This. Due to the old saying "My biggest fear in death is that my wife will sell my guns for what I told her what I paid, not what they are worth."I have a spreadsheet saved in my personal files. Mainly so that if I die my wife will know how much the stuff is worth and won't get fleeced. Not that I have that much nice stuff; I just wanted to make it easy if I'm not around.
This is one reason I know I need to do an inventory, they other is if anything is stolen, I have a good and descriptive record.I have a spreadsheet saved in my personal files. Mainly so that if I die my wife will know how much the stuff is worth and won't get fleeced. Not that I have that much nice stuff; I just wanted to make it easy if I'm not around.
And I'm not paranoid or anything, but I use my old school digital camera for stuff like this.Just my opinion, but I wouldn't trust a mobile app or any cloud storage from a privacy perspective.
I'm with you 110%. A pen and a pad will never get hacked.Just my opinion, but I wouldn't trust a mobile app or any cloud storage from a privacy perspective.
But it has not been updated in about 10 years, so now I have a drawer with bank slips with dates and costs on it. I have every intention to someday update the file.I started a speadsheet about 20 years ago with the date, price, BlueBook value, accessories purchased...et.
Basically what I do. Can't remember where I got the form from tho. I've had hard and thumb drives fail, nothing to hack, and doesn't need electricity. One copy in the safe, another outside the house. I also take a pic of the serial and manufacturer's marks and print those to attach to the main page. If I sell a gun, those pages get used to start the grill.I found a form online somewhere called Firearm Record Sheet. It lists the manufacturer, serial number, scope & scope serial number (if any), caliber, barrel (length, stainless, etc), purchased from, date & price, accessories, comments on Firearm, additional comments, sold to, and date. Takes half a page, so I have 2 records per sheet. I just fill in the blanks by hand. Occasionally update.
I understand the ease of keeping it on computer or thumb drive, I'm sure it's much easier to update and occasionally print to keep in the safe.
At one point I reloaded 26 different cartridges, each cartridge had multiple loads depending on the gun and the purpose. A total of 87 different loads. I have 14 different loads for 38 Special alone. I don't load some cartridges much anymore since I don't shoot them very often, but it's good to have the data if I ever need a specific load.I should like Whip does record load data but so far I just use paper/pen in a notebook on my reloading table. I only load 9mm and tend to stick to one load recipe so it's not like I have a lot of data to maintain.