[apipeguy]

I have an excel file with notes on each gun and when purchased. I have a tab to keep track of round counts for them. There’s a separate tab for reloading notes and a tab for chronograph records. It’s handy to keep track of which loads work well in which guns.

Keeping track of round counts is easy and I find it interesting. I also keep track by date so I know how many rounds I fire each year.

I agree, when I get back from the range it takes me a minute or two at the most to log in my range trip. Pretty much quit doing excel files after I retired and no longer needed to use them for the departments qualification records and also I was never too adept at using them. If I was, I would. I just have a file on my apple notes for a lot of firearms related files. I keep track by date of range time, maintenance and reloading. Perhaps not as easy as an excel file but it works fine for me.

 

[Frank Vaccaro]

I keep careful track of round count. I’m careful to have enough ammo left after a range session to fill the gun/mags,/speed loaders after a range session.😉

 

[bmcgilvray]

You go Frank!

 

[PEF]

4,332 rounds through my LW .45 Defender as of this morning...

Yes, I count rounds for every gun I shoot. Don't know why...just do.

 

[ruffdup]

I'm just guessing

 

[PaulWVa]

I was an inventory auditor for almost 20 years ... I've counted damn near everything. I've counted cars, mink coats, pills in pharmacies and everything in-between. I'm retired now and I ain't countin' nuffin'.

I buy them and I shoot them. Ok, I did count my .22 ammo because I couldn't believe that I had run out of room to store them and I was just curious how much I had.... 😧

 

[ruffdup]

.22 is the shiz

 

[Hawg1]

I've never kept a round count and too old to start caring now.

 

[dsk]

I try to keep a log of how much ammo I currently have and in what calibers. Every few months I do an audit, and always find that I'm off somewhere. It's too damn hard to always keep a perfect record of each and every round of ammo I buy or fire. I'm sure as hell not going to try and log how many rounds each of my guns has fired!

 

[Txdweeb]

I keep round count on 2 of my pistols since for my budget they are highend and wanted to have an exact count for routine maintenance beyond cleaning. My polymer stuff and rifles I don’t care just gonna run them till they don’t.

 

[DaveO430]

I figure if it mattered that much they would have a round counter on the gun like a car has an odometer. I have too many to ever wear one out so I don't worry about it.

 

[tex ohfive]

I have a 2 pieces of cardboard, cut from the the backs of steno pads that I keep in one of my gunsmithing part boxes where I update the rounds fired from each particular autoloading pistol. I don't track round count for any firearm other than my semi auto pistols. None of the others; rifles, shotguns, revolvers require scheduled maintenance after a set number of rounds.

 

[Cooter1]

I use excel to track how many rounds shot, what brand ammo, cleaning, service parts, etc

 

[Snapdragon]

I do not keep round counts on any rifle or handgun. My brother kept a count when he was working on a particular rifle by cutting the tops off primer boxes and putting them in a jar.

 

[markm]

I've never kept a count of rounds fired, just shoot them till the start acting up and then correct them. I have a estimate of what my match guns have through them and periodically do things like retention the extractor and clean the tunnel and the magazines but most of my guns probably don't have more than a couple hundred rounds through them anyway.

 

[earlwb]

I do not bother anymore with keeping track of the number of rounds fired through my guns.I used to do it when competing. But not since I quit doing that.

 

[scubadad]

I use the easy method. When the slide locks open I add more rounds.

 

[aclarke333ac]

I use excel to track how many rounds shot, what brand ammo, cleaning, service parts, etc

Same here.

 

[mr380acp]

I guess I’m not as compulsive as I originally thought. I don’t track exact round counts just keep mental notes and pay attention to wear

 

[Wildbob]

I try to keep a log of how much ammo I currently have and in what calibers. Every few months I do an audit, and always find that I'm off somewhere. It's too damn hard to always keep a perfect record of each and every round of ammo I buy or fire. I'm sure as hell not going to try and log how many rounds each of my guns has fired!

Me, too. I would rather know what's available. A rough estimation of what was fired is good enough. I don't keep record of rounds down range.