Like many here, I reload for a number of different calibers ... 12 to be exact ... and some of those calibers such as .45 Colt are loaded in SAA, Marlin and Redhawk versions. Keeping reloading supplies can get complicated. I have powders such as W231, H110, Trail Boss, RL15, RL22, VV N120, VV N130, IMR 7828 and IMR 4895. Then throw in the primers such as small pistol, small pistol magnum, large pistol, small rifle, large rifle and large rifle magnum and add the myriad of bullets (too many to mention) and it gets REALLY complicated. The question regularly comes up as to how much of this or that do people have and how much should they have etc. I have this "notion" that I should have matching amounts of reloading supplies i.e. if I have 1000 primers for say .357 Magnum loads, I should have enough powder for 1000 loads (based on the maximum load possible) and the same number of bullets for that load. I often find myself buying loading supplies on a whim such as when I see a good deal at a gun shop. But I'd like to have a better idea as to what I need so that I can spend money more wisely and plan for the future. So who here has a really good system for keeping track of their reloading supplies? I've started to put together a spreadsheet but soon realized that it's COMPLICATED!! There's a reason why my wife's company uses some fancy software to track inventory. Reloading is tricky because some powders/primers/bullets are multipurpose. Anyway, I'm just looking for some ideas or even a turnkey system (if someone could be so generous). I have this idea in my head that a plot of some form could tell me in an instant that I need to buy powder, or bullets, or primers etc based on what I have unloaded, loaded, and what I've shot recently.
Thanks.
Thanks.