Keeping a Gun's Dietary Records

[Thomas]

I don't know if there is any practical reason other than if for selling or in case of malfunction, but I think it would be interesting and not too terribly difficult to keep track of the exact number of rounds a gun has ever fired in its lifetime.

I just purchased my third handgun, and I am thinking about putting together an Excel file that lists the date, ammo brand/type/etc, and number of rounds fired, separated by date and degree to which the gun was cleaned. (Kind of like keeping track of when the oil was changed in your car - which reminds me... )

Any thoughts? Does anyone have a similar system that they could share so that I may have some ideas?

As usual, thanks in advance

[Scott in Houston]

I use an online list app that I can access via iPhone or ipad called "Zenbe". I also use rangelog.com.
I have an exact round count for all my handguns and my AR.

I don't bother with my hunting rifles or shotguns.

[Thomas]

rangelog.com looks cool, but way too many options for what I want.

I think I'll make that Excel file. Unless anyone has anything else, I'm going to let this thread hibernate until I'm done make the file and I make another post to share it.

[Beiruty]

Shoot it until it goes red. Never mind the count. A Quality pistol will eat anything and last your lifetime.

[Thomas]

Shoot it until it goes red. Never mind the count. A Quality pistol will eat anything and last your lifetime.

Agreed... well, except the part about shooting 'till it's red

I'm just doing this for entertainment (as I think it might be interesting), and should something ever go wrong and I end up in court (gun malfunctions and causes damage), I'll have records indicating that I took care of the gun (cleaning and oiling).

[Beiruty]

Shoot it until it goes red. Never mind the count. A Quality pistol will eat anything and last your lifetime.

Agreed... well, except the part about shooting 'till it's red

I'm just doing this for entertainment (as I think it might be interesting), and should something ever go wrong and I end up in court (gun malfunctions and causes damage), I'll have records indicating that I took care of the gun (cleaning and oiling).

Was I talking about red pistols? I meant nasty Red Russian AK, it goes red after the first 100 rd burst.
Good thing with heavy duty PKM, you can easily swap that red hot barrel before it gives up on you.

[jimlongley]

I used to keep shot by shot records of my target rifles, even including weather conditions if I was shooting outdoors, but that was a different lifetime. Never even considered doing that with my other guns, even for IDPA.

[KaiserB]

I don't know if there is any practical reason other than if for selling or in case of malfunction, but I think it would be interesting and not too terribly difficult to keep track of the exact number of rounds a gun has ever fired in its lifetime.

I just purchased my third handgun, and I am thinking about putting together an Excel file that lists the date, ammo brand/type/etc, and number of rounds fired, separated by date and degree to which the gun was cleaned. (Kind of like keeping track of when the oil was changed in your car - which reminds me... )

Any thoughts? Does anyone have a similar system that they could share so that I may have some ideas?

As usual, thanks in advance

A lot of competitive shooters do this to keep track of the firearm and ammunition performance over the years. Check out http://www.rangelog.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I think you will find what you are looking for.

[E.Marquez]

Been doing this since 1985, when I became an armeror for my first unit, there was a DA Form 2408-4 "Weapon Record Data" http://www.google.com/url?q=http://army ... OKueM0Wo_g" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
document we kept, size of an 5x8 card on all crew served weapons, and the new fangled Foreign side arm they were making us carry…. Called it an M9

I started keeping track of all round fired , MOD, or change made (space for that as well). Had a stack of cards. I’ve been using for 25 years now.... Pretty simple to use and keep track of.. The binder with my round data card is on the shelf next to my safe and a wall unit of range , shooting, ammunition and other firearms stuff. When I come back from the range, I take 30 sec to record what i shot, any malfunctions I had, sight corrections, ect. I keep track of number of rounds, ammo type , brand. On my long-range guns, I track ammo lot number as well.

If I change a spring, barrel, trigger, par ect, I record that on the "weapon Data" card.

WHY? Partly for tracking of malfunctions, ammo type, party to track maintenance parts replacement, partly for resale, though I’ve only sold two guns in 30 years and gave one away..
Mostly because as a young Specialist assigned duties as the company armorer in Germany, I did it for work, so I did it with my personal guns, and that task just kind of stuck along the ways.

[canvasbck]

My round count has been pretty easy, I go to Berry's website, look at my order hisory, multiply by 1,000..........viola, round count.