Lindcott Armory The connected firearms reference
629 Cartridges.240 Powders.34,497 Factory Loads.
Every cartridge here links to the loads it's offered in, the powders that suit it, and the rifles chambered for it. Look one thing up, then follow it anywhere.
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Cartridges and powders — results labeled by type.
Sourced from SAAMI, CIP, manufacturer specifications, and the ATF FFL registry.
Core tools
Firearms tools, built on real data.
The reference libraries, a real G1 ballistics engine, and reloading data, all built on one dataset. Made for fast lookups that go deep when you need them.
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Cartridge Library
629 cartridges with specs, history, alternate names, military use, and the firearms chambered for each.
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Explore
Factory Loads
34,497 commercial loads. Filter by cartridge, manufacturer, bullet weight, velocity, and intended use.
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Research
Powder Library
240 powders with burn-rate rank, grain shape, manufacturer, and typical cartridges. Each links to ballistic compare.
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Compare
Ballistic Compare
Side-by-side trajectory, drop, recoil, and energy. G1 engine. Rifle, handgun, and shotgun modes — up to four loads at once.
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Reload
Reloading Reference
Sourced charge tables: cartridge → bullet → powder → min/max charge → estimated velocity, attributed to published manuals.
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What makes it different
Wikipedia tells you what a cartridge is.
This connects what it does.
How it works
Connected answers, not dead-end articles.
A search for .308 shouldn't stop at a description. It should lead to loads, ballistics, powders, compatible rifles, reloading data, and prices. Every page here connects to the others.
That's the difference between a reference site and a reference tool.
The private side
Lindcott Armory Vault
The private app for your own firearms records — guns, ammo, optics, range sessions, and maintenance logs, kept separate from the public reference.
- Offline-first. Your data doesn't need a connection.
- No public collection display. No social feed around ownership.
- AI assistant with full vault context; maintenance alerts from round counts.
- Private by design. No ads, no data selling.
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Each one runs on the same dataset — one reference, more ways in.
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