Why "recipe"?

[InlandTaipan]

Personally I prefer reload specifications, or reload data, or reload specs.

Not that manly men aren't supposed to be cooking, but I am amused at this engineering oriented hobby using a term like recipe. Particularly when the hobby is mostly populated by manly men's men. lol.

Anyone else not fond of "recipe" when referring to reload details?

[Metal God]

I use the term LOAD DATA and drop the "RE"

I have to say I think I like "recipe" . It"s better then data because data would seem to indicate the results of your "recipe" . " Specification" is good as well . I think I like both better then data . After this thread there may be a good chance I start using the other terms .

I think I use LOAD DATA because I worked up some very detailed load data sheets I use for load development . That term seems to roll off the tongue better the load recipe sheet .

[TomReloaded]

I google "load data" because that seems to be the most common word used for published data.

Otherwise, its never occurred to me to be bothered by what word people choose.

[pacrat]

Cooking gunpowder is NOT a good idea.

And BTW guns don't RUN. they FIRE.

[highpower790]

what would one call a life time of shooting and a military career?most of what I have learned in the beginning about shooting and reloading has come from a 25yr retired Marine Corps Major,twice in charge of the rifle team at Quantico.

[varanidguy]

I usually say data but I'll use recpie in Google searches.

Also, nice name.

[rm1911]

Because concoction was too hard to spell.

[pacrat]

Because concoction was too hard to spell.

Yep

[wfojon]

I've all the reloading books with load data and I use them to work up my load. Once I get the load I like for a bullet or caliber I write it down on a card and it goes into my recipe box with my other recipes. It is simpler for me to pull a recipe card rather than the book as there is less thinking so less chance for me to overthink it and screw up.

[Scythe]

While I prefer Reload Data....recipe isn't exactly the wrong word.

Recipe, by definition is: A way of doing something that will produce a particular result.

However, I agree with you....it is normally applied when talking about food.

Besides.....Bullet concoction isn't easy to say either.

[Bumslie]

I hate recipe.

I also hate "school me" .

[jericho89]

I use load data when I am working from a published number. I have a few odd ball rounds that I cast and load for and I would say that it is a recipe. I am putting components together that there is no real published data or real test data (other then personal field testing).

[Rwnielsen]

I always just call it a load... "I have a really nice load for a 200g 45 rnfp with 231 or a really hot 44 load with a 240g HP and 296"

[rsrocket1]

Load data sounds good, but it really is a recipe. Just like baking is simply chemistry and deviation leads to messy globs, interior ballistics is simply Chemistry + Physics and deviation from that eventually leads to squibs and kabooms.

[BigBronco]

It's a de-masculinization thing. Blame the progressives.