Spiral notebook or computer program?

MW65

Wetside, Oregon
I put notes in my hardbound reloading manuals... I also scan and save fav targets so that I have a full record of the quality of load... lastly, on the back of old business cards, is where i put the load notes to go with the reloads. Assuming its good or promising, it gets saved and added to archive.
 

Missionary

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Have a old 3 ring binder that I used during Bible School. Rifle up front. Handheld in back. Smallest caliber to largest. Just add sheets as needed or add a target by that rifle sheet. Each firearm gets a sheet unless another needs added.
First pages are every burn chart I have come across. Last pages are Muzzle Loaders.
 

glassparman

"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
So I've decided to write a web based application where you can store your load data, firearm collection data and ammo collections.

This will be a web based app you can run on your local computer without connection to the internet.

This thread got me thinking about this adventure but I'm curious as to how many others would like this app?

I'm thinking once it is finished, it would be FREE for those members on this site and $35 for the public.

Any thoughts? Will probably take a year to complete because I'm a full time IT guy now and just gotta keep working!

Mike
 

smokeywolf

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I'm not a good record keeper. Keep very basic load and alloy info in the same ledger old Dad did. I would never keep serial numbers on any device that might ever get connected to the internet.
We keep as much of our personal, medical and financial information away from and off the internet as is practical and doable.
 

hporter

Active Member
This will be a web based app you can run on your local computer without connection to the internet.
Did you mean that you wouldn't have to be connected to the net at all times to use it? Web based kind of means that you have to connect at some point doesn't it? Or do you just mean it will be something that you would download onto your computer for use?

I've participated in discussions on three different forums discussing this topic of electronic versus paper and pen. Paper and pen usually wins out by a good 90% margin or more.

I would like to see and hear more about your ideas though. I have built several databases for my own use, and I am always interesting in learning something new.
 

JonB

Halcyon member
So I've decided to write a web based application where you can store your load data, firearm collection data and ammo collections.
....I'm curious as to how many others would like this app?
If I was 30 yrs old, I'd be all over this.
But Since I'm near the end, my paper logs are adequate.

Side Note: if you are gonna gear this toward casters, Maybe add molds and Die setups. My reloading notes have become littered with mold and die setup data.
 

glassparman

"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Web based usually means you use a browser. You can view local webpages that have been downloaded.

I currently work several web-based applications that are on closed/classified networks. No need to connect to the world for them to work.

This is basically what you might call an "Intranet" vs Internet. It's all in the spelling.

HTML, aspx.net and other web pages can be run locally providing the proper stuff is included.

With an application like this, the install would setup everything on your computer and that is where it would run . . . even if you don't have a connection. It is all local.

JonB, it ain't over till it's over my friend! LOL. I do agree somewhat. I have thought myself, how much effort will I put into this for what I may get out of it?

Molds and such will be an integral part! Great idea!

Mike
 

Matt

Active Member
Had a bunch of reloading, shooting result records, and equipment list, lot numbers etc on Excel spread sheets. All gone now, not sure where they went. Have a printout of my mold list from 15 -20 years ago, pretty naive and out of date list now. Now it’s targets in three ring binders, notes in spiral and other notebooks, 3x5 cards, self adhesive labels on pieces of paper, and random notes all over. My only electronic data are a lot of photos on my Iphone…… It might be an interesting research project if anyone cared to go through it, but I really doubt it. I do enjoy the memories that are brought back when looking through stuff for a certain piece of data. Friends that are gone and guns I should have never sold.
Who would have thought that exspensive PC clone would be so disposable, almost annually? Now I’m apple everthing and don’t really store much electronically. I let the government do that.
 

oscarflytyer

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So I SWORE by a phone app/dB I have used for years - UNTIL the other day! And NOT the app fault - damned Apple! An OS update zotted EVERYTHING I had. I had used it for years VERY successfully - pics/buy/sell/inventory/history notes/amounts bought/sold for/throat sizes/accessories - EVERYTHING. And then, an OS update completely deleted everything. P I S S E D!!!!

And NOW I REALLY need to reevaluate how I keep my records. The app had the ability to print each record. I did once, then decided I didn't need to. Replacement app is the same far as I can see, and can print records. Will probably use replacement app, BUT make CERTAIN I print EVERY record, and every/any time I edit/update....

I am an IT guy, but damn, some days I HATE IT!
 

Bisley

Active Member
Three-ring binder. I used ordinary notebook paper. I don't the zombie apocalypse coming down 1-94 west will be too particular about load data, just enough to divert them into Chicago.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
So I've decided to write a web based application where you can store your load data, firearm collection data and ammo collections.

This will be a web based app you can run on your local computer without connection to the internet.

This thread got me thinking about this adventure but I'm curious as to how many others would like this app?

I'm thinking once it is finished, it would be FREE for those members on this site and $35 for the public.

Any thoughts? Will probably take a year to complete because I'm a full time IT guy now and just gotta keep working!

Mike
My only thought would be to see what else is already out there for sale at what price if you want to make your effort pay off. The market may be saturated already. I've seen a lot of various programs set up for record keeping over the years.
 
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Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
So I SWORE by a phone app/dB I have used for years - UNTIL the other day! And NOT the app fault - damned Apple! An OS update zotted EVERYTHING I had. I had used it for years VERY successfully - pics/buy/sell/inventory/history notes/amounts bought/sold for/throat sizes/accessories - EVERYTHING. And then, an OS update completely deleted everything. P I S S E D!!!!

And NOW I REALLY need to reevaluate how I keep my records. The app had the ability to print each record. I did once, then decided I didn't need to. Replacement app is the same far as I can see, and can print records. Will probably use replacement app, BUT make CERTAIN I print EVERY record, and every/any time I edit/update....

I am an IT guy, but damn, some days I HATE IT!
Did you look into contacting Apple, (While genuflecting and showering the floor with rose petals of course!) and asking if there is a recovery method?


I really should get a decent/better camera and start taking pictures of my guns, serial#'s, etc for insurance purposes. I've never done that, but enough people I've known have lost stuff that it is a concern.
 
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Missionary

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My simplistic idea is when (UGH) I need to start the sell off to live out the last years, that firearm specific page will go with that firearm. Every one we have bought I always ask if there is any reloading data with it.... Few ever.
 

oscarflytyer

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Bret - App owner/developer basically says no recovery... long story/how data was stored/actually not really Apple issue I don't think... Just REALLY crappy (MY) luck!
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Bret - App owner/developer basically says no recovery... long story/how data was stored/actually not really Apple issue I don't think... Just REALLY crappy (MY) luck!
Well, that stinks. I put all my trust in an external hard drive once. That was the cutting edge idea at the time. Lost everything when the hard drive let all the magic smoke out.
 

John

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I buy the bound notebooks for each caliber and list each load I shoot in them. Date, temp, bullet, alloy and lube. I also list the firearm as I have gone through at least 8 357 revolvers. I have the 1" three ring binders I clipped articles out of and sorted into 10 areas of interest or specific firearms,
 

Petrol & Powder

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I'm not anti-computer (I'm using one right now :)) but I like PAPER !
It doesn't crash. The storage format doesn't change or become obsolete. It's compatible with other operating systems (you know - the English language)

The movie Men In Black is not only an entertaining action/comedy film - it contains a great deal of commentary about society. One of the funny lines embedded in that movie occurs when Tommy Lee Jones picks up some tiny digital disk format and says, "Now I'll have to buy the White Album again". That's a great scene on many levels. It's comical commentary on the constantly changing formats we endure. It's commentary on the love/hate relationship of those changing formats (the desire of progress coupled with the pain progress brings with it). It acknowledges the cultural value of art (The White Album is an iconic musical creation that deserves to be preserved). And it's funny because of the fast pace at which the line is delivered (the very recognition of the changing format is comical all to itself).

As much as I apricate the power of computers and digital information technology, I still find comfort in the proven methods.
Call me "Old School", I will not take offense.