LoadOut · Reference

Documen­tation.

The reference behind the app: requirements, units, every solver input, the data model, the complete Free vs Pro comparison, device support, file formats, the catalogs, the privacy reference, the Siri command list, and the glossary. Three of these pages are generated from the app's own code and regenerated with each release.

LoadOut 1.1·Updated September 2026

200+Cartridges with full specs
400+Bullets
250+Scopes
50+Reticles
30+Garmin devices
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The reference behind the app.

Twelve topics. The Free vs Pro comparison, the Siri command list, and the glossary are generated from the app's code at each release, so they cannot drift from what the app does.

01

Platforms & Requirements

Every platform LoadOut runs on, the OS versions it needs, what each can do, the 31 Garmin devices, and the fifteen languages across sixteen locales.

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02

Free vs Pro

Every LoadOut feature and its tier, generated from the app's gate table, with prices and the free-tier limits.

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03

Units & Conventions

LoadOut's unit systems, the angle unit, per-category overrides, the full unit table, and the conventions behind twist rate, sight height, pressure and altitude.

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Ballistics Inputs & the Solver

LoadOut's Modified Point-Mass solver: inputs, defaults, drag models, effects, truing, confidence flags, limits, outputs, and the Internal Ballistics estimator.

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05

Data Model

LoadOut's records and relationships: catalogs versus your data, every record type, the Sample flag, Recently Deleted, and what the export covers.

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06

Device Support

Apple Watch, Wear OS, Garmin, Kestrel, WEATHERmeter, Calypso, the Shooters Global SG Timer, and the Garmin Xero: connections, data, platforms, and tiers.

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File Formats & Sharing

The JSON export, spreadsheet and file import, recipe sharing by QR, PDF, and text, profile share codes, CSV reports, and the Garmin .fit and ShotView files.

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Reference Catalogs & Attribution

The catalogs that ship in LoadOut — cartridges, bullets, powders, primers, brass, firearms, scopes, reticles, targets, equipment — with counts, sources and attribution.

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09

Privacy Reference

Every network connection LoadOut makes, what each carries, which switch controls it, what is stored and where, and the two ways to erase.

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10

Siri Voice Command Reference

10 Siri commands and 181 phrases on iPhone, 10 commands on Apple Watch, generated from the LoadOut app.

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11

Companion Watch Reference

Every page of the Apple Watch, Wear OS, and Garmin companion apps, shot detection settings, the stage timer, spoken readouts, and the phone-to-watch data.

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Glossary

157 reloading and ballistics terms in 10 categories, 54 with worked examples, generated from the LoadOut app.

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