads per card. Simply add more cards to that brass if needed. Great way to keep track

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22s_inxs said:

I've been going through my reloading notes and data and finding I have data recorded in various mediums (hand written, excel, notepad applications, etc.). I'm mostly in excel now with my info and that is great for data but is lacking when you want notes or some process flow. My use-case is that I'd love some application to track my reloading process. I've reviewed some of the existing applications (Hornady Reloading, RCBS, VihtavuoriReload, ReLOADeD, GUNR, HodgdonReloading, reloadingstudio.com). Most of these provide load data or some way to track your final loads but lack detail in the process itself. reloadingstudio.com has some interesting stuff, at least you can log that you sized your brass and how you did it but still isn't enough for what I'd like to do.

My question is, is anyone familiar with a reloading application that allows you to input your reloading and all it's detailed steps in a meaningful way?
For example here are some things I'd be looking for at a high level:
list steps and chronological order of everything in a reloading cycle (e.g. size, brass prep steps, cleaning, annealing, priming, powder, seating, crimping)
be able to record various measurements and include them in the steps (e.g. pre and post measure to datum on sizing)
notes on equipment needed and used (e.g. used this bushing, used this seating stem, annealer setup/settings)

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Maurygold said:

I just don’t think it has a lot of utility. A robust, reliable and repeatable system is far superior to interfacing with an app. Having an organized and clean system is also important.

I do all brass prep at one time to alleviate any room for error.

As I shoot i come home and deprime my brass until all 200 rounds are shot. Then I do bass prep-

Tumble
Anneal
Fl size
Trim chamfer debur (giraud)
Tumble (yes I tumble twice)
Prime

Then that same day or another day when I’m ready I load

Dump powder
seat bullet


Theres really no room for error when I’m doing everything in stages and with all the brass at once.

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diggler1833 said:

Man, I just use a piece of masking tape on the ammo box - marked with the part of the process I last completed. I am woefully lacking on my data recording.

Since my brass prep is the same for every cartridge I load for, there are no special steps that I might miss.

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I'd bet that if you polled 100 reloaders here, you'd find 90 different processes in case preparation. So whatever app designed would need to have some significant flexibility built into it.

-Bonus that out of those 90 different processes, 88 think that everyone else is stupid and doing it wrong...

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Dead Eye Dick said:

Data recording. I’m a numbers guy. I keep a written record and then also keep an excell file for each cartridge. However, I learned a long time ago, don’t depend on the digits. Had all my reloading data on my then current laptop running windows. I had not backed up the hard drive in a while (I knew better) had a hard drive crash and lost everything.

Now I keep both and use products from the fruit company. (Apple) Stability problems and issues with hard drive crashes are so much less frequent. WOZ, you’re the man.

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