Anyone keep a yearly round count?

I've been keeping a log since I started carrying. Nothing fancy, just the gun, ammo brand(s), round count, and any failures. When I get home, it goes into a OneNote table. I have found the information useful on occasion.

No to the yearly count, but I started keeping a count on individual guns a decade and a half ago. Reviewing it from time to time, it's surprised me just how much I shoot. (The round count is boxed on the Excel spreadsheets that document my reloading activity - one for each gun). And BTW, BACK UP YOUR WORK IF YOU USE A COMPUTER FOR YOUR NOTES!! My lap top's old spinning hard disc failed last year, and it was only with the good work of a superb tech that I was able to retrieve load records that began in 1963. Best regards, Rod

I have and do shoot many thousands of 45ACP/9MM 1911 rounds. Not only do I keep a round count for the springs the round count also includes at how many rounds I replace wear items like plunger tubes, extractors, ejectors, barrel bushings and mag springs. I try different brands of replacement parts and from the round counts I call tell which parts perform best and last the longest. So when some asks what brand is the best 1911 replacement part or best 1911 and there are 500 different suggestions I already know what the best replacement part or 1911 pistol is from past history. I have it recorded. The difference is substantial if you stay with this for a while. It only takes a few minutes after range session to update round counts. It's also preventative maintenance worksheet. I know at how many rounds a part needs inspection for possible failure. I carry these 1911's for personal defense also.

I keep a record of round count for my precision rifles. Not so much for plinking rifles or handguns. I have a log book for each rifle, I think they came from Sinclair International if I remember correctly.

I keep a log of every round I reload, both metallic and shot shell, so I could do annual count but I don't. I do not keep track of factory ammunition I send down range except for what is shot in the precision rifles.

I do not shoot much factory ammunition any way except for one prairie dog shoot I was on and I consumed ammunition faster than I anticipated. Fortunately, a sporting goods store in Pierre, SD, carried a good supply of 204 Ruger ammunition with the bullet weight I was using. Needless to say the store saved the day. They had lots of rifle ammunition by the pallet load so I was not a unique customer.

I have a basic spreadsheet showing date, gun used, brand/grains/type/number of rounds fired for each session, along with the total amount. I will include a brief note if any problems like ftf. I do this so I know how often each has been shot, and possible wear such as recoil springs etc. I also keep a separate spreadsheet showing how much of each caliber I have left. It takes me 5-10 minutes to revise each spreadsheet.

I count and date all the rounds I have loaded. I could go back and see what I have left of those stored but it wouldn't give me a yearly count to the number shot in a year. (Close, maybe?)

I have only kept an accurate round count on one pistol and that is my Glock 44. Only kept an accurate count up to 20,000 rounds fired through it and then I stopped counting. I only did it to silence the naysayers. And at least half of that round count is with using the ProMag G44 magazines. It has been a very reliable pistol for me.

I record what I build for each firearm in the log for each firearm. I do not track how many rounds I fire for each firearm for the year. I regularly go to my range every 2 weeks and typically shoot about 80 rounds of ammo I loaded. So based on that, I reload and shoot about 2000 rounds and then if I add in some competitions and special events then around 2300.

I am this year. Over 400 22s so far this yr, the centerfires all are over 150rds so far. Probably go thru quite a bit this weekend. If I do the shooting I'm planning for the yr, I should end up in the 4500-5000 handgun rounds for the yr. Roughly 70% will be rimfire, cause 22 revolvers are fun fun fun

Nope, can't be bothered.

I used to but it's been 400+ rounds per week for so long I stopped doing totals. Now I try to keep track of when pistols get to 500ish rounds as thats when they get cleaned.

I shoot @95% 38spl, 357 & 5% 9mm. Always shoot about 3-4 times a month, @4500rnds/annually. I reload all my 38spl & 357. I can judge it by the empty ammo cans(800 ea.) I have in Dec.-Jan. when I start reloading again.

I log every single round I load. Very simple log book lot entry with specifics of the run and quantity. No record of its "disposal" other than precision rifles.

Do you want all of us to speak up, or just want to hear from ones who do keep count? Personally, I do not keep count. I know that my “qual” is fifty rounds per type of handgun, auto or revolver, so, 100 rounds, total, for the official record. Other than that, well, I certainly do not keep count of rimfire .22 LR. Now that each round of centerfire tends to be painful, both to the wallet, and to my aging bones, I could probably estimate how much centerfire ammo I shoot, relatively closely.

Like many here, I do not keep a running count of shots fired, but do keep a log of all ammo I reload. Like many things in life, I am not overly concerned with quantity, but the quality of my range time.

I keep rough estimates on the two firearms shot the most, and based on box counts.

For me, that’s around 3500-4000 rounds of 45 acp in the Mil Spec, and around the same in a BCM AR in 5.56

Everything else is shot periodically for site in, taking game, or to maintain familiarity. Those rounds are not tracked at all.

sparkyv said:

Yes, but only CF handguns and long guns, not 22LR or shotgun.

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Same here. When I buy a new gun it gets its own little notebook with round count, loads or brand of purchased ammo if not using my reloads.
Used guns, .22s and shotguns, I don't bother.

I have kept a round count on all the new firearms I have purchased.

Also have a binder with all the loads I have made with a different page for each caliber with a diary of what was shot when, by whom and a total of rounds on hand.

This made me realize the other day that I do not need to load 9mm any more because of my age and shooting...........

Never have never will just no fun

I used to keep round counts on hand. And then I evolve to only keeping the round count on new guns to break them in. Now none of it really matters to me.