Keep up with rounds used

[ivanwi11iams]

Good evening all.

I'd like to know, how do you keep up with the rounds you've used over the years in a particular gun?

Thanks

Ivan

 

[timjake]

I keep a spreadsheet with separate worksheets for each weapon.

I also use it to track any anomalies and when each goes into the shop.

 

[Waywatcher]

I use a notebook and keep track.

 

[Rpg]

Wow!

Never occurred to me to keep detailed records like that.

 

[Engineer1911]

Thousands and thousands of rounds fired. Rem 700 rebarreled with a heavy Shilen barrel and chambered for 25-06 shot thirty-four (34) pounds of H414 through it 52 grains at a time with a Hornaday 75 gr hollowpoint, approximately 4,600 rounds. Action worn out, and barrel shot out. Only firearm I've owned that I know the round count on.


EDIT: Lock. Stock & Barrel inValentine, NE offered 8# kegs of H414 for $56 a keg, free HazMat, and shipping if you bought a case of four. Believe the year was 1988. I didn't believ I ever run out of powder for prairie dogs.

 

[sigp220.45]

I've never bothered.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

Just reload them, shoot them again. Don't give it much thought.

 

[427mach1]

I keep a spreadsheet with separate worksheets for each weapon.

I also use it to track any anomalies and when each goes into the shop.

Me too; I thought I was the only one that was CDO about this!

 

[timn8er]

I have different folders in my PC for each gun, detailing how many rounds, at what location, the date, and when I cleaned it. I also track any changes I make, like replacing a recoil spring, adding night sights, stuff like that. Some of my later guns also have where I bought it & what I paid for it. I also keep track of estimates I'm given on future modifications. If its a S&W part that I'm considering, I'll enter that in the folder too. It has come in very handy.

 

[brucev]

Re: Op. Keep up with the rounds fired in a gun? Why? To what purpose? Just can't see that it would ever be important.

 

[kozmic]

My mind is like a steel trap and I have an eidetic memory so that information is always readily available....Wait! What was the question again?

 

[Eugene 9mm]

Re: Op. Keep up with the rounds fired in a gun? Why? To what purpose? Just can't see that it would ever be important.

So if a part breaks you know how long it lasted.

I just keep a rough count based on empty ammo boxes thrown out.

 

[kamloops67]

I dont even know how many pounds of powder I've loaded, hundreds of pounds of lead at 158 gr a shot? divided over how many guns? no idea.
I have been shooting a lot longer than ive been loading too .

 

[Bat Guano]

I started keeping detailed records about 35 years ago. Paper files that I can pull up and don't go missing...

Thick files mean one of two things: the gun in question is a real gem that I've got just the way I want it, and shoot the fire out of it; or a gun that I really thought had potential and spent way too much time and effort on and finally dumped in disgust.

(Every emotion known to man in those pages...)

 

[BobC357]

I reload and put in RCBS green boxes of 50 for handgun. At the range, the empty brass goes back into the box it came out of and is ready for reloading. I keep notes on the paper sticker on the box. This way I know how many times I've reused the brass. Since my reloads for each caliber remain the same for bullet type, powder, primers, etc. I don't track that. After 5 reloads on my typical brass, I start to get random split cases in the .357 mag so, I stop reloading the brass at 5 times. I'm too new for the 9mm and have only collected brass so far and haven't started reloading it yet. I'll watch it and do the same.

 

[4barrel]

This is what real target shooters do & keep notes on the brass to see how long the barrel will hold up. 1/4 inch @ 400 yards may be time for a new barrel or springs. AR shooters mostly. Real shooters really don't wont anyone around to bug them in a meet. It aint NASCAR.

 

[rwsmith]

I only....

I only enter the ammo in my log. If the batch isn't there anymore, it's gone through my gun. I usually put a brief range report in the log. All of my guns are different calibers so it isn't complicated.

 

[Rastoff]

Yep, I try to keep track of every round. I'm sure my total is +/-10 rounds or so, but that's close enough. I've shot roughly 1,812.5lbs of lead through my two competition shotguns. That doesn't count the ones I've sold.

I've shot about 328lbs of lead through my .45ACP guns.

Yeah, I guess I keep track.

 

[Evil Dog]

Never had any reason to keep count, still don't.

 

[walkin jack]

I keep a shooting log for each of my fire arms, even the ones I acquired in a used condition and don't know how many had been fired through them when I got them.

I record the gun, caliber, range/location, ammo used, Date, # of rnds fired, wind/weather conditions, and any comments on performance of gun/ammo.

I find it interesting to look back at some of the entries I've made in the past and it does help me keep an accurate track of how many rounds I'm putting through each and every one of these.