This demo version has 32 entries which are from the VihtaVuori 2/2002 PDF manual. They include 17 Remington, 22 Hornet and 222 Remington. The information for each individual load is as follows:

• Cartridge The name of the cartridge.
• Cartridge Drawing If a drawing is available, either the image or a link to that image will be displayed.
• Case Length Listed in inches.
• Case Manufacturer R-P, Federal, Lapua, etc.
• Bullet Manufacturer Hornady, Sierra, Barnes, etc.
• Bullet Weight Listed in grains.
• Bullet Description SP, HP, FMJ, etc.
• Bullet Part # Bullet manufacturer part number, if available.
• Bullet BC Ballistic Coefficient, if available.
• Bullet Image Image of the particular bullet, if available.
• Powder Manufacturer Hodgdon, IMR, etc.
• Powder Type Varget, 30-31, etc.
• Starting Load (grains) Suggested starting load from the specific manual listed below.
• Starting Velocity (fps) Velocity of suggested starting load.
• Starting Pressure Pressure of suggested starting load, if available. Listed in either CUP or PSI.
• Maximum Load (grains) Maximum load listed from the specific manual listed below.
• Max. Load Velocity (fps) Velocity of maximum load.
• Max. Load Pressure Pressure of maximum load, if available. Listed in either CUP or PSI.
• Primer Primer used during testing.
• COL Loaded cartridge overall length, in inches.
• Test Firearm Test firearm used to determine data.
• Test Barrel Length Length of test barrel used, in inches.
• Test Barrel Twist Twist rate of test barrel used.
• Notes (1) Specific notes from the manual for a specific load.
• Notes (2) Additional space for notes.
• Notes (3) Additional space for notes.
• Notes (4) General notes from the manual regarding load, test equipment, or cartridge.
• Data Source Where the data came from. (VihtaVuori, Hodgdon, Alliant, etc.)
• TRB (data) ID # The ID number for all the information regarding one particular load.

You can also search for a particular load by Cartridge Name, Bullet Manufacturer, Bullet Weight, or Powder. For example, to search for a 222 Remington load using Hornady bullets enter 222 Remington in the Cartridge field and Hornady in the Bullet Manufacturer field. Out of the 32 demo listings your search will yield 10 results. With a full working database, you could narrow the results by also using the Bullet Weight and Powder fields.

So what do you think? Would this be worth having on the site? Yes? No? Maybe? What if's?

You can click on the Load Data Demo link in the upper left hand corner of the current database page or use this link:
http://www.reloadbench.com/specs/index.php?table_name=data

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It's been a couple of late nights already but I've been adding the data a little at a time, here and there. I've been doing all the adding, editing, and checking on the reloadbench.org server and then uploading the SQL database to this server. I have an HTML interface to add the data and have it setup and working pretty good now.

As far as the actual data, it is all from the free manuals, either online (HTML or PDF format) or in several of the free published data manuals. I've also included the source of the data on every load listed.

Regarding data from published manuals (that are normally purchased), I won't be listing that. At least not before contacting each of the respective publishers and getting permission first.

While I'm still not a code writer or programer, over the last few years I've picked up enough info on PHP and MySQL to get them to work together. I think having the load data, or any information for that matter, in a database is a lot more interactive than the basic HTML web pages.

The hardest part will be sorting the information once I compile load data from various sources. Each entry has a unique ID number and when you look at the flat SQL file (which holds all the data and formatting) each line of text is a separate entry. Once all the information/entries have been made, I'll have to move the lines around and group the cartridge together by name, then re-assign new ID numbers to each entry so they are consecutively labeled. By doing this, all the same cartridge names will show up together on the database instead of in the order they were entered.

The good thing is that this project isn't under any time frame restrictions. When time permits, I'll add a little more to the database. If this takes several months or even a year, then so be it. By having both reloadbench.com and reloadbench.org domains and servers, I can add, edit, and test the database on the .org site. Once each step is complete, I can transfer the entire database from the .org site to the .com site.