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Supporting the QuickLoad + QuickDesign maker
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<blockquote data-quote="Dewey7271" data-source="post: 1293794" data-attributes="member: 57524"><p>Well said. </p><p>On the wildcat point, that's the purpose of QuickDesign and the interface between it and QL. Works very well.</p><p>Not mud slinging at all as on this site I'm a new guy. </p><p>....but... I really don't know how in this day of many many powder, case, bullet, chamber, and barrel lengths or combinations you could be comfortable reloading without some kind of way to analyze what you are actually seeing with each load. Manuals are a help and a nice start but simply cannot allow for powder lot variations and the other variables. A chrono of some type is in my opinion, the minimum, and truthfully wholly inadequate by itself to tell you all you should know. A pressure trace of some sort is invaluable also. (The old "looking for pressure signs " methods can allow for some dangerous possibilities and potentially catastrophic results) An example of this is wildcats (a personal weakness of mine). The AI cartridges simply do not show pressure signs in the same manner or at the same levels SAAMI cartridges do. They frequently don't show until around 70k or higher. That's spooky unless you have a way to measure it.</p><p>As you can probably tell, I am a QuickLoad and QuickDesign fan. Do they require some study? Yep. Work? Yep. But so does anything else worthwhile. I doubt you took out your first rifle, fired it and saw MOA or better. It required some additional knowledge and work is my point. Good stuff frequently isn't simple or easy.</p><p>I simply cannot believe on a fine site like this that a program or two that cost less than a scope on your rifle are considered expensive. </p><p>If you don't like computers then fine. Or if you're just cheap, that's fine too. Or if you've been reloading since Moby Dick was a minnow, fine. Don't buy them. In the end, it's your rifle, ammo, money and time. But respect the ability of others to make that same decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dewey7271, post: 1293794, member: 57524"] Well said. On the wildcat point, that's the purpose of QuickDesign and the interface between it and QL. Works very well. Not mud slinging at all as on this site I'm a new guy. ....but... I really don't know how in this day of many many powder, case, bullet, chamber, and barrel lengths or combinations you could be comfortable reloading without some kind of way to analyze what you are actually seeing with each load. Manuals are a help and a nice start but simply cannot allow for powder lot variations and the other variables. A chrono of some type is in my opinion, the minimum, and truthfully wholly inadequate by itself to tell you all you should know. A pressure trace of some sort is invaluable also. (The old "looking for pressure signs " methods can allow for some dangerous possibilities and potentially catastrophic results) An example of this is wildcats (a personal weakness of mine). The AI cartridges simply do not show pressure signs in the same manner or at the same levels SAAMI cartridges do. They frequently don't show until around 70k or higher. That's spooky unless you have a way to measure it. As you can probably tell, I am a QuickLoad and QuickDesign fan. Do they require some study? Yep. Work? Yep. But so does anything else worthwhile. I doubt you took out your first rifle, fired it and saw MOA or better. It required some additional knowledge and work is my point. Good stuff frequently isn't simple or easy. I simply cannot believe on a fine site like this that a program or two that cost less than a scope on your rifle are considered expensive. If you don't like computers then fine. Or if you're just cheap, that's fine too. Or if you've been reloading since Moby Dick was a minnow, fine. Don't buy them. In the end, it's your rifle, ammo, money and time. But respect the ability of others to make that same decision. [/QUOTE]
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