Round counting per firearm (use tracking)

Maybe a high-tech approach like - say - a pencil and paper?

I do trajectory math old school with pen and paper. Not necessarily round counts but it also helps give me an idea of how many rounds I actually send down range.

I actually do this, but then I only have 3 or 4 guns I shoot even halfway regularly (all in 22LR). I have a spreadsheet with columns for model, SN, purchase date, manufacture date (this is more for my C&Rs), price paid, where I bought it, and rounds fired.

I'd always just jotted down on a used target what I shot before I left the range and then updated the spreadsheet whenever.

It's more of an OCD thing or just so later if you're curious you can see how many rounds have been shot through a CMMG 22LR upper you have, for example. The only time it's been even moderately useful was when my CMMG broke a firing pin and I could see how many rounds it'd shot before that happened.

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I keep track of all the rounds through my pistols and revolvers. I remember how many mags or speedloaders I used that day and record the total rounds shot in a notebook. Nothing high tech. The notebook is set up with dividers for each handgun. I also record accuracy and maintenence. Nothing fancy but it works.


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"OCD" has to rough on ya. I`m lucky, I clean guns after shooting them and use terms like "a bunch " just a few" or "I shot a ton of 45s today" for round counts. It just seems so easy.

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum…I keep no round count on anything.

I only track the round count on the XD45C that I carry daily... and I do it probably the laziest way there is. lol On the top shelf of my ammo closet I stack empty ammo boxes until there are 20. When the count hits 20 I put a hash mark on a Post-It Note stuck to the wall and recycle the boxes. There are 11 hash marks on the Post-It and six empty boxes so current round count is ~11,300.

I always brought multiples of 50 rounds to the range on a given day, so it was easy to remember whether I show 200 or 250 that day.

I only kept track on the first pistol. Ilas I bought and shot other guns, I no longer cared, even on my EDC. I should say that I do know a ballpark on my EDC, just because I wanted to get 500 rounds without failure before I carried it.

Been using a 99-cent composition book with entries for every gun and log for all dates fired, what ammo & how many rounds. Also keep notes on costs of maintenance, parts, repairs, etc. You can also keep track of ammo $ costs, but I don't bother.

Keep this in your shooting bag so it's always available.

I recently met a pdog shooter from my neck of the woods, we got together after a hunt and looked at each others guns. He told me exactly how many rounds shot through each one. I was shocked, I don't keep track at all. He keeps a log of all shots, including hits and misses. I asked how he keeps track of hits and misses. He puts the case back in the box upside down after a miss and counts them at the end of the day. I started doing that too, just to see what my hit percentage is. I have noticed that I try harder to stay focused knowing that I'm counting hits now.

The vast.... VAST .... majority of my shooting involves handloads ( and has done for lo, these many years).

If ever I get concerned or curious about ammo consumption, the info is easily-available in my Loading Diary

It shows, for instance, that my count of .38 Special wadcutter loads has reached about a quarter-million rounds, over a lot of years of Bullseye competition. These were virtually all self-cast bullets, as well.

Obviously, this requires at least some sort of rudimentary records. The LAST step in a loading session on my bench is the entering of the load data AND the number of rounds assembled in the log book.

Since I'm not particularly concerned about a precise number of rounds-fired, this method keeps my curiosity under control and the round-count per-gun accurate to within about a few hundred rounds. Such factors as wear are of no importance at all.

Good enough for me.

I don’t keep track. For me, it starts out as a lost cause since only 3 of the 40 or so guns I’ve acquired in the last 12+ years were new. So who knows how many rounds went before?

Memo to “gspn” in post #8…. You forgot ATF.

Based on what I've observed during standard gunspeak around the campfire, the rules of one-upmanship dictate that your gun has fired 10,000 rounds more than the other guy. If the gun is for sale, it has less than one or two boxes of ammo through it.

Myself, I don't keep track.

I have a running 'note' on my phone that backs up to my email for my .308, thats the only gun I keep track of exact round count, when it's cleaned, how many of what rounds were fired, any scope adjustments. Done either at the range or later on. I would like to start keeping a rough idea on my hand gun as well. At least rounded to the nearest 50 ish.

I keep no record of rounds through any individual gun. Many are used and there's no way to tell. All I keep track of is the total pile of brass at the end of the day, and even that can fluctuate based on how much extra I picked up.

This is actually a serious question. Do you keep track of every round? Right after the shot, the mag, the box of ammo, the day? Do you track anything else for each firearm? Whether it's a pencil/paper of an iPad with a custom database app is not the sole point of the question.

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Nope, never have felt the need or urge count rounds thru any firearm.

Perhaps if I owned a firearm or two which I fired a LOT, maybe then I would keep a rough count/idea of the total(s).

The only "round tracking" that I do involves developing loads in tandem with a chrony. The info ends up in an Excel spreadsheet for later reference/comparison.

Post #17 nailed it.

I kept track in the beginning by saving the empty boxes. That ended quickly.

I count the first 2,000 rds, after that I rely on ammo bills for a ballpark of how much I run out of what.

I just write a sequential number on each 50-cartridge box for my modern handguns. For my cap and ball revolver, I write the number on each box of 100 balls.

I keep a three-ring binder, with tabs separating each gun. On each page I record of the date, number of rounds fired, brass and powder charge and bullet, plus a cumulative number of rounds fired.

All my loading data is on my cartridge box label, and its easy to log this in when I return home. If fired in two different guns, I note that on the label at the range.

A sample of my box labels:




Bob Wright