Stan Trzoniec uses the Load From a Disk program to help develop loads
for a few wildcat cartridges in his article, "Easy Wildcats Plus
One." The article appeared in the June/July (2009) issue of Handloader
Magazine, p52-59. Cartridges covered were the 22 K-Hornet, .218 Mashburn
Bee, .219 Donaldson Wasp and the .220 Weatherby Rocket.
Shooting
Times Magazine, March 2008, pp26-28, Shooting Editor, Greg Rodriguez
in his article "Doping The Slope," discusses the ballistics
of shooting uphill and downhill. He describes a simple method/calculation
to compensate for your bullet's trajectory for angled shooting. For
those that hate trigonometry, he mentions making charts using software
such as Load from a Disk or Sierra's Infinity programs. In the field,
he mentions using the mechanical Slope Doper or Leopold's RX series
rangefinders.
Handloader
Magazine, December 2007, p38, Stan Trzoniec used Load From a Disk to
help develop loads for hi sarticle "The .20 VarTarg." The
.20 VarTarg is a wildcat cartridge based on the .221 Fireball necked
down to .204 caliber. This is a great little cartridge for varmints,
developing muzzle velocities near 3,800 fps, with the lighter bullets.
Accuracy was good, producing .5 to .75-inch groups for select powders.
Recoil is mild.
Version
5.0 of Load From A Disk has been released for shipment (Sept 7, 2006)
Very
High Power magazine, April 2006, p49, Howard Huggins provides a review
of Load From A Disk covering the databases, external ballistics, and
user friendliness.
Shooting
Times magazine, February 2006, p56, Field Editor Scott Mayer uses our
Load From a Disk ballistic program for developing load data for wildcat
cartridges when published data is not available. In his article "Why
Wildcat?" Scott was able to develop loads for the .400 Marlin that
duplicated the .405 Winchester cartridge used, successfully, by Teddy
Roosevelt in Africa on all kinds of dangerous game.
Handguns
magazine , January 2006, pg. 54, Patrick Sweeney reviews Load From a
Disk as a modern ballistics calculator. Both rifle reloading and external
ballistics capabilities are considered.
Surplusrifle.com's
review of Load From A Disk by Mark Trope: Handloading
In The Digital Age.
American
Rifle Magazine, February 2005, pg. 54, Field Editor Bryce M.Towsley
used Load From a Disk ballistics program to compare recoil energy/velocity
results for reduced-recoil ammunition and full power ammunition in his
article, "Taking a Bite out of Recoil." Results were tabulated
for the .30-06, .308 Win. and the 7 mm Rem. Mag. cartridges.
Handloader Magazine,
December 2004, pgs. 28 - 35, "Loading the .204 Ruger," gun
writer Stan Trzoniec used Load From a Disk ballistics program to develop
bullet drop tables for the .204 Ruger using Hornady and Berger Bullets.
Cartridge drawing was developed using measured data from .204 cartridges
supplied by Stan.
Handloader Magazine,
October 2003, pgs 34 - 40, gun writer Stan Trzoniec used Load From a
Disk ballistics program to develop load data for the .220 Weatherby
Rocket wildcat cartridge. Weatherby developed this cartridge in the
1940's, but little load data exists today. Stan was able to produce
muzzle velocities in excess of 4,000 fps using data from Load From a
Disk.
Version
4.0 of Load From A Disk has been released for shipment (Jan 13, 2003).
American
Rifleman, April 2002, pgs. 20 - 21, Shooting Editor, Scott E. Mayer,
uses Load From A Disk ballistics program to develop the .400 Marlin
Wildcat cartridge. Predicted velocity was 2,500 f.p.s. for the 180 gr.
bullet. Actual chronographed velocity, from the completed rifle, was
2,525. Scott states that, "The current tools and technology make
wildcatting easier than it ever has been before. If you have been kicking
around the idea, you should go for it and make a cartridge all your
own."
Shooting
Times, February 2002, pgs. 42 - 46, Reloading Editor, Rick Jamison,
uses Load From A Disk to evaluate Hornady's new .17 HMR "hummer
of a rimfire" cartridge. Charts developed for the article included
trajectory, velocity vs range, energy vs range and wind drift vs range.
Recoil for the 7.5-pound rifle was also calculated. A picture of the
small 17 grain V-Max bullet smashing into a water-filled plastic jug
is spectacular.
