do any of you use, or know of a computer program that lets us populate all fields then print a box label? I find plenty that you print then fill in by hand, but I want to be able to print a completed label. Thanks for any info.
paperboy98

I'd suggest getting some avery labels and use word.

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Lost it all in a boat accident

I realize everyone has different needs. I previously used adhesive backed labels (like Avery) and just hand wrote in my information. I could never find a label that had everything I wanted. And - I found the labels were difficult to remove.

So I made a list of everything I wanted on my load label, and created a table in MS Word that contained those items. I print them 10 to a page and I print them on cardstock (the really thick stiff paper). I cut them out with a paper cutter. Then I can either include them in the MTM plastic case, or tape them to the box. They are easy to remove and I tape them to the targets when I finish the box of ammo.

Since these are created in Word as a table, you can fill the cells in the table before you print them. The problem with printing on Avery labels is I can run the sheet through a laser printer only once or risk problems.

I have a different label I use for brass preparation prior to loading. Here is my load label:

I use wide Blue painters tape and a Black Sharpie.

No hard to pull of labels, no typing, no puter, change them any time.

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Still Running Against the Wind

I do as well, the only exception I use green tape (because my wife likes the color, if you must know).

I write on the top of the box with a permanent Sharpie. When I refill the box, I take some brake cleaner on a rag and wipe it off. Clouds the case a mite but no need for messy labels and sticky stuff.

I normally use Word Perfect or Open Office to create Avery labels to print on a laser printer. I just put the caliber, powder & charge & bullet on the label. The rest of the information is for a load log book.

They sell GREEN?

I like the painters tape as it can stay on for almost a year and still just peels off.

Skip, I do the same on zip lock bags, takes the white logo off also.

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Still Running Against the Wind

I use a label maker

I worked for awhile at a print shop that specialized in Business Cards, and since I got a discount, I decided to use it to good advantage. I designed cards that carried all the pertinent info, now I just fill them in as I load the rounds, then tape the card to the box or just slip it inside.



I had them use blue card stock............it matches my eyes.

Have been using Midway labels and cover them with 3M magic tape. You can write on it and erase the info if loading info changes.

I use Post Its and write the information on them. Stick them on the inside of the box lid or flap. Don't feel the need to labet the information because it is for the most part self explanatory and doesn't need identification. Date, bullet type and weight, Primer abbreviation, caliber and case type (stamped on the brass by the factory), Powder and Charge, Velocity (if known).

If I was selling the reloads then it would be worthwhile making a nice pretty label but for my information a pen or pencil is much quicker than a computer. When I get several hundred of the same load I'll put them in an ammo can and label it rather than do every individual box.

I like the stick on labels. I used Excel for this template. I keep a couple of sheets in my Lyman 49 by my loading bench.
I leave them on the box. Five reloads per label. I know how many times I have reloaded that box just by looking.

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