New to reloading, any software or app recommendations?

[iMigraine]

One piece of equipment that the OP should acquire is a chronograph. Starting off with reloading manuals and/or online trusted reloading data; a chronograph will help you find your actual results with various loads and variables.

Start with manuals & a chrono, then you'll know if and when you need more refinement. Besides, developing loads are fun too.

[ar15barrels]

Is there a way to test drive quickloads without shelling out $153.00?

The demo link appears to be broke.

The demo only has 2 or 3 cartridges and 2 or 3 bullets, but it will allow you to change charge weights and barrel lengths and see the output and how the program works.

[dwalker]

I also use the Caldwell chrono with thier app to record data, group speed, etc. Its handy since I can just take a picture of the group size and I have all the info- FPS, load data, ballistics, and a photo of the group.

[toklad]

ok i will say that don't start with quick load until you get some time and experience under your belt. start with some good solid books and compare loads across them. start with minimum loads and work your way up looking for signs of over pressure.

books there are plenty of others but these will get you started:
Lee Precision Modern Reloading 2nd Edition
Lyman 50th Edition Reloading Manual
Hornady Handbook 10Th Edition


Load development and logging:
get yourself a good log book. plenty of places to download templates or buy one. log and test shots to see what works best with your setup.

I also use www.reloaderslog.com i like it better. i can log everything via my computer/phone and download reports to keep paper records. haven't found anything better for free. although it doesn't have a dedicated phone app i use my phones browsers. I find that most phone apps are a bit lacking compared to a full database setup. prior to this i had an Access DB and before that i used excel.

[tonyjr]

This one is about 9 dollars on ebay - a good place to start . It tells /shows you
[ Empty spots to fill in ] what you should keep track of .
Lyman Reloading Data Log
Later you can add things like dies used , temperture , time , scale used [ most of us have more than one .