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Looking for decent programs for load data, with storage for my own information
I have found Quickload, wondering if there are any others that come recommended.
 
Then that is what I will get. It gets awesome reviews, and a reference from here is enough to push me over the edge.
 
Looking for free or for sale. If looking for sale, Quickload is super. On my phone, a great app I use is called Isnipe, really good. Another program - app is called iStrelok, quick and easy.
 
I don't think they have Isnipe for Android but the typical ones that are good for Android are Strelok, Shooter, and one that I came across that I don't hear to much about but am really liking is Sniper Calculator PRO (free version available too)
 
In order to make Quickload produce "accurate data" a chronograph is needed. In order to calibrate Quickload you need to change the burn rate in Quickload until the two velocities match. By itself all Quickloads output is nothing more than computer generated guesstimates.

Now ask yourself how a computer program can give the correct data when the reloading manuals differ so much in their information.

I had Quickload but did not have a chronograph and I can tell you Quickload needs to be calibrated for each firearm you own and even then the information is still a guesstimate. I gave my Quickload program to a friend who had a chronograph and the money spent for the program could have been better spent on other reloading equipment.
 
bigedp51 said:
In order to make Quickload produce "accurate data" a chronograph is needed. In order to calibrate Quickload you need to change the burn rate in Quickload until the two velocities match. By itself all Quickloads output is nothing more than computer generated guesstimates.

Now ask yourself how a computer program can give the correct data when the reloading manuals differ so much in their information.

I had Quickload but did not have a chronograph and I can tell you Quickload needs to be calibrated for each firearm you own and even then the information is still a guesstimate. I gave my Quickload program to a friend who had a chronograph and the money spent for the program could have been better spent on other reloading equipment.
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Quickload is not meant to replace your chronograph. If you don't have a chronograph you aren't doing load development anyway.

Quickload isn't meant to replace ballistic testing, what it is good at is checking potential combinations prior to range testing. Quickload allows you to identify potentially good loads and weed out the poor ones before you waste time on them. It works very very well for that.
 
I use QuickLoad for all of my load testing now. Haven't opened a manual for load data in years.
When inputting data to QL, I found it works best to enter the Cartridge Length (OAL) and Maximum Case Capacity (grains H2O).
I also use a chrony to verify velocities and I find the QL predictions are very close. Great product!




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I have Quickload and Shoot. Used in conjunction with a chrony and sound reloading practices, both are a good aid when working up a load. Both are also only as good as the data inputted by the user. If you are guessing your input values your output values will be off, dangerously so in some cases.
I used to use QL to verify loads for obsolete calibers but found that it showed known safe loads as off the charts pressure wise on occasion.
Whatever you use, do so knowing that it isn't Gospel, just one apps opinion lol.
 
jethunter said:
Quickload is not meant to replace your chronograph. If you don't have a chronograph you aren't doing load development anyway.

Quickload isn't meant to replace ballistic testing, what it is good at is checking potential combinations prior to range testing. Quickload allows you to identify potentially good loads and weed out the poor ones before you waste time on them. It works very very well for that.
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Let me say this again, if you do not have a chronograph to calibrate Quickload the pressure and velocities readings it spits out are worthless. Meaning if you do not have a chronograph then don't buy Quickload until you do.

If you open any reloading manual and input the manuals load data, bullets, powder charge, adding case capacity, etc it will not match Quickloads output for pressure and velocity.

So again you MUST calibrate Quickload to your rifle using a chronograph and other factors to get accurate output data.

Quickload Reloading Software
Quickload Helps Assess Multiple Variables During Load Development

Introduction–QuickLOAD is Amazing, But Be Mindful of its Limitations

http://www.accurateshooter.com/gear-reviews/test-quickload-review/

Optimum Barrel Time calculator
http://www.the-long-family.com/optimal%20barrel%20time.htm

A whitepaper on how to best tune QuickLoad and get near perfect correspondence between prediction and measured load chronograph data.

Calibrate QuickLoad to match your range measured velocity data by changing the burning rate factor (Ba) and the bullet weight.

Quickload is similar to the Powley computer below I used in the mid 1960s which I quit using shortly after I got it. Neither of these "computers" will tell you how your barrel vibrates and the size of your groups at 100 yards.

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Do not get me wrong, when the proper data is fed into Quickload it is full of useful information, "BUT" I wasn't going to buy a chronograph after not having one for 46 years. I also didn't want to deal with the sun and all the other things that can screw up your chronographs output. Plus standing in front of the shooting bench with all the idiots at the range. Seriously at our range I have seen too many shooters getting pissed off at people with a chronograph slowing down their shooting.
 
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Show me where I said Quickload replaces a chronograph for developing a load? What i did say is that a chronograph is a basic requirement for serious load devlopment. And I said I use Quickload to identify likely loads for further field testing. I also use a chronograph and have for 30 years. You should get one. :)

Proper testing, including working up a load is still required whether you use Quickload, loading manuals, chronograph, or any combination of the three. A chronograph gives you real data, Quickload is still an educated guess even if it's "calibrated".
 
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