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 his article "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.
American
Rifleman, August 2001, Pg. 15: Load From A Disk, Internal/External
Ballistics Software, is shown in the "On Screen" section
of the American Rifleman magazine, the official journal of the National
Rifle Association of America. A brief description of the software
is given as well as price and contact sources.
Varmint
Hunter, July 2001, Pgs. 29 - 31: In his three page review of Load
From A Disk for Windows, gun writer Rocky Raab, states that LFDW is
one of his indispensable loading tools and still one of only a very
few computer programs which generates internal ballistics for home
users. It allows the handloader to explore the possibilities of cartridge
design, generate safe, usable load data and a wealth of other usable
data.
Shooting
Times, March 2001, pgs.36 - 41: Reloading Editor, Rick Jamison, uses
Load From A Disk to calculate "Recoil and the factors that influence
recoil" for four handgun cartridges in his Precision Reloading
Column. These include the .357 Magnum, .44 Remington Magnum, .45 Colt
and the .454 Casull.
Shooting
Times, January 2001, pgs.36 - 39: Reloading Editor, Rick Jamison,
uses Load From A Disk to calculate "point-blank range" for
the .300 Remington Ultra Mag and to determine water volume for cartridges
in his Precision Reloading Column.
Load
From A Disk for Windows version 3.0 Released For Shipment (Oct 1,
2000).
Varmint
Hunter, October 2000: "Wayne Blackwell's unique Load From A Disk
software (W. Square Enterprises) allows me to predict and develop
loads for both existing and wildcat cartridges, as well as provide
ballistic and other data. It is indispensable." - Rocky Raab
Shooting
Times, July 2000, pg. 44: Reloading Editor Rick Jamison uses Load
From A Disk to help develop loads for the new .450 Marlin cartridge.
American
Rifleman Magazine reviews the top 15 software programs for reloaders
in the March 2000 issue. Load From a Disk was the only program that
includes both Internal and External Ballistics. Editor Michael Bussard
says "This PC program will be especially interesting to advanced
handloaders and wildcatters for its load development capabilities."
Rick
Jamison uses Load from a Disk to calculate case volumes and load density
in the .300 Remington Ultra Mag in the November 1999 issue of Shooting
Times, p50.
See
Rick Jamison's article on using LFDW to compare the ballistics for
three cartridges in the April 1999 issue of Shooting Times, p30.
Load
From A Disk for Windows version 2.0 Released For Shipment (Oct 1,
1998).
