Hodgdon Reloading Manual

I love Hodgdon reload data. There’s a ton of useful info. I wish they tabulated the load data so it can easily be found using a basic search function. Favorites would be great for a quick reference. Also, I’d like to see min and max loads for any given cartridge combo so I can confidently develop loadouts that work best for my firearm. Currently, I have to flip through pages and zoom in to read what they have. If I leave the app for too long, the book refreshes and I have to start my search all over again. I hope to see some simple improvements to make this more user friendly!

This app allows you to buy (for $9.99) one of Hodgdon’s annual reloading manuals, and the data inside is good data. However, the app has effectively no user interface and horrible usability. The data you buy is literally just a PDF download of their book, and the app’s pdf reader lacks basic functionality. In other words, if I want to look up 30-06 data, I have to scroll to the index on page 6, pinch-to-zoom to see which page 30-06 is on, the scroll through to page 131, then pinch-to-zoom in order to read the text on the page. There technically is a search bar, but searching a cartridge just brings up every page in the book that has your search text on it (which means the majority of search results find the articles in the first 70 pages of book, and it doesn’t direct you to the data for the cartridge you’re trying to look up). Skip the app. Bookmark hodgdon’s website and use that to find their load data.

This used to be a great resource, I purchased three years ago. Easy to navigate and access any cartridge in the manual. Apparently there has been an ownership change and I couldn’t be more disgusted, angry and annoyed. I had to re- download from the App Store, locked out of my own property and it doesn’t even work again! If I could rate it negative I would. Darn you guys!