Quick LOAD/Quick TARGET...Any of you use it?

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I have read some about this Ballistic Prediction Software and considered the purchases. Any of you here have any experience with it? Any advantages?
 
I have heard several guys mention Quick Load from time to time. But there is absolutely no substitute for actual field evaluation. Start your loads according to book figures & work up slowly. Ballistic calculators are perpetual liars. They are nothing more than a "best guess" that is devised from a formula. An online ballistics calculator does the same thing and is free. The best ballistics calculator is your rifle and a target at designated yardages. If you don't have access to those yardages, you're still guessing no matter how many programs and calculators you use.
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I use Quick Load and I think it has its uses. I didn't purchase or need to purchase any reloading books or powder books. It has been especially useful for figuring out initial loads for wildcats where there is many times zero info available in books, it saves money on buying multiple powders to find the fastest velocity for a given, primer, load and bullet grain. It will tell u when over pressure will likely occur on multiple setups. After finding a load u are simi happy with you can then chronograph that load and then use that information to correct any variables within the program, which then allows you to further refine your load, pressures, powders and primers. I like it and if you don't buy a bunch of books you may even break even financially.

Sorry I may have misread your post. I use the online ballistic apps for drop charts and such. Quick load is for reloading.
 
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I had it on my last laptop and lost it when it crashed. It is fascinating software and it was fun to tinker around with. I used it to differentiate powder performance with different barrel lengths, for instance, and to speculate regarding different rounds. I would never use it to replace traditional reloading manuals, however. Algorithms are not experience, and formulas are not real life. I will buy it again, am glad I bought it the first time, but consider it a secondary source to traditional manuals. If I were a wildcatter, it would be invaluable, but if I can find a load on paper, I am much more comfortable.
 
Originally Posted By: HidalgoI have heard several guys mention Quick Load from time to time. But there is absolutely no substitute for actual field evaluation.

Quick load would be the same as using a book except that you can get a little more information and get loads for powders that are not published in books. Even book data is not a substitute for actual field evaluation and will be different based on the rifle. It is nothing more than another tool, just like a book.
 
I use it quite a bit. I load for three wildcats, 6mmx222, 375 Whelen and 400 Whelen, all of whom have little data available. I also couple using QL with using a good micrometer to measure head expansion during my load development stages.

It's a useful tool, especially for a wildcatter.
 
I've never used it ONLY because I haven't bought it yet, but it sounds to be a super useful tool in helping to work up a load with LESS GUESSING. Being able to find out how a load will become over or under pressured without even firing the round can be really helpful. Finding the right amount of powder that will fill a case capacity to 95-97% without over pressure is one main goal for using quickloads.

I wish I had it... maybe I need to stop being so cheap and just do it...LOL.
 
Quickload is great,I load for-22Khornet-223Improved-22-250Improved & 6xc---Quickload gives you all the variables-bullet weight & style--powder selection--capacity & pressure--velocity & energy--in any length barrel with any bullet seating depth--we have found this program to be almost dead on with a chonograph--always start low and load up when testing new loads==shoot long and never settle for almost good enough--good luck.
 


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