Shooting Logbooks

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The weather slowly creeping closer to 0 degrees and I am getting ready to start doing some precision shooting. I read that a logbook is recommended. What are you guys using for a shooting logbook?
 
Some people buy commercially available ones. Some make their own (I'll try to figure a way to post mine in PDF). Some just use a blank notebook. At the very least, you should record how many rounds you fire, the weather conditions, and the results of your shooting. This all helps you analyze what's working and what isn't.

My log book includes sheets for recording all my load data - this way I have one book with all my center fire rifle info.

Full disclosure - I'm new at this game and I am still building up my long range rifle. Longest I've shot it is 300 yards (almost) and I still have a new stock to mount and loads to wring out. There are others here with bags more experience and I'm sure better advice.
 
I have a little aluminum notebook I got from staples, one side is blank paper and the other is F-class plot sheets. I just put a computer on my loading bench so now when I get home I can input that info into an excel spreadsheet and actually see any improvements, or lack thereof, over a period of time.

Here it is.
ht tp://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=46316&affixedcode=WW
 
Nice DIY logbook here, gentleman who made it suggests printing on "write in the rain paper". Makes good sense to me.

ht tp://www.oregonshooter.com/index.php/articles/view/rifle_logbook/
 
On my laptop I have a file. Befor I go out shooting the info on all my rounds is allready noted. When I'm shooting i jot down the temp, wind, and elevation as well as my chrono results. I also take pictures of the targets.

When I get home I download all the data and keep it orginased in the shooting file.
 
This is the one that I use. Unfortunately he doesn't have them up to look at on his site but I'm sure he has them in stock.

There are all kinds of different range cards and plotting targets included in the book as well as a disk with the cards on it so that you can print them off as you run out.

It comes in a zippered cover with different compartments for pens/pencils notepad and a pocket for a calculator as well as a pocket that a Kestrel can fit into.

http://www.vbullprecision.com/index.php
 
I keep a log book for all my firearms, and as crude as they may appear, they are a necessity for me. Even for absolute beginners I recommend they keep track of what they're shooting, how it shoots, how many they've shot and how it went. For trouble shooting, and hand loading it is a monsterous piece of information to have.
 
I use a blank notebook for each caliber I shoot, including pistol. I keep both shooting and loading data in one book. It's neat to look back and compare data.
 
AKD said:
On my laptop I have a file. Befor I go out shooting the info on all my rounds is allready noted. When I'm shooting i jot down the temp, wind, and elevation as well as my chrono results. I also take pictures of the targets.

When I get home I download all the data and keep it orginased in the shooting file.
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I have a simular system to this.

I have a file on the computer (Rifle log), in that file there is also a file for each calibre of rifle I shoot. Each shooting session is planned out and inputted into an excel spread sheet. I print off the spread sheet make my notes and measure my velocity while I am in hte field and then input the results once I get home.

I can then track load development, finalized loads, temp related performance, wind effect etc. with all of my loads/rifles. There is also probably a way I can track optic performance as well, but I have not botherd to in-put those variables into the spread sheets.

I can also attach pics of targets, shooting location, rig set up etc.

IMHO thats pretty good for a guy who didn't finish grade 10 and has zero formal training with a computer:)

Cheers!
 
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