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pathdoc · June 17, 2013, 06:06 PM

Yes, I would buy it again - certainly I've been buying program updates for something like five years now.

I must admit I mostly bought it to "play with" as a theoretical exercise (and for the QuickTarget external ballistic calculator it came bundled with), but it's still been a lot of fun.

I have precisely ONE type of centrefire rifle that I load for (.303 British), so I have very little call for it that a reloading manual or three won't solve; but if I loaded for one of the .308" calibres - with the massive array of projectiles available in that diameter - I might be making much more use of it.

I would check that whatever optimum charge weight QuickLoad spewed out was a grain or two below max in somebody's book for that bullet and powder - perhaps even lower, given that I'm loading for an SMLE and not a Number 4 or a P14. I've worked up to near max in an SMLE before, but I probably won't again unless it works absolute wonders for group size.

June 17, 2013, 06:06 PM	#3
pathdoc Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2013 Posts: 669	Yes, I would buy it again - certainly I've been buying program updates for something like five years now. I must admit I mostly bought it to "play with" as a theoretical exercise (and for the QuickTarget external ballistic calculator it came bundled with), but it's still been a lot of fun. I have precisely ONE type of centrefire rifle that I load for (.303 British), so I have very little call for it that a reloading manual or three won't solve; but if I loaded for one of the .308" calibres - with the massive array of projectiles available in that diameter - I might be making much more use of it. I would check that whatever optimum charge weight QuickLoad spewed out was a grain or two below max in somebody's book for that bullet and powder - perhaps even lower, given that I'm loading for an SMLE and not a Number 4 or a P14. I've worked up to near max in an SMLE before, but I probably won't again unless it works absolute wonders for group size.